FALL HOURS
Monday to Thursday: 10am - 3pm
Friday: 10am - 1pm & 2pm - 4pm
Weekends and Holidays: 1pm - 4pm
Monday to Thursday: 10am - 3pm
Friday: 10am - 1pm & 2pm - 4pm
Weekends and Holidays: 1pm - 4pm
Unter dem Messer (Under the Knife) September 14 - October 13
R.J. Kollee Reception: Saturday 14, 1-3pm
"Macheath Messer (Mac the Knife)", R.J. Kollee
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"Berlin, particularly, during the mid 1900’s and into the 1920’s and 1930’s was famous for its cabarets, restaurants, musical theatre, artists and “degenerate” life style.
Political unrest gave way to mobs and gangs in the streets and the rise and fall of The Weimar Republic. Many left and right wing parties vied for the coveted “chair” to rule Germany. Eventually of course, this upheaval, lead to the outbreak of World War ll. The rise of the “Dada” movement, brief as it was, made way for “Expressionism”, not only in the visual arts, but also music and prose. This period produced some of the most famous artists, writers and entertainers of our time. Some were communists, socialists, conservatives or politically neutral. Many artists were persecuted because of their ideas, subject matter of their work, style, gender, lifestyle and political affiliation. |
These events led me on a path of discovery into the lives of these artists. What were they thinking? How did they cope in such a harsh economic, social and political environment? Many artists, musicians, journalists and political dissidents just left, for England or to the United States.
Inspired by the works of Paul Klee, Kurt Schwitters, Max Pechstein, Franz Marc, George Grosz, Wassily Kandinsky and others, I set about experimenting with painting knives, implementing the texture and the colour palettes and subject matter of these artists onto canvas.
There are many different sizes and shapes of palette knives, which produce some of the most amazing shapes and impasto techniques. Using the pure oil pigments with little or no mediums, it gives me the depth of colour and feel that I think was used during this time period. Working with these knives gives me the movement and spontaneous motion to express the elements of the era in today’s context."
- R.J. Kollee
Inspired by the works of Paul Klee, Kurt Schwitters, Max Pechstein, Franz Marc, George Grosz, Wassily Kandinsky and others, I set about experimenting with painting knives, implementing the texture and the colour palettes and subject matter of these artists onto canvas.
There are many different sizes and shapes of palette knives, which produce some of the most amazing shapes and impasto techniques. Using the pure oil pigments with little or no mediums, it gives me the depth of colour and feel that I think was used during this time period. Working with these knives gives me the movement and spontaneous motion to express the elements of the era in today’s context."
- R.J. Kollee
POSTSCRIPTS October 19 - November 17
Garnet Dirksen & Levi Glass Reception: Saturday, October 19, 1-3pm
This exhibition Postscripts presents the photographic work of Canadian artists Garnet Dirksen and Levi Glass, completed during their December 2016 residency at the Gushul Studio in Blairmore, Alberta. The artists’ interest during this residency was the ongoing transformation of small communities and the local histories that accumulate over time. Particularly evident in the Crowsnest Pass, and in a similar manner to their respective hometowns of Merritt and Kamloops, much of the local change is heavily influenced by resource economics and the modes of transportation (from railways, roads, or highways) that shift the travel to and through these places. Specifically, the prevalence of resource extraction as economic drivers in these smaller centres has dramatically altered not only the physical landscape but the built environments and interiors of these resource towns.
Postscripts focuses on the historical abundance and present quietude that marks the remarkable landscape and townships of Crowsnest Pass after the boom of resource economics. Postscripts does not catalogue the exact history of the area or the artifacts which allude to its history; rather, these photographs provide a visual insight to the past economics, small histories, and people that have characterized this and so many other small Canadian towns. Through closely framed subjects and interior photographs, this exhibition shows those details of Canadiana that have already accumulated, changed, or archived in a manner reflecting the history-laden appearance of the place and the legacy of the community photographer and documentarian, Thomas Gushul.
