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Current Exhibition |
| Reta Cowley, Terry Fenton and Dorothy Knowles
Prairie Painters: Light and Pattern
Reception: Saturday, January 28th, 2-4pm January 28 - February 16, 2012 >> click here for images Art Placement is pleased to present this exhibition of three of our best known landscape painters: Reta Cowley, Terry Fenton and Dorothy Knowles. This exhibition explores the connections between each artist from Cowley's exquisitely structured brushstrokes and delicate nuances of value to Fenton's classically balanced horizon line and expansive space to Knowles' consumate paintings that capture an absolute "sense of place" in the soul of the viewer.
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Upcoming Exhibitions |
| Art of the Inuit Reception: Coffeehouse Reception: Saturday, February 18th, 2-4pm February 18 - March 8, 2012 >> click here for images The contemporary period of Inuit art dates to the first exhibition of Inuit art in Southern Canada in 1949. Over the past six decades we have witnessed a spectacular evolution from a primitive art form to one of great sophistication and imagination. With modest beginnings in stone sculpture, the Inuit have branched out into graphics, textiles, ceramic and in recent years film, video & glass. With such great variety, it is hard to do more than present a representative cross section of works in various media spanning several decades and communities. This group of sculptures, graphics, and wall hangings brings together works from Arctic Quebec, Baker Lake, Broughton Island & Cape Dorset. The works date from the 1970’s to the present and depict scenes from everyday activities such as the hunt as well as references to the spirit world. The artworks in this exhibition were supplied by Mark London of the Galerie Elca London in Montreal, Quebec.
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| Rebecca Perehudoff: Summer Landscapes
Reception: Saturday, March 10th, 2-4pm March 10th - 29th, 2012 >> click here for images Rebecca Perehudoff is the oldest daughter of William Perehudoff and Dorothy Knowles. Although a long-time resident of Chicago, Illinois, Rebecca is still well known in the Canadian art scene. On a regular basis, she returns to paint from the Northern Saskatchewan forests and lakes near the family cabin at Emma Lake. There is a consistent lightness of touch in Rebecca’s work that comes from a familiarity with her subject and an inherent confidence and familiarity with the painting process. Rebecca has stated that “a connection with nature more than site per se is a wellspring for my art”.
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| Lorenzo Dupuis:
En marchant - Walk Your Children to School
Reception: Saturday, March 31st, 2-4pm March 31st - April 19th, 2012 >> click here for images The title of this exhibition may illicit a second glance, however, in the context of the artist and his work it makes perfect sense. Gone are the big marks, strong colours and thick paint of a few years ago and in their place Lorenzo has very patiently substituted an organization of small, painterly marks in soft greys and muted earthen tones that, in turn, coalesce into shapes and patterns that subtly reference nature’s geometry. Like walking your children to school, the viewer will have to slow his pace to capture the fullness of the visual experience.
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| Rhonda Neufeld and Rodney Konopaki:
New Work
Reception: Saturday, April 21st, 2-4pm April 21st - May 10th, 2012 >> click here for images Rhonda Neufeld currently resides in Armstrong, B.C. and Rodney Konopaki teaches at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C. Rhonda completed her Masters of Fine Arts Degree at the University of Regina and Rodney finished his Master of Fine Arts at the University of Saskatchewan. The two artists have known each other for some time but only began to develop their collaborative projects since 2007. This exhibition presents six prints and twelve drawings. The collaborative process begins with the two artists walking together, sharing a single drawing board and simultaneously recording images that are a synthesis of gesture and blind contour drawing. The drawings are then either left as is or translated to prints. Rodney Konopaki has stated, “Our idea about collaboration is that when we sit down together a new creator for the work will emerge. We expect that the emergent work will not look like what either of us does in our own studios but that it will belong to the new artist who appears in the creative, collaborative process.
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| Gregory Hardy: Close to the Heart
Reception: Saturday, May 12th, 2-4pm May 12th - 31st, 2012 >> click here for images In a 2009 catalogue essay for a Greg Hardy exhibition at the Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Stephen Hutchings described Hardy’s approach to painting as follows … “He starts with an idea while he is out in the world, with a sense of what might make an interesting painting. He sketches quick notations in a notebook, develops these sketches into drawings in his studio, and then with a brush, fashions them into large paintings re-worked over days, sometimes re-visited over months and re-worked again, until the image has been re-imagined into a stable presence”.
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Past Exhibitions |
| Group Show of Gallery Artists Reception: January 4 - 26, 2012 >> click here for images Join us as we kick start the new year with a group show of works by Reta Cowley, Terry Fenton, Kelly Goerzen, Greg Hardy, Dorothy Knowles, Wynona Mulcaster, Rebecca Perehudoff and William Perehudoff
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| Season's Greetings Reception: December 3 - 24th, 2011 >> click here for images In celebration of the past year and looking forward to the year ahead, our holiday show will feature an array of small scale, historical and contemporary works by our gallery artists. These beautifully presented works are perfect for holiday gift giving… Our selection of art books and catalogues offer another excellent way to share your love of art with others during the holidays.
