The Edinburgh Reporter December 2022

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PETER LIVERSIDGE

AN ECHO

Until 17 December 2022

PETER LIVERSIDGE’S exhibition an echo,

explores a theme that has concerned his work

for nearly 20 years - that of the double. The idea

is currently featured in The Double, an

exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in

Washington DC, which includes Liversidge’s

work alongside a roll call of artists (including

Albers, Celmins, Duchamp, Rauschenberg and

Warhol) for whom the double image has

provided a means of understanding and

exploring themes of identity and difference. As

the exhibition’s curator James Meyer describes

it in the accompanying book: “The art of

doubling splays and divides vision. Looking at

doubled images or shapes, we are able to see

ourselves seeing. Works of doubling explore

questions of identity – how we distinguish one

form, or object, or person from another: how

we perceive likeness and unlikeness,

resemblance, and difference.”

At Ingleby Gallery 33 Barony Street EH3 6NX

Question of identity

Celebrate Christmas at the

official residence of the King

Peter

Liversidge

CHRISTMAS AT THE PALACE OF

HOLYROODHOUSE

1 December 2022 – 2 January 2023

THIS DECEMBER, visitors to the Palace of

Holyroodhouse can enjoy the State

Apartments transformed with shimmering

Christmas trees, twinkling lights and an

array of activities to entertain during the

festive season.

The festive decorations at the Palace of

Holyroodhouse will include the decorated

Christmas trees in the Throne Room and

Great Gallery, while the Great Stair leading

to the historic State Apartments will be

draped with twinkling velvet garlands,

glistening berries and seasonal foliage.

In the Royal Dining Room, the table

will be laid with pieces from a silver

service presented to King George V and

Queen Mary in 1935 to mark their Silver

Jubilee. And it will be decorated with

ivy, candelabra and spires of faux

candied sugared fruits.

In the Café at the Palace in the Mews

courtyard, there are homemade mince pies

and Christmas cake, mulled wine. Families

visiting the Palace on 17, 22 and 23

December may hear short talks and take

part in festive arts and crafts activities,

including a chance to design their own

greeting cards and Christmas crackers.

Remember to get your ticket validated

and you can return for a year - for free.

A visual

response

at the

Birch Tree

TWENTY-FOUR artists who

have exhibited with the Birch

Tree Gallery present their visual

response to a single poem by

Lithuanian émigré poet Antanas

Škema. The poem is full of

metaphors about the “whiteness

of snow” and the deeper

meaning of life. Most of the

artists have also provided audio

comments about the work they

have created - they are available

on the EXHIBITION web-page.

An audio track accompanies

the works on display in the

gallery until 21 December.

Events throughout the month

and late night opening on

15 December.

birchtreegallery.co.uk