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C O N T E N T S Spring 2012 Vol. 11 No. 1
FEATURES 10 First Impressions

News and events from across
32 the region
Creative Legacies 22 Feature Previews

Private collectors are as crucial as ever to the
Shows scheduled for the
survival of our public galleries
fall season
By Beverly Cramp
The Dentist Brothers .................... 18
Andrew Querner ......................... 20
36 Bratsa Bonifacho ......................... 22
Gospel Truth
Deanna Bowen digs deep into complex family
25 Exhibition Reviews
Exclusive reviews of recent
history in Stories to Pass On
By Monique Westra 36 shows throughout Western
Canada
Michle Mackasey ....................... 25
Jane Ash Poitras .......................... 25
Dean Drever ................................ 26
Up North .................................... 26
The Point Is ................................. 28
Sonny Assu ................................. 28
On the Nature of Things.............. 29
43 Collectors
Nine artists to consider
right now
Tom Gale .................................... 43
Joseph Plaskett ............................ 43
Chris Woods ............................... 43
Melissa Jean ................................ 44
Seguso Vetri dArte / Flygsfors ..... 44
32 Aleksandra Rdest......................... 44
Blake Ward ................................. 45
40
Michael Tickner ........................... 45
Nicolas Bott ................................ 45
Out of Obscurity
Mother Tongue Publishings labour of love 46 Auctions
brings back vanished British Columbia artists Spring 2011 Review
By Beverly Cramp
48 Previews and Profiles
Whats in the galleries this
66 season
Back Room Gu Xiong .................................... 48
Lucian Freud, Woman Holding Foot,
etching, 1985 25 Hua Jin ....................................... 50
Robert Marchessault ................... 52
By Jill Sawyer Greta Guzek ................................ 54
Ken Webb ................................... 56
Neil McClelland ........................... 57
Edward Poitras ............................ 58
George Campbell Tinning ............ 60
Michael Dumontier ..................... 62
COLUMN
48 Sources Where to find fine
art galleries across the west
17
In My Opinion 64 Directory
Jeffrey Spalding on Canadian artists Services and resources for art
star treatment outside Canada 66 makers and art buyers
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WORKS BY JASON CARTER On the Cover: Dana Claxton, Paint Up #1 (detail), chromogenic print, 2010, ed. 2 of 4.
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VI RGINIA CHRI STO PH E R FI N E ART
CELEBRATING 32 YEARS IN CALGARY
Marcel Barbeau, SUMMERTIME-2005, acrylic/canvas, 59 x 59

Re p resenting M arc e l Barb e au , R . C . A.
Born in 1925 in Montreal, Barbeau studied with Paul-Emile Borduas. A Junior Member of the
Contemporary Arts Society and one of the first Automatistes, a group which included Jean-Paul Riopelle,
Pierre Gauvreau and Fernand Leduc, he signed REFUS GLOBAL and has been included in every exhibition
featuring this group of Canadian pioneers of abstract painting. Barbeaus works are included in most
Canadian public collections and in museums in Europe and the USA. He lives and works in Montreal.
MARCH
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Up front in the visual arts

Royal BC Museum opens satellite
gallery in Vancouver
Takes over summer exhibition space in Bob Rennie's Wing Sang building
The Wing Sang building at 51 East

Pender in Vancouver, built in 1889.
V ancouver realtor and art collector Bob Rennie's Wing Sang

gallery in the citys Chinatown neighbourhood will house
the first satellite gallery of the Royal British Columbia Museum.
stabilize the neighbourhood, adjacent to Vancouvers troubled
downtown eastside. "We thought culture would be the best role
we could take. " He estimates 30,000 people will visit the gallery
A unique concept, Rennies donation of gallery space during the this summer, giving a boost to the nearby attractions, including
summer months will give greater public access to the provinces local restaurants and shops, and the Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden
valuable Victoria-based collection. across the street.
Were very excited about this possibility, says museum CEO The front section of the three-storey Wing Sang building was
Pauline Rafferty. Weve had travelling exhibitions, but have built in 1889 by businessman Yip Sang, who added an extension
always wanted a satellite gallery, to share our treasures with a in 1912 for his four wives and 23 children, with an elevated pas-
larger population. The inaugural exhibition at Wing Sang opens sageway connecting the two buildings. Eventually the property
June 15 and features Emily Carr's artwork, sketchbooks, photo- was vacated and fell into disrepair.
graphs and diaries. Rennie spent four years on the renovations. His real estate
It will be wonderful to be in Chinatown, Rafferty says. The offices are now housed in the front and hes installed some of his
Wing Sang building at 51 East Pender Street is the oldest building contemporary art collection, first opened to the public in 2009, in
in Chinatown, making it a good fit for the museum partnership, a soaring four-storey-high gallery.
she adds. Summer exhibitions at the satellite gallery will focus Summer visitors to the Royal B.C. Museum satellite will find
on the museums human and natural history artifacts, amassed artifacts and a gift shop on the main floor, before ascending
over the last 125 years. "When we curate these shows, well also the stairs. "We want to consider how best to use the space and
consider how the objects will fit into the space, she says. bring out the collection in unusual and unexpected ways," says
Rennie calls the collaboration a good fit, adding that the ad- Tim Willis, the museums director of Exhibitions and Visitor
ditional space will give the public more access to the museum's Experience, about the 40-foot-high gallery space. Getting ready
enormous collection of artifacts. "There are seven million pieces," for summer of 2012, hes planning a unique use of the physical
he says. "They need space to breathe." space. "We really want to intrigue visitors," he says.
He adds that part of the purpose behind the project is to help Janet Nicol

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2012 Winter & Spring Shows

January 6 - 28
Brenda Estill, Melanie Morstad
Galt / Glenbow exhibition Daniel Young and Christian

February 3 - 25
wins anthropology award Giroux, 35mm colour motion EXPOSURE PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL
A recent exhibition that picture film, installation, 2010. Erin Wallace, Kurtis Lesick,
brought five historic Blackfoot Winners of the 2011 Sobey Kai Scholefield, Aynsley Stelfox and Sean Esopenko
artifacts back to Alberta has Art Award.
won a prize from the Ameri-
can Anthropology Association. Given annually to artists 40
The exhibition, which loaned and under for outstanding
five Blackfoot hairlock shirts to Canadian contemporary art,
Calgarys Glenbow Museum the duo were chosen by a
and the Galt Museum in Leth- cross-Canada jury panel from
bridge, won the 2011 Michael a short-list which included March 2 - 24
M. Ames Prize for Innovative Charles Stankievich (West Joanne MacDonald, Karen E. Leroy
Museum Anthropology for Coast and Yukon), Sarah Anne
its curators and researchers, Johnson (Prairies and North),
from the U.K.s Pitt Rivers Manon De Pauw (Quebec),
Museum and the University of and Zeke Moores (Atlantic).
Aberdeen. The shirts, nearly Working collaboratively since
200 years old, were originally 2002, Young and Giroux have
collected in traditional Black- created works in sculpture,
foot territory, in what became public art and film installation, April 6 - 28
Alberta, by George Simpson, exploring architecture and the Peter Ivens
then governor of the Hudsons built environment. The award
Bay Company. They had been is given every year by the
given to his secretary, Edward Sobey Art Foundation and the
Hopkins. Made with tradition- Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
al methods and materials
elk and deer hide, porcupine KAG, AGA announce new,
quills, and horse and human upgraded positions
hair adornments, theyve Charo Neville has been recently
been in the collection of the appointed curator at the Kam- May 4 - 28
Thai Le Ngo, Connie Cooper
Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford loops Art Gallery, as predeces-
University since 1893. sor Annette Hurtig moves into
the position of adjunct curator.
Ontario artists win 2011 A former independent cura-
Sobey Art Award tor, Neville was most recently
Daniel Young and Christian interim director / curator at
Giroux are the recipients of Vancouvers Artspeak artist run
the 2011 Sobey Art Award, centre, and before that was as-
winning the $50,000 top prize sociate director at the Catriona 2108 - 18 Street N.W., Calgary, AB T2M 3T3
at a ceremony at the Art Gal- Jeffries Gallery. She had worked 1IPOFtXXXSVCFSUPPTUCFSHDPN
lery of Nova Scotia in October. previously with KAG on the

FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Artists renew Regina R egina has recently had a boost to its burgeoning arts scene
the Creative City Centre, which opened last May in the
heritage building downtown core, which gives artists a unique place to develop and
produce work.
New Creative City Centre moves in The idea for the Centre was originated by local artist Marian
downtown Donnelly, but it took her several years to get it off the ground
and into a permanent space. She began by setting up Inner Circle
Creative City Development Corp., a non-profit organization, with a
mandate to transform under-utilized buildings into spaces for artists
to be creative and productive. From that initial move back in 2004,
Donnelly has turned a heritage building in much need of repair
into a vibrant arts and cultural hub.
Now the building is home to a variety of artists, including the
Regina Fashion Collective, a group of a dozen innovative young
designers. The third floor has three studio spaces, with two rented
out to Articulate Ink, a printing collective formed by recent gradu-
ates from the University of Regina. Artist-in-residence Terri Fidelak
occupies the third studio and holds a series of monthly workshops,
including glass making, printing, leather work, beading, quilting
and photography. She also hosts bi-monthly life-drawing sessions
under the banner of Mr. Dressups Revenge.
Were leaning more towards tenants who are contributing to
the programming in the building, rather than people who are just
looking for a quiet place to paint or write, Donnelly says.
The Hague Gallery, named after Harold Hague, who provided
Donnelly with the space in the building above his store, Loggies
Shoes, holds revolving monthly exhibitions of work by local art-
ists, and serves as a small concert venue. Everything were doing
is about making it affordable for artists to actually do something,
to promote their work, to showcase their work, to develop their
work, Donnelly says.
At Articulate Ink, the collective is designing and producing
commercial and fine-art prints. The idea is to provide an acces-
sible print-making facility to artists in Regina and Saskatchewan,
says printmaker Michelle Brownridge. This gives us the opportu-
nity to have this facility, to put our equipment in, to work, to meet
other artists, to network. Rebecca Lawrence
Articulate Ink, inside the new

Creative City Centre in Regina.
collaborative team that orga- recent strategic planning 1997 as senior curator at the part of the gallerys first Audain
nized artist Rebecca Belmores sessions at the gallery. He will AGA, Crowston was appointed Aboriginal Curatorial Fellow-
Venice Biennale project in 2005. helm the MacKenzie while the deputy director and chief cura- ship. The Fellowship went
Meanwhile, the MacKen- gallery conducts a search for a tor in 2006. She will remain in to B.C.-based artists France
zie Art Gallery in Regina has new executive director. her role as chief curator during Trepanier and Chris Creighton-
appointed Jeremy Morgan as And in Edmonton, curator the transition period. Kelly, who will create the project
interim director, as current Catherine Crowston has taken Here Now: Here Before for the
director Stuart Reid returns to on the role of acting executive Victoria gallery awards first AGGV. The project will bring
Ontario to become director director at the Art Gallery of Audain Fellowship together the work of Aboriginal
and curator at Rodman Hall Alberta, as outgoing executive The Art Gallery of Greater artists with work by artists of
PHOTO BY REBECCA LAWRENCE
Arts Centre at Brock University director Gilles Hebert moves Victoria will undertake a curato- Chinese, South Asian, and Afri-
in St. Catherines. Morgan is into a role as vice president of rial project that will explore the can roots on Vancouver Island.
former executive director of Museum Practice at Winni- history of Aboriginal artists and Too often Aboriginal art is
the Saskatchewan Arts Board, pegs new Canadian Museum artists of colour on Vancouver defined solely by its relation-
and as a consultant had run for Human Rights. Hired in Island and the Gulf Islands, ship to European culture and

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AT WA LT E R D A L E P L AY H O U S E
Fibre Optics
February 8 to 18, 2012
Three person fibre art exhibit during
Michael Tremblays Albertine in Five Times
Open during show times and
Saturdays 10 am to 3 pm
Diana Un-Jin Cho
Chogak Colour #27
Diverse Scapes
April 4 to 14, 2012
An exploration of the rural and urban land-
scape during Timberlake Wertenbakers
The Love of the Nightingale Open during
show times and Saturdays 10 am to 3 pm
Eileen Raucher-Sutton
Looking up, Antelope
Canyon - detail
Lobby of Walterdale Playhouse, 10322 - 83 Avenue, Edmonton, 780-439-2845

Open: During performances Wednesday through Sunday, Saturdays from 10 am - 3 pm
ALBERTA SOCIETY OF ARTISTS GALLERY

AT LO U G H E E D H O U S E
Honouring ASA Volunteers

Art work by ASA Gallery volunteers.
January 4 to 29, 2012
history, says AGGV director William Kurelek, This is the
Opening: January 15, 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Jon Tupper, about the project. Nemesis, mixed media on
Liz Sullivan
Sunny Meadows, Stormy Skies This ground-breaking project Masonite, 1965. Art Gallery of
will add new knowledge to a Hamilton, gift of Mrs. J. A.
New Members, New Works subject that has been largely McCuaig, 1966. From kurelek.ca.
Welcoming new ASA members. overlooked by art historians
March 7 to April 22, 2012 and scholars. The Audain Fel- recognized Canadian painters
Opening: March 11, 1:30 to 3:30 pm lowship at the AGGV, created of the 20th century, Kureleks
Leona Olausen in 2010 with an endowment illustrative, representational
Root Series #16
from the Audain Foundation style captured ordinary life on
Ballroom of Lougheed House, 707 - 13 Ave SW, Free admission to the Gallery and Gift Shop
Open: Wednesday to Friday, 11am - 4pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am - 4 pm, 403-244-6333 for the Visual Arts in British the prairies, but covered for a
Columbia, is the only one of lifetime of hospitalization and
LOUGHEED HOUSE
its kind in Canada. psychological illness, which
M U S E U M A N D N AT I O N A L H I S TO R I C S I T E p r e s e n t s
manifested itself in paint-
William Kurelek goes digital ings with a more nightmar-
The Sandstone City at the Winnipeg Art Gallery ish cast. The interactive site
By George Webber
Among the treasures stored was designed as a model of
February 1 to March 4, 2012 online as part of the new joint multimedia extension in visual
Opening Reception February 8, 2012
venture kurelek.ca a video art, creating opportunities
of William Kureleks basement to stretch the reach of The
During 2010 and 2011 George Webber wandered the city of Calgary
art studio and a trailer for the Messenger far beyond the
photographing schools, churches, court houses, libraries, commercial
re-mastered 1970 documenta- exhibition walls.
buildings and residences built from the distinctive tawny sandstone
that once earned Calgary the nickname The Sandstone City. The pho-
ry William Kureleks The Maze.
tographs were made with the legendary Holga toy camera loaded with Created as a collaborative Bill Reid works donated to
old fashioned film. The results are a distinctively low tech rendering of project with the Department Simon Fraser University
some very handsome architecture. of Canadian Heritage, the Art Housed in an elegant building
Visit Historic Lougheed House Museum and National Historic Site 707 - 13 Ave SW Calgary AB Gallery of Hamilton, and the on Vancouvers Hornby Street,
403-244-6333 Wednesday to Friday 11am - 4pm Saturday and Sunday 10am - 4pm lougheedhouse.com
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Bill Reid Foundation looks
The ASA is accepting applications for full membership. Deadline and spearheaded by the after more than $10 million in
for this years jurying is March 1, 2012. Please visit our website for
information and application forms: www.artists-society.ab.ca Winnipeg Art Gallery, the site Northwest Coast art, includ-
The ASA and Lougheed House gratefully
leaves a lasting and accessible ing more than 100 works by
acknowledge their funding partners and
the support of the Government of Albertas legacy for material collected its eponymous artist. Recently,
Community Spirit Donation Program
for the recent WAG show the Foundation gave its entire
William Kurelek: The Messen- collection, made up of 158
ger. One of the most widely individual works, to Simon

FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Arts on Atlantic Gallery

Fraser University, which will site is one step further along in
contract the Foundation to a long-term project to revital-
continue to run the Hornby ize the district. Renamed the
Street public gallery. Best Yuill Family Gallery, the space
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known for his monumental will, among other things,
carvings The Spirit of Haida
Gwaii and The Raven and the
house ongoing exhibitions by
international ceramic artists
Calgary Wildfowl Carving
First Men, Reid was one of the participating in the Medalta (International Wildfowl Carving Association Rules)
and Art Festival

master Northwest Coast carv- Artists in Residence program.
ers of the 20th century, and a Originally the site of some of
preserver of Haida cultural tra-
ditions and motifs. In addition
Canadas most prolific utility
and art potteries, the cluster July 6 - 8, 2012
to the SFU donation, the col- of buildings, workshops, and
lection will also benefit from kilns on the South Saskatche-
a $1-million operating grant wan River have been the focus
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from the Audain Foundation, of a major long-term upgrade,
and the entire arrangement becoming one of the top cul-
will ensure that the collection tural attractions in Alberta.
remains intact and accessible
to the public. Squamish cultural centre
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Medalta renews facilities Artists associated with the re-
with $3 million funding cently opened and refurbished
The Medalta Potteries National Squamish Lil-wat Cultural
Historic Site in Medicine Hat Centre in Whistler, B.C. will
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recently unveiled a two-year get access to a wider world
renovation project, the result through a newly launched
of $3 million in funding raised
by the Friends of Medalta So- Squamish Nation master
ciety. Refreshing their on-site carver Xwalacktun (Rick
gallery, the gift shop, reception Harry), at the Squamish
and collectors galleries, the Lilwat Cultural Centre.
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online site. Contemporary Grant Arnold, Souris Valley

carvings and paintings by Antique Association, 1981
Squamish, Dene, Statimc, photograph. Part of the
and Lilwat artists, available for PAVED Arts donation to the
sale at SLCC, can be viewed Mendel Art Gallery.
and bought through the site.
The venture taps into a world- painters, Knowles dona-
wide market for West Coast tion has built the Mendels
and other Aboriginal contem- collection to 48 of her works.
porary art works, and extends Perehudoff, Knowles hus-
the reach of this innovative band, has made an important
cultural centre. Created as part contribution to the evolu-
of the legacy of the 2010 Win- tion of abstract painting in
ter Olympic Games, the SLCC the province. The Mendels
houses interactive exhibitions Perehudoff collection is now
of contemporary and tradi- 129 works.
tional Squamish and Lilwat A second gift this past fall
art, artifacts, and architecture. from PAVED Arts has built the
gallerys permanent collection
Mendel Gallery enhances of photographs, acquiring the
collection with major entire collection (some 970
donations works) and reference library
Three recent significant dona- of The Photographers Gallery.
tions to Saskatoons Mendel The body of work includes
Art Gallery have boosted the photographs by 125 artists,
gallerys collection of regional including Evergon, Yousuf
painting and photography. Karsh, and Gabor Szilasi,
COLLECTION OF THE MENDEL ART GALLERY. GIFT OF THE ARTIST 2011.
Celebrated Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan artists like

painters William Perehudoff Don Hall, David OHara, and
and Dorothy Knowles have Frances Robson. Created in
donated works of their own 1973 as an artists collec-
to the permanent collective, Photographers Gallery
tion, including six Perehudoff attracted local, regional, and
paintings dated from 1958 international exhibitions and
to 1989, and eight from tours, and was amalgamated
Knowles, dated from 1981 to in 2003 with media centre
1994. One of the provinces Video Verit and renamed
most accomplished landscape PAVED Arts.

