Fire + Earth Catalogue
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Table of Contents Artists Robert Archambeau ................................................1 Ann Mortimer.....................................................112 Loraine Basque........................................................4 Diane Nasr..........................................................115 Alain Bernard..........................................................7 Ingrid Nicolai......................................................118 Robert Bozak ........................................................10 Agnes Olive.........................................................121 John Chalke ..........................................................13 Walter Ostrom ....................................................124 Ruth Chambers.....................................................16 Kayo O’Young.....................................................127 Victor Cicansky.....................................................19 Greg Payce ..........................................................130 Jennifer Clark........................................................22 Andrea Piller .......................................................133 Bonita Bocanegra Collins ......................................25 Ann Roberts........................................................136 Karen Dahl ...........................................................28 Ron Roy..............................................................139 Roseline Delise......................................................31 Rebecca Rupp .....................................................142 Louise Doucet & Satoshi Saito..............................34 Richard & Carol Selfridge...................................145 Heather Driver Kerslake........................................37 Liz Sinclair ..........................................................151 Joe Fafard ..............................................................40 Greg Sloane.........................................................154 David Gilhooly .....................................................43 Tom Smith..........................................................157 Ruth Gowdy McKinley .........................................46 Alexsandr Sorotschynski......................................160 Arthur (Micky) Handy..........................................49 Jack Sures ............................................................163 Steve Heinemann ..................................................52 Jim Thomson ......................................................166 Franklyn Heisler....................................................55 Dongyoub Yang ..................................................169 Harlan House........................................................58 Sadashi Inuzuka ....................................................61 Essays Ann James.............................................................64 Fire + Earth: That Even Play with Tradition ........172 Edouard Jasmin.....................................................67 The Search for the Answer ..................................174 Sunmi Jung ...........................................................70 John Kavik ............................................................73 Enid Legros-Wise..................................................76 Marilyn Levine......................................................79 Sarah Link.............................................................82 Jim Hong Louie ....................................................85 Susan Low-Beer.....................................................88 Christina MacEwen...............................................91 Ray Mackie & Debra Kuzyk .................................94 Paul Mathieu.........................................................97 Alexandra McCurdy ............................................100 Denise McKay.....................................................103 Dzintar Mezulis...................................................106 Sally Michener ....................................................109 ©2002. All rights reserved. I TABASHI ART MUSEUM | T HE BURLINGTON ART CENTRE Robert Archambeau Covered Jar With Bronze Lid, 1978 Collection of the Burlington Art Center 27.3 x 19.6 x 20.0, Earthenware, glaze, bronze lid. Flat-sided jar with impressions dividing outside vertical surface into four, like a clover shape from above, with inset bronze lid with semi-circular or half-ring handle, reduction/wood fired stoneware. Fire+Earth ©2002. All rights reserved. I TABASHI ART MUSEUM | T HE BURLINGTON ART CENTRE | 1 Fire+Earth Robert Archambeau Collared Bottle, c.1985 Storage Jar, 1978 Teapot, Undated Collection of the Burlington Art Centre. Collection of the Canadian Clay and Glass Private Collection Donated by Mr. Herbert O. Bunt, 1997. Gallery. dimensions unavailable, Clay, bronze lid 16.0 x 14.5 x 14.5, Stoneware, glaze, oxide. Indusmin Collection on loan from Unimin Canada Ltd. 18.0 x 20.0 x 20.0, Stoneware, wheel thrown, salt glazed, bronze lid Collared Bottle, c.1985 Collared Bottle, c.1985 Collection of the Burlington Art Centre. Collection of the Burlington Art Centre. Donated by Mr. Herbert O. Bunt, 1997. Donated by Mr. Herbert O. Bunt, 1997. 