w w w .p re vi ew -a rt .c om THE GALLERY GUIDE ALBERT A I BRITISH COLUMBI A I OREGO N I WASHINGTON April/May 2011 COURTESY PREVIEW GRAPHICS 4 PREVIEW I APRIL/MAY 2011 # OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS 6 PREVIEW I APRIL/MAY 2011 Apr/May 2011 48 Vol. 25 No.2 previews ALBERTA 10 Jay Senetchko 8 Black Diamond, Calgary Ian Tan Gallery 14 Edmonton Pera Art Gallery 16 Lethbridge 12 Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait 17 Medicine Hat Glenbow Museum BRITISH COLUMBIA 17 Abbotsford, Burnaby 70 16 The Art of Norman Rockwell 20 Campbell River Tacoma Art Museum 22 Castlegar, Chemainus, Chilliwack, 20 Arnold Shives Coquitlam Burnaby Art Gallery 23 Courtenay, Fort Langley, Gibsons, Grand Forks 30 Brian Jungen 25 Kamloops , Kaslo, Kelowna, Art Gallery of Alberta Nelson, New Westminster , 46 Heather Passmore: Form Letters North Vancou ver The New Gallery 26 Maple Ridge, Nanaimo 48 Glory of Kings: Ethiopian Christian Art 28 Osoyoos, Penticton, Port Moody, Hallie Ford Museum of Art Prince George, Prince Rupert 18 29 Qualicum Beach, Richmond, 50 Kristin Bjornerud: New Paintings Salmon Arm, Salt Spring Island Gallery Jones 30 Sidney , Sooke , Squamish 52 Sharon Hayes: In the Near Future 31 Sunshine Coast, Surrey Contemporary Art Gallery 34 Tsawwassen, Vancouver 9 60 Jamasie Pitseolak 54 Vernon, Victoria 59 West Vancouver Marion Scott Gallery 60 Whistler, White Rock 66 Laurie Herrick OREGON Museum of Contemporary Craft 61 Cannon Beach, Marylhurst, 70 Carl Beam Portland Museum of Anthropology 62 Salem 63 72 Nick Cave WASHINGTON Seattle Art Museum 62 Bellevue, Bellingham 64 Ellensburg, Friday Harbor, La Conner, Longview, Port Angeles vignettes 65 Seattle 30 70 Spokane, Tacoma 9 Alberta © 1986-2011 Preview Graphics Inc. 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Box 549, Station A, 24 Gallery Views 73 Art Services + Materials Vancouver, BC Canada V6C 2N3 36 Confessions 76 Gallery Index Janice Whitehead, Publisher 71 Catalogues of Interest 78 Gallery Openings + Events Shirley Lum, Listings Editor Conservator’s Co rner – on holiday Anne-Marie St-Laurent, Art Director U.S. EDITORIAL + SALES OFFICE Allyn Cantor TEL 415-971-8279 : Jay Senetchko, Language Games (2010), oil on canvas [Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver BC, COVER E-MAIL [email protected] Apr 30-May 21; Pera Art Gallery, Vancouver BC, Mar 22-Apr 21] ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS $22 Printed on FSA approved and recycled paper first Thurs of every month Art Central ’s Artfirm Gallery ALBERTA retailers stay open late and offer a mix ¥403-206-1344 www.artfirm.ca of special activities, many of them free Online and by appt. Presenting an BLACK DIAMOND or discounted, including gallery open - expanding group of artists working in ings, meet-the-artist events, theatre, a full range of media including paint - Bluerock Gallery dance, readings, talks, tours, street ing, sculpture, printmaking and inno - 110 Centre Ave W ¥403-933-5047 happenings and food and wine tast - vative media, committed to the sale of www.bluerockgallery.ca ings. First Thurs goers can sample any exceptional, contemporary artwork by mon wed fri-sun 11am-5pm, thurs number of events, start as early as Canadian and international artists. 11am-8pm. Apr 9-May 9 Susan breakfast and stay as late as 9pm. Kristoferson , “Northern Perceptions”, The Collectors’ Gallery of Art paper and mixed media; May 12-Jun # Art Gallery of Calgary 1332 9th Ave SE ¥403-245-8300 15 Diane Williamson , “Equine Art”, 117 8th Ave SW ¥403-770-1350 www.collectorsgalleryofart.com oil on canvas. www.artgallerycalgary.org tues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 10am-5pm. tues-sat 10am-5pm first thurs 4pm- Thru Apr 14 John Snow RCA (1911- Maryanne’s Eden 9pm. Admission: $5 adult, $2.50 stu - 2004): A Centenary Exhibition , prints, 109 Centre Ave E ¥403-933-5524 dent/youth (with valid student ID), $5 paintings, watercolours and sculp - www.maryanneseden.com senior (60+), children under 6 free. tures; Apr 16-May 14 Collectors’ wed-sun 11am-5pm or by appt. Thru Apr 9 Katherine L. Lannin , “The Choice , newly acquired historical Ongoing Maryanne Jespersen , Pile Project”, photographs; d. bradley works and works from the gallery vault. paintings. muir , “Dream Home and Swimmers”, photographs; Min Hyung , paintings Diana Paul Galleries and sculptures; David Clark , “88 Con - 737 2nd St SW ¥403-262-9947 t CALGARY S stellations for Wittgenstein”, interac - www.dianapaul.com ne Pi tive video installation; MAIN , T OP , T ALL tues-sat 11am-5pm. Opens Apr 16 # Art Central AND MEDIA GALLERIES Apr 29-Aug 27 Simon Camping , tempera on paper; 295-100 7th Ave ¥403-543-9900 John Hall, Joice M. Hall, Janine Hall May Contact the gallery for exhibition www.artcentral.ca and Jarvis Hall , “Traditions Illuminat - information. daily 10am-6pm. Apr 7, May 5 On the ed: Celebrating The Halls”, extensive body of work by one of Alberta’s most # Glenbow Museum # Identifies galleries and museums established and active family of artists 130 9th Ave SE ¥403-268-4100 open until 8pm on the First Thursday working within the stylistic approach www.glenbow.org of each month. Many galleries host of Realism, including paintings and mon-sat 9am-5pm sun 12-5pm. opening receptions. drawings and the highly regarded Admission: adults $14, seniors $10, frame-making practice of Jarvis Hall. students/youth $9, family $28, children Trans−Canada Hwy ILLINGWORTH KERR, W E N N 4th Ave NE d ACAD r m D Princeʼs Island o W N l 3rd Ave NE GLENBOW ia Park n N r t o o t 2nd Ave NE W m n S e T N M r h t t Me S 4 m o 1 r h B ia 1st Av t ow l D e NW 0 R r 1 i ver McDougall Rd 4th Ave SW 6th Ave SW DIANA PAUL S t. Pa GALLERIES ART CENTRAL, SWIRL, trick 7th Ave SW ʼs Is N NEW GALLERY land 8th Ave SW ART GALLERY N N OF CALGARY Stephen TREPANIER N 9th Ave SW N N TRIANGLE BAER 9th Ave SE GLENBOW CPR trac NEWZONES PAUL KUHN ks COLLECTORʼS N NNWEISS r e GALLERY NARTFIRM 11th Ave SW NSTRIDE iv W R OF ART S W HERRINGER W 12th Ave 1 t SW w 3th Ave S S E W r N S o S KISS t S T t b t W l t S E h W S S E d t S S S h S o 0 t h t 15 14th Av e h th Av e SW t e t SW t t r e 1 S 9 l t 2 8 S S t c n 1 t 16th s Ave S a W e h s t 17th Ave SW 1 C 1 M 6 17th Ave SE W W W S t S S t t S Calgary Royal Ave SW S S h Lindsay t h h Exhibition & 1 t t Park 5 4 Stampede 22nd Ave d Park R r e ill p S CALGARY Dr w bo El 8 PREVIEW I APRIL/MAY 2011 VIGNETTES • April/May 2011 Alberta ROBIN LAURENCE LAWREN HARRIS: ABSTRACTIONS Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmon - ton, through September 11 Best known for his 1920s landscapes of the Canadian wilderness, Group of Seven leader Lawren Harris made a significant commitment to abstraction in the 1930s. This small exhibition of non-objective paintings demon - Lawren Harris strates, among other things, the impact of his theosophical beliefs on his art. Through colour, light, and simplified form, Harris sought to express "the spiritual essence of nature". YOUSUF KARSH, REGARDING HEROES Glenbow Museum, Cal - gary, April 2-June 15 Armenian-Canadian Yousuf Karsh was one of the 20th century's most famous portrait photographers. If he had not shot a single other image, his world-famous 1941 por - trait of a defiant Winston Churchill would have forever secured his reputation. This exhibition, which includes images of Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway, Audrey Hepburn, and Pierre Elliott Trudeau, reveals how our conception of greatness has Yousuf Karsh been shaped by one man's vision. IAN JOHNSTON: ARCHAEOLOGY OF PROCESS Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, April 9-May 7 Nelson-based artist Ian Johnston is show - ing a collection of sculptures, in stoneware and porcelain, based on everyday objects. From cell phones to plastic bags to brooms, these forms symbolize the archaeological remains of the future. Johnston spins narratives off them, suggesting how our culture may some day be interpreted based on the evidence of our consumption and waste. Ian Johnston TRADITIONS ILLUMINATED: CELEBRATING THE HALLS The Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, April 29-August 27 Art is clearly in the blood of the Hall family. John, Joice, and their daughter Janine all pursue highly keyed variations on contemporary realism, their subjects ranging from still life to landscape to portraiture. Son and brother Jarvis specializes in hand-crafted picture frames, themselves works of art in their carving and gilding. JEREMY DRUMMOND: 65-POINT PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE LIV - ING The New Gallery, Calgary, May 5-June 11 This exhibition by Jeremy Drummond, a Canadian artist based in Richmond, Vir - ginia, consists of 65 aerial photographs of subdivisions from every Canadian province and US state. Each subdivision image Janine Hall has been digitally reconstructed to represent an enclosed geo - graphical space, with no roads leading in or out.