Emily Carr’s Coastal
Landscapes
Art Gallery of Alberta
until 5 June
”This group of exhibitions followed the exhibitions BRIAN JUNGEN and Walter J. Phillips: Water & Woods, and continues the AGA’s season of art in Canada” says AGA Deputy Director/Chief Curator Catherine Crowston. “These exhibitions recognize the complex issues and histories that inform our understanding of Canadian art.”
Nature and Spirit: Emily Carr’s Coastal Landscapes marks the first time that Carr’s canvases are shown at the AGA, and includes many of the artist’s most recognized works. The exhibition consists of 35 works that trace the career of Canadian artist Emily Carr, including examples of her early experiments with European modernism, a selection of later works that reveal her fascination with the art and culture of the Aboriginal people of the Pacific Northwest coast, and its landscape. This international touring exhibition is organized by the VancouverArt Gallery and presented at the Art Gallery of Alberta by Stantec. The exhibition will be on view until June 5, 2011.
Haida Art: Mapping an Ancient Language features one of the earliest and most significant collections of Haida art in North America. The exhibition, on view until June 5, 2011, includes over 80 historic Haida masterpieces dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The carved bowls, bentwood boxes, masks, rattles and argillite sculptures included in the exhibition provide a glimpse at the visual language of Haida art. With curatorial assistance form contemporary Haida artist Robert Davidson, this exhibition was organized by the McCord Museum in Montréalwith the generous support of the Museum Assistance Program, Department of Canadian Heritage.
SHERRI CHABA: The Silence of Chaos, on view until May 15, 2011, is the latest exhibition to be featured in the AGA’s RBC New Works Gallery, a spaced devoted to the presentation of new works by Alberta artists. In this installation, the artist will string lines of wire throughout the space, creating an immersive physical experience. Publications produced by the AGA, and featuring essays by local writers and scholars, accompany each RBC New Works exhibition. The publication for this exhibition features an essay on Chaba’s work by Dr. Melinda Pinfold, PhD of Psychology and M.A. in History of Art, Design and Visual Culture.
Totem Poles, Kitseukla, 1912
Emily Carr. Oil on canvas, 126.8 x 98.4 cm
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Founders Fund
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery
Zunoqua of the Cat Village, 1931
Emily Carr. Oil on canvas, 112.2 x 70.1 cm
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery
Scorned as Timber Beloved of the Sky, 1935
Emily Carr. Oil on canvas, 112.0 x 68.9 cm
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery
Wood Interior, 1932-1935
Emily Carr. Oil on canvas, 130.0 x 86.3 cm
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery
A Rushing Sea of Undergrowth, 1935
Emily Carr. Oil on canvas , 112.8 x 69.0 cm
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery
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