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Posted by admin on Feb 1, 2012

Alberta Craft Council presents WOMEN: Clay Sculptures by Keith Turnbull, opens Feb 18

FEB 18 – MAR 24, 2012 | RECEPTION: SATURDAY, FEB 18, FROM 2-4PM “In our western society, we are bombarded with very specific ideals of beauty, based on youth, slender bodies and regular features. But of course these so-called ideals have nothing to do with who women really are and how they really look. Their real beauty has little if anything to do with media images. My show tries to deal with the...

Posted by admin on Jan 30, 2012

Newzones presents Perception, opens Feb 4 in Calgary

FEBRUARY 4 TO MARCH 17, 2012 Opening Reception Saturday February 4, 1 to 4 pm Newzones is pleased to present Perception as part of Exposure 2012: Calgary / Banff / Canmore Festival of Photography. Perception is an exciting presentation of Newzones’ process-driven and photo-based artists, curated to showcase the methods that are employed in their creative process. With the photograph at the core,...

Posted by admin on Jan 30, 2012

VAAA Gallery presents Ricardo Copado & Daniel Evans until Feb 25, Edmonton

January 26 – February 25, 2012 RICARDO COPADO Travelling Within Dreams Travelling Within Dreams is a series of vivid paintings by Ricardo Copado, that depict imaginary worlds existing in a parallel dimension. These surreal scenes, inspired by nature and other realistic elements, depict a variety of unexpected juxtapositions that capture the viewer’s interest. The viewer is drawn in by the...

Posted by admin on Jan 27, 2012

AGA presents Chris Millar, The Untimely Transmogrification of the Problem, opens Jan 28

Guest-Curated by Nancy Tousley RBC New Works Gallery Artist Talk with Curator Nancy Tousley: January 27 at 5 pm In The Untimely Transmogrification of the Problem, Chris Millar draws us into his own private universe of wondrous tiny details and then holds our attention as he unfolds his outrageous tall tales and fantastical yarns. A natural born storyteller, Millar sprinkles his sculptures, which are...

Posted by admin on Jan 24, 2012

Art Gallery of Alberta presents Rearview MIrror, opens Jan28

REARVIEW MIRROR: New Art from Central & Eastern Europe January 28 to April 29, 2012 Guest-curated by Christopher Eamon In a rearview mirror I suddenly saw the mass of the cathedral in Beauvais; large things inhabit small, briefly. Adam Zagajewski (Rearview Mirror from Going to Lwow, 1985) Rearview Mirror is a large thematic exhibition that brings together the work of a new...

Posted by admin on Jan 23, 2012

Harcourt House presents Griffith Aaron Baker & Margaret Witschl, opens Jan 26 in Edmonton

January 26 to February 25, 2012 Opening Reception: Thursday, January 26, 2012 MARGARET WITSCHL: GETTING ANXIOUS Front Gallery Margaret Witschl, Road Block, Acrylic on Canvas, 2010 Described as sinister and ominous, this body of paintings explores the expression of anxiety within the context of contemporary Surrealism and “experimenting with the psychological limbo of … that...

Posted by admin on Jan 18, 2012

FAB Gallery presents Andrea Kastner and Annie King, opening Jan 24 in Edmonton

JANUARY 24 TO FEBRUARY 18, 2012 Opening Reception: January 26, 2012, 7 to 10 pm FAB gallery is pleased to present AMASS by Andrea Kastner This exhibition is the final visual presentation for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Painting and BEARINGS by Annie King This exhibition is the final visual presentation for the degree of Master of Design in Drawing and Intermedia FAB GALLERY 1-1 Fine Arts...

Posted by admin on Jan 16, 2012

Illingworth Kerr Gallery presents Francois Lacasse: The Outpourings until Mar 3, Calgary

Curated by Marie-Eve Beaupré. Illingworth Kerr Gallery January 20 – March 3, 2012 Opening Reception | Thursday January 19, 2012 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Artist and Curator in conversation with Christopher Willard, 6:00PM The Outpourings is a retrospective covering the last twenty years of painter François Lacasse’s work. The exhibition brings together thirty works, which shed light on the...