Antonietta Grassi - Contemplation for Obsolete Objects: Postscript

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Antonietta Grassi. "Four PM Studio Rays," 2017

(detail) acrylic and ink on canvas, 44" x 54"

Join us on Friday, January 11, 2019 from 7 pm to 10 pm at Harcourt House Galleries for the official opening of two powerful exhibitions:

Contemplation for Obsolete Objects: Postscript by Antonietta GrassiandEast of Here by Emmanuel Osahor

The Artists’ Talk by Antonietta Grassi and Emmanuel Osahor will take place at 7:30 pm. A wine & cheese reception (cash bar) will follow the official opening. Admission is FREE.

The Main Gallery features new body of work by Antonietta Grassi, a contemporary visual artist  from Montréal, Québec. Her solo exhibition titled Contemplation for Obsolete Objects: Postscript continues to explore ideas of spatial memory and the destructive nature of time, using twisted geometric forms and softly nuanced colour palette as exploratory tools.

Antonietta Grassi holds a B.F.A from Concordia University and M.F.A from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Grassi has been committed to the practice of abstract painting for most of her career. Grassi paints layered, intuitively derived forms that are intersected by fine, thread-like lines—creating works where textile, architecture, analog technologies, and painting’s twentieth century history collide. Antonietta Grassi’s paintings and works on paper have been featured in solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in Canada, the United States, and in Europe, including Muséé National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec; Museo Civico di Molise in Casacalende, Italy; Kunstwerk Calshutte in Budelsdorf, Germany; the Boston Center for the Arts, Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts in Chester; Trestle Gallery and Crossing Art in New York; Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio; the Bruce Lurie Gallery in Los Angeles; the McClure Gallery, Galerie Stewart Hall Art, Lilian Rodriguez, the Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery and the Patrick Mikhail Gallery  in Montreal, Newzones in Calgary, and the Leo Kamen, Artcore and John B. Aird Gallery in Toronto. In addition, her work is in public, corporate, and private collections, including the Musée National des Beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ), the Archives of Ontario, Museo Civico Di Molise, the Boston Public Library, Yamana Gold in Toronto, and the Stewart Hall Museum in Pointe Claire. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Quebec. She has participated in numerous artist residencies such the Banff, Center for the Arts, the  Vermont Studio Center, and the Studios at MASS MoCA.