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| Kelly Goerzen: The Pond Lilies of Pike Lake Reception: Saturday, November 12th, 2-4pm November 12th - December 1st, 2011 >> click here for images Kelly Goerzens recent paintings focus on the pond lilies of Pike Lake, just outside of Saskatoon. Her early studies in botany have continued to influence her detailed approach to painting, but more importantly, her few years of working with Reta Cowley may have contributed to Kellys understanding of the importance of the all-over in painting. Followers of Kellys paintings may be surprised by her relatively recent exploration of the pond lily environment.
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| Jonathan Forrest: Character Study Reception: Saturday October 22nd, 2-4pm October 22nd - November 10th, 2011 >> click here for images This exhibition of Jonathan’s work features recent small and large scale paintings that explore an eccentric, gestural imagery alluding to the figure – or perhaps more accurately the gesture of a cartoon figure. This series follows up on ideas explored in Jonathan’s exhibitions over the past few years that combines his history of modernist interest with a “loosened” personal imagery and an ongoing concern for a variety of paint applications; the combination produces an “almost humorous” and “almost animated” but fully personal, current, and exciting approach to painting.
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| Dorothy Knowles: Sky Above, Earth Below Reception: Saturday, October 1st, 2011, 2-4pm October 1st - 20th, 2011 >> click here for images Dorothy Knowles is considered by many to be one of Canada’s finest painters. We are, indeed, honoured and pleased to be presenting this exhibition “overview” of her work; including watercolours, and works on canvas. Not only has Dorothy continued to paint prolifically with watercolours, acrylics and oils, but she is one of the very few artists that is truly comfortable working from large to small scale and with a variety of subjects. Furthermore, she is one of the few landscape painters who not only has an exceptional knowledge and command of the technical requirements of painting, but can blend them with an intuitive sensitivity to the abstract components of art. As a result, Dorothy Knowles’ paintings don’t just record a location; they elicit a feeling in the viewer that he/she is actually there.
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| Connections and Variations: New Paintings from Pat Service Reception: Saturday September 10th, 2-4pm September 10th - 29th, 2011 >> click here for images This new series of work by Vancouver artist Pat Service reveals an intuitive and very personal approach to the landscape with a focus on vibrant, multi-layered colour and distilled form. Her lakeside (or wharf) paintings offer seemingly straightforward and, hence, somewhat disarming compositions of coloured grounds and essential forms. This exhibition offers the viewer a unique opportunity to not only experience good painting, but to see an exciting “distillation” process in an exceptional artist’s career. We are able to follow what might be called the “devolution” of her work, from the already reductive imagery of the shoreline paintings, through the almost abstract tree works and into the absolutely graphic quality of the wharf series.
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| Fall Preview Reception: August 13th - September 8th, 2011 >> click here for images We are pleased to open our fall exhibition season with an exciting group of new works by Saskatoon artists: Jonathan Forrest, Kelly Goerzen, Dorothy Knowles, and Vancouver artist Pat Service. As the show title suggests this exhibition will include a few works by each of the four artists that we will be presenting from September through November 2011. It’s a “hint” of what’s to come.
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| Louise Cook: Grasslands and Gallery Artists Reception: Saturday July 23rd, 2-4pm July 23rd - August 11th, 2011 >> click here for images Please join us as we celebrate Louise Cook's recent paintings of the incredibly diverse areas around southern Saskatchewan’s Grasslands National Park and beyond, into the Badlands region. All are “plein air” paintings, small oil on board concepts of a very restricted area;a protected and wild region, of grass, wind and endless spaces.Cook refers to these paintings as “Songs”. These works are accompanied by a group show of our gallery artists.
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| William Perehudoff: Works on Paper Reception: July 2nd - 21st, 2011 >> click here for images We are pleased to present this exhibition of William Perehudoff's works on paper. The artworks date from the 1970s through to the late 1990s and document Perehudoff's exploration into colour and structure. The works give a fascinating overview of his mature career and are a wonderful compliment to his larger canvas works.
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| The Drawing Show: Recent work by Gallery Artists Reception: No reception June 11 - 30, 2011 >> click here for images The Gallery/Art Placement Inc. is pleased to present our spring drawing show featuring various gallery artists such as Reta Cowley, Lorenzo Dupuis, Terry Fenton, Greg Hardy, Clint Hunker, Dorothy Knowles, Dennis Panylyk and introducing the work of Rodney Konopaki and Rhonda Neufeld. The recent artistic collaborations of Konopaki and Neufeld, both from Vancouver, have resulted in an impressive body of work; featuring ongoing explorations in collaborative drawing and printmaking. This is the first show of their drawings at the gallery to be followed by a Spring 2012 exhibition of their printmaking work.
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