Lawren Harris: Canadian Visionary

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Lawren Harris, "Autumn: Design for a Panel," c. 1945

oil on paperboard, 38.3 x 30.5 cm Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of the Vancouver Art Gallery Women's Auxiliary, VAG 68.20Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

Curator’s Tour: Saturday July 15, 5:30pm

Opening Reception: July 15, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Ages: All

Admission: FREE

Let’s come together to celebrate the opening of Lawren Harris: Canadian Visionary and AlterNation in the Central Gallery and Levi Glass - Expulsion: Panoptic Machine Feed in The Cube. Meet the artists and curators, mix with other art supporters, get creative at the Kids Table and enjoy live music and appetizers. Everyone welcome. Memberships are 25% off.

Through both his life and work Harris helped establish an identity for Canadian art. He not only saw the artistic and cultural potential of this country, but also made works that have helped to define the very identity of Canada. Furthermore, he had the courage to take his own art into the realm of abstraction at a time when most of the public was unwilling to follow.

Lawren Harris: Canadian Visionary presents a selection of key works from the Vancouver Art Gallery's permanent collection that collectively trace Harris' artistic evolution from the early years of the twentieth century, through the groundbreaking work of the Group of Seven period when his work transformed the language of Canadian landscape, and finally to his later experiments in abstraction that reflect his efforts to root his work in a universal language rather than a specific national landscape.

Lawren Harris: Canadian Visionary is organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery with the generous support of the Killy Foundation and is curated by Ian M. Thom, Senior Curator–Historical, Vancouver Art Gallery. This exhibition is complemented by a selection of paintings by other members of the Group of Seven, drawn from the collection of the Kamloops Art Gallery and curated by Adrienne Fast, Interim Curator, Kamloops Art Gallery.