16.0 x 14.5 x 14.5, Stoneware, glaze, oxide. 16.0 x 14.5 x 14.5, Stoneware, glaze, oxide. ©2002. All rights reserved. I TABASHI ART MUSEUM | T HE BURLINGTON ART CENTRE | 2 Fire+Earth Robert Archambeau Brief Biography 1935 born Toledo, Ohio. 1964 B.F.A. Bowling Green State University. M.F.A. Alfred University. 1968 Moved to Canada to teach at the School of Art, University of Manitoba. 1978 Studied in China, Korea, and Japan. 1981-82 Worked with Akio Takamori in the studio of Jun Kaneko in Higashinagura Aichi Prefecture. Currently living and working in Manitoba. Exhibition History 1980 Robert Archambeau, Prime Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. 1982 “Two Man Show. Takamori-Archambeau,” Ogikubo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. 1986 “Takamori-Archambeau.” Arvada Centre, Denver, Colorado. 1987 “Clay Today:The Inaugural Exhibition of the permanent collection,” Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario. 1989 “Feat of Clay: The Fifth Anniversary of the Permanent Collection,” Burlington Art Centre. 1992 “Acquisition/Inquisition,” Burlington Art Centre. 1993 “Into the Corners:A Look at in-depth Collecting,” Burlington Art Centre. 1994 “The Archie Bray Foundation, Selected works.” Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona. 1995 Prime Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. “East Asian and Canadian Ceramics” Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario. 1996 “Useful Intentions,” Burlington Art Centre and Sheridan College, Ontario. 1997 FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics; Burlington Art Centre. 1998 FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics; Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. 2000 FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 2001 FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics; The Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. 2002 FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics; Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Publications Robert Archambeau Vessels. Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg Manitoba. Robert Archambeau: Recent Work. Gloria Hickey, Contact, Calgary, Alberta. 1992. ©2002. All rights reserved. I TABASHI ART MUSEUM | T HE BURLINGTON ART CENTRE | 3 Untitled, 1985 Collection of the Burlington Art Centre. Donated by Mr. Herbert O. Bunt, 1993. Handbuilt sculpture take-off of the Christian crucifix scene with a professional hockey player on the cross and two young fans looking up at him from the ground on either side. Fire+Earth ©2002. All rights reserved. I TABASHI ART MUSEUM | T HE BURLINGTON ART CENTRE | 4 Fire+Earth Jeu (Game), 1985 Glace III (Ice III), 1985 Cygne (Swan), 1992 Collection of the Burlington Art Centre. Collection of the Canadian Clay and Glass Collection of the Artist Purchased through a grant from the Ministry Gallery. of Citizenship and Culture, Province of Ontario, Indusmin Collection on loan from Unimin 13.0 x 15.0, Stoneware, slab built, engobes, 1987. Canada Ltd. oxides, glazes 40.0 x 23.0 x 35.0, Eathenware, Slab Built, 47.0 x 54.0 x 40.0, Eathenware, Slab Built, engobes, oxides, glazes and sgraffito decora- engobes, oxides, glazes and sgraffito decora- tion tion Pétrifié (Petrified), 1995 Nature Morte aux Quatre Tournesols Collection of the Artist. - d’Après van Gogh (Still Life with Four Sunflowers - After Van Gogh), 1996 16.0 x 18.0, Stoneware, slab built and coiling, , Collection of the Artist. oxides, glazes 20.0 x 29.0 x 5.0, Stoneware, hand built, oxides, glazes, china paint decoration ©2002. All rights reserved. I TABASHI ART MUSEUM | T HE BURLINGTON ART CENTRE | 5 Fire+Earth Brief Biography 1949 born Valcourt, Québec. 1969-72 Bachelor of Theatre Arts, University of Québec, Montréal. 1979-82 CEGEP du Vieux Montréal, Québec. B.F.A. Nova Scotia Collage of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1986-99 Lived and worked in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. 1999 Returned to Montréal, Québec. Exhibition History 1985 Mostra Delle Nazioni. Québec; Exhibitions Palace, Faenza, Italy. La Representation Humaine : 6 ceramists from Montréal; Interaction Gallery, Montréal Québec. 1986 “Tableaux: Edouard Jasmin and Loraine Basque”; Ontario Craft Council, Toronto, Ontario. 1987 “Clay Today: The Inaugural Exhibition of the permanent collection”; Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario. 1989 “Feat of Clay: The Fifth Anniversary of the Permanent Collection”; Burlington Art Centre. 1997 FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics; Burlington Art Centre.