| As Valentine’s Day approaches, love in all of its many forms takes the forefront. And the world of art is no exception. From the love of making art to the love of viewing it, and yes, even the love of selling it – art and love are inextricably linked.
The love of art is one reason the Calgary-Banff area is finally enjoying its first-ever photography festival, Exposure 2005. Launched by a small but dedicated team at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, this event includes photographic exhibitions, speakers and panel discussions, which continue throughout the month of February and into March
A highlight for many during this festival will surely be the exhibition Folio Gallery: Revisited, which is a selection of photos from those who showed their work at Calgary’s Folio Gallery between 1983 and 1995, when the space closed its doors. The list includes photos by Doug Clark, Doug Curran, Jay Dusard and Diana Thorneycroft, among others. A not-to-be-missed event, it takes place in the main gallery at the Whyte Museum in Banff until March 20. For more information on any of the events, go to www.whyte.org.
The work of another photographer, Dan Gordon, can be found at the Alberta College of Art and Design. Gordon is a lover of black-and-white photography whose images of the North American landscape are on display at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery until March 26 in an exhibition entitled Observations: Time and Place.
Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art (730 11th Ave. S.W.) presents the exhibition On Form and Figure, featuring works by Cathy Daley, Till Friewald, Angela Grossmann, Betty Goodwin and others. A satellite exhibition, which ties in with Figuratively Speaking at the Triangle Gallery, the show confirms these artists’ love of the human form.
Over at the Herringer Kiss Gallery (101, 1111 - 11th Ave. S.W.) another kind of passion comes alive – this time in the form of paintings by Jeremy Herndl that explore the urban landscape by night. Colourful and poetic, these new works are like taking a cab ride down a neon-lit street on a rainy night.
At the Nickle Arts Museum on the campus of the University of Calgary is the exhibition Maxwell Bates: At the Crossroads of Expressionism. Featuring more than 40 oil paintings and 48 works on paper, this Edmonton Art Gallery-produced exhibition is a fitting tribute to a man whose love affair with art began as a youth in Calgary.
And finally, if you’re a third-year or first-semester fourth-year art student at ACAD, and Calgary is not providing you with enough love these days, you have the opportunity to escape to the Big Apple. The Teatro New York Studio Prize in Fine Art will be awarded for the first time in the fall of 2005. The juried prize will allow one student to spend one semester in New York in a private studio space, in addition to making gallery visits, meeting with New York-based artists and participating in an end-of-semester exhibition. Now that’s a lot of love! For more information, contact Erin Bacon at 284-6239. |
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