Marmalade: A Thematic Group Show Showcasing The Colour Orange In Art

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Carl White, “Where Tiger Sleeps,” no date

oil on canvas, 48 x 84 in. (courtesy of the Gallery)

Let's face it, we are all overloaded with current world events and the weather in March isn't neccessarily helping us shake us out of our winter blues.

So with that in mind, for March, we are exhibiting works by gallery artists that incorporate the colour orange. Is it a bit of a weird theme for a show? Yes. But will it be fun? YES! 

And come on, it's the punchline of everyone's favorite knock-knock joke...ORANGE YOU GLAD WE DIDN'T SAY BANANA?!

ALL ABOUT ORANGE

In most parts of the West, orange colour sparks creativity and positive thinking. Orange colour is considered fresh, youthful, and creative.

Orange is the balanced mix of colours yellow and red. The colour orange gets instant attention. It exudes positivity and vibrates happiness.

Before the word “orange” was used as a colour in English (named after the bright orange fruit), orange colour was seen as a hue of red.

Pomona, the Roman deity of fruitful abundance, was often depicted in the colour orange. This was the first tie between the colour orange and the fruit.

By the 17th century when the heated greenhouse was invented in Europe, citrus oranges could be cultivated. From there, the name “orange” came to mean the colour as well as the fruit.

The invention of new orange pigments in the 19th century made orange colour an important element of Impressionist artwork as well.

Confucianism, Hinduism, and Buddhism all see orange as a color of enlightenment. In the Middle East, orange color is associated with mourning.