Galleries West
Vol 5 No 1 ISSN No. 1703-2806
Editor: Jennifer MacLeod
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Spring 2006 issue
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BRUNO BOBAK, "Recent Paintings," Mar 4 — 29, 2006, Winchester Galleries, Victoria
Bruno Bobak, who lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, has strong ties to western Canada. His family immigrated from Poland to Saskatchewan in 1925 when he was two years old. Read more
IAN RAWLINSON, "Night Watch," Jan 25 — Mar 4, 2006, Art Gallery of Regina
The title of Ian Rawlinson's exhibition is an allusion to Rembrandt that is too heavy a burden for these modest paintings to bear. The inflated association is a false lead that contaminates our appreciation of Rawlinson's work on its own merits. Read more
MISA NIKOLIC, "Architectonics," Jan 21 — Mar 3, 2006, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
At first glance, Misa Nikolic's acrylic paintings at the Richmond Art Gallery appear to be photo-referenced hyper-realism. A closer look reveals that he has gone far beyond that hard-edge style popular in Vancouver in the 1960s and 1970s. Read more
SHAWN SHEPHERD, "International," Jan 7 - Feb 2, 2006, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria
Victoria artist Shawn Shepherd sensed his work was taking a new direction last year when he exhibited a series of bold oils depicting abstract forms. Read more
MARK MULLIN, "A Sudden Change in Pressure," Mar 2 — 25, 2006, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
Imagine, if you will, flying on a 747 jet at 37,000 feet and, due to some kind of atmospheric fluctuation (perhaps the meeting of cold and warm fronts), the plane unexpectedly drops 300 feet. Mark Mullin explores notions of transition in his work. Read more
The Banks Owls
Douglas Banks, a mining engineer and executive in Toronto, collected Inuit art for several summers in the late 1940s and early 1950s while working on the Belcher Islands in southeastern Hudson Bay. Read more
"EXPOSURE 2006," The Banff, Canmore, Calgary Celebration of Photography, January to March 2006
The art of photography takes the spotlight this season with Exposure 2006, a multi-city celebration of turning negatives into positively striking images. Read more
TERRA MCDONALD, "The Land Series," Mar 18 - Apr 9, 2006, Summit Gallery of Fine Art, Banff
Terra McDonald’s hands fly about during conversation, eloquent tools she also used to spread varnish on the large charcoal, ink and acrylic paintings of horses that form "The Land Series." Read more
MOHSEN KHALILI, "Dysfunctioned Tools," Feb 2 — 25, 2006, Gallery Jones, Vancouver BC
On the walls of Gallery Jones are dozens of black and white drawings from a series called "Studies for Making Idols" (also showcased on the artist's website — www.mohsenkhalili.com.) Read more
Preview of TIM OKAMURA, "Urban Portraits and Brooklyn Mythology," May 18 - 28, 2006, Axis Contemporary Art, Art Central, Calgary
Okamura paints urban creatures in their milieu: street-wise New Yorkers who for the most part are his friends, rendered with a warm classical hand. Read more
LARRY STEVENSON, "Small Treasures," Feb 16 - Mar 25, 2006, TU Gallery, Edmonton
Happy accidents played a major role in the development of Larry Stevenson’s career as a woodturner. Read more
STUART SLIND, "Dawn to Dusk" and MARCUS BOWCOTT, "Marking Time," January 1 — 21, 2006, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
Two solo shows at Bau-Xi Gallery — Stuart Slind: "Dawn to Dusk," and Marcus Bowcott: "Marking Time" — embody entirely different approaches to the subject of landscape. Read more
DIETER SCHLATTER, Mar 25 — Apr 6, 2006, Canada House Gallery, Banff
Combining oil painting with photographs taken during his extensive travels throughout Canada's western provinces, the Swiss-born artist articulates the aftermath of human intrusion on the environment. Read more
DAVID THAUBERGER, opens March 10,2006, Nouveau Gallery, Regina
Saskatchewan painter David Thauberger returns again and again to the architecture of small-town Saskatchewan — service stations, general stores, Legion Halls, grain elevators and quirky hand-built homes. Read more
ANN RALLISON, "Fifty," opens Apr 12, 2006, Gallery Lacosse, Winnipeg
Ann Rallison’s printmaking turns a corner this spring with her show, "Fifty," at Winnipeg’s Gallery Lacosse. Read more
SCOTT PLEAR, "New Work," Mar 4 — 17, 2006, Bugera Matheson Gallery, Edmonton
Vancouver-based painter Scott Plear is not afraid of contradiction or breaking new ground in his ongoing series of vibrant abstract expressionist canvases. Read more
SARAH CRAWLEY, "mentis prehensio," Mar 10 - Apr 22, 2006, aceartinc., Winnipeg
In Sarah Crawley’s newest body of work, mentis prehensio, she continues to “address the imperfection of memory, the notion of a collective memory, memory as it relates to generation, history and ritual… physical memory and its impact on identity.” Read more
CHARLES VAN SANDWYK, "The Wind in the Willows," Feb 17 — Mar 31, 2006, Arts on Atlantic Gallery, Calgary
There's something magical about the art of Charles van Sandwyk. His watercolour etchings and fine line drawings appear as if from a different age Read more
YOU GOTTA LOVE IT
Galleries West asked four prominent Western Canadian collectors (ROMANA KASPAR-KRAFT, PAUL CRAWFORD, BILL SHURNIAK and TAMAR ZENITH) to share thoughts, insights and tips about the art of collecting art. Read more