By revealing the precariousness of small, resource-driven cities such as their own hometowns, these artists have sought to study and exhibit the development of the Canadian west as seen locally in the 21st century. This reexamining of Canadian and local history and how these narratives are taught and depicted is central to both artists’ photographic practices. By employing the documentary nature of photography while using analogue film cameras in a manner reminiscent to the residency’s original occupant Thomas Gushul, this series of images allude to a past prosperity while insisting on the ongoing life of these local communities and their history.
Postscripts focuses on the historical abundance and present quietude that marks the remarkable landscape and townships of Crowsnest Pass after the boom of resource economics. Postscripts does not catalogue the exact history of the area or the artifacts which allude to its history; rather, these photographs provide a visual insight to the past economics, small histories, and people that have characterized this and so many other small Canadian towns. Through closely framed subjects and interior photographs, this exhibition shows those details of Canadiana that have already accumulated, changed, or archived in a manner reflecting the history-laden appearance of the place and the legacy of the community photographer and documentarian, Thomas Gushul.
By revealing the precariousness of small, resource-driven cities such as their own hometowns, these artists have sought to study and exhibit the development of the Canadian west as seen locally in the 21st century. This reexamining of Canadian and local history and how these narratives are taught and depicted is central to both artists’ photographic practices. By employing the documentary nature of photography while using analogue film cameras in a manner reminiscent to the residency’s original occupant Thomas Gushul, this series of images allude to a past prosperity while insisting on the ongoing life of these local communities and their history.
GEOMETRY November 23 - December 22
Courtesy of ASA Reception: Saturday, November 23, 1 - 3pm.
Geometry, Art, Architecture and Cosmology are all interrelated disciplines that have defined the human sensibility on a global and historical level.
In the Western world, from the Pyramids of Egypt to Greek and Roman Art, all visual forms have been based upon Geometrical systems including the invention of Perspective.
The building blocks used in the process, irrespective of discipline, include principles relating to line, shape, form, pattern, symmetry, scale, and proportion. Art and mathematics both involve drawing and the use of spatial projections, as well as an understanding of spatial concepts, and the relationship between two and three dimensions. Geometry is the visual aspect of mathematics and also the underlying basis of all visual Art. Contemporary technology has helped reveal the intricate geometry of natural forms from sub- atomic particles to the Universe at large and Contemporary Art, at least since the beginning of the twentieth century, has revealed new ways in which these previously hidden relationship can be understood. For examples, take a look at the Cubist painters including Georges Braque; also M.C. Escher and Bridget Riley from later in the century.
The theme, "Geometry "challenges the artist to show more directly and on apersonal level what this underlying relationship means to them. The results are as varied and surprising as we had hoped.
Linda Craddock, Provincial Exhibitions Chair
Alberta Society of Artists
In the Western world, from the Pyramids of Egypt to Greek and Roman Art, all visual forms have been based upon Geometrical systems including the invention of Perspective.
The building blocks used in the process, irrespective of discipline, include principles relating to line, shape, form, pattern, symmetry, scale, and proportion. Art and mathematics both involve drawing and the use of spatial projections, as well as an understanding of spatial concepts, and the relationship between two and three dimensions. Geometry is the visual aspect of mathematics and also the underlying basis of all visual Art. Contemporary technology has helped reveal the intricate geometry of natural forms from sub- atomic particles to the Universe at large and Contemporary Art, at least since the beginning of the twentieth century, has revealed new ways in which these previously hidden relationship can be understood. For examples, take a look at the Cubist painters including Georges Braque; also M.C. Escher and Bridget Riley from later in the century.
The theme, "Geometry "challenges the artist to show more directly and on apersonal level what this underlying relationship means to them. The results are as varied and surprising as we had hoped.
Linda Craddock, Provincial Exhibitions Chair
Alberta Society of Artists
Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek
We wish to gratefully acknowledge our relationship with the Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek. We will keep you informed of the ongoing schedule of exhibitions happening at their Lebel Gallery, in Pincher Creek. Check out their website here:
We wish to gratefully acknowledge our relationship with the Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek. We will keep you informed of the ongoing schedule of exhibitions happening at their Lebel Gallery, in Pincher Creek. Check out their website here:
