| When T.S. Eliot wrote that "April is the cruellest month," he obviously wasn’t living in Calgary at the beginning of another blustery winter.
Thankfully, the Artbeat calendar is bursting with events – just remember to wear your woollies before dashing off to another exhibition.
Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession just opened at Glenbow Museum and runs until January 30. Featuring more than 60 bronzes, this is the first time in the history of Calgary that the works of the French master have been exhibited here.
Also at Glenbow is Evan Penny: Absolutely Unreal, a survey of figurative works from this former Alberta College of Art and Design student. Today, Penny is exhibited and collected across the world. If it wasn’t for the large size of his hyper-real figures, you’d swear some of these sculptures were alive. New works from Penny are also being exhibited at Trépanier Baer Gallery.
On Thursday, November 4, from 5 to 11 p.m., is the much-anticipated opening of Art Central. With more than a dozen galleries and studios to visit, this complex is one of the most ambitious private art projects to be launched in Calgary for some time. The opening party will feature the sounds of jazz violinist Karl Roth, who has recently returned to Calgary following a two-year sojourn in Montreal.
Already underway is an exhibition at Stride Gallery (1004 Macleod Trail S.E.) from a couple of other travellers. Angela Silver and Andrew King return to Calgary from Rome after the Canada Council awarded King the Prix de Rome in Architecture in 2003. As part of the prize, the couple spent a year in the City of Fountains soaking up history and returning with ROMALUX: notations from the Rome work. The notations are 200 film clips of the city combined with a reassembled soundtrack of urbanity that is transformed into otherworldly tracks.
At Truck Gallery, Tim van Wijk presents Landscape Generator, an exhibition in which the Salmo, B.C.-based artist looks beyond the myth of Canada’s virgin wilderness to discover something more about our country and ourselves. His show runs at Truck until November 13.
In addition to Chromaplay, the butterfly- and technology-driven installation from Clint Wilson, The New Gallery is also showing Symbiotic Outcropping from Liz Nowatschin. This time the TNG-sponsored piece is at the plus-15 window located in the Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts.
Another local artist who is making his mark around Calgary is James Holroyd. His photo-based commission will be unveiled on the side of the Thornhill Recreation Centre (6725 Centre St. N.W.) on Saturday, November 6 at 1 p.m.
At Photospace Gallery (located within the Crossroads Market and Artspace building, #213, 1235 - 26th Ave. S.E.) there’s an exhibition entitled Peaks, featuring the black and white images of Craig Richards. Not only is Richards a talented photographer, but he also spends a lot of his time teaching young people (who live in the Bow Valley corridor area) more about the potential of photography. His show runs until November 21.
An exhibition now on at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff features the photography of Takeshi Mizukoshi. This Japanese artist captured images of the Himalayas from 1975 to 1989 and his collection of work reveals an intimate understanding of the area, using a complex visual language to describe it.
Another Banff-related event is the unveiling of the winning photos from the 2004 Banff Mountain Photography Competition. It happens during the Banff Mountain Festivals, now on until November 7 at, where else, The Banff Centre.
Of course, next month is December and that means holidays and gifts. To start things off on the right track, Triangle Gallery is hosting the Studio Christmas Art Sale and Bohemian Extravaganza. It takes place at the gallery from Thursday to Saturday, November 4 to 6. The entire event has been organized in support of Triangle Gallery's exhibition and art education program. Also at Triangle is a new exhibition, Migrations in the Third Dimensions. It features the sculptural works of local artists, on display from November 12 to January 8.
And finally, if you really feel the need to have a reprieve from the cold weather, go to Devonian Gardens (located on the fourth floor of TD Square). Until November 14, you can view the colourful, summery, abstract paintings of Chrissy Cheung. |
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