Our walking group outings often lead to visiting an exhibition or two. On this occasion we took a walk to Lauriston, just south of the River Clyde, where we visited exhibitions in three galleries.
Our first stop was Stallan-Brand in Nicholson Street. This is an office of architects with a gallery space in the entrance area. It’s sometimes quite difficult to find out what exhibitions are happening here as they don’t advertise them on their website or social media, but as we were in the area we popped in to see what they had on show and found some landscape photographs by Gemma Dagger and Matthew Arthur Williams. Some of these pieces were quite small with fine detail and as they were hung quite high on the wall it was very difficult for our wheelchair user to see them.
From here we went round the corner to the nearby Patricia Fleming Gallery in Oxford Street where we found some intriguing paintings by August Krogan-Roley displayed on metal fencing. Access to the gallery is a little bit tricky for us as there are some steps up to each of the entrances but Patricia always makes us very welcome and has a portable ramp that allows access to our wheeler.
Our final gallery of the day was Kendall Koppe which is a short distance along the road in Coburg Street. It was our first time in this gallery and most likely won’t be our last as we all thoroughly enjoyed our chat with Kendall and the very varied and beautifully crafted works in the group exhibition of still life pieces.
Access to Stallan-Brand and Kendall Koppe are on the flat but as there are steps up to Patricia Fleming it’s a good idea to get in touch before visiting if you need to use the ramp. There’s also a lot of work happening in the area which makes getting from one place to another, especially by wheelchair, quite difficult in places.
These exhibitions are now all finished and new shows for the Glasgow International Festival will be opening soon in these galleries.
The walking group is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.
