THE END IS MY BEGINNING
Gary Pearson
Central Gallery
March 30 to May 25, 2008
The Kamloops Art Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibition by Gary Pearson, one of British Columbia’s most dynamic contemporary painters. The End is My Beginning features new paintings and works from the last half decade. It is Pearson’s first solo exhibition in Kamloops.
FROM THE BRUSHES OF BARRIERE
Yellowhead Artists’ Co-operative: Yellowhead Artists’ Co-operative: Marge Mitchell // Shirley Kristensen // Wayne Broomfield // Robert Bambrick // Jean Cartier
The Cube
March 1 to April 13, 2008
The exhibition features work by Barriere’s Yellowhead Artists’ Co-operative. Meeting once a week to paint in studio or en plein air, Marge Mitchell, Shirley Kristensen, Wayne Broomfield, Robert Bambrick, and Jean Cartier have formed a tightly knit unit to provide each other criticism, support, and camaraderie. In this exhibition, the five members exhibit some