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In my opinion:
Canadian art to receive star treatment outside Canada
By Jeffrey Spalding
I f youre in the mood to see the very

best in contemporary Canadian art, be
prepared to head south. The Art Gallery
Wilson Award-winning over-painted TV
screens installation work. And next fall,
audiences will be treated to samplings
of Western Australia has organized the of Baxter&s witty art in the nationally
26-work JEFF WALL Photographs exhibi- touring exhibition Traffic: Conceptual
tion that opens in Perth on May 25, then Art in Canada at the Vancouver Art
tours to Melbourne and Sydney. This is Gallery. (Sept 29, 2012 to Jan 8, 2013).
Wall's first solo show south of the equa- However, for those of us intent
tor. IAIN BAXTER&: Works 1958-2011, upon staying informed about what
organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario is is current in Canadian art, it is time
on view at the Museum of Contemporary to plan your trip. Youre headed to
Art in Chicago. Wouldnt we in western North Adams, Massachusetts, a small
Canada sorely wish to see these surveys New England town in the heart of the
of two internationally-renowned western Berkshires (population: 13,708) which
Canadian artists? The Baxter& exhibit is a will be home to a 20,000-square-foot
major undertaking, gathering outstanding presentation, the largest survey of
representations from the many phases Iain Baxter&, Apple Tree on a Hill, acrylic and Canadian art ever mounted outside
of his prodigious and eclectic output Polaroid on canvas, 1980, 57" x 57". Collection of of Canada. Oh, Canada organized by
drawings, paintings, collages, sculptures, the Glenbow Museum. Mass MoCA (Massachusetts Museum
documents, photography, and installa- of Contemporary Art) will run May
tions, all chronicled in a substantial publication. 27, 2012 to April 1, 2013; which features 95 works plus 11 new
Baxter& is an acknowledged seminal contributor to conceptu- commissioned woks by more than 60 artists who hail from every
alism. This merry art prankster and co-president of the N.E. Thing province and nearly every territory in the country, spanning
Company divides the world into two classes of objects ART multiple generations and working in all media. It's accompanied
(aesthetically rejected things) and ACT (aesthetically claimed by a comprehensive full-color 450-page catalogue published by
things). His assertion that the camera is the new canvas has be- MIT Press, with contributions from knowledgeable writers and
come the mantra for generations of photo-based artists. It is hard curators across Canada.
to envisage the evolution of photo-conceptualism, particularly in The institutional commitment to this project is breathtak-
Vancouver, were it not for his influential early photo documenta- ing. It's an enterprise beyond precedent in our recent Canadian
tion projects, Polaroid collages and back-lit Cibachromes of the museum experience. Mass MoCA has allowed curator Denise
1960s and 1970s. Baxter& grew up in Calgary, established his Markonish to devote three years, travelling numerous times from
early reputation resident in Vancouver, has taught for extended coast to coast to coast in Canada. She considered upwards of 800
periods across the west and likewise is a recurring visiting artist at potential artists, conducted 400 studio visits, maintained persistent
the Alberta College of Art and Design, the University of Leth- consultations with nearly everyone in the Canadian art museum
bridge, and The Banff Centre. community and generally scoured every nook and cranny of the
It's flattering that a senior western Canadian figure is cel- country. As a consequence, Markonish may, arguably, be the
ebrated beyond our borders. However, it is a great shame that most informed person about the current Canadian art scene. More
this magnificent, historical tribute will not be circulated in Canada. than 50% of the selected artists come from the west and Cana-
It is also financially inefficient. Projects of this scale are very ex- dian north. She's chosen many from the ranks of the venerable,
pensive to assemble (courtesy of the public purse). Pity that more but several interesting picks sent this commentator scurrying to
of us won't have an opportunity to see what all the fuss has been Google.
about. Wed be ill advised to wait for the National Gallery of Canada
Thankfully, Calgarys Glenbow Museum has organized Iain to return serve; so were counting on you, North Battleford, Sas-
Baxter&: 1N40RMAT10N (January 21 to April 9, 2012), curated katchewan (population 14,000!), and the University of Saskatch-
by Colleen Sharpe, primarily from the Glenbow and University ewan Press, to undertake a reciprocal survey of American art.
of Lethbridge collections. It features impressive signature-style
Polaroid-collaged paintings, a number of his largest and most am- Recently appointed artistic director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary, Jeffrey
bitious multimedia installations concerning ecology, recycling and Spalding is an artist, curator, former museum director, past president of the Royal Canadian
the pitfalls of rampant consumerism, plus a re-make of his York Academy of Art and member of the Order of Canada.

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THE DENTIST BROTHERS

SASKATCHEWAN: Dakota & Jonah McFadzean,
The Dentist Brothers, February 1 to March 7,
Art Gallery of Regina
Comics in the gallery can be problematic theyre
essentially an art form meant to be handled and read.
Contemporary work often references comics, but its
executed in traditional media such as work by pop
artist Roy Lichtenstein or the Chicago Imagists, the
Hairy Who. Past exhibitions such as the Winnipeg Art
Gallerys Steranko: Graphic Narrative have presented
original artwork by industry comic artists, often larger
than print-size, uncoloured and without lettering its
visually thrilling, but limits reading. Surveys of con-
temporary culture such as Krazy at the Vancouver Art
Gallery and Comic Craze at the Walter Phillips Gallery
created temporary libraries, in addition to visual display.
Dakota & Jonah McFadzean: The Dentist Brothers
is an installation of new work in comics by the McFadz-
eans, curated by Jack Anderson. The Dentist Broth-
ers is an identity that Jonah and Dakota created to
distinguish their work in partnership from independent
practice. Together theyve created large-scale drawings,
published the Pasqua Penny Saver one-sheets, and
hawked editions of their small-press work out of a baby
carriage in homage to Robert Crumb and the early days
of the San Francisco counter-culture comix scene. This
exhibition presents selections from their independent
and collaborative production, in a variety of formats, a
comprehensive look at a creative relationship.
In the past Jonah and Dakota have collaborated
by drawing on the same page, Anderson explains.
Their geographic separation during the preparation of
this exhibition inspired a new system, like a blues call-
and-response song or a surrealist game. Jonah drew,
scanned and sent. Dakota received, and responded on
a new page. Theyre installed across an entire gallery
wall and each page functions as a panel. Narratives are
created through reading along many different paths.
Narrative in comics is different from narrative in
Dakota McFadzean, One Eighty, ink on literature or cinema. Comic artist Seth compares the rhythm, condensed language and stacked imagery to
paper, 2011, 19" X 24". poetry. Think of the cartoon language as a series of characters being purposefully arranged to make words,
hes said.
Exploring the formal aspects of comic panels and pages inspires Dakotas work. He plays with panel layouts, word balloons,
spreads, line quality, drawing style, page turns, even inviting readers to rotate or fold pages. Currently studying for his MFA at
the Centre for Cartoon Studies in Vermont, Dakota has focused on drawing for the printed page, not the gallery wall, producing
whats known as mini-comics. Theyre related to artist books, produced in limited editions, often incorporating screen-printed
covers, sewn embellishments, and fold-outs. His drawings are created with traditional tools, India ink, brush and nib on a
smooth Bristol paper stock, and his themes tackle memory, childhood, time, people, isolation, fear, landscapes, animals, science,
death. I strive to make something that rings true, he says.
Jonah has a BFA in drawing from the University of Regina, and is also inspired by the language of comics. Time is stretched
and skewed by the panels on a pageI think about the edge of a paper as the frame of a panel, so that everything I draw is just
another panel of a comic. He has worked in both multi-panel and single panel pages, usually working on Stonehenge paper
with graphite, watercolour, and ink. Hes created a bestiary of chimaera in smaller drawings, Frankenstein constructions that
embody personal fears and transposed social events, part of a shared mythology developed in collaboration with Dakota.
The Dentist Brothers combines several strategies of presentation, large drawings, original pages, and a reading area, with an
experiment in narrative presentation an entire wall hung in a salon-style hopscotch. Margaret Bessai

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ALBERTA: The Bread With Honey, February 4 to April 1, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff
The conflict in the Balkans was recent enough that most people can recall images from it, though even while it was unfolding
it seemed exceptionally distant and foreign. But since then, its completely disappeared from the public consciousness, almost
a complete media blackout. When Canmore-based photographer Andrew Querner returned to Kosovo in 2010 for a project,
he was constantly aware of a sense that the world had moved on, leaving a region still split by poverty and psychological scars.
Everyones seen the war pictures, he says. Nobodys really seen pictures of people there just living their lives.
The result of his journey is The Bread With Honey, Querners series of Kosovo portraits, shot on that trip, his second to the
region. It was my first experience of hearing people my age talking about a war, he says.
He had travelled to the region a couple of years before, moving around and capturing portraits, seeing remnants of the
heavy conflict years, but not finding a specific story. As he had done with earlier projects, he wanted to find people and places
that were representative of what was happening in the region as a whole.
On the advice of his translator, Querner travelled to the town of Trepca, where a Soviet-era mine, fallen into deep disrepair,
is the only significant employer around. When the mine, which produces minerals including gold, zinc,
ABOVE LEFT: Andrew Querner, Untitled, and lead, was built as part of the former Yugoslavia, more than 2,000 miners worked there, and the
c-print, 2011, 16" X 20". town grew to be relatively prosperous. Through the conflict, it fell into Serbian hands, and is now kept
ABOVE RIGHT: Untitled, c-print, alive by a handful of Albanian miners whose families live in the small houses lining the surrounding
2011, 20" X 24". hills. Looking at the history of the mine, it closely mirrors the trajectory of the country, Querner says.
BELOW: Untitled, c-print, 2011, 20" X 24". Whoever is in power is running the mine.
The economic desperation is plainly seen in the faces of Querners subjects not just the miners,
but the townspeople surrounding them. In fact, many of the scenes inside the mine could have been
shot in almost any other hardrock mining environment. Pulling back to take in the desolate streets and
sparsely furnished living rooms of Trepca, the story becomes more focused.
This subject has a deep meaning for Querner as an artist and photographer. Hes drawn to out-
of-the-way places and hidden subcultures, though he acknowledges that even immersing himself in
a community for a few weeks, hes only scratching the surface, and capturing a veneer of truth. This
obviously leaves out the whole Serbian perspective, he says, of the Kosovo pictures. He likes to go
where media cameras dont make it outlying coastal Newfoundland, a current project thats taken
him into rural Montana and find a storyline when he gets there. Im an outsider, visiting for a
month, he says. This is my interpretation.
Originally from Vancouver, Querner moved to Canmore in 2000 originally to build a reputation
as a sport photographer in climbing. In that time, in addition to working as a climbing photographer,
hes accumulated an impressive record in editorial photography working for magazines including
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BRITISH COLUMBIA: Inside Habitat Pixel,
February 24 to April 7, Evergreen Cultural
Centre, Coquitlam
About 15 years ago, Bratsa Bonifacho turned
on his computer to see his screen fill with
indecipherable machine language. Looking
at the crowded rows of letters and symbols
caused by a computer worm, Bonifacho was
mesmerized and delighted. I immediately
saw beauty in it, he says. Even though it
was the beauty of creative destruction.
Bonifacho was already creating paint-
ings inspired by his emotional responses to
destructive world events. The deep layers of
chaos and confusion caused by viruses as
Bonifacho describes in his artists statement,
were an apt new muse for his art practice.
He began his decades-long series Habit Pixel,
the subject of a retrospective of his work
at the Evergreen Cultural Centre opening
February 24.
The Habit Pixel paintings feature letters,
numbers, symbols and signs, often set in grid
patterns. But within this linearity, Bonifacho
mixes up the elements. His backgrounds are
often in a variety of lush colours, but some
utilize an austere black and white palette,
or shades of gray. The symbols are not all
science-based; some are playful hearts, chick-
ens, and stars. Even the grid arrangement
is not a fixture in Habitat Pixel. The orderly
configuration is forgone in some of the works
for the warmer pattern often found in quilts
or batik textiles. And a few pieces in the
series lose their orderly quality altogether and
the letters and symbols are strewn about as if
cast from a container onto the floor.
The use of text in art has been an impor-
tant part of the modernist period, even in the
early 1900s. From cubists use of newspaper
clippings through to contemporary conceptu-
alists appropriation of traffic and road signs,
Bratsa Bonifacho, Tableau Vivant, logos, and retail signs, the symbols of language are abundant in 20th and 21st century artworks. Bonifacho is
oil on canvas, 2011, 84" X 60". part of this tradition, expanding it to include the representation of digital text as well as other print media.
Viewers might wonder how much can be accomplished with this muse of Bonifachos. Yet after more than
two decades he continues to riff on the theme life in all its infinite variety plays out in the Habitat Pixel works, and the virus
continues to mutate. In recent years, Bonifacho has developed several sub-series under the Habitat Pixel umbrella. One of the
most recent themes- within-a-theme is In Nucleo, and several of these pieces will be in the Evergreen show. These works contain
whole segments of found text in addition to the ambiguous strings of letters and symbols common in Bonifacho works. Hes
eliminated the strict perpendicular grids, and replaced them with swaying, organic lines of text.
In the large-scale oil on canvas work Exit No. 4, a collection of what looks like newspaper or magazine headlines sits along-
side jumbled letters, some upright and some upside down. The image of a mountain scene is placed near the middle of the
painting. Two phrases jump out: Can you handle the truth and Electronic simulation is an illusion.
Dont be misled that Bonifacho is issuing specific dicta. Thats not his intent. I dont like to explain my work, he says, a
common sentiment for most artists. But he does admit to dropping plenty of clues. There are lots of messages in my paintings.
They relate to whatever I dream about, whatever I am investigating, these are the things I take to the people. Beverly Cramp

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What we saw at
exhibitions in the West
Michle Mackasey, face nous, September 30, 2011 to January Michle Mackasey: face a nous exhibition, Mendel Art Gallery. Left:
8, 2012, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon Beskaai, Michle, & Chevez (self-portrait with children), acrylic on linen,
Tucked away in the inner chamber of the Mendel Art Gallery is an illuminating 2009; Right: Danni Boucher with her childen Deacon, Xavi & Chloe,
exhibition by Saskatoon-based artist Michle Mackasey. The show, face nous, is acrylic on linen, 2009.
a portrayal of the bonds shared by single mothers and their children. Translated
roughly as faced with us or look at us, face nous includes six life-size por- is made clear in laboured and uncomfortable poses, Dannis love for her children is
traits, one in progress (painted in the gallery) and an audio component accessible portrayed with a golden warm hue and the snuggle of her youngest one.
with headphones. Initially the space seems too small for viewing such life-size Mackasey is a single mother, and includes a self-portrait in the show. Originally
portraits, but it perfectly contains Mackaseys subjects and their intimate stories from northern Quebec, she grew up in Ontario, but now lives in Saskatoon with
about single motherhood often on the margins, facing prejudice and economic her two children, maintaining family ties to Patuanak, a Dene community in North-
hardships in Saskatoon. ern Saskatchewan. As in her self-portrait, each of Mackaseys mothers make eye
Curator Sandra Fraser writes that Mackaseys life-size portraits reference a contact with the viewer and play a protective role in the poses with their children,
long-standing tradition, typically reserved for honouring the rich and influential. and the cultural diversity in the paintings and audio is significant to understanding
There is a somber quality to many of the paintings, but the melancholy is balanced her subjects. Their stories are told through recorded conversations with the artist,
with the artists use of warm and bright colours, meticulous detail and delicate ap- mixed with the sounds of domestic clatter and interaction with the children, further
plication of paint, particularly in the facial expressions, and her rendering of clothes deepening the intimacy of the portraits, and creating a larger context for reading
which, along with the poses, were chosen by each sitter. the work. Lissa Robinson
In Felicia Gay with her children, Osawask and Zoe, viewers are faced with a preg-
nant mother, the central figure in a triad, with precise detail in the faces, clothing and Jane Ash Poitras, November 12 to 22,
hands, rich, luminous colours giving the painting a spiritual cast. In contrast, Danni Canada House Gallery, Banff
Boucher with her children Deacon, Xavi & Chlo, portrays a family unit in straitened In her recent book Cultural Memories and Imagined Futures: The Art of Jane Ash
circumstances, poised in front of a stucco wall and gravel backyard. Though the strain Poitras, author Pamela McCallum through the words of aboriginal artist and

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Jane Ash Poitras, Entering the curator Shirley Bear invites viewers to Ceremonial Sand Circle, necessary as this work is not only beautiful in the conven-
Ceremonial Sand Circle, mixed feel the work of Jane Ash Poitras, who is of tional sense but is also deeply affecting. Rob Alexander
media on panel, 16" x 24" Cree/Dene descent, rather than analyze it
through western eyes and ideals. Dean Drever, Black and White, October 22 to November 5,
Poitras explores many layers of meaning and association within the 12 mixed- Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
media works in this exhibition, taking complex themes about aboriginal people and As the exhibition title suggests, Dean Drever does not leave much middle ground
telling ancient and intricate stories that serve to highlight the survival of indigenous in his exploration of the power of symbols in the struggle for power. His exhibition
peoples throughout the world including the Navajo, Maya, Inuit, and Mtis. is black and white in both the literal and the figurative sense, and the works are
Poitras opens doors that at first glance may seem inappropriate. One example produced with manufactured precision, bearing little indication of the artists hand.
is the mixed-media painting on panel, Entering the Ceremonial Sand Circle. As its These are ideas expressed in precise visual form, objects which also stand alone as
primary element, the piece features a colour photograph of an interior view of a pristine works of art.
kiva (an enclosed room used by aboriginal people in the American Southwest for
spiritual ceremonies) along with a shaman, a masked dancer and a circular sand
painting. The photograph is obviously an older one, with the pale colours of a Up North, September
postcard from the 1950s and 60s, which means it was likely taken before the 2, 2011 to January 8,
people of the Southwest, feeling the brunt of cultural appropriation, began to 2012, Art Gallery of
restrict recording of their sacred ceremonies. Alberta, Edmonton.
It raises the question about whether its appropriate for Poitras to share a Review by Ross Brad-
depiction of an inherently sacred and highly protected cultural event. But McCallum ley.
and Bear would label that an analytical, westernized opinion. It seems appropriate that
Instead, after a long second thought, it becomes apparent Poitras has done the Art Gallery of Alberta
something remarkable. Carefully combining this photograph with the colours should follow up the recent
of the Southwest desert red, tan, beige, brown, white and green along with exhibition Traffic: Conceptual
turquoise anthropomorphic figures common to the region while restoring the Art in Canada 1965 1980
portion of the sand circle cut from the photo, and etching the words sacred with a look at current practice
ceremony into a patch of yellow, blue and white paint that sits within the red in this challenging genre of the visual arts. In my mind, conceptual art
circle, Poitras has taken something from the public realm, where it was likely just a focuses on the exploration of ideas, rather than the more traditional
curiosity, and reminded viewers that what we are looking at is indeed sacred. creation of objects. The artist often seems to be asking the question What
The body of work in this exhibition is of equal strength. Individually, each paint- if?, and then testing the possibilities, and the audience will often see a
ing is unique in subject, colour, and the elements Poitras uses to tell her distinctive documentation of the process, rather than a resulting work.
stories. Each also requires an equally thoughtful, open approach to Entering the Find the complete review online at www.gallerieswest.ca

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To put the recent work in perspective, the exhibition includes earlier pieces that
show the beginning of the conceptual exploration of power on an interpersonal
level. One of these features a pair of classic brass knuckles, topped with a steel text
bar, designed to leave the messages This is not going to be OK and This will not
go over your head embedded in the flesh of the intended victim. On a more per-
sonal, romantic theme there is an exquisite metal and Plexiglas sculpture which is in
fact a set of bullets mounted as they would be in the chamber of a gun, alternately
engraved with either She Loves Me or She Loves Me Not. This sets the tone for
Drevers recent work, which was also exhibited in Toronto and Vancouver earlier
this year.
The Black and White series looks at the symbolic expression of power through
historic and contemporary images. One of the most striking works is Home and
Away, two sets of authentic National Hockey League jerseys hanging on racks
awaiting both teams arrival. One set is solid black and one solid white, both
bearing on the front a large swastika and on the back the names of Hitler and his
key henchmen. Historically, the swastika was a religious symbol common to many
cultures and generally standing for peace. In 1916, Edmonton had a womens
hockey team that also used it as their team logo.
In more contemporary imagery, the designs for the Black and White Masks are
reminiscent of Darth Vader, set up in the best of cowboy traditions, with the good
guy in white and the bad guy in black, pulling in opposite directions. On another
Dean Drever, White Klan (Ed. 1 / 2), stacked paper, 2011, 87" x 37" x 27".

