| The month of June sees elephants, dogs and graffiti writers stampede through Calgary’s exhibition scene.
On the alley wall of Art Central, Calgary’s Kido and Bugs are creating a graffiti mural that won’t result in the police handing out tickets. Find out why some believe graffiti deserves to be on full display while still others see it as the scourge of the city.
David Diviney and Craig Le Blanc’s collaboration Dive, an on-site installation, will be shown at the Stride Gallery until July 1, combining both artists’ sculptural predilections and techniques.
Call it art goes to the dogs – Year of the Dogs, a show featuring raku dog masks by Heather Spratt and ceramic pet dishes by Andrew Tarrant, is on display now at The Croft until June 14.
Dedicating himself to the task of winning the trust of the Nyua, a secretive society in Malawi, Africa, photographer Douglas Curran spent several years among them, documenting their rituals, masks and dances. Under threat from AIDS and technology, the Nyua are the most recent documentary study of this respected Canadian photographer, whose new exhibition, The Elephant has Four Hearts, is on display at the Art Gallery of Calgary. On June 10 at 2 p.m., Curran will speak about his experiences of documenting this culture on the brink.
Also at AGC are paintings titled Recent Works About Russia from William MacDonnell, which explore society’s collective memory and amnesia. Included is a mixed-media installation called New Green from Lylian Klimek and a video piece titled My Two Grandmothers: RMX by Leila Sujir.
Is he laughing at us or with us? Find out for yourself by viewing Black Cloud/Silver Lining, an exhibition of bronze sculptures by everyone’s favourite Kafka-influenced artist, Reinhard Skorack, on display at the Herringer Kiss Gallery until June 14.
At Alliance Française of Calgary, Intercultural Exhibition of Naïve Art showcases works from nine artists, including Luis Rodriguez Ricardo’s interpretations of the Cuban countryside.
Toronto based André Ethier has been busy making the rounds in New York and Los Angeles before stopping over in Calgary for New Works, a collection of his latest pieces, on display now at the Skew Gallery. Paintings of characters described as controversial, intense and ghoulish seem to stretch stylistic boundaries, while remaining connected to comic book colours and horror movie storylines.
On display now at the Paul Kuhn Gallery is More or Less, an exhibition of new paintings by B.C. artist Nathan Birch. Using more than one canvas to create each work, Birch strives to capture the emotions of the landscapes he depicts.
Explosion of Forms and Textures: Quebec Art of the 1960s from the Bas-Saint-Laurent Museum is on display until August 26 at the Triangle Gallery, curated by Charles Bourget, the Curator of Contemporary Art in the Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. The exhibition is drawn entirely from the art collection of that museum, providing a major overview of art in Quebec in the 1960s. Explosion of Forms and Textures takes place in conjunction with Quebec Connection: Summer Art Stroll, which runs from June 17 to July 22 at various galleries throughout Calgary, including Newzones, Art Central's Quab and the Paul Kuhn Gallery.
And in anticipation of the Mountain Standard Time Festival in 2007, festival organizers have started to put out a call for submissions from professional artists of all backgrounds. The deadline is July 1, 2006. For more information, visit www.mstfestival.org. |
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