AT HOME IN OUR OWN COUNTRY: GROUP OF SEVEN WORKS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
Central Gallery, 2008, At Home in Our Own Country: Group of Seven Works from the Permanent Collection, Group of Seven Frank Luca Central Gallery, 2008, At Home in Our Own Country: Group of Seven Works from the Permanent Collection, Group of Seven Frank Luca

AT HOME IN OUR OWN COUNTRY: GROUP OF SEVEN WORKS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION

A.Y. Jackson // Fred Varley // Arthur Lismer // Franklin Carmichael

Central Gallery
January 20 to March 16, 2008

To complement the feature exhibition, Art and Society, the Gallery’s curatorial staff has selected several delightful works by Group of Seven members A.Y. Jackson, Fred Varley, Arthur Lismer, and Franklin Carmichael for display in the north corridor. All the works are from the Kamloops Art Gallery’s permanent collection, and represent the beautiful landscapes of Interior British Columbia and Ontario. “The great purpose of landscape art is to make us at home in our own country,” wrote the members of the Group of Seven. This intimate exhibition takes a look at our own home through the eyes of four of Canada’s most famous artists.

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