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piece, the Playboy bunny is interpreted as a traditional aboriginal button blanket, with
its bright red rabbit head one of the only deviations from the black and white theme.
The most imposing statement of power is the figure of a totemic white Klans-
man. Created out of thousands of individual sheets of paper stacked over seven
feet high, its a clear symbol of a quest for racial purity and white supremacy. The
contrast is in the solidity of the figure (and what it represents) and the ephemeral
nature of the medium, which could easily be blown away with a gust of wind,
perhaps like all symbols of power. Ross Bradley
The Point Is, August 20 to October 30, Kelowna Art Gallery

Theres a certain audacity in titling a painting exhibition The Point Is, as curator Liz
Wylie does at the Kelowna Art Gallery. It almost begs the question What is the
point? a freighted avenue of inquiry for a mercurial discipline whose contem-
porary relevance has been questioned to the point of declaration of death. But as
Wylie notes in the catalogue essay, a point can be seen not only as an end, but also
as a beginning and as a building block. She roots her curatorial premise in the lat-
ter idea, proposing to explore the charged zone of interface between abstraction
and representation, a place of latent energy, a nexus, as with a magnetic pole,
around which a field of energy may swirl. She argues that abstraction and repre- Landon Mackenzie, Houbarts Hope (Yellow) Crimson Lake, synthetic
sentation are not as far removed as some would posit and that dialogues can, and polymer and appliqus on linen, 90" x 123".
do, exist between formal concerns and what is seen or sensed in the real world.
To illustrate her thesis, Wylie assembles16 paintings by five artists Pierre Also notable is Coupeys piece, Screen I, an oil in four linear panels, including
Coupey, Landon Mackenzie, Martin Pearce, Bernadette Phan and Bryan Ryley two with scrawled, text-like marks that resist legibility, and two that revel in a more
all based in British Columbia with the exception of Pearce, who lives in Ontario. painterly ground. The work ably demonstrates Coupeys interest in the representa-
Perhaps the clearest manifestation is offered by Mackenzie, who presents two tion of embodied experience and emotional states with an expressiveness that, as
large-scale paintings, Houbarts Hope Wylie observes, is not sloppy or maudlin.
(Yellow) Crimson Lake, which relates to The other three artists have a more ephemeral relationship to representation.
the early mapping of Canada, and a more Pearces canvases are subtle tonal studies in shades of grey, richly worked brooding
recent work, Nights with Georgia, which surfaces that engage with contrary forces of obfuscation and revelation, while
concerns itself with brain function. The remaining largely unintelligible from a representational standpoint. Ryleys large
former, in particular, with its deft use of squeegee paintings include recognizable collage elements, but reside mostly within
map-making symbols within larger pools the language of abstraction, despite his working method of linking painterly ges-
and washes of colour, nods to represen- ture to the random events of daily life. Phan creates meditative canvases in which
tational power without overwhelming an almost pixilated abstraction based in formal experimentation starts to resemble
abstractions more subtle concerns. impressionistic studies of sky and water.
Wylie asserts that these approaches represent a wholly new territory of
Left: Sonny Assu, Longing #13 exploration and of expressive and intellectual possibility. That may be an overstate-
found cedar and brass, ment. Arguably, apart from a minority of rigid formalists, abstraction has long been
17" x 13" x 9". Below: Sonny Assu influenced knowingly and unknowingly, in ways both subtle and profound by
and Eric Deis, Museum of Anthro- the subjectivities, experiences and strategies of its practitioners.
pology, archival pigment print, Clearly, the work in this exhibition is sincere and serious. But there is also a
28" X 42". narrowness in the exhibitions range its magnetic pole is tilted to abstraction
influenced by representational concerns, rather than the reverse or even a balanced
split between the two. This makes the exhibition feel safe. Pleasurable, yes, but
perhaps a broader and riskier frame proclaiming not what the point is, but
instead, what the points are might have yielded a more complex discourse and a
stronger exhibition. Portia Priegert
Sonny Assu, Longing, September 14 to November 5, West

Vancouver Museum
Context is everything in art. Where a piece is exhibited, what it is shown with, and
how its displayed directly affect its interpretation. Sonny Assus new installation,
Longing, at the West Vancouver Museum centers on this connection between
presentation and meaning.
Assu, a Vancouver artist of mixed non-indigenous and Laich-kwil-tach
(Kwakwakawakw) ancestry of the Wei Wai Kai Nation, displays discarded chunks of
cedar he found in the cast-off pile of a log home developer, presented as if theyre
commercially produced Northwest Coast masks. The wood was found on the tradi-
tional territory of Assus reserve on northeastern Vancouver Island, making the Na-

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tion complicit in the waste of resources. Without altering the found objects, Assu
displays them on museum-style brass mounts, assigning them an identity, status
and authority they were never meant to have, and raising questions about author-
ity and authenticity and how the location of an object can alter its interpretation.
Would we recognize these offcuts as masks without Assus intervention and
identification of them as such? Would we even know if they were found objects,
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the perceived voice of authority lodged within this institutional space. At the
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On the Nature of
Things, October 15 to SHOP THE WALK
December 31, Kam- Take a self-guided walking tour of the seven
loops Art Gallery. Re- member galleries on the Edmonton Gallery Walk.
view by Beverly Cramp.
The close proximity
Modern art, with its phi- and diversity of the
losophy of setting aside the galleries provides an
traditional in favour of experi- attraction for art
lovers everywhere.
mentation, is often defined in
art textbooks as a movement
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that ended sometime in the 124th Street area.
late 20th century. That death
is greatly exaggerated modern arts influence is most definitely still with
us. This exhibition proves how artists from across Canada and around the
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INTRODUCTIONS:
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CREATIVE LEGACIES
PRIVATE COLLECTORS ARE AS Public art galleries as we know them wouldnt exist without private col-
lectors, says Ian Thom, senior curator of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Its a
CRUCIAL AS EVER TO THE SURVIVAL bold statement, made during a recent lecture on the Gallerys permanent
collection.
OF OUR PUBLIC GALLERIES Thoms lecture, in support of the current exhibition An Autobiography
of Our Collection organized to celebrate the VAGs 80th anniversary and
its more than 10,000 pieces of art, touched more often than not on works
PHOTO TOP LEFT BY TREVOR MILLS, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
donated to the gallery by private collectors. People like J. Ron Longstaffe,

Claudia Beck and Andrew Gruft, and Alison and Alan Schwartz, to name a
few, who spent a good part of their lives buying art and then bestowing the
BY BEVERLY CRAMP bulk of their collections to public institutions.
Another of the Gallerys significant donors is Michael Audain, whose
private art collection, only some of which he has given to the VAG, is the
source of works for the headline show at the gallery, Shore, Forest and
Beyond. Its organized in four main sections First Nations carvings (both
historical and contemporary), modern British Columbia art, Mexican paint-
ings, and a large selection of Emily Carr works.

Opposite: Haida artist, Portrait Mask, wood, pigment, 1840 - 1860. Collection of
Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa, from the Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition
Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection. Above: Installation
view, Vancouver / Vancouver, from the Rick Erickson collection, at Gallery 1965.
Showing loaned and donated works, as in this case, is another way pri- There are many ways private collectors make their collections available to
vate collectors bolster public gallery offerings. Michael has the largest private the public. Vancouver condo marketing whiz Bob Rennie, who has amassed
collection of Emily Carr works anywhere, says Grant Arnold, co-curator one of Canadas largest collections of international and national contem-
of the show (hes also the Audain curator, a special position funded by an porary art, opened his own private gallery, which has just entered into an
endowment set up by Audain several years ago). All of his Emily Carr paint- exhibition partnership with the Royal British Columbia Museum.
ings are in the show, except one that he and his wife Yoshiko look at every Vancouver builder and collector Rick Erickson owns real estate throughout
day. They wanted to keep that one in their home. the city. He built Gallery 1965 in one of his commercial buildings, an elegant
Arnold adds that Audains First Nations collection began in earnest about space carved out of the street-front section of video collective VIVOs premises,
10 years ago. Michael has made it clear hes interested in repatriating histori- which leases it from Erickson. This past fall, the inaugural Gallery 1965 exhibi-
cal First Nation work back to the coast hes said publicly that this material tion was a selection of works from Ericksons collection, its first public airing
wouldnt go back on the market and that the masks wont leave the coast since he began collecting more than 30 years ago. It was shown in two parts
again. Hes motivated by his profound interest in the history of B.C., and it in an exhibition called Vancouver / Vancouver. Many of the artists in the two
would be pretty hard to tell the history of this region without those items be- shows went to school with Erickson in Vancouvers working class East End.
ing in museum collections here. Michael Turner, novelist, poet, arts writer, and newly-minted Emily Carr
Arnold notes that the art market has gone crazy in the past few years University instructor, curated the show. While Audains collection is designed
with prices spiralling upwards. A lot of those historical First Nations masks to offer a symbolic, and perhaps idealized, history of British Columbia, Erick-
would be out of the reach of most institutions in this province. sons is assembled spontaneously, based as much on the event (often an art

COLLECTORS INFLUENCE WESTERN CANADA
Like many museums in North America, Western Canadas large gallery, established in 1912 by a group of ambitious business-
public galleries were started with the collections of private men who understood the civilizing effects of art. The WAG
donors. Calgarys Glenbow Museum was formed in 1966 with gained its reputation as the home of the largest collection
the Glenbow Foundation collection, donated by lawyer and of contemporary Inuit art in the world when it acquired the
petroleum engineer Eric Harvie. After making a fortune from George Swinton collection of 130 Inuit sculptures in 1960, and
the discovery of oil in Leduc in 1949, Harvie had begun to more than 4,000 Inuit art works from Jerry Twomey in 1971.
collect cultural and historical artifacts of the west in earnest in The WAG is also known for its decorative art collection, based
the 1950s. His stated goal was to include pieces from West- on the donation of objects from Melanie Bolton-Hill in the
ern Canada, artifacts and art from Asia, West Africa, South 1950s. The gallery has since added to this collection and now
America and the South Pacific. has over 4,000 pieces of decorative art from ceramic, glass,
The Winnipeg Art Gallery is Canadas oldest public art metal and textiles from the 17th to the mid-20th century.

auction fundraiser) as the work itself, says Turner. If Audains collection is a
novel rich in character and plot, Ericksons is both a diary and a map.
When speaking of art collections, words like taste, thematic, coherence
and market value often come to mind, Turner wrote in his exhibition essay.
Unlike 17th century portrait painting, where the flattened subject appears
surrounded by the subjects equally flattened holdings, an art collection,
once installed, takes the form of sculpture, perhaps suggesting those words I
mentioned earlier, but also a record of activity, or a map, given the collectors
passage through the places where the work was purchased.
Turners essay turns a razor-sharp eye on the effect of private collectors
on the local art scene. In addition to supporting artists by buying their work,
and helping public galleries and museums by donating all or large portions
of their collections, private collectors build ties to public institutions and set
up endowments to support new acquisitions. They may also contribute to the
actual buildings that house public institutions.
Such was the case for Saskatoons Mendel Gallery. It was named for
meat-packing magnate Frederick Mendel, who initiated the fundraising drive
to build a modernist art gallery in Saskatoon that opened in 1964. Mendel
also donated 13 Group of Seven paintings to the gallery, establishing the
institutions permanent collection, the largest in the province.
In 2009, the Mendel announced plans for a new location, with an estimated
date of completion in 2014. Then on June 3, 2011 before a shovel of dirt had
been lifted, philanthropist Ellen Remai donated $30 million to the new project
$15 million toward construction costs of the gallery and $500,000 annually
for 30 years toward an exhibition program. The new gallery will take on a new
name; the Mendel will become the Remai Art Gallery of Saskatchewan.
So the dance between public art institutions and private collectors contin-
ues, to the benefit of the public at large. Collectors can go on this entrancing
journey, following their passions. Then its up to us to weave the different
threads together, says Vincent Varga, director and CEO of the Mendel Art
Gallery. In the end, we create this intricate fabric of culture.
Opposite: Emily Carr, War Canoes, Alert Bay, oil on canvas, 1912. Collection of
Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa. From the Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition
Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection. This page: Works
from the original collection of Frederick Mendel, (top) Lawren Harris, Untitled
(Mountains near Jasper), oil on canvas, c.1934 - 1940. Edward John Hughes,
View of Shawnigan Lake, oil on canvas, 1959. Both collection of the Mendel Art
Gallery, gifts of the Mendel family, 1965.
Citizens of the city of Victoria own collector Michael Wil- for its Asian art, second only in significance to that held by the
liams collection of some 1100 pieces of British Columbia Royal Ontario Museum.
art including contemporary and historic West Coast art (in Our Asian art collection was started in the early 1950s
particular, one of the largest collections of Maxwell Bates by some of the wealthy patrons and supporters who had the
paintings along with major Jack Shadbolt works) and Ab- time and goodwill to develop our cultural institution, says Jon
original art including pieces by Robert Davidson, Sharon Point Tupper, director of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Once
and Roy Vickers. Theyre housed at the University of Victoria a collection starts, art institutions develop expertise around it
but Michaels also donated funds to the Art Gallery of Greater and that usually attracts more of the same to the collection.
Victoria, which is itself housed in a historic mansion of Victo- The work done by the early volunteers those many years ago,
rian design that was donated in 1951 by Sarah Spencer. The informs much of what we are doing now.
gallerys permanent collection of 17,000 items is best known Beverly Cramp

Video still from Shadow on the Prairie,
colour DVD, looping single-channel
video projection, 2009.

THE
GOSPEL
TRUTH
DEANNA BOWEN DIGS
DEEP INTO COMPLEX
FAMILY HISTORY IN
STORIES TO PASS ON
BY MONIQUE WESTRA
Deanna Bowens great-grandparents fled

the United States in the wake of the of-
ficially sanctioned and legislated Jim Crow
segregation laws. They were among the
original founders in 1909 of Amber Valley,
one of three settlements of black im-
migrants to Alberta. About 100 miles north
of Edmonton, the town was the largest
community of black people in Alberta until
the 1930s. Bowens mother was raised
there and it was where Deanna spent the
first eight years of her childhood. Seeking
a better life and more educational op-
portunities for their large family, Bowens
grandparents moved to Vancouver, and
its only recently, as a result of research
for her next project, that Bowen has come
to understand the racial imperatives that
played a role in the move away from Al-
berta, where the Klu Klux Klan was active.
She goes back further to find the
family histories that make up her current
show, Stories to Pass On.... Its based on

BOWENS WORK ALSO HAS A WIDER
a 2008 road trip to Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas, part of a quest to retrace
the migration of her ancestors. Although it was never openly talked about in
her family, Bowen knew that she was descended from slaves, and during that
RESONANCE, SPEAKING TO THE trip, she confirmed that her family had been slaves in Pine Flat Alabama. She
found the plantation where they had lived, worked and died, and met rela-
tives who were their direct descendants. She learned about her mixed African
HIDDEN STORIES EMBEDDED WITHIN and Aboriginal heritage, and made the discovery that her ancestors had been
enslaved, paradoxically, by Native peoples. Each avenue of research leads
to another path and even as she elucidates her familys story over time and
EVERY FAMILY place, it builds in complexity as more and more layers are added, all of the
research feeding her art.
Deanna Bowen: Stories to pass on... features two video and sound instal-
lations: Gospel and Shadow on the Prairie (from The Vancouver Project).
The complex, interdisciplinary work includes video and sound installation,
performance, sculpture and photography. Driven by an urgent need to know
and to experience her own family and its tangled, often hidden history, Bo-
wen draws on public and private sources to create layered, multifaceted and
emotionally-charged art. Her methodology is both scholarly and spontane-
ous thorough and academically sound, yet open to tangents, unexpected
and surprising associations. She makes metaphorical and imaginative leaps in
order to follow the thread of a story, wherever it might lead.
Bowen combines aspects of official historical narratives with personal his-

The third component of Gospel is a dramatic video compilation, Imita-
tion of Life (A Hypothesis), a moving collage of appropriated clips from the
movie, Imitation of Life. The audio and video segments fuse, overlap and
interweave in a crescendo of mounting tension. The discord and alienation
that marks the relationship between mother and daughter in the film speaks
to the estrangement between Bowen and her own mother.
The work is technologically complex, and Bowen creates layered, non-
linear and fragmentary narratives, rich in visual and auditory associations
that allude to the specific history of her family within the broader context of
its African-Canadian heritage. Her work also has wider resonance, speaking
to the hidden stories embedded within every family stories that are not
passed on, replaced by glossed-over and sanitized myths of family lore.
Bowens family secrets were hidden behind the rigid and judgemental
strictures of the familial home, based in the Christian fundamentalism
preached by her grandfather. The family was dominated by an unforgiving
tradition of moral rectitude that impacted every aspect of their lives, some-
times with tragic consequences.
Her family search led her to the story, suppressed in her family, of a clos-
eted gay great-uncle who was a performer in jazz clubs in Vancouver, and to
his lover, a costume designer who was involved in the Royal Winnipeg Bal-
lets 1952 production of Shadow on the Prairie, filmed by the National Film
Board of Canada, which led her to another thread in Stories to pass on....
The acclaimed and original Canadian ballet about settlement in Western
Canada tells a tragic story of the despair, madness and suicide of a young
bride, and Bowen recognized in the brides desperation and entrapment
aspects of her great-uncle Hermans life. The coincidental connection of
the ballet with his life prompted Bowen to bring the two stories together.
Bowens installation, Shadow on the Prairie, is made up of wall text and
a video, fragmented excerpts from the NFB film, overlaid with a plaintive
lament as well as graphic and photographic images that recall Herman
and black performers in the repressed era of the fifties. The ballet is set in
Alberta in the same harsh landscape that formed the backdrop to Bowens
family history.
tories, enriched and animated by insights from literary, musical and cinematic After her early childhood in northern Alberta and a relocation to Vancou-
sources. The title of the exhibition was directly inspired by Toni Morrisons ver at 8, Bowen was raised primarily by her maternal grandparents. She at-
Beloved, a novel that deals with a community of former slaves and their tended Simon Fraser University and later earned a diploma in sculpture from
efforts to overcome the effects of their collective trauma. In the introduction the Emily Carr College of Art. After graduation in 1994 at 25, Bowen moved
to the exhibition catalogue, Bowen notes that Morrisons book touches on to Toronto, and in 2008, she completed a Master of Visual Arts degree at the
the key concerns of her art, namely ....the internal and external obstacles University of Toronto. Today she works as an academic and an acclaimed art-
that impede the telling of personal truths and the restorative possibilities ist. She is currently a lecturer at the University of Toronto and her work has
of working through traumatic histories. Bowens powerful art has a healing been exhibited nationally and internationally.
dimension for her personally. As she uncovers and recounts her African- Theres a strong intellectual foundation in Deanna Bowens work, and its
Canadian familys stories and situates them in broader historical, societal and grounded in thorough historical scholarship. While its references are cultur-
cultural contexts, she comes to terms with the past. By giving her a way to ally specific and its inspirational antecedents densely layered, each complex
understand her estranged family, what they did and did not do, her art opens work speaks directly to the heart because of her deep personal connection
up the possibility of reconciliation. to it.
Gospel is comprised of three separate but related elements. On the walls
are seven framed inkjet prints, each featuring the enlarged cover of a hymnal. Deanna Bowen: Stories to pass on... is on at the Esplanade Gallery in Medicine
The verisimilitude is convincing, making each faded and tattered cover Hat February 25 to April 15. Organized by the Thames Art Gallery in Chatham,
seem vividly present. Hymnals are potent signifiers of Christianity and its Ontario, its curated by Carl Lavoy.
moral strictures, of song and celebration, of community, and of the specific
individual, now unknown, who once owned it and opened its pages every
Sunday. The suite of framed hymnals relates directly to a vertical speaker Opposite and top: Video still from Shadow on the Prairie, colour DVD, looping
/ sculpture called Preacherman (Stela), which broadcasts the voice of her single-channel video projection, 2009; Above: Treasury in Song and Worship in
preacher grandfather singing hymns. Song, archival inkjet prints on Epson photo paper, 2007.

