iEdinburgh Printmakers · Fountainbridge
Berlin-based Ukrainian duo Etchingroom1 (Kristina Yarosh and Anna Khodkova) present whimsical, socially sharp etchings, sculpture and mixed media about love, death and money.
Above 'Airport', a plane seems to be exploding. Below it sit a control tower, a departure lounge, a security check and the diagrams off a safety card. The Scotsman's Susan Mansfield compared Etchingroom1's drawings to the best cutaway children's books: the more you look, the more people, animals and hidden jokes you find.
The Ukrainian duo Kristina Yarosh and Anna Khodkova, now based in Berlin, fill the upstairs gallery with etchings, embroidery, textiles and ceramics. A row of ceramic dogs tells their own story, down to the one that left with a partner after a break-up. Textile vampires stand in for capitalism. 'The Last Box' is a title every Edinburgh flat-mover has said out loud, usually two flights before it was true.
Mansfield found the work ranging "from heartfelt and whimsical to dark and satirical" and called it "a pleasure to look at". Entry is free and walk-in, Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 6pm, and the same building has Jamie Fitzpatrick's sculpture show.
Airport
A cutaway with control tower, departure lounge, security check and safety-card diagrams, while above it all a plane seems to be exploding.
The ceramic dogs
A series of dogs that work as an autobiography: the childhood dog, the loyal companion, and the partner's dog lost in the break-up.
The textile vampires
Collaged vampires stand for money and power, one hanging upside-down with arms crossed, another flying across the empty centre of the room, poised to pounce.
Cosmonaut and Let's Find The Jesus
Etchings, Cosmonaut finished in coloured pencil, laid out like children's games or classroom wall charts.
Important Box and The Last Box
Drawings of cardboard boxes that, as The Scotsman put it, will resonate with anyone who has moved house.