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Pictures From an Exhibition

Exclusive! Prior to his forthcoming shows at the Tate and Guggenheim art galleries, internationally renowned photographer Alan has chosen us to be the very first to display his latest collection of pictures, taken on a recent subcrawl. Entitled "Photos from Glasgow Pub windows", the exhibits provide a radically different perspective on this most revered of cultural events.

Catalogues can be ordered at £65 a pop. If you have to ask how much an original print would cost, you can't afford it.

Plate2: View from The Glaswegian. The Laurieston is opposite. The shutters allow the viewer only a fragmented view of the outside world, much in the same way that 15 pints do.

Plate 3: View from The Laurieston. You can just see the corner of Bridge Street station on the left. Notice how the picture is taken at an angle so that everything appears to be remorselessly sliding down into the station.

Plate 5: View from The Doctors. Note the way the "No Smoking" sign (a homage to Magritte, perhaps?) appears to be on the outside railings when in fact its stuck onto the window. (Wait a minute - The Doctors has a no smoking room?!)

Plate 6: View from The Kensington. The tenements on the left (which were designed by Alexander "Greek" Thompson, no less) and avenue of trees on the right provide a series of opposites: art vs nature, man vs squirrel, that sort of thing.

Plate 7: View from The Stadium Bar. Taken from the door as the Stadium is not big on windows. The "tunnel vision" of the typical subcrawler's mind, which sees only the route from pub to station, is beautifully emphasised.

(Sadly, this was the last photograph possible, as dusk was falling and Alan doesn't like to use artificial light. Rumours that he was using a cheapo "no flash" camera and proceeded to take a further 18 shots of pissed-up chancers prancing about in the pitch black are of course no more than an insult from those of lesser talent).

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