| No doubt your New Year’s resolution was to spend more time taking in Calgary’s vibrant art scene, and given the number of openings coming up this week, what better time than now? So put on your favourite red outfit (red is the new black, after all), and go take a look at what’s going on in your own backyard.
The fun begins on Friday at 4:30 p.m. when The Nickle Arts Museum presents Phil Bergerson’s Shards of Civilization. The exhibit is a documentary of and revelry in the often overlooked elements of popular culture. In the upstairs gallery, Steve Nunoda’s Invisible Waterfall is the fifth of The Nickle’s Series exhibitions, curated by Christine Sowiak. Nunoda’s installations draw on cross-cultural references to waterfalls. You’ll have a chance to hear Nunoda speak about his work on Thursday, January 18 at noon.
Later, at 8 p.m. in the Plus 15 window spaces in the Centre for Performing Arts, have a look at new installations by the featured artists this month – Kyle Beal, Donna-Lee Wybert, Robyn Moodie and Karen Kay.
From here it’s a worthwhile trek down to Truck Gallery, where Vancouver artist Ed Pein’s installation A Mixing of Dreams shows along with local artist Jasmine Gardener-Popovac’s installation inspired by her recent trip to the Balkans.
Stride Gallery is next with dr(aw)ummingsequence*2001* by Mark Dicey. Dicey has been involved in Calgary’s arts community for over 15 years, and his month-long residency at the gallery reflects his diverse practices. There is also an opportunity meet the artist during his talk the next day from 2 to 4 p.m.
There will be a slew of openings Saturday evening at the commercial galleries along 11th Avenue S.W. Montreal-based artist Michael Smith reveals his recent landscapes at TrepanierBaer while Paul Kuhn gallery features Janet Werner’s acrylic portraits of anonymous people. Landscapex9, a group show at NewZones, has artists such as Greg Edmonson, Barry Weiss and Rebecca Perehudoff pushing the boundaries of landscape painting.
After recuperating for a week, you can catch two openings at The Centre Gallery on Thursday, January 18. Between Crimson Dreams is Sasa Boric’s newest offering, an investigation into her cultural inheritance and present context. Also showing is Random Musings, a mixed-media exhibition by Kathy Lynn Treybig. A bit outside the normal gallery stroll, The Centre Gallery is located on the second floor, 924 6th Avenue S.W.
At The New Gallery, Ken Giles’ Outpost: no service for... consists of photographs of abandoned service stations throughout Western Canada and will be up until January 27. Showing in the front space, local artist and writer Ashok Mathur presents the India-Image Project, based on photographs from his early travels in India.
Finally, make sure to see the work from members of the Untitled Art Society in Open Windows showing at the Devo Art Gallery in TD Square until January 25.
And then relax. There, now doesn’t that feel better? |
