| Spring is officially here and that means (hopefully) art patrons can go out into the streets free of heavy winter gear and visit the artful goings on across the city. A good place to start is Skew Gallery where there are new works by Canmore-based artist Dan Hudson. Well-known for his photography, Hudson now returns to his early interest in painting. The exhibition, running until May 5, will feature works that point to personal experiences in Hudson’s life.
"These paintings reflect on moments of serenity as well as moments of exhilaration as I tested the boundaries of my place in the world," says Hudson. "They are a psychological exploration of the fear that creeps around the edges of a memory – when you realize some time after the fact, all the things that could have gone horribly wrong."
At Glenbow Museum is Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta, a $12 million permanent exhibition that applauds the independent spirit of our province by displaying more than 40 of its characters. The exhibition includes a Jeff de Boer sculpture of an 11-foot-tall bucking bronco created out of barbed wire. De Boer’s inspiration was Cyclone, the famed horse of the 1912 Calgary Stampede that shucked 129 cowboys off its back before Blood cowboy Tom Three Persons rode him to a standstill.
At Newzones Galley until April 5 are new works by Cathy Daley and Don Maynard. Known for her depictions of the female form, Daley captures the essence of high fashion and vintage Hollywood.
In an exhibition titled Weather Report, Maynard presents new works created when he applied molten waxes to the canvas building layers of symbolic imagery.
The Art Gallery of Calgary is now closed until March 28 for renovations with upgrades to its gallery spaces including the preparation for the implementation of environmental controls, scheduled for mid-July in the Top Gallery and the refinishing of its cement and hardwood floors.
"Our renovation project has drawn support from many local businesses, government and private funders, the AGC Board, staff and volunteers," says Valerie Cooper, president and CEO of the organization. "We are excited to see the realization of the final step in our plan to create a world-class facility for contemporary art. We will now be able to bring Calgarians a wider selection of exhibits from an expanded range of galleries and museums – from local, regional to international works."
AGC reopens on March 29 at 7 p.m. for the opening reception of the exhibition Pink, showcasing four artists: Colleen Wolstenholme, Amanda Schoppel, Kristi Malakoff and Glenda Leon.
At Triangle Gallery until May 4 is Three Definitions of the Sublime. "The sense of the sublime evoked by the art of Helena Hadala, Susan Fraser-Hughes and Louise Pagé is very different, but all are agreed that showing together under the banner of the "sublime" will elicit new shades of meaning from their individual contributions and help identify the more subtle links that bond them together as artists and as people," writes Eric Cameron, guest curator of the show. "We can anticipate an emotionally powerful and conceptually challenging exhibition of exquisite aesthetic refinement."
At TRUCK Gallery from April 6 until May 12 is the work of Montreal-based artist Hazel Meyer.
And recently opened is a commercial contemporary exhibition space called Arthouse. Located at 1043-19 Avenue S.E. it hosts The Drawing Show throughout the month of April. The exhibition includes artists from across the country and international artist Oscar De Las Flores. "It should be a real treat with drawings based on regional and cultural content format," says Barry Lorne, one of the people behind Arthouse. |
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