“Inner Perceptions, Outer Reflections“

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Blake Ward, "Hetheru and Hathor"

Blake Ward, "Hetheru and Hathor"

Opening reception Saturday April 2 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The artist will attend.

THE FRONT GALLERY presents “Inner Perceptions, Outer Reflections“ a solo exhibition by Canadian sculptor BLAKE WARD, Saturday, April 2 until Tuesday, April 19 at 12323 – 104 Avenue, Edmonton, T5N OV4. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, from 10 AM to 5 PM. Contact 780 488 2952 or info@thefrontgallery.com.

Blake Ward’s new sculptures from his Spirit collection are provocative figures that incite introspection. The Spirit series illustrates Ward’s contemporary approach to classical figurative sculpture and his development from firm academicism to a new liberating metallic expressionism building on the techniques of figurative sculpture developed in antiquity. His newest pieces challenge the classical figure by opening up the interior space of the human form as a way to search our inner selves. Holding fast to his love of the human figure, Ward remains true to the representational quality and the realistic proportions of traditional sculpture while simultaneously exploring new ways to comment on the trinity of human complexity: mind, body, and spirit.

Yellowknife-born, Edmonton-raised Ward received his Fine Arts Degree from the University of Alberta in 1979. He went on to study classical figurative sculpture in Paris until 1989. When the opportunity arose to be closer to the foundry of his choice, Foundry Venturi Arte in Bologna, he moved to his current studio in Monte Carlo. When he was invited to teach at the University of Hanoi in 2003, Ward began a journey combining art and activism. His work evolved a bold socio-political voice calling out to our humanitarian dreams of justice, truth, and equality and he has been a positive force raising funds and awareness for the eradication of landmines around the world.

Blake Ward exhibits internationally, including at The Rouge Gallery, Saskatoon, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, Hilton-Asmus Contemporary, Chicago, Articsok Gallery, Toronto, Galerie Saint-Dizier, Montreal, The Collector’s Gallery of Art, Calgary and Maison d’Art, Monaco.

THE FRONT GALLERY presents “Inner Perceptions, Outer Reflections” a solo exhibition by Canadian sculptor BLAKE WARD, April 2 until April 19 at 12323 – 104 Avenue, Edmonton, T5N OV4. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, from 10 AM to 5 PM. Contact 780 488 2952 or info@thefrontgallery.com. Proprietor Rachel Bouchard.

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For information contact James Monaco james.monaco@fibreop.ca or 705 672 3599.