OUT OF OBSCURITY
MOTHER TONGUE PUBLISHINGS LABOUR OF LOVE
BRINGS BACK VANISHED B.C. ARTISTS
BY JANET NICOL
The letterpress inside Mother Tongue Publishings

operation on Salt Spring Island.
In any creative world there is energy around stars time, she was able to bring his life story and that of other marginalized
and the art world is very small, says writer and artists to light in a biographical series called Unheralded Artists of B.C.
publisher Mona Fertig. I know from being an art- There were about 5,000 artists on the B.C. coast in the 40s, 50s and
ists daughter how much my dad suffered, how he beginning of the 60s, Fertig says. It was a very rich scene. She says her fa-
carried on, how poor we were, how many times I thers story led to the idea of the book series. Some time after he died, Fertig
heard the names of (celebrated Vancouver painter) got a grant and began writing about his life, but couldnt find a publisher.
Jack Shadbolt and others and knew, instinctively that She wasnt discouraged, deciding instead to publish the book herself.
all things were not equal. Working with her husband Peter Haase, from their home on Salt Spring
PHOTOS BY JOHN CAMERON.
Her father George Fertig was a committed artist and husband with two Island, the couple expanded their private literary press to include trade
daughters, struggling in Vancouver during the post-war years. But despite books. They named their enterprise Mother Tongue Publishing and began the
the beauty and depth of his work, Fertig painted in the shadows. Years later, Unheralded Artists of B.C. series.
Mona Fertig decided she didnt want her fathers work to be overlooked. In She sees herself as a curator. The books are small galleries a

Writer and publisher Mona Fertig of Mother Tongue Publishing,
at home on Salt Spring Island.
door weve opened up to the world, she says. The press has just released a biography of landscape painter Mildred Val-
People love the stories, Fertig says. The books speak to outsiders, who ley Thornton, and the next book will be about Ina Uhthoff and Edythe Hem-
want to hear more about these artists who worked without recognition. It fills broff Schleicher, two artists from Victoria. With each new book, Fertig says
a part of our selves that relates to the creative struggle. Theres a masoch- sales have been steadily increasing. She now plans to hire a sales specialist.
ism to being an artist all that rejection. But without being creative, artists Fertig would love to commission a book on Vancouver artist Vera
would collapse. Weatherbie but says finding a suitable writer and ensuring theres enough
The first book in the series was about sculptor David Marshall, one research material are just some of the challenges she faces. Publishing is
of several artists Fertig knew growing up in the Vancouver art scene. Her also costly, particularly reproducing full color art work and getting permis-
fathers story, which she wrote, was the second and the third is about sions. B.C. artists, like their counterparts from across
painters Frank Molnar and LeRoy Jensen, and sculptor and printmaker Jack Canada, easily slipped into obscurity despite the many creative people and
Hardman. There were quite a few men, Fertig says. Its harder to find galleries in Vancouver, Fertig says very few artists in the past made a living.
women. Artists are forgotten or not considered important, she says. The art itself

Book covers from the
Unheralded Artists of B.C. series.
gets destroyed. If there are no relatives, the art can vanish. in the series can give hope to other creative people. These artists followed a
The Vancouver Art Gallery has many B.C. artists works in stor- path of courage.
age, but the public rarely gets a chance to see them. Fertig has bigger Cheryl Sieger, a librarian at the Vancouver Art Gallery for 27 years, believes
ideas, including a regular series of VAG shows on B.C. artists. Id like people have a strong curiosity about artists from Vancouvers past. I get que-
to see a college- or university-level course, so people can learn more ries every day from the public about (local) art they own, Sieger says. And
about our history, she adds. She also believes the books in the series they want to know more about these artists. She says the series is also valu-
would make great film documentaries, because of their visual appeal. able to art collectors and Vancouver historians. People are delighted to have
Fertig believes the art world is even narrower today than it was documentation about these artists. All libraries should have these books.
when her father was part of a vibrant local community, and artists There are unsung artists as well as the really unsung artists, Sieger
emphasize the intellectual and conceptual now over the visual. We says, who are much harder to research. There have been many important
can be inspired by the struggle and passion of these artists, Fertig artists in Vancouver. Its lovely to have the stories of some of these people
says. At a deeper level, she believes the artists struggles as depicted brought together.

COLLECTORS
9 ARTISTS to consider right now By Richard White
TOM GALE JOSEPH PLASKETT

Born: 1946, Medicine Hat Born: 1918, New Westminster
Studied: Self-taught Studied: Banff, San Francisco, New York,
Lives/Works: Edmonton London and Paris
Price Range: $800 - $15,000 Lives/Works: Paris, Suffolk (UK)
Price Range: $3,200 - $24,000
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Were seeing major collectors moving to- Horizontal Still Life, 2010, oil on canvas, 21" x 51".
ward modern abstract work says Elizabeth
Levinson, Associate Director of one of the three Winchester Galleries in Victoria (co-owned by Gunter Heinrich
and Anthony Sam). She explains its partly the market and partly changing tastes. The pool of historic, representa-
tional work has been greatly reduced as works go into long-held or institutional collections. However she notes,
modern works, particularly great Canadian abstracts (e.g. Riopelle, McEwen, Tousignant, Perehudoff, Klunder),
have a terrific upside because they have generally stayed in Canada and been overlooked although the global
Stanley Park Series I, oil on canvas, 4' x 5'. market is catching on. Her advice, Get expert direction and buy the very best you can afford.
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For senior collectors, she suggests Joseph Plaskett merits serious consideration. Hes best known for his
Gregorie Barber, owner of the Front Gallery in figurative and still-life paintings. Recipient of the Order of Canada and numerous other awards and honorary
Edmonton, sees a trend among collectors toward doctorates, Plaskett won the first Emily Carr scholarship in 1946, and recently created his own foundation, which
more contemporary work: younger people are now awards similar scholarships. He continues to paint and is exhibited in both Europe and North America.
looking for edgy work, with fresh, bold colours, Levinson shares an anecdote about becoming a collector. Some years ago, a now-client purchased a Jacques
making strong statements, not what they grew up Majorelle work at auction for $140, not because he knew the artist but because the painting was distinctive, had
with, ...while their elders may be downsizing, but good composition and really engaged him. It appeared to be a good painting, he now recounts. Years later, he
are nonetheless putting big, strong paintings on sold it for 59,000 (about $82,000). It showed him the value of buying well, and has since developed his eye
big walls. She says, landscapes are popular in and vastly improved his collection.
Alberta and sales remain steady. But adds shes
selling more abstract art, perhaps because theres
more choice from outstanding artists. CHRIS he is an uncompromising and
An artist Barber often recommends is Tom Gale WOODS unique talent. And further that
who has been painting for 35 years, the last 20 Born: 1970, New Brunswick his work succeeds because of a
in Edmonton. His work is in the collection of the Studied: University of the visual fluency that relates to people
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, in corporate col- Fraser Valley 1988-1990 on an everyday basis. Chris is a
lections such as Canadian Utilities Ltd, Toronto Do- Colorado State University master at satirical explorations of
minion Art Collection and ATCO Electric, as well as (Artist in residence) 2002 our consumer culture. In 2000,
in many private collections. Gale was described by Lives/Works: Chilliwack, BC Woods was featured in Macleans
the late Edmonton reviewer/critic Gilbert Bouchard Price Range: $12,000 - $28,000 magazine Faces of the Future: 100
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as probably Albertas finest landscape painter. Canadians to Watch. His paintings
Barber points out that Gale is not a formula Asked about trends in collect- have appeared in Adbusters, Geist
painter doing the same thing in different sizes and ing, David Chaperon, a partner and Harpers magazines. Woods
palettes. His work reflects the struggle, the (with Mark Reddekopp and was recently chosen for the Fraser
challenge of the problem being solved. He puts Shane OBrien) at Gallery Ice Cap, 2011, oil on canvas, Valley Biennale at Abbotsfords
something of himself into every painting. Jones in Vancouver observes, 50" X 48". Reach Gallery and will have a solo
Asked about memorable experiences in the Todays collectors are becom- show there in 2013. His work is in
gallery business, Barber describes receiving a phone ing increasingly savvy, finding art more accessible public collections in Kamloops, Surrey and Nanaimo
call several years ago regarding a nude painting by and less mysterious. The internet is an important as well as corporate collections including Microsoft
Edmonton figure painter Doug Jamha, displayed in cultural portal, providing information about artists and Michael Audains Polygon Group.
her gallery window. The caller asked a number of and the art world. And Canadians are becoming less For the beginning collector, Chaperon advises,
serious questions about the painting leading her to regionalized and more worldly in their collecting, and to be patient and take your time. It may well take
believe he was interested in purchase. However the definitely more eclectic. awhile to sort through the visual cacophony to
call ended with him asking if he could just have Picking a specific artist to recommend, Chaperon understand your own taste and the direction your
her (the models) phone number. suggests Chris Woods with the comment that collection will take.

COLLECTORS
MELISSA JEAN SEGUSO VETRI DARTE
Born: 1975, Winnipeg Italian studio 1932 1960
Studied: Self-taught FLYGSFORS
Lives/Works: Kenora Swedish studio 1952 1963
Price Range: $500 - $5000 Price Range: $150 - $5000
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Brian Imeson opened Circa Art Glass in Calgary in
2003 as the only totally-art-glass gallery in Canada
with a focus on mid-century (1940 1960) pieces
from Europe. Hes noticed over the years that art Works by Flavio Poli from Seguso Vetri
collectors are recognizing art glass more and more dArte studio.
as a legitimate art form and not just decorative art.
The mid-century work is enjoying a resurgence in Europe and North America, the objects range from
popularity due to the contemporary design and style sophisticated in form, to abstract in nature and
from this period. In fact he says, clients who have include everything from vases and vessels to lamps
since become collectors were shocked to learn the and figurative works.
work I carry is dated 1940s 1960s. It is so contem- In Imesons opinion, work from the Seguso Vetri
porary by todays standards, that they assumed I was dArte studio represents some of the best Italian work
the artist, or that it is local work. But the fact it is 50 of the past 60 years, with modern and contemporary
Rocks and Raindrops, acrylic on canvas 24" x 24". years old only adds to its appreciation and collect- designs particularly those by Flavio Poli. He also
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ability. Good design is indeed timeless. recommends the hand-blown crystal vessels by Paul
Jennifer Tasker is the owner of Woodlands Gallery, a Bright, intense, vivid colors are characteristic Kedelv at the Flygsfors studio as representing the best
Winnipeg fixture since 1984. She has seen a recent af- of the period. Forged in the furnaces of post-war of mid-century Scandinavian work.
fection among clients for lots of colour, particularly red,
and notes that people are gravitating towards a blend
between realism and abstract. Clients like to see some- ALEKSANDRA SOPA since 2008. Rdest was
thing recognizable in a painting rather than a complete RDEST shortlisted for the RBC Painting
abstract, but far enough away from photo-realism that Studied: Ontario College Competition that same year and
they can insert their own vision into the piece. of Art & Design, 2002 was also chosen among the top
When Tasker first met Melissa Jean in 2010 Jean Lives/Works: Toronto Emerging Artists in Magenta
was seeking gallery representation for the first time Price Range: $1,500 - $8,000 Publishings nationwide survey
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outside her community. Painting professionally for book, Carte Blanche, Vol. 2:
only a couple of years, she is a fast-emerging artist Deborah Boileau opened Sopa Painting. Her work has been
Tasker is quick to endorse. Her prices are reason- Fine Arts in Kelowna in 2004 shown across Canada as well
able but climbing. In her first year she sold over 25 with a strong roster of con- as in Chicago and Japan and is
paintings plus several commissions. She was recently temporary artists that attracts found in both corporate and
a feature artist in the gallery. Jean takes inspiration clients from all over the world. private collections. Boileau
from her Lake of the Woods surroundings and every In recent years she has noticed describes Rdests work as having
painting is an adventure. As she said in a recent inter- people are qualifying their art Heavy With Reassurance, acrylic on a fresh, vibrant look that
view, a favourite experience on a summer day ...is to purchases more, rather than canvas, on panel 48" x 40". feels at once revolutionary, yet
sit on a dock/island/beach and watch the reflections acting on impulse. Now, she with solid roots in lyrical ab-
in the water, and if it rains, watch the raindrops ... its says, clients are asking what is this artist doing to en- straction. Her canvases have fabulous bursts of color,
as mesmerizing as watching the flames of a bonfire, sure my painting will hold its value? Good question. carefully built up in layers that create veils of paint,
coming together and pulling apart. Theyre asking to look at previous bodies of work, the which practically sing on the wall.
Taskers advice to collectors: Dont over think artists resume, and they want to see a strong com- In wine-growing Kelowna, Boileau often uses a
it. Dont stress over starting with a perfect piece to mitment to their craft. More people want to live with wine analogy when advising new collectors: Develop
feature above the sofa. Be open to possibilities. Start a painting first, as opposed to buying your visual palette over time much like your wine
with the first piece that tugs on your heartstrings straight off the wall. palate. Become exposed to more complex and
small or large, start with the piece you cant stop One artist she recommends without hesita- sophisticated varieties. I often meet art collectors who
thinking about. tion is Aleksandra Rdest who has been exhibiting at tell me theyve outgrown their early art pieces.

COLLECTORS
BLAKE WARD carved in Italy. In his Frag- NICOLAS BOTT
Born: 1956, Yellowknife ments series, the hauntingly Born: 1941, Blokker (NL)
Studied: BFA (Honors) University of beautiful fragmented figures Studied: Emily Carr School of Art,
Alberta, Figurative sculpture, Paris were deliberately disfigured Chicago School of Art
Lives/Works: Monaco by the artist as a kind of Lives/Works: Vancouver, BC
Price Range: $10,000 - $125,000 protest about the destruc- Price Range: $1,500 - $18,000
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tive nature of war. Each
Owner Wanda Underhill of the is named after a type of
Rouge Gallery in Saskatoon has landmine such as the Apple
noticed clients becoming more P-40 piece acquired by the
interested in educating themselves United Nations Association
on the value of original art. Flamenco, bronze, 100 x 39 x 28 cm. in New York. Blake has had
They are prepared to invest in exhibitions from the Arctic
pieces they feel will hold their value and gradually to Florida; and from the UK, France and Monaco
increase, unlike the ups and downs of the stock to Singapore, Vietnam and Cambodia with public
market. installations in Monaco, Vietnam and the USA.
One particular artist she recommends is Blake Underhill sees collectors buying art for many
Ward (who signs his work, Blake). Based at his different reasons: the feeling, the colours, the
studio in Monte-Carlo since 1991, Blake is inspired technique, matching dcor, etc. But what they
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East of Jasper, oil on canvas 18" x 24".
by the beauty of the human form. For his Figura- have in common she says, is that by collecting
tive collection, he sculpts in clay, working from they encourage good artists to continue to create, Diana Paul opened her eponymous Diana Paul
live models to capture the complete human form. to feel they are making a difference and to remain Gallery in Calgary in 1988 and daughter, Nina
His bronze and marble sculptures are then cast or committed to their talent. Paul Rogers has held the reins since 2004. Bold
and energetic painterly landscapes have long been
a hallmark of gallery artists and Nina notes they
MICHAEL TICKNER continue to be popular, but with a trend to much
Born: 1947, London (UK) larger, often wall-size, pieces.
Studied: Self-taught She recommends the work of Nicolas Bott
Lives/Works: Lions Bay as essential to a contemporary art collection. He
Price Range: $995 - $29,000 has been represented by her gallery for 20 years
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and remarkably, his work rarely comes into the
The owner of Lions Bay Art Gallery near Vancouver, Alice secondary market. Bott came to Canada at 17,
Tickner, notes a person makes two important investments bringing his Dutch heritage and the influence of
when collecting art: one is obviously financial; the other is van Gogh with him, still young enough to absorb
emotional. She feels its imperative to live with art that is the scenic beauty of the rugged British Columbia
uplifting to the soul. Its like choosing positive friends. And if landscape and open to the influence of BC artist
your artists work becomes more valuable, its a bonus. Keith C. Smith. Calgary art critic Jacek Malec has
Unfortunately, she sees many people today hiring an interi- drawn comparisons between Bott and the master
or designer to choose art to match their dcor. She prefers the The Sun, The Moon and The Star, Bauhaus artist Paul Klee who exhorted his students
emotional link that comes with decorating around your art. available in limited edition prints. to refrain from merely looking at nature but rather
The gallery represents several fine artists but Alice is quick to to look through nature to simplify, stylize and
recommend Michael Tickners paintings to collectors today while his smaller works are still relatively afford- suggest rather than explain. The simplified shapes
able. His painting is high energy with its vivid colours and he has created a unique style, adding depth and in Botts landscapes are filled with vibrant colour
perspective to primitive art. His work appears in many private and corporate collections and in 2003 two of and the brushwork radiates the energy of the
his images were part of the final, winning Vancouver Olympic Bid Committee presentation package. In 2008 forces of nature. His wide-ranging subjects include
he created a 30-foot-long mural, Safe Haven located outside the emergency entrance to Richmond Hospital, many remote locations.
and more recently he was signature artist for West Vancouvers 2010 Harmony Arts Festival . Paul Rogers tells of a corporate newcomer to
Michaels work is also available in limited edition prints but Alice generally recommends people buy an Calgary who stopped into the gallery a few years
original piece of art if they can, because if an artist succeeds at a high level, the prints do not increase in ago looking to begin a collection. He chose a Bott
value proportionately to the original. piece and now has 19. Another client has 42.

COLLECTORS
REVIEWS
AUCTIONS Fall 2011 Review
SOLD: $30,680
SOLD: $1,497,500
SOLD: $152,000
John Meredith, Rio, oil on canvas , Doris Jean McCarthy, Iceberg Reflection, oil on James Wilson Morrice, Evening Stroll, Venice,
71 1/2" x 120". canvas, 24" x 30". oil on canvas 19 3/4" x 24".
After an incredible, amazing auction season in New York, it seemed the art world Waddingtons, Torontos major large auction house moved east on King Street
economy was just fine, and the major Canadian auction houses, getting ready for this summer, into new second floor space, along with the Joyner Canadian Fine
auctions in Toronto at the end of November, hoped the wave of optimism would Art sales group. The new building featured a good viewing room for Joyners
carry over. down-sized sale of 200 lots. Future plans are for smaller live sales and larger online
Heffel Fine Art auctions grabbed the front spot with a two-part sale on presentations, obviously drawing attention to quality important works. The sale
November 24. After previews across Canada featuring post-war and fine art col- conducted by Robert Cowley, auctioneer and Canadian fine art specialist, took off
lections, nine Jean Paul Lemieux works were generating a buzz. The featured lot at a pace that would not slow over the next two hours. Cowley is a master at sell-
and catalogue cover, Nineteen Ten Remembered had a three-page provenance and ing quickly and smoothly with little hesitation. Lose your concentration on a piece
exhibition history. It sold for $2.34 million with premium, a record price for the art- of interest and it will be sold.
ist, which made the values for good Lemieux works go up across the board. At 96 lots per hour, this sale was easy to take in. The feature lot was an odd
My absolute favourite of the contemporary works this season was Michael Lawren Harris work, Return from Town, an over-sized, ambitious night painting
Snows Sideway, first shown in 1962 at the Isaacs Gallery. This museum-quality done as an illustration in 1911.
IMAGES COURTESY OF BONHAMS, HEFFEL FINE ART, JOYNER FINE ART AND SOTHEBYS CANADA
work sold for $175,000. The Walking Woman series is an iconic statement made As with all the major auctions, a portion of Joyners was dedicated to post-
by Snow well in advance of the fabricated art movement, which includes many war / contemporary. A tiny (5" x 6"), Jack Bush study gifted to the artist York
Pop artists all the way up to Jeff Koons today. The Modern / post-war sale did well Wilson and consigned from his estate, jumpstarted this sale with a selling price of
across the board with a few misses. Jean Paul Riopelles Grande Fete 1952 work, $20,000. The star Modern work catching lots of attention was a Jock MacDonald,
with an overly-confident estimate of $900,000, passed surprising since the pass Lilt of Songs. My thought was this is museum-quality, a rare, beautiful work. In
was not about the quality. my mind, a steal at the premium-inclusive price of $59,000. It is always a surprise
The overall sale was robust with a total of $16 million. Two factors figured when a rare, high-quality work is put way at such low value.
prominently. First, Emily Carrs War Canoe, Alert Bay, wisely bought by Ernest E. Doris McCarthys Iceberg Reflection proved to be vintage rare and no
Poole of Edmonton (from Dominion Gallery back in the day), is a small, power- doubt a precursor painting to her most beloved series, the Iceberg Fantasies. This
ful, detailed study for a major painting and it sold at nearly $1.25 million, easily double-sided oil, likely generated after her first trip north, was hammered down
a record price for Carrs work on paper. The other hefty price came from a panel, at $30,680 with premium. In my opinion, Joyner also had the very best small Rita
Mount Robson painted by Lawren Harris. His works are a constant contributor to Letendre offered in the fall sessions. Le Cri, 1962, was light and lively, full of raw,
value in the Canadian art sales and this one did not disappoint. It sold for just over aggressive colour, and yet again, a painting that should have been $30,000, fell
$1.8 million. Some very good estates and art works owned by prominent collectors well short of the low estimate. The fickleness of the contemporary market is good
helped Heffel gain substantial ground. reason to keep your eye on works you like.

COLLECTORS
REVIEWS
By Douglas MacLean
SOLD: $175,500
SOLD: US$40,000
SOLD: $2,340,000.00
John (Jack) Chambers, La Trilla (Threshing #4) Michael James Aleck Snow, Sideway, JEAN PAUL LEMIEUX, Nineteen Ten Remembered,
oil on canvas 48" x 44 1/2". lucite on aluminum, enamel on wood, oil on canvas, 1962, 42" x 57 1/2".
steel brackets, nuts and bolts, 1962
73 x 30" x 21 3/4".
Joyners first sale in the new premises went reasonably well, good works sold, Ten Peaks was a beautiful watercolour, not often seen, and it sold for a respect-
and no doubt they will maintain a spot in the auction calendars. able US$23,750 with premium. An odd but compelling painting, La Trilla by Jack
Sothebys was third in line but not a sale to pass through quickly. The preview Chambers from his Spanish work, sold for US$40,000 again with premium. The Art
had been busy and well attended. Curating the preview and the consignments are Gallery of Ontario just opened a retrospective of his work, well worth seeing. And
huge factors in generating sales. If there was a problem with Sothebys, I think the finally of note, from the underrated-at-auction Dorothy Knowles, a great acrylic
overall installation needed better sales attention. on canvas landscape, Lac La Biche & Roses #2 sold for US$15,000, perhaps to an
Monday night finally rolled around, and right away the contemporary works American buyer, who might properly appreciate our best contemporary landscape
took off. The first lot, LAlphabet Inconnu/The Unknown Alphabet was a good painter. Overall, Bonhams was a quiet sale in terms of works sold, but new ideas at
Jacques DeTonnancour, $13,200 with premium. It set the pace, leading to the auction are slow to catch on.
stellar moment when John Merediths Rio sold at a whopping $152,000 with A thumbnail of the season: Modern, contemporary marches forward, good-
premium. Well-deserved, proving excellent quality gets value. Jack Bush was not to to great-quality works are gaining ground, but pay attention if youre interested.
be outdone and a smaller, lively 1965 work On the Nose brought a quick $175,000 Historical works come out less frequently, but great works are still achieving huge
with premium. Jean Paul Lemieux, hit another million-dollar bid with his Country value in a supposed recession. Canadian art has a lot of ground to cover to reach
Club, a somewhat joyous work. The path of Heffels Lemieux sales was well- an international stage, but positive steps have been taken. Great art is recognized
followed. The night hammered on with auctioneer Hugh Hemsley deftly handling and collected.
hits and misses through the Modern and right into history. Alex Colville did not
disappoint. The best of the two, a small painting Woman, Jockey and Horse sold Douglas MacLean of Canadian Art Gallery is an art advisor and private dealer
for a premium-inclusive $370,500. living in Canmore, Alberta.
The monotone but evocative James Wilson Morrice, Evening Stroll, Venice
gathered attention, approaching $1.5 million with premium. The best David Milne
watercolour Kelly Ore Bed sold for $244,000, again sending signals that quality
gets attention. That said, the passes never cease to surprise me. Overall, the SPRING AUCTIONS
Sotheby night was a positive jump, well over their spring sale.
One final sale was taking place as I flew out of Toronto. The Bonhams sale of May 17, 2012 Heffel Fine Art, Vancouver www.heffel.com
Canadian art was simulcast live in Toronto from New York City. For their first foray May 25, 2012 Joyner Canadian Fine Art, Toronto www.joynerwaddingtons.ca
into a live-in-Toronto, on-screen sale, the attendance was reasonable, and they May 29, 1012 Sothebys Canada, Toronto www.sothebys.com
managed to sell three works of note. The W.J. Phillips, Eiffel Lake, Valley of the TBA Bonhams, Toronto www.bonhams.com/canada

COLLECTORS
GALLERIES Fine art galleries in Western Canada
For our comprehensive guide go to www.galleriescanada.ca
BRITISH COLUMBIA
GALLERIES
ABBOTSFORD
Public Gallery
THE REACH GALLERY
MUSEUM ABBOTSFORD
32388 Veterans Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 0B3
T. 604-864-8087 F. 604-864-8048
info@thereach.ca
www.thereach.ca
The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford is commit-
ted to excellence and quality in exposing the public
to the diverse and provocative world of visual art
and heritage. It is committed to the investigation of
how aesthetics and history interact through its ex-
hibition programs from British Columbia, across
Canada and abroad with a focus on the Pacific
Northwest. Tue to Fri 10 am - 5 pm, Thurs till 9 pm,
Sat, Sun noon - 5 pm.
CHILLIWACK
Commercial Gallery
GREY AREA GALLERY
101-7408 Vedder Rd, Chilliwack, BC V2R 4E6
T. 604-846-0088
greyareagallery@gmail.com
www.greyareagallery.com
DUNCAN
Commercial Gallery
Gu Xiong, Waterscapes .. Reframed, January 20 to March 25, The Reach Gallery, Abbotsford
E.J. HUGHES GALLERY Gu Xiong is a multimedia artist and photographer interested in the symbolic merging of two rivers he has come to
28 Station St, Duncan, BC V9L 1M4
T. 250-746-7112 know very well the Yangtze River in China and the Fraser River in British Columbia. Originally from China, Xiong
pacific@islandnet.com
www.ejhughes.ca now makes his home in Vancouver, where he continues to inform his work with research on migration patterns along
The art of E. J. Hughes is now available at his these rivers. At the entrance to the Waterscapes exhibition is a dramatic installation of hundreds of small white plas-
hometown gallery on Vancouver Island. Hughes is
a master. His use of color, moody coastal skies and ter boats and salmon dangling on lines from the ceiling. These boats carry our dreams, Xiong says of the work. The
timeless places keeps connoisseurs coming back for
more. Shop the Hughes Gallery online or, in person salmon represents the river a river of uncertainty and change. Xiong is inspired by the metaphor of the river as
Mon to Fri 10 am - 5:30 pm, Sat 10 am - 4 pm.
Sun by appt. it relates to people on the move. I find the fact that the Fraser Valley has migrant workers from other countries quite
INVERMERE - WINDERMERE
interesting, he says. In contrast, he notes contemporary Chinese people are flocking in to the cities. One drop of
water, and then another, and another...makes a changing force, he says. Inside the gallery is a second installation as
Commercial Gallery
EFFUSION ART GALLERY well as a series of photographs and acrylic paintings, reflecting the merging rivers theme. There are small streams,
1033 7 Ave, Invermere, BC V0A 1K0
T. 250-341-6877 then the river, then the ocean, Xiong says. These fluid paths find their own way, as they travel to the ocean, Xiong
info@effusionartgallery.com believes. Just like people on a journey, you dont know whats in front of you. Janet Nicol
www.effusionartgallery.com
Describing itself as an unrestrained expression of ABOVE: Gu Xiong, Waterscapes, white plastic, plaster, 2012.
emotion, the gallery is created on the energy of
contemporary art with a collaboration between es-
tablished and emerging artisans from coast to coast. KAMLOOPS T. 250-374-2400 F. 250-374-2400 munity, and it has become a destination spot for art
Friendly staff happily provide advice on installation hamptongallery@telus.net lovers travelling through the interior of British Co-
and design specifics to clients, whether homeown- Commercial Gallery www.hamptongalleries.com lumbia. Hampton Gallery represents approximately
ers, interior designers or from the corporate world. HAMPTON GALLERY KAMLOOPS Since its opening in 1994, Hampton Gallery has 40 regionally and nationally acclaimed Canadian
Mon to Sat 10 am - 5:30 pm, Sun noon - 4 pm. 167 4 Ave, Kamloops, BC V2C 3N3 earned a reputation for excellence in the local com- artists. Mon to Sat 10 am - 5 pm.
BRITISH COLUMBIA INDEX Victoria .................................................................. 53 High River ............................................................. 60 Regina ................................................................... 61
Abbotsford ............................................................ 48 Whistler ................................................................. 54 Jasper .................................................................... 60 Saskatoon .............................................................. 62
Chilliwack .............................................................. 48 Lacombe ................................................................ 60 Swift Current.......................................................... 62
Duncan .................................................................. 48 ALBERTA INDEX Lethbridge ............................................................. 60 Val Marie ............................................................... 62
Invermere............................................................... 48 Banff...................................................................... 54 Medicine Hat ......................................................... 61
Kamloops............................................................... 48 Black Diamond ....................................................... 54 Okotoks ................................................................. 61 MANITOBA INDEX
Kelowna................................................................. 49 Bragg Creek ........................................................... 54 Red Deer ................................................................ 61 Brandon................................................................. 62
Penticton ............................................................... 49 Calgary .................................................................. 54 Gimli...................................................................... 62
Qualicum Bay/Beach ............................................... 49 Camrose ................................................................ 58 SASKATCHEWAN INDEX Portage La Prairie ................................................... 62
Salt Spring Island ................................................... 49 Canmore ................................................................ 58 Assiniboia .............................................................. 61 Winnipeg ............................................................... 62
Sidney .................................................................... 50 Cochrane ............................................................... 58 Estevan .................................................................. 61
Silver Star Mountain ............................................... 50 Drumheller ............................................................. 59 Moose Jaw............................................................. 61 NORTHERN TERRITORIES INDEX
Vancouver .............................................................. 50 Edmonton.............................................................. 59 North Battleford ..................................................... 61 Whitehorse ............................................................ 63
Vernon................................................................... 53 Grande Prairie ........................................................ 60 Prince Albert .......................................................... 61

KELOWNA ST-GERMAIN CAFE-GALLERY
102-449 Main St, Penticton, BC V2A 1V6
Commercial Galleries T. 250-492-0060
HAMBLETON GALLERIES info@saintgermaincafegallery.com
1290 Ellis St, Kelowna, BC V1Y 1Z4 www.saintgermaincafegallery.com
T. 250-860-2498 Saint-Germain is a euro-style cafe within a bright,
info@hambletongalleries.com light-filled gallery. The art focus is on contempo-
www.hambletongalleries.com/ rary BC artists, both representational and abstract.
Established in 1964, the Hambleton has provided a The cafe offers organic coffee, pastries, baguette
showcase for leading Canadian artists whose works sandwiches, salads and soups. Browsing with an
grace many national and international private and espresso in hand encourages lively conversation
corporate collections. At their new location, own- about the art. Two blocks south of Front St. Mon
ers Stewart and Tracy Turcotte offer investment art to Fri 8 am - 5 pm, Sat 10 am - 3 pm.
opportunities to their clientele and have added ce-
ramics, and bronze sculpture to complement the Public Gallery
paintings. Tues to Sat 10 am - 5:30 pm. PENTICTON ART GALLERY
199 Marina Way, Penticton, BC V2A 1H3
SOPA FINE ARTS T. 250-493-2928 F. 250-493-3992
2934 South Pandosy St, agso@shawbiz.ca
Kelowna, BC V1Y 1V9 www.galleries.bc.ca/agso
T. 250-763-5088 The Penticton Art Gallery (formerly AGSO) presents
info@sopafinearts.com contemporary art and historical exhibitions of both
www.sopafinearts.com established and emerging artists in four exhibition
Okanagans major contemporary art gallery, Sopa spaces. A place of inquiry, interest and enjoyment,
Fine Arts prides itself on providing an ever-changing the gallery proudly promotes Okanagan as well as
selection of contemporary art from leading interna- provincial and national artists. Admission: Adults
tional artists, with new exhibitions opening the first $2, students and children free, weekends free. Tues
Thursday each month. Sopa features high calibre, to Fri 10 am - 5 pm, Sat and Sun noon - 5 pm.
original and innovative artworks; in the media of
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am - 5 pm, Sun noon - 4 pm or by appointment.
Public Galleries
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115-1295 Cannery Lane, 122 Fern Road West,
Kelowna, BC V1Y 9V8 Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 1T2
T. 250-717-8235 T. 250-752-6133
info@turtleislandgallery.com gbtosh@shaw.ca
www.turtleislandgallery.com www.theoldschoolhouse.org
The gallery has a stunning selection of Northwest The arts centre provides rewarding opportunities to
Coast wood carvings including ceremonial masks, enjoy, learn and experience art with three galleries
totem poles, talking sticks, plaques and bentwood- offering a pleasant venue for appreciating and pur-
style boxes. Also stone carvings, hand-carved gold chasing distinctive works. Artist studios are open
and silver jewellery, original paintings and limited to visitors. Creations by artisans are available in the
edition prints both contemporary and traditional. gift shop. Gallery concerts on Sundays. Mon noon
Mon to Sat 10 am - 5:30 pm (Summer only: also - 4:30 pm; Tues - Sat 10 am - 4:30 pm; (Summer
Sun 11 am - 4 pm). only: Sun noon - 4 pm).
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Commercial Galleries
Brigitte Liapis recently opened Saint- GALLERY 8 (FORMERLY J.
MITCHELL GALLERY)
Germain Cafe-Gallery at 102-449 3104-115 Fulford Ganges Rd, Grace Point Square,
Main St in Penticton, just two blocks Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2T9
T. 250-537-8822
south from Front Street. art@gallery8saltspring.com
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Representing 30 of the finest Gulf Island artists. The
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TUTT STREET GALLERY range of media, showcases the dynamic and innova-
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T. 250-861-4992 F. 250-861-4992 Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun & Hol Mon 11 am - 4 pm.
info@tuttartgalleries.com
www.tuttartgalleries.com MORLEY MYERS STUDIO & GALLERY
Established in 1984, Tutt Street Gallery is a recog- 7-315 Upper Ganges Rd, Salt Spring Island, BC
nized dealer of original fine art representing T. 250-537-4898 F. 250-537-4828
regional, national and international artists whose mgallery@telus.net morleymyersgallery.com
works can be found in private, corporate, and gov- www.morleymyersgallery.com
ernment collections, in Canada and abroad. The The gallery shows the progression of earlier works Salt Spring Island
gallery extends a warm welcome to art enthusiasts of stone to Morley Myers latest bronze creation.
and experienced collectors. Tues to Fri 10 am - 5 In the lower level studio you can see and visit with
pm, Sat 10 am - 4 pm or by appt. the artist at work on his next piece. His work is in- granvillefineart.com
fluenced by cross-cultural indigenous art forms. Sat Granville Fine Art
Public Gallery and Sun 11 am - 5 pm or by appt.
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info@kelownaartgallery.com T. 250-537-2421 F. 250-537-5590 Elevation Gallery
www.kelownaartgallery.com pegasus@saltspring.com Canmore
Located in the heart of Kelownas Cultural District, www.pegasusgallery.ca
the gallery serves the Central Okanagan Valley with Established in 1972, Pegasus offers investment-
regular exhibitions by contemporary Canadian artists, quality historical Canadian art including The Group
while the permanent collection has a focus on Okana- of Seven, Robert Pilot, WJ Phillips, Sybil Andrews,
gan and other BC-based artists. The gallery is a unique The Beaver Hall Group and Cornelius Krieghoff.
venue for special events and offers a variety of classes, They also represent fine contemporary painters and Morley Myers
workshops, etc for people of all ages. Tues to Sat 10 sculptors as well as rare Northwest Coast Native art David, bronze
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Sun noon - 5 pm; Winter: Tues to Sat 10 am - 5 pm,
PENTICTON Sun, Mon by appt.
Commercial Galleries STARFISH GALLERY & STUDIO

THE LLOYD GALLERY 1108-115 Fulford Ganges Rd,
18 Front St, Penticton, BC V2A 1H1 Grace Point Square,
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New location on colourful Front St. Experience www.starfishgalleryandstudio.com
the beauty of the Okanagan through artists eyes. Year-round exhibitions of painting, photography
Browse through a large viewing gallery hung French and sculpture by West Coast artists specializing
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of the Okanagan, Canada and Asia. Mon to Sat Bateman and Andrea Collins. Tues to Sat 11 am - 4
(Summer) Tues to Sat (Winter) 9:30 am - 5:30 pm. pm or by appointment.

.!4)6%!24 Hua Jin, My Big Family, April 20 to June 10,
Richmond Art Gallery
')&43 When Hua Jin immigrated to Vancouver from China four years ago, she
was lonely and lost. My parents had passed away and I was divorced, Jin
explains. I am from a generation where most of us are the only child. Jin
began thinking about her relationship to the world, and her desire to know

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where she was. My Big Family is the result, an exhibition of photographs,
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Cowichan
,i6Vi generation. I travelled all over China locating my aunts and uncles and
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The Whaler their children, she says. I looked at the social and cultural aspects of fam-
ily relations and personal values. Chinas one-child policy, which impacted
4524,%)3,!.$'!,,%29 on Jins generation (although Jin has a twin) means children have grown
115 - 1295 Cannery Lane - Kelownas Cultural District up more self-centred. China is developing rapidly, she also observes. I
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have one uncle who is a farmer while another uncle owns a factory. There
is diversity in one big family. She notices people are becoming richer, but
not necessarily happier. I hope through my exhibition people will slow
down and see what is lost and what is valuable. The Richmond Art Gallery
will also open up Jins themes to public discussion in a series of related
public events. Janet Nicol
ABOVE: Hua Jin, My Big Family, photograph, 2011.
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Formerly the Thunderbird Gallery, established in 1992. info@galleryodin.com
Contemporary, historic, Inuit and Northwest Coast art. www.galleryodin.com
Local and national artists. Kids and dogs welcome. The gallery proudly represents a talented group of
Mon to Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 11 am - 4 pm. Okanagan, British Columbian and Canadian artists,
some of them well-established and highly accom-
THE PORCH GALLERY plished, others just emerging, but all of them work
290 Fulford-Ganges Rd, in a distinctive and original style oils, acrylics,
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The new salon-style Porch Gallery features original GREATER VANCOUVER
paintings, drawings and limited edition prints from
BC artists: Jack Akroyd, George Fertig, Irene Hoffar Commercial Galleries
Reid, Gordon Caruso, Ina D. Uhthoff, Peter Haase ART EMPORIUM
and Wim Blom and Mother Tongue Publishing 2928 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3J7
books and limited edition letterpressed broadsides. T. 604-738-3510 F. 604-733-5427
Sun noon - 4 pm or by appointment. tvk@theartemporium.ca
www.theartemporium.ca
SIDNEY The Art Emporium offers a large inventory of paint-
ings by all members of the Group of Seven and sev-
Commercial Gallery eral of their contemporaries, as well as other major
PENINSULA GALLERY Canadian, French and American artists of the 20th
100-2506 Beacon Ave, Landmark Bldg., Sidney, Century, for serious collectors and investors. The Es-
BC V8L 1Y2 tate of Donald Flather. Mon to Sat 10 am - 6 pm.
T. 250-655-1282
Toll Free: 1-877-787-1896 ART WORKS GALLERY
pengal@pengal.com 225 Smithe St, Vancouver, BC V6B 4X7
www.pengal.com T. 604-688-3301 F. 604-683-4552
Since 1986 the gallery has offered original paint- Toll Free: 1-800-663-0341
ings and sculptures as well as a wide range of lim- info@artworksbc.com
ited edition prints for sale onsite and through com- www.artworksbc.com
prehensive website. Mon to Sat 9 am - 5:30 pm. Celebrating 25 years in business, Art Works offers

one of the largest selections of art and framing info@galleryjones.com
solutions in Western Canada. Providing installation www.galleryjones.com
services, custom-framed mirrors and large-scale The gallery represents established and emerging
commissions. Deliver locally and ship worldwide. Canadian and international artists in the mediums
Art Works is a long-time official sponsor of the In- of painting, sculpture and photography. Exhibitions
terior Designers Institute of BC. Mon to Fri 9 am - 6 change monthly. Second location in West Vancou-
pm, Sat 10 am - 6 pm, Sun noon - 5 pm. ver at 1531 Marine Dr. Tues - Fri 11 am - 6 pm, Sat ROBERT MARCHESSAULT
noon - 5 pm.
BAU-XI GALLERY
3045 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3J9 GRANVILLE FINE ART MARCH 2012
T. 604-733-7011 F. 604-733-3211 2447 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3G5
info@bau-xi.com T. 604-266-6010
www.bau-xi.com info@granvillefineart.com
BAU-XI (boe she) means great gift. Opened www.granvillefineart.com
in 1965, it is the oldest contemporary gallery in Now open. Canadian artworld veterans Linda
Vancouver. A second location in Toronto in 1976 Lando and Ken Macdonald have reputations of
established Bau-Xi as a national gallery represent- building collections for collectors. They are merg-
ing about 50 artists. A third gallery Bau-Xi Photo ing their talents into Granville Fine Art, representing
opened in Toronto in 2010 to provide a showcase fine contemporary artists and showcasing works by
for contemporary photography. David Alexander, Canadian and international master painters. North-
Bobbie Burgers, Drew Burnham, and Cori Creed are west corner Broadway and Granville. Tues to Sat 10
a few of the artists represented. Mon to Sat 10 am am - 6 pm.
- 5:30 pm, Sun 11 am - 5:30 pm.
JACANA GALLERY
2435 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3G5
@galleries_west T. 604-879-9306
jacana@jacanagallery.com
Former Helen Pitt artist-run Gallery www.jacanagallery.com
Jacana Gallery opened in Vancouver in 2000. The
now operating as UNIT/PITT Projects Gallery proudly represents more than 20 Canadian
at 15 E Pender St, Vancouver. and international artists working in various media
and styles. Tues to Sat 10 am - 6 pm, Sun noon
- 5 pm.
BELLEVUE GALLERY JENKINS SHOWLER GALLERY

2475 Bellevue Ave, West Vancouver, BC V7V 1E1 101-15735 Croydon Dr, The Shops at Morgan
T. 604-922-2304 F. 604-922-2305 Crossing, Surrey, BC V3S 2L5
info@bellevuegallery.ca T. 604-535-7445
www.bellevuegallery.ca Toll Free: 1-888-872-3107
Devoted to representing contemporary fine art, Bel- mail@jenkinsshowlergallery.com
levue Gallery features artists of local and international www.jenkinsshowlergallery.com
appeal. Giving voice to the experimentation of new
technologies in printmaking, divergent and individual
NEW LOCATION Established in 1990, and rep-
resenting the work of over 40 Canadian artists
BAU-XI GALLERY
approaches to drawing, photography and painting, from emerging local talent to internationally
and distinctive sculpture, the gallery serves both pri- respected painters including Toni Onley, Toller Cran-
vate and corporate collectors. Tues to Fri 10 am - 5:30 ston, and Robert Genn Jenkins Showler Gallery 3045 GRANVILLE STREET, AT 14TH AVE VANCOUVER BC
pm, Sat 11 am - 5 pm and by appointment. offers a diverse selection of original art. Tues to Sat EMAIL INFO@BAU-XI.COM TEL 604 - 733 - 7011
10 am - 5:30 pm, Sun noon - 5 pm. EXHIBITIONS ONLINE AT WWW.BAU-XI.COM
BUCKLAND SOUTHERST GALLERY
2460 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC V7C 1L1 LATTIMER GALLERY Detail: Island, 2011, oil on panel, 40 x 40 inches
T. 604-922-1915 1590 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 1H2
cboulton@telus.net T. 604-732-4556 F. 604-732-0873
www.bucklandsoutherst.com info@lattimergallery.com
An eclectic gallery owned by Chris Boulton. His aim www.lattimergallery.com
is to hang quality art without too high a price tag. Since 1986, clients have enjoyed the unique, warm
The gallery represents 18 artists, many with inter- atmosphere of a Northwest Longhouse while brows-
national roots. Mon to Sat 10 am - 5.30 pm, Sun ing the large selection of original paintings and lim-
noon to 4 pm. ited edition prints by many well-known native artists
as well as finely-crafted gold and silver jewellery,
DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY argillite carvings, soapstone sculptures, steam bent
1566 W 6 Ave, 2nd floor, boxes, masks, totem poles and more. Mon to Sat 10
Vancouver, BC V6J 1R2 am - 6 pm, Sun & Hol noon - 5 pm.
T. 604-736-8900 F. 604-736-8931
Vancouver@douglasudellgallery.com LIONS BAY ART GALLERY
www.douglasudellgallery.com 1590 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 1H2
In the art business in Edmonton since 1967 and Lions Bay Centre, Unit E, 350 Centre Rd, Box 396,
Vancouver since 1986, Douglas Udell Gallery rep- Lions Bay, BC V0N 2E0
resents many of Canadas leading contemporary T. 604-921-7865 F. 604-921-7865
artists as well as some of the leading young artists mtick@telus.net
gaining momentum in the international playing www.lionsbayartgallery.com
field. The gallery also buys and sells in the second- Lions Bay Art Gallery features a beautiful selection
ary market in Canadian historical as well as interna- of BC landscapes from the work of both established
tional. Tues to Sat 10 am - 6 pm, Mon by appt. and emerging artists. The gallery is only a half hour
from downtown Vancouver on a spectacular scenic
ELLIOTT LOUIS GALLERY drive just 7 minutes past Horseshoe Bay on the
258 E 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 1A6 Squamish/Whistler Hwy. Their website
T. 604-736-3282 F. 604-736-3282 offers a tour of works from all the artists they repr
gallery@elliottlouis.com sent. Open daily.
www.elliottlouis.com
The gallery features Canadian fine art representing MARION SCOTT GALLERY
contemporary artists and historical masters. Art 2423 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3G5
dealer Ted Lederer prides himself on the standard T. 604-685-1934 F. 604-685-1890
and diversity of work the gallery carries, their in- art@marionscottgallery.com
novative programs and excellent service, providing www.marionscottgallery.com
in-house art consultations and an art rental pro- Vancouvers oldest Inuit art gallery (opened in
gram available to private and corporate clients and 1975) and one of Canadas most respected has re-
the entertainment industry. Tues to Sat 10 am - 6 turned to South Granville. The gallery is committed
pm or by appointment. to presenting the finest in Canadian Inuit art, with
a wide range of Inuit sculpture, prints and wall-
FEDERATION GALLERY hangings from many different regions of Canadas
1241 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC V6H 4B7 North, with special emphasis on rare pieces from
T. 604-681-8534 the 50s, 60s and 70s. Mon to Sat 10 am - 6 pm,
fcagallery@artists.ca Sun 11 am - 5 pm.
www.artists.ca
The Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery on Gran- MONNYS GALLERY
ville Island offers sale, exhibition and gallery rental 2675 W 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC V6K 1P8
opportunities to members. New exhibitions are T. 604-733-2082
usually scheduled every two weeks throughout the monny@shaw.ca
year. Tues to Sun 10 am - 5 pm (mid-May - Aug), www.geocities.com/monnysenvisiongallery/
10 am - 4 pm (Sep - mid May). index.html
This gallery of longtime collector Monny, has a
GALLERY JONES permanent collection as well as a rotating schedule
1725 West 3rd Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 1K7 of exhibitions by local artists Kerensa Haynes, Ted
T. 604-714-2216 Hesketh, Sonja Kobrehel, Shu Okamoto, Ruth Lowe

LIONS BAY ART GALLERY
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When Robert Marchessault and his partner moved from Toronto to a farm
in the countryside in the 1990s, his long-held passion for trees found new
Lions Bay Centre, 350 Centre Road, Lions Bay, B.C. direction. This exhibition shows 15 of his new oil paintings on wooden
tNUJDL!UFMVTOFU panels, all ethereal renderings of those trees. These are not photograph-
www.LionsBayArtGallery.com based, Marchessault emphasizes. I use memory as a filtering agent. I
train myself to look hard at the trees and at what impresses me. Time goes
by and I begin to paint the tree from what I can remember. Memory plays
a big role but I am not slavish about memory. I study ways the tree lives
Original acrylic painting by Nadine Wilson and grows, how it branches, moves through space in foliage and form.
Kalamalka Summer, 16 x 20 Then I begin big gestural paintings, and memory informs what emerges.
Marchessaults love of trees was partly inspired by an Ontario government
no-cost tree-planting initiative. He and his partner planted 7,000 saplings
on their farm in 1984. He now looks out on to 50-foot-high pines. You
take on a nurturing of the land, Marchessault says of his private forest.
Youre introducing life and protecting it. This feeling of love drives a
passion for art. Marchessault has also become intrigued by representing
water as a foil to trees. New paintings of tree-covered islands appeal to him
because they seem mysterious. Janet Nicol
ABOVE: Robert Marchessault, Georgina, oil on panel, 2011, 40" x 40".
and others working in a variety of media. Mon to and appraisals. Around the corner from former
Sat 10 am - 6 pm. Granville location. Mon to Sat 10 am - 6 pm.
PACIFIC HOME AND ART CENTRE SUN SPIRIT GALLERY

1560 W 6 Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 1R2 2444 Marine Dr (Dundarave), West Vancouver,
T. 604-566-9889 BC V7V 1L1
pacifichome@yahoo.ca T. 778-279-5052
The Centre offers a variety of imported, hand- gallery@sunspirit.ca
made, Murano-style glass art pieces chandeliers, www.sunspirit.ca
wall installations, one-of-a-kind decorative pieces Sun Spirit Gallery is proud to offer a superior collec-
and more. Their collection comes with a variety of tion of West Coast Native Art from renowned artists
Nadines
colourful, elaborated shapes and sizes, styles and and emerging artists alike. The blend of contempo-
designs to complement most personal styles and rary and traditional work includes fine gold and
budgets. Mon & Fri 10 am - 6:30 pm, Tue to Thurs silver jewellery, unique furniture and home accents,
9 am - 5:30 pm, Sat 10 am - 5 pm. fine art prints, glass work and hand-carved masks
and bentwood boxes. Tues to Sat 10 am - 5 pm.
PETLEY JONES GALLERY
1554 W 6 Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 1R2 TRENCH CONTEMPORARY ART
T. 604-732-5353 F. 604-732-5669 102-148 Alexander St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1B5
info@petleyjones.com T. 604-681-2577
FineArt &
www.petleyjones.com Toll Free: 1-877-681-2577
3101 - 31st Ave, Vernon Established in 1986 by Matt Petley-Jones, nephew info@trenchgallery.com
of the late Canadian and British artist Llewellyn Pet- www.trenchgallery.com
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Frames ley-Jones, the gallery specializes in 19th - 20th cen-
tury Canadian, European and American paintings,
The gallery exhibits international and local emerg-
ing, mid- and late-career artists working in all
www.nadinesfineart.com sculpture and original prints. It also offers a range media. The gallerys curatorial interest lies in both
of fine art services, including framing, restoration conceptual and formal art production but with an

emphasis on relationship with the chosen material, framing services. In summer the gallery hosts guest
rigorous discipline in the resolution of formal art artist workshops. Mon to Fri 9:30 am - 5:30 pm,
problems and clarity of conceptual approach. In Sat 9:30 am - 4 pm (winter: Sat 10 am - 2 pm).
Gastown. Wed to Sat 11 am - 6 pm, or by appt.
Public Gallery
WHITE ROCK GALLERY VERNON PUBLIC ART GALLERY
1247 Johnston Rd, White Rock, BC V3B 3Y9 3228 31 Ave, Vernon, BC V1T 2H3
T. 604-538-4452 F. 604-538-4453 T. 250-545-3173 F. 250-545-9096
Toll Free: 1-877-974-4278 info@vernonpublicartgallery.com
info@whiterockgallery.com www.vernonpublicartgallery.com
www.whiterockgallery.com The Vernon Public Art Gallery presents exhibitions of
A destination for art lovers throughout the Lower emerging and established artists working in a variety
Mainland since 1989. They feature an extraordinary of media, including paintings sculpture, video, and
selection of original fine art, ceramics and sculp- installation art. The Vernon Public Art Gallery is the
ture. Their custom framing is a blend of creativity, largest public gallery in the North Okanagan, and pro-
expert design, and skilled workmanship. Tue to Sat vides exhibition opportunities to local artists and arti-
10 am - 5:30 pm, Sun noon - 5 pm. Closed holiday sans. Mon to Fri 10 am - 5 pm, Sat 11 am - 4 pm.
long weekends.
GREATER VICTORIA
Cooperative Gallery
CIRCLE CRAFT GALLERY Artist-run Gallery
1-1666 Johnston St (Granville Island), OPEN SPACE
Vancouver, BC V6H 3S2 510 Fort Street, 2nd floor, Victoria, BC V8W 1E6
T. 604-669-8021 F. 604-669-8585 T. 250-383-8833 F. 250-383-8841
shop@circlecraft.net openspace@openspace.ca
www.circlecraft.net www.openspace.ca Imported, hand-crafted, Muranostyle glass creations
Excellence in design and craftsmanship is the Founded in September 1972 as a non-profit artist-
hallmark of Circle Craft, a co-operative of both run centre, Open Space supports professional art- chandeliers, wall installations, unique art pieces and more...
emerging and established BC craftspeople whose ists notably young and emerging who utilize
work covers the spectrum from cottage industry hybrid and experimental approaches to media, art,
to one-of-a-kind artist/craftspeople including both music and performance. It reflects the wide diver-
traditional and contemporary design. Juried exhibi- sity of contemporary art practices in Victoria, across
tions change monthly. Daily 10 am - 7 pm. Canada and beyond. Tues to Sat noon - 5 pm.
Public Galleries Commercial Galleries

MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY, ALCHERINGA GALLERY
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 665 Fort St, Victoria, BC V8W 1G6
6393 NW Marine Dr,, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 T. 250-383-8224 F. 250-383-9399
T. 604-822-5087 F. 604-822-2974 alcheringa@islandnet.com
Jennifer.webb@ubc.ca www.alcheringa-gallery.com
www.moa.ubc.ca For 30 years, the gallery has exhibited contemporary
MOA is a place of architectural beauty, provocative tribal art from Papua New Guinea and later, graphic
programming, and exciting exhibitions including works by Aboriginal Australian artists and premium-
Bill Reids iconic The Raven and the First Men, and quality work by established and emerging First Na-
the new Multiversity Galleries, showcasing 10,000 tions artists of Canadas Northwest Coast. In the
objects from around the world. Caf MOA, an el- South Pacific, the work of master carvers still living 1560 W 6 Avenue
egant shop, and free tours. Spring/Summer: daily a village lifestyle is selected on-site by gallery staff.
10 am - 5 pm Tues to 9; Fall/Winter: closed Mon, Mon to Sat 9:30 am 5:30 pm, Sun noon - 5 pm.
Vancouver, BC V6J 1R2
open Tues 10 am - 9 pm and Wed to Sun 10 am - 5 T. 604-566-9889
pm. Closed Dec 25 & 26. pacifichome@yahoo.ca
@galleries_west
RICHMOND ART GALLERY
180-7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC V6Y 1R9 Mercurio Gallery has recently
T. 604-247-8300 F. 604-247-8301
gallery@richmond.ca relocated from downtown Victoria
www.richmondartgallery.org to 4357 Metchosin Rd, Metchosin
The Richmond Art Gallery plays a dynamic role in
the growth of visual art in Richmond, and is a vital near Sooke.
part of the contemporary art network in BC and
Canada. Through excellence in exhibitions and ed-
ucation, the RAG strives to enhance an understand-
ing and enjoyment of contemporary art. Mon to Fri AVENUE GALLERY
10 am - 6 pm, Sat and Sun 10 am - 5 pm. 2184 Oak Bay Ave, Victoria, BC V8R 1G3
T. 250-598-2184 F. 250-598-2185
VANCOUVER ART GALLERY info@theavenuegallery.com
750 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2H7 www.theavenuegallery.com
T. 604-662-4700 F. 604-682-1086 Especially noted for finding and establishing new
info@vanartgallery.bc.ca talent, the gallery considers itself a showcase for
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca contemporary British Columbia, Canadian and in-
The largest art gallery in Western Canada is a fo- ternational art, serving both corporate and private
cal point of downtown Vancouver. Presenting a full collectors those new to the contemporary art
range of contemporary artists and major historical scene as well as knowledgeable collectors. Mon to
masters, it is recognized internationally for its supe- Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun noon - 4 pm.
rior exhibitions and excellent interactive education
programs and houses a permanent collection of ECLECTIC GALLERY
almost 7,000 works of art. Tues to Sun & Hols 10 2170 Oak Bay Ave, Victoria, BC V8R 1E9
am - 5:30 pm, Thur 10 am - 9 pm. T. 250-590-8095
eclectichome@shaw.ca
VERNON www.eclecticgallery.ca
Specializing in original contemporary fine art
Commercial Galleries paintings, sculpture, photography and jewellery,
ASHPA NAIRA ART GALLERY & STUDIO this welcoming light-filled gallery is known for its
9492 Houghton Rd., Vernon, BC V1H 2C9 vibrant selection of local and regional art. It offers
T. 250-549-4249 F. 250-549-4209 rotating art exhibitions of excellent quality at its
ashpanaira@telus.net easily-accessible location in the heart of Oak Bay
www.ashpanairagallery.com Village. Mon to Sat 10 am - 5:30 pm.
Located in Killiney on the west side of Okanagan
Lake, this contemporary art gallery and studio, MADRONA GALLERY
owned by artist Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante, 606 View St, Victoria, BC V8W 1J4
features original art in a home and garden setting. T. 250-380-4660
Discover a diverse group of emerging and estab- info@madronagallery.com
lished Okanagan and Canadian artists in painting, www.madronagallery.com
textiles, sculpture and ceramics. Open May 1 to Oc- Open June 2010, Madrona Gallery represents
tober 15. Fri to Sun 10 am - 6 pm or by appt. emerging, mid-career and established Canadian
artists. The gallery offers a welcoming environ-
NADINES FINE ART & FRAMES ment to all visitors and Michael Warrens expertise
3101 31 Ave, Vernon, BC V1T 2G9 in Canadian art history and the contemporary art
T. 250-542-8544 market facilitates the discovery of new artists and
nadinesfineart@shaw.ca rare pieces from Canadian masters. Tues to Sat 10
www.nadinesfineart.com am - 6 pm, Sun 11 - 6 pm.
Artist/owner Nadine Wilson opened her gallery in
2005. She represents several local artists, presents OUT OF THE MIST GALLERY
regular classes in watercolour, oil and acrylic paint- 740 Douglas St, Victoria, BC V8W 3M6
ing and drawing as well as offering professional T. 250-480-4930

R. Johnson, David Ladmore, Jack Livesey, Dorothy tain Galleries is a favourite stop for collectors of
McKay, Bill McKibben, Ernst Marza, Hal Moldstad, Canadian art, featuring museum-quality paintings,
Ron Parker, Natasha Perks. Mon to Fri 10 am - 5 sculpture and unique Inuit carvings. With three
pm, Sat 10 am - 3 pm. galleries, a combined total of 6080 square feet of
exhibition space, and a state of the art warehouse/
VIEW ART GALLERY studio in Jasper, they frequently host exhibitions,
104-860 View St, Victoria, BC V8W 3Z8 artist demonstrations and workshops. Daily 10
T. 250-213-1162 am - 10 pm.
info@viewartgallery.com
www.viewartgallery.com
Located in the Harris Green/New Town neighbour-
hood of downtown Victoria just a short stroll from
ALBERTA
the major hotels and downtown shops. The focus GALLERIES
of the gallery is contemporary modern art works by
a talented group of young and mid-career artists BANFF
from Canada and the US. Wed to Sat 11 am - 5 pm
or by appointment. Commercial Galleries
CANADA HOUSE GALLERY
WEST END GALLERY PO Box 1570, 201 Bear St, Banff, AB T1L 1B5
1203 Broad Street, Victoria, BC V8W 2A4 T. 403-762-3757 F. 403-762-8052
T. 250-388-0009 Toll Free: 1-800-419-1298
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First established in Edmonton in 1975, Dan and A Banff destination since 1974, just a short drive
Lana Hudon opened a second Gallery located in from Calgary. This friendly and fresh gallery rep-
the heart of downtown Victoria in 1994. Visitors resents a large collection of current Canadian art
are encouraged to explore and select from a wide paintings and sculpture from Canadas best
range of styles and prices, from emerging to es- landscape, contemporary and Native artists. Check
tablished artists and to purchase with confidence. website for daily updates. Member of Art Dealers
Mon to Fri 10 am - 5:30 pm, Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Association of Canada. Open daily.
Sun/Holidays noon - 4 pm.
MOUNTAIN GALLERIES
WINCHESTER GALLERIES AT THE FAIRMONT
2260 Oak Bay Ave, Victoria, BC V8R 1G7 Fairmont Banff Springs, 405 Spray Ave, Banff, AB
T. 250-595-2777 F. 250-595-2310 T. 403-760-2382
art@winchestergalleriesltd.com Toll Free: 1-800-310-9726
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Exclusive fine art dealers handling Canadian histori- www.mountaingalleries.com
cal and contemporary art. Opened in 1974, the gal- Located in The Fairmont Banff Springs, Mountain
lery has been under the ownership of Gunter H.J. Galleries is a favourite stop for collectors of Canadi-
Heinrich and Anthony R.H. Sam since 1994 and in an art, featuring museum-quality paintings, sculp-
2003 has moved to its own building in Oak Bay Vil- ture and unique Inuit carvings. With three galleries,
Greta Guzek, January, West End Gallery, Victoria lage. They regularly run major exhibitions of two to a combined total of 6080 square feet of exhibition
three weeks both here and in two other downtown space, and a state of the art warehouse/studio in
Greta Guzek is originally from South Africa, and has been living on BCs galleries. Tues to Sat 10 am - 5:30 pm. Jasper, they frequently host exhibitions, artist dem-
onstrations and workshops. Daily 10 am - 10 pm.
Sunshine Coast for three decades now she says her surroundings have Public Galleries
LEGACY ART GALLERY WILLOCK & SAX GALLERY
penetrated her being. Im lucky to be surrounded by this mesmerizing 630 Yates St, Victoria, BC V8W 1K9 Box 2469, 110 Bison Courtyard, 211 Bear St,
beauty. Everywhere I look is a painting. Shes intrigued with capturing the T. 250-381-7670 Banff, AB T1L 1C2
legacy@uvic.ca T. 403-762-2214
spaces where land meets water. I consider my paintings coastscapes, www.legacygallery.ca Toll Free: 1-866-859-2220
The Legacy Art Gallery features works from the Uni- fineart@willockandsaxgallery.com
she says. Among her colourful and rhythmic acrylic canvases, are depictions versity of Victoria Art www.willockandsaxgallery.com
Collections, including paintings, drawings and Art reflects the spiritual and physical reliance of
of arbutus trees. The arbutus symbolizes the essence of the West Coast, sculptures by some of the humanity on the natural world. The Willock & Sax
she says. The trees thrive on warm, sunny western slopes and have be- best-known artists in the Pacific Northwest, be- Gallery is innovative and eclectic, rooted in the
queathed to the University idea that art is about people, place, and commu-
come typical of this place. Guzek has worked previously with silkscreening of Victoria by Dr. Michael C. Williams. Two gallery nity. They carry work by mainly Western Canadian
spaces feature a variety of rotating exhibits. Phone, contemporary and historic artists, who enjoy inter-
and printmaking, but when she moved to painting several years ago, she or visit website for hours. CLOSED FOR RENOVA- national, national, and regional reputations. Daily
TIONS. Reopening early June. 10 am - 6 pm.
found the process freeing. I imbue lots of my emotion in colour and the
brush stroke. All of my subject matter is metaphor, she says. I reveal the MALTWOOD PRINTS AND DRAWINGS Public Galleries
GALLERY AT THE MCPHERSON LIBRARY WALTER PHILLIPS GALLERY
deeper elements of things in trees or cottages or driftwood on the beach, Box 3025 Stn CSC, McPherson Library, Room 027 107 Tunnel Mountain Road, Box 1020 Stn 40,
Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8W 3P2 Banff, AB T1L 1H5
or in the seasons. Guzek says the passion to create never changes for T. 250-721-6673 F. 250-721-8997 T. 403-762-6281 F. 403-762-6659
maltpub@finearts.uvic.ca walter_phillipsgallery@banffcentre.ca
her, as her work evolves. I could paint the same tree through the seasons www.uvac.uvic.ca www.banffcentre.ca/wpg/
a thousand different ways. The elements in nature are inexhaustible. The Maltwood Prints and Drawings Gallery, located The gallery is exclusively committed to the pro-
on the lower level of duction, presentation, collection and analysis of
Guzeks work will be part of a 12-artist group show at West End Gallery in the McPherson Library, exhibits prints, drawings, contemporary art and is dedicated to developing a
paintings and photographs from the University thoughtful and stimulating forum for visual art and
Victoria in January. Janet Nicol of Victorias permanent art collection, including a curatorial practice. The WPG develops exhibitions,
large contemporary First Nations print collection. commissions new works and engages in dialogues
ABOVE: Greta Guzek, White Muse, acrylic on canvas, 36" X 30". Hours of operation coincide with McPherson Li- about curatorial practice through symposia and
brary. Call for current hours. workshops. Wed to Sun 12:30 pm - 5 pm, Thurs till
9 pm. Free gallery tours Thurs 7 pm.
oomistg@telus.net Sooke, BC V9Z 0T4 WHISTLER
www.outofthemistgallery.com T. 250-642-3421 F. 250-642-6988 WHYTE MUSEUM OF THE
Dealers in classic and contemporary Northwest gallery@sookeharbourhouse.com Commercial Galleries CANADIAN ROCKIES
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other North American, Oceanic, and African tribal carefully selected works by local artists on Vancou- www.blacktusk.ca Located on a spectacular site beside the Bow River
art. Mon to Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun noon - 3 pm. ver Island. The art, in a variety of media, generally The Black Tusk Gallery creates unique acquisition in downtown Banff. Discover the rich natural and
reflects themes of edible gardens, the ocean and opportunities for collectors with a variety of works cultural heritage of the Canadian Rockies. The Mu-
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2033 Oak Bay Ave, Victoria, BC V8R 1E5 with art display in the Edible Gardens. Gallery open tions artists whose work reflects the ancient histo- homes and cabins; historic walking tours of the
T. 250-881-0462 me@redartgallery.ca daily for self-guided tour. ries and traditions of the coastal people. Located Banff townsite; and exhibition tours of the galler-
www.redartgallery.ca on the lobby level of the Hilton Hotel, next to Skiers ies. Open daily, 10 am - 5 pm.
A small gem in the heart of Oak Bay Village, the THE GALLERY IN OAK BAY VILLAGE Plaza. Open daily.
gallery is dynamic, welcoming and above all, dedi- 2223A Oak Bay Ave, BLACK DIAMOND
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paintings by award-winning painter Marion Evamy, T. 250-598-9890 F. 250-592-5528 AT THE FAIRMONT Commercial Gallery
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Amos) as a blast of joy. Tues to Sat noon - 4 pm. of works by mostly local artists including Kathryn Toll Free: 1-888-310-9726 T. 403-933-5047 F. 403-933-5050
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fine art and craft, jewellery, cards and inspiring ers such as Jane Seymour, Fabian Perez and The
books. New art arrives regularly and the impressive Art of Dr Seuss along with Alberta and Canadian
collection by more than 100 artists is constantly be-
ing expanded and rotated. Wed to Mon 11 am - 5
pm; Dec 1 - 24 daily 11 am - 7 pm.
artists, notably Toller Cranston, Dean McLeod and
Lois Bauman. Also offer framing and fine gicle re-
production. Mon to Sat 10 am - 5 pm.
T H E A L I C AT G A L L E R Y
Representing Western Canadian artists since 1987
BRAGG CREEK ARTS ON ATLANTIC GALLERY
1312A 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0T3
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The gallery showcases an eclectic mix of fine Cana-
dian art and craft. Five minutes from downtown,
it is a warm, intimate space in historic Inglewood.
Mediums include painting, copper, glass, jewelry,
Steven Armstrong
Providing Calgary with custom stained glass since wood, specialty cards, photography and native The Alicat is presently showing an amazing selection of
1979, SunCatchers is an eclectic mix of original art, leather and beading. The book arts and classes are Stevens most recent original acrylics on canvas.
antiques and jewellery. Currently featuring a private a specialty. Wed to Fri 11 am - 5 pm, Sat 10 am - 5
collection of original art deco and art nouveau pm, Sun noon - 5 pm and by appt.
glass and metal works, along with works by Alberta
artists Lisse Legge, Chris Zincan, Karin Taylor and AXIS CONTEMPORARY ART
Rosemary Bennett. Daily 11 am to 5 pm, Tuesday 107-100 7 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 0W4
by chance or appointment. T. 403-262-3356
info@axisart.ca
www.axisart.ca
@galleries_west Represents professional Canadian and International
artists working in diverse media including painting,
Bob Cook and wife Candy have sculpture, printmaking, drawing and photography.
The artists represent distinctive artistic practices in
opened a wildlife photo gallery terms of their approach, technique and themes.
in Bragg Creek as an extension of The result: work that is compelling, fresh and en-
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their Branded Visuals digital print till 9 pm, Sat 11 am - 5 pm.
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gallery@alicatgallery.com century modern art glass from around the world.
www.alicatgallery.com All items are hand blown works of art from the for the diverse Canadian landscape became his passion.
Located about 30 minutes west of Calgary, the gal- 1940-1960s. The focus is on European art glass
lery opened in 1987. It represents more than 100 from the best known studios and furnaces. Circa
local and Western Canadian artists and artisans
working in oils, acrylics and watercolours. Ceram-
brings world-class vintage art glass to Calgary from
centres across Europe. A visual spectacle of color,
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ics, carvings, sculpture and ironwork of the finest
quality are also shown. Daily 11 am - 5 pm.
form and modernism. Daily 10 am - 5 pm. 403-949-3777
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Calgary, AB T2P 0W4 philosophy DaDe ART & DESIGN LAB offers a com- Duncan MacKinnon
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From its new location on the second level of Art 11 am - 6 pm; Thurs till 8 pm.
Central, Calgarys oldest artist-run centre is com-
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of critical discourse and multi-disciplinary practices 737 2 ST SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3J1
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TRUCK CONTEMPORARY Recently relocated to the heritage Lancaster Build-
ART IN CALGARY ing just off Stephen Avenue Walk. Specializing
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Calgary, AB T2P 1N3 works in styles from super-realism to impression-
T. 403-261-7702 F. 403-264-7737 ism to semi-abstract. Featuring the work of emerg-
info@truck.ca ing and well-established artists. Tues to Sat 10:30
www.truck.ca/ am - 5:30 pm.
TRUCK is a non-profit, artist-run centre dedicated
to the presentation of contemporary art. Their goal ENDEAVOR ARTS
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TRUCK presents dynamic programming, fosters in- T. 403-532-7800
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the public. Free admission. Tues to Fri 11 am - 5 Endeavor Arts represents local artists who create
pm, Sat noon - 5 pm. art in new ways, focusing on mixed media and
other types of innovative artwork and avoiding
Commercial Galleries more traditional media and methods. Recognizing
ART CENTRAL that art is being consumed differently, there is also
100 7 Ave SW, Art Central, Calgary, AB T2P 0W4 a digital gallery, with 5 monitors, showing rotat-
www.artcentral.ca ing artwork and videos or photos of the process Duncan MacKinnon Crockford, Mount Allan, Oil, 16 x 20
On Facebook at Art Central YYC This landmark of how some artists make a specific piece. Tues to
building on the NW corner of 7th Ave and Centre Sat 11 am - 5 pm.
St SW in downtown Calgary has been renovated
to house artist studios, galleries, and ancillary re-
tail businesses. Centrally located opposite Hyatt
Regency Hotel, only one block from Stephen Av-
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This Canadiana gallery offers an extensive collec-
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The Moonstone Creation Gallery shows traditional
Native art, jewellery and clothing from local artists.
Owner Yvonne Jobin, of Cree heritage from noth-
ern Alberta, prides herself on creating tradition,
one bead at a time with her intricate beadwork on
full-size and miniature garments, footwear, medi-
cine bags and pouches. Tues to Sat 10:30 am - 6
pm, Sun 11 am - 4 pm.
NEWZONES
730 - 11 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0E4
T. 403-266-1972 F. 403-266-1987
info@newzones.com
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Opened in 1992, Newzones represents leading
names in contemporary Canadian art. The gallery
has developed strong regional, national, and in-
Ken Webb, New Work, March 3 to 31, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary ternational followings for its artists. The focus has
The industrial cast of Ken Webbs current works is depicted through a mix of representational and abstract imagery been a program of curated exhibitions, interna-
tional art fairs and publishing projects. Services
factories, refineries, and workers clustered around built structures, their images diminished into the faded, much-mul- include consulting, collection building, installation
and appraisals. Tues to Sat 10:30 am - 5:30 pm and
tiplied remnant of old photographs. The representational photography is surrounded and marked over by repetitive, by appointment.
perfectly reproduced depictions of perforations, like fencing. Divided into triptychs and multiple images, its as if the PAUL KUHN GALLERY
labour of the past, that industrial world, is being paved and bolted over, erased by a more precise, machine-made 724 11 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0E4
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present. Webbs painting and printmaking have often had the veneer of collage, taking the eye from one meticulous paul@paulkuhngallery.com
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image and idea to the next. Hes the head of print media at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, and has Focuses on national and regional contemporary Ca-
nadian paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture;
exhibited widely across Canada. Jill Sawyer also shows contemporary American prints. Exhibi-
ABOVE: Ken Webb, Urban Renewal, acrylic on canvas, 2010, 18" X 72". tions change monthly featuring established and
emerging artists along with themed group shows.
Tues to Sat 10 am - 5:30 pm.
FRAMED ON FIFTH HERRINGER KISS GALLERY resenting Mark Dicey, Elena Evanoff, Dean Turner RUBERTO OSTBERG GALLERY
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Calgary, AB T2N 0S1 T. 403-228-4889 F. 403-228-4809 also available throughout the year by historical and T. 403-289-3388
T. 403-244-3688 info@herringerkissgallery.com contemporary Canadian and international artists. anna@ruberto-ostberg.com
info@framedonfifth.com www.herringerkissgallery.com Submissions for representation or questions relat- www.ruberto-ostberg.com
www.framedonfifth.com A member of the Art Dealers Association of Can- ing to consigning works of art for sale can be made This bright exhibition space in the residential com-
A framing shop? Yes, but also a charming gallery ada, the gallery represents over 25 artists working via email. munity of Capitol Hill shows a variety of contempo-
presenting local artists in monthly shows. Owner in a range of mediums including painting, photog- rary art styles and media in an inner city location for
Hannah White offers a unique experience for artists raphy, printmaking, sculpture and mixed media LATITUDE ART GALLERY artists and art lovers to meet and interact. Some of
and collectors alike. Located in eclectic Kensington works. Gallery artists include Angela Leach, Toni 150-625 11 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0E1 the work is produced on-site by artists working in
with ample on-street parking. Tues to Fri 10 am - 6 Hafkenscheid, Akiko Taniguchi, Bill Laing, Marjan T. 403-262-9598 the adjoining Purple Door Art Studio space. Tues to
pm, Sat 10 am - 5 pm. Eggermont, Tivadar Bot, Ken Webb, Harry Ki- info@latitudeartgallery.com Sat noon - 5 pm.
yooka, Reinhard Skoracki, Glen Semple, Elizabeth www.latitudeartgallery.com
GAINSBOROUGH GALLERIES Barnes, David Burdeny, Dennis Ekstedt, Rene Located in the Design District on 11 Ave SW, Lati- SKEW GALLERY
441 5 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 2V1 Duval, Ben Van Netten, Siobhan Humston, Bratsa tude Art Gallery showcases a variety of Canadian 1615 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T3C 0J7
T. 403-262-3715 F. 403-262-3743 Bonifacho, Eve Leader, Jude Griebel, Stefanja Du- and international artists. They specialize in contem- T. 403-244-4445
Toll Free: 1-866-425-5373 manowski, Marianne Lovink and Eszter Burghardt. porary style art including landscapes, still lifes, ab- ebvisualarts@shaw.ca
art@gainsboroughgalleries.com Tues to Fri 10 am - 5:30 pm, Sat 11 am - 5 pm. stract, and figurative. Tues to Fri 10 am - 5:30 am, www.skewgallery.com
www.gainsboroughgalleries.com Sat 11 am - 5 pm, and by appointment. A recently-opened contemporary art gallery, offer-
Extensive collection of fine artists including Tinyan, ing an opportunity for both the uninitiated and the
Raftery, Wood, Desrosiers, Lyon, Hedrick, Min Ma, @galleries_west LOCH GALLERY seasoned collector to view or acquire a dynamic
Simard, Brandel, Schlademan, Bond, Cameron, 1516 4 St SW, Calgary, AB T2R 1H5 range of painting, sculpture and photography from
Crump and Charlesworth. Calgarys largest collec- Jacek Malec has been appointed T. 403-209-8542 across Canada. Specializing in theme group exhibi-
tion of bronze by Stewart, Cheek, Lansing, Tay- Toll Free: 1-866-202-0888 tions, with a focus on presenting topical art in an
lor, Danyluk and Arthur. Gemstone carvings by Lyle Managing Director and Associate calgary@lochgallery.com informed context. Monthly rotation of shows. Tues
Sopel. Mon to Fri 10 am - 5:30 pm, Sat till 5 pm. Curator, and Jeffrey Spalding as www.lochgallery.com to Sat 10 am - 5 pm and by appt.
Established in 1972 in Winnipeg, the Loch Gallery
GALLERIA - INGLEWOOD Artistic Director, of the Triangle specializes in building collections of quality Cana-
907 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0S5 dian, American, British and European paintings and @galleries_west
T. 403-270-3612 Gallery. sculpture. It represents original 19th and 20th cen-
galleria@shaw.ca tury artwork of collectable and historic interest, as Chair Michael Doyle announced
www.calgarycraftedgifts.com well as a select group of gifted professional artists
Galleria Inglewood represents more than 25 INFLUX JEWELLERY GALLERY from across Canada including Ivan Eyre, Leo Mol, Triangle Gallery will re-purpose,
emerging and established artists. Their contem- 201-100 7 Ave SW, Art Central, Ron Bolt, Peter Sawatzky, Anna Wiechec, Philip re-brand (to Museum of
porary works include oils, watercolour, acrylics and Calgary, AB T2P 0W4 Craig and Carol Stewart. Also located in Winnipeg
mixed media. In 3 separate galleries they also show T. 403-266-7527 and Toronto. Tues to Sat 10 am - 6 pm. Contemporary Art - Calgary) and
functional, decorative and sculptural pottery by info@influxgallery.com
local clay artists and fine handcrafts by Canadian www.influxgallery.com MASTERS GALLERY seek to re-locate.
artisans. Minutes from downtown in historic Ingle- Specializing in Canadian contemporary art jewel- 2115 4 St SW, Calgary, AB T2S 1W8
wood. Free parking. Mon to Sat 10 am - 5 pm, lery, the gallery represents over 40 of Canadas T. 403-245-2064 F. 403-244-1636
Sun noon - 5 pm. most talented jewellery artists with work ranging mastersgallery@shawcable.com STEPHEN LOWE ART GALLERY
from subtle objects for everyday wear to extrava- www.mastersgalleryltd.com 2nd level, Bow Valley Square III,
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info@gerrythomas.com MICAH GALLERY Established since 1979, the gallery features an ex-
www.gerrythomasgallery.com INGLEWOOD FINE ARTS 100 7 Ave SW, Art Central, Calgary, AB T2P 0W4 tensive portfolio of distinguished Canadian artists
This contemporary, New York-style gallery boasts an 1223B 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0S9 T. 403-245-1340 F. 403-245-1575 offering fine original paintings, glass, ceramics and
impressive 4600 sq ft of original art work ranging T. 403-262-5011 sales@micahgallery.com sculptures in traditional and contemporary genres.
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events of up to 300 people, is anchored by a central Recently relocated from Montreal, owner/director in unique First Nations art and jewellery from North Personalized corporate and residential consulting.
art deco bar, three plasma screens and a sophisti- Michel Arseneau is featuring the works of inter- America. Featured artists include Nancy Dawson a Mon to Sat 10 am - 5 pm. (Free Sat parking) NEW
cated sound system. Wed to Sat 10 am - 6 pm. nationally-recognized artist Charles Carson in per- West Coast jeweller. They also offer Inuit soapstone Second location at West Market Square.
manent exhibition at his new Inglewood Fine Arts carvings, traditional and contemporary turquoise
GIBSON FINE ART LTD gallery. He also represents several emerging artists jewellery, as well as Canadian ammolite gold and SWIRL FINE ART & DESIGN
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twice monthly. Mon to Fri 10 am - 5 pm, Sat 11 international art. In addition to representing well-
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THE COLLECTORS GALLERY OF ART for the presentation of younger emerging Cana-
1332 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0T3 dian artists work. Tues to Sat 11 am - 5 pm and
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prominent Canadian contemporary artists. Tues to Established in 1980, the gallery has earned a na-
Fri 10 am - 5:30 pm, Sat 10 am - 5 pm. tional reputation among discerning collectors of
contemporary Canadian art. Exhibitions change
THE WEISS GALLERY monthly, showcasing museum-calibre, original
1021 6 St SW (corner 11 Ave), paintings, sculpture and ceramics by artists with
Calgary, AB T2R 1R2 well-established reputations. Representing the Es-
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info@theweissgallery.com Tues to Sat 11 am - 5:30 pm. The Vue Caf serves
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A showcase for craft-intensive, descriptive art, functions.
The Weiss Gallery represents a dynamic group of
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A progressive and friendly commercial gallery spe- Galleries Ltd. Mon to Sat 10 am - 5:30 pm.
New owner Brigitte Strand

looks forward to welcoming
both old and new friends
Neil McClelland, Family Stories, January 6 to March 23,

Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts Window Galleries,
Calgary
There are several layers of nostalgia worked into Neil McClellands show
Family Stories. Each small painting is based on a family photograph, and
the collection is grouped into an amateur-salon-style display, as if the
viewer had come across the dining room wall in McClellands mothers
house. The rough brushstrokes and monochromatic tones in McClellands
work belie the emotional impact of his portraits. This series, in oil painted
on Mylar, is a departure from his previous, boldly coloured work based on
domestic family scenes (as memorable as our own vacation snapshots), Tinyan, Winter Wonderland, oil on canvas, 24 x 30
but the familiarity is still there. The blurring between public and private
moments is intentional. I hope to engage viewers in an exploration of the
26 St. Anne Street
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St. Albert, AB
around the role of visual representation in visual storytelling, he says.
(780) 459-3679
Originally from the Gatineau region outside Ottawa, McClelland has been
in Alberta since 1997, where he currently lives and works in Edmonton. He
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was recently the artist in residence at that citys Harcourt House arts centre. Fine Art & Professional
Jill Sawyer Custom Framing
ABOVE: Neil McClelland, The Apple Trees Were All in Bloom, oil on Mylar.

senior/students - $2; family - $8; members - free;
free general admission on Thurs. Tues to Fri 11 am
- 5 pm, Sat noon - 4 pm.
CAMROSE
CANDLER ART GALLERY
5002 50 St, Camrose, AB T4V 1R2
T. 780-672-8401 F. 780-679-4121
Toll Free: 1-888-672-8401
candler@syban.net
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Fresh, vibrant and alive describe both the artwork
and the experience when you visit this recently re-
stored gallery. You will discover a diverse group of
both emerging and established artists including J.
Brager, B. Cheng, R. Chow, H. deJager, K. Duke,
J. Kamikura, E. Lower Pidgeon, J. Peters, A. Pfan-
nmuller, K. Ritcher, D. Zasadny all well priced.
Mon to Fri 9 am - 5:30 pm, Sat 9:30 am - 5 pm.
Or by appt.
CANMORE
CARTER-RYAN GALLERY
AND LIVE ART VENUE
705 Main St, Canmore, AB T1W 2B2
T. 403-621-1000
info@carter-ryan.com
www.carter-ryan.com
Carter-Ryan Gallery is home to one of Canadas
most prolific contemporary Aboriginal artists, Jason
Carter. Both a painter and soapstone carver, Carter
illustrated WHO IS BOO: The Curious Tales of One
Trickster Rabbit. And 21 of his 66 illustrations, on
30 x 40 canvases are now on display. Musical and
theatrical acts change weekly in the back half of
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THE AVENS GALLERY

104-709 Main St, Canmore, AB T1W 2B2
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Edward Poitras, 13 Coyotes, January 21 to April 22, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina Established in 1980, the Avens Gallery features
original works by both established and up-and-
Coyote, the Trickster, has been part of Edward Poitras for decades in early works a symbol of survival and renewal, coming artists from the local area and across the
more recently a strategic mask allowing concealment and contradiction. In this new work, Poitras combines elements West. The gallery prides itself on highlighting
outstanding, and frequently changing, displays of
of his practice sculpture, primary cultural documents, found objects and installation. The 13 coyotes in this exhibi- paintings, glass sculpture, clay, wood, metal and
bronze. Open daily 11 am - 5 pm with extended
tion speak to Poitras concerns with community and how we define and experience connectedness, says curator summer and Christmas hours.
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T. 403-675-8300
and connectedness, including nationalism and religious beliefs, simultaneously operate as agents of division. His work theedgegallery@shaw.ca
www.edgegallery.ca
questions these structures of community, and asks how we move beyond the continuous construction of division. In the gallery: ongoing exhibitions of historical
paintings and prints to contemporary, abstract
Noted for his powerful installations, Poitras represented Canada at the 1995 Venice Biennale, and he received a 2002 works. In the frame shop: experienced staff with
Governor Generals Award in Media and Visual Arts. Hes a member of the George Gordon First Nation, and resident 25 years experience offers a wide selection of
frames for mirrors, objects, needlework, paintings
of Treaty Four Territory. Margaret Bessai and prints, specializing in the handling and care of
original artwork. Tues to Sat 10 am -5:30 pm or
ABOVE: Edward Poitras, 13 Coyotes, installation (detail), photograph, 2011. by appointment.
Public Gallery
WEBSTER GALLERIES www.artpoint.ca and under 6 free. Glenbow Shop open daily 10 CANMORE LIBRARY GALLERY
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sive collection of original oil and acrylic paintings, 8 St onto 11 Ave SE and follow the gravel road. south of Calgary off Hwy 22 west, shows and several community and local schools
bronze, ceramic, stone sculptures and Inuit art Thurs & Fri 1 pm - 5 pm, Sat 11 am to 5 pm, or Calgary, AB T2J 2T9 shows per year. All media are represented in the
in a 10,000 square foot space. Webster Galler- by appointment. T. 403-931-3633 F. 403-931-3673 gallery including fine arts, photography, textiles
ies Inc also houses a complete frame design and info@leightoncentre.org and sculpture. Mon to Thu 11 am - 8 pm, Fri to
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The Arts Centre delivers a variety of services to both secondary market in Canadian historical as well
artists and the community, and acts as an essential as international. Tues to Sat 9:30 am - 5:30 pm,
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SNAP GALLERY
10123 121 St, Edmonton, AB T5N 3W9
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mote, facilitate and communicate print and print- thefrontgallery@shaw.ca
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AGNES BUGERA GALLERY
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26 St Anne St, St Albert, AB T8N 1E9 Edmontons largest commercial art gallery in the

year. The Discovery Gallery features new works by www.pikestudios.com
George Campbell ACC members. The gallery shop offers contempo- From their studios Bob and Connie Pike produce
Tinning, The New- rary and traditional fine crafts including pottery, a wide range of art and fine craft. Bob works in
blown glass, jewelry, woven and quilted fabrics, metal, making gates, art boxes, tables and assorted
foundland Paint- home accessories, furniture and much more. All are architectural accents. Connie makes high tempera-
hand-made by Alberta and Canadian craft artists. ture, reduction-fired porcelain from one-of-a-
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pottery for everyday use. Studio tours available by
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Chapel Gallery, 2 Winston Churchill Square,
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the loss of the cod fisheries and subsequent industrialization. Curator Located in the historic Banque dHochelaga in St. artist demonstrations and workshops. Daily 8 am
Albert, the gallery features contemporary art, usu- - 10 pm.
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ings with a selection of his works from 1926 to 1978, and a full-colour the provincial and national level. Monthly exhibi- BRUSHFIRE GALLERY -
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CENTRE DARTS VISUELS Since opening in 2003 as a collective of more than
colours are deeper, the tones are deeper I am beginning to see grey. DALBERTA (CAVA) 30 artists, Brushfire Gallery ignites the senses with
9103 95 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6C 1Z4 a compelling presentation of local and regional art
Born in Saskatoon in 1910, Tinning studied locally at Regina Collage, and T. 780-461-3427 F. 780-461-4053 an incendiary collection of oils, acrylics, water-
internationally at the Art Students League in New York. An early member gisele@savacava.com colours, drawings, photo-based works, clay and
www.savacava.com metal sculptures. Located in the historic Old Fire-
of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, his colleagues included The Centre is an eclectic mix of fine art and craft hall. May long wknd to Oct long wknd: daily noon
from the Socits 165 members. These Alberta- - 8 pm; Jan to Apr: wknds only, noon - 5 pm.
Frank Carmichael, Arthur Lismer, and CW Jeffries, and he made his home in based artists work in a variety of media including
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change twice monthly. Mon to Fri 10 am - 6 pm, THE GALLERY ON MAIN
watercolour on paper, 1949, 22.5" X 29.5". Sat 10 am - 5 pm. 4910 50 Ave, 2nd Flr, Lacombe, AB T4L 1Y1
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continues to provide superior quality Canadian and Toll Free: 1-866-421-1731 Downtown Lacombe, this gallery boasts the largest
international fine art, fine crafts, custom framing, RR GALLERY info@visualartsalberta.com selection of original art in central Alberta. Repre-
art leasing, appraisals and collection management. 10219 106 St, Edmonton, AB T5J 1H5 www.visualartsalberta.com senting over 60 Alberta artists, the gallerys selec-
The gallery also buys and sells Canadian and inter- T. 780-757-3463 F. 780-757-3463 Visual Arts Alberta Association is a non-profit Pro- tion covers a wide variety of media. Tues to Sat 10
national secondary market fine art. Mon to Fri 10 robert@rrgallery.ca vincial Arts Service Organization (PASO) for the vi- am - 5 pm.
am - 5:30 pm, Sat 10 am - 4:30 pm, or by appt. www.rrgallery.ca sual arts which celebrates, supports and develops
RR Gallery offers original paintings, pastels and pho- Albertas visual culture. The gallery hosts an ongo- Public Gallery
PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY tography by such artists as Anna Bereza-Piorkows- ing exhibition schedule. Wed to Fri 10 am - 4 pm, LACOMBE MEMORIAL
12304 Jasper Ave, Edmonton, AB T5N 3K5 ka, Jonathan Havelock and, from Brazil, Litza Co- Sat noon - 4 pm. CENTRE ART GALLERY
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Representing a roster of over 40 emerging, mid-ca- mounting and laminating, canvas stretching and Public Galleries In 2008 the Town of Lacombe initiated a public art
reer, and senior Canadian artists, this contemporary custom picture framing. Mon to Fri 9 am - 5:30 PRAIRIE ART GALLERY collection with many local artists donating works
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subject matter. Whether working with established T. 780-532-8111 mitted to a selection panel for curatorial guidance.
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first piece, Peter Robertson Gallery strives to inform, 10411 124 St, Edmonton, AB T5N 3Z5 www.prairiegallery.com will be extended. The collection has now exceeded
challenge, and retain relevance within the broader T. 780-488-3619 F. 780-488-4826 Now partially open in the new, award-winning, 100 pieces and is continuing to grow. Mon to Sat
art community. Tues to Sat 11 am - 5 pm. info@scottgallery.com Montrose Cultural Centre, the Prairie Art Gallery 9 am - 8 pm.
www.scottgallery.com currently offers innovative programming in lim-
PICTURE THIS! Established in 1986, the Scott Gallery features Ca- ited space. Construction is now underway that will LETHBRIDGE
959 Ordze Road, Sherwood Park, AB T8A 4L7 nadian contemporary art representing over thirty complete the Gallerys facility in late 2011. Mon to
T. 780-467-3038 F. 780-464-1493 established and emerging Canadian artists. Exhibits Sat 11 am - 6 pm, Sun 1 pm - 5 pm. Commercial Gallery
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sisting them to discover the beauty of the world 12308 Jasper Ave, Edmonton, AB T5N 3K5 AND ART STUDIO www.savillarchitecture.com
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artists. Mon to Fri 10 am - 6 pm, Thurs till 9 pm, Established in 1975, this fine art gallery is known evanescencegallery@gmail.com allows for creative community responses. Exhibi-
Sat till 5 pm. for representing leading artists from across Canada www.evanescencegallery.com tions range from nationally-renowned artists to as-
paintings, sculpture and glass art in traditional A welcome and stimulating destination, Evanes- piring students. A second exhibition space, Le Petit
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rate marketplace, the gallery offers consultation for Albertas only public gallery dedicated to fine craft T. 403-652-5255 A vibrant gathering place meeting historical, cul-
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educates its communities in the human history of Assiniboia, SK S0H 0B0
southwestern Alberta by preserving and sharing T. 306-642-5292 F. 306-642-4541
collections, stories and memories that define collec- shurniakgallery@sasktel.net
tive identity and guide the future. Award-winning Established in 2005, and located one hour south of
exhibits, events, programs. (May 15 - Aug 31) Mon Moose Jaw, the gallery houses the founders diverse
to Sat 10 am - 6 pm; (Sep 1 - May 14) Mon to Sat private collection of Canadian and international
10 am - 4:30 pm; (year-round) Sun 1 - 4:30 pm. paintings, sculptures and artifacts including several
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601 3 Ave S, Lethbridge, AB T1J 0H4 closed public holidays and holiday weekends unless
T. 403-327-8770 F. 403-328-3913 otherwise posted.
info@saag.ca
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One of Canadas foremost public galleries, SAAG
fosters the work of contemporary visual artists who Public Gallery
push the boundaries of their medium. Regularly ESTEVAN ART GALLERY & MUSEUM
changing exhibitions are featured in three distinct 118 4 St, Estevan, SK S4A 0T4
gallery spaces. Learning programs, film screenings T. 306-634-7644 F. 306-634-2940 Organized by the National Gallery
and special events further contribute to local cul- eagm@sasktel.net of Canada in collaboration with
ture. Gift Shop and a Resource Library. Tues to Sat www.eagm.ca
10 am - 5 pm, Sun 1 pm - 5 pm. This public gallery offers a free exchange of ideas Dorset Fine Arts
and perspectives to reflect the rapidly expanding
UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE social and cultural diversity. With the collaboration
ART GALLERY
W600, Centre for the Arts, 4401 University Drive,
of provincial and national institutions, the gallery
seeks to make contemporary art accessible, mean-
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Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4 ingful, and vital to diverse audiences of all ages.
T. 403-329-2666 F. 403-382-7115 Tues to Fri 8:30 am - 6 pm, Sat 1 pm - 4 pm.
galleryinfo@uleth.ca
www.uleth.ca/artgallery MOOSE JAW
The gallery serves the campus community and gen-
eral public with a permanent collection of more Commercial Gallery
than 13,000 works; by presenting local and touring YVETTE MOORE FINE ART GALLERY Image: Mayureak Ashoona: Tuulirjuaq
exhibitions; and by supporting research at all lev- 76 Fairford St W, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 1V1 (Great Big Loon) 2009. Collection of Dorset
els through publications and an on-line database. T. 306-693-7600 F. 306-693-7602 Fine Arts. Photo credit: Dorset Fine Arts.
Main Gallery Mon to Fri 10 am - 4:30 pm, Thur info@yvettemoore.com
till 8:30 pm. Helen Christou Gallery - Level 9 LINC, www.yvettemoore.com
Daily 8 am - 9 pm. Special activities on website. Showcasing the award-winning works of Yvette
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Public Gallery shown amid the copper grandeur of the former
ESPLANADE ART GALLERY 1910 Land Titles Office. Food service. Corner Fair-
401 First St SE, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 8W2 ford and 1 Ave. Mon to Sat 10 am - 5 pm. Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery
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mhmag@city.medicine-hat.ab.ca Red Deer, AB T4N 6Z6
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This is a new home for the Medicine Hat Museum, 403.309.8405
Amber Andersen is the new curator
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atre. The gallery accommodates a wide range of art
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regional, national and international art. Exhibi- Museum.
tions are often accompanied by receptions, talks
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OKOTOKS CHAPEL GALLERY
1-891 99 St, North Battleford, SK S9A 2Y6
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OKOTOKS ART GALLERY chapelgallery@sasktel.net
| AT THE STATION www.chapelgallery.ca
PO Bag 20, 53 North Railway St, The Chapel Gallery is a public gallery with special
Okotoks, AB T1S 1K1 emphases on contemporary, regional and Aborigi-
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aboss@okotoks.ca torship programs and supports the thoughtful re-
www.okotoksculture.ca ception of art. Proposals from artists, curators and
Themed exhibitions change monthly and feature collectives are accepted on an ongoing basis. Jun
local and regional artistic expression in a range of to Aug: daily noon - 4 pm; Sep to May: Wed to
themes and mediums. Exhibiting artist members Sun noon - 4 pm.
range from accomplished artists to the emerging
beginner, offering a diverse look at artmaking in PRINCE ALBERT
southern Alberta. Mon to Fri 10 am - 5 pm, Sat and
Sun noon - 5 pm. Public Gallery
THE MANN ART GALLERY
RED DEER 142 12 St W, Prince Albert, SK S6V 3B8
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RED DEER MUSEUM + ART GALLERY www.mannartgallery.ca
4525 47A Ave, Red Deer, AB T4N 6Z6 The Mann Art Gallery features a varied exhibition
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museum@reddeer.ca artists, as well as curated exhibitions, lectures and
www.reddeermuseum.com workshops. It also houses a permanent collection
After a year-long renovation project, the trans- of over 600 individual works from well-known
formed Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery has re- provincial artists. Their education and professional
opened with spacious galleries, inspiring history development initiatives encourage public aware-
and art exhibitions, innovative programs and en- ness and appreciation of the visual arts. Mon to Sat
gaging social events for families and adults. The noon - 5 pm.
renovated galleries have a contemporary, open
look, providing new opportunities for exhibitions REGINA
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- 5 pm, First Fri till 9 pm. Artist-run Gallery
NEUTRAL GROUND
203-1856 Scarth St, Regina, SK S4P 2G3
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Neutral Ground supports contemporary art prac-
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T. 306-569-0199 art. Exhibitions of contemporary and historical art
traditions@sasktel.net by local, national and international artists include
www.traditionshandcraftgallery.ca those organised by Mendel curators and curato-
Traditions exhibits the work of professional craft ar- rial consortium members, as well as major touring
tisans who have successfully completed the exact- exhibitions from other Canadian galleries. Daily 9
ing jury process of the Saskatchewan Craft Council. am - 9 pm. Admission free.
The gallery carries a full range of fine craft media,
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ART GALLERY OF REGINA 411 Herbert St E, Swift Current, SK S9H 1M5
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len Sapp, Ted Godwin, W. H. Webb, Brent Laycock, katchewans most recognized artists, the continu- MENDEL ART GALLERY am - 5 pm.
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LUCIAN FREUD
(1922 2011)
Lucian Freud, Woman Holding

Foot, etching, 1985. 36" x 29",
Ed. 16/50.
N
othing hides in Lucian Freuds portraiture. When his painting up was widely considered to be undignified, but it remains in the Queens
Benefits Supervisor Sleeping broke auction records in 2008 for the own collection at Buckingham Palace.
highest price paid for a work by a living artist (sold at just over Much of the power of his paintings came through in the intense observa-
$33 million), much of the commentary was about the ugliness of tions he made of his subjects. His gaze was described as omnivorous by
its subject. one of his sitters, and Tilley herself describes the months she spent in Freuds
A meticulous oil, Freud spent months working on the nude portrait of a studio, subject and painter both facing the canvas. Freud would turn around
friend, Sue Tilley, an author and employee at a London job centre. Her gray- and look intently at her, turning back to the canvas to paint. He worked the
pink flesh is curled on a tattered couch, face mottled and pressed into the same way in etching. For a large retrospective of his etching works at the
cushions. Its remarkably bare and stark, in all ways, at the same time a true Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2008, his process was described as
representation of life and the human form. being much like his approach to portrait painting he would prop the cop-
Freud sought nakedness in many of his subjects, or at least a certain per plate up on his easel and work from a live sitting.
unguardedness and repose. He painted friends and dignitaries Queen Edmonton-based gallerist Doug Udell (he also has a gallery in Vancou-
Elizabeth II, Kate Moss, famously, the larger-than-life fetish artist Leigh Bow- ver) was first introduced to Freuds etchings in 1985 by a client, and this
ery. He painted stables of horses, and his beloved whippet dogs. He painted work, Woman Holding Foot, is one of the first he acquired. Created in small
himself wearing only a pair of hobnail boots, sparing nothing for the loosen- editions (of no more than 50), 25 years ago the etchings were an easy entry
ing skin of his chest, and a face like a creased old turnip. point for Freud collectors. In the intervening years, and especially since the
COURTESY DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY
A grandson of Sigmund Freud, the painter is definitively considered one artists death in July, they have risen dramatically in price expect to pay
of the great artists of the 20th century. He lived most of his life in London, around $100,000 for one.
collecting wives and children, and existing eccentrically and prolifically But Udell still handles Freud etchings occasionally, and cites Woman
within the swirl of intelligent high life in the city. In the unfashionable world Holding Foot as one that has come back to the gallery. Though non-figurative
of representational portrait painting, Freud became intensely sought after, if works are rarer and more sought-after, the large size of this makes it highly
controversial. His portrait of Elizabeth II in thick impasto and extreme close- collectible. Jill Sawyer
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith PRCA, OSA (1846-1923) Old and New London-Staples Inn, Holborn, Oil on Canvas, 35 x 50.5, 1910
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Lucian Freud, Andrew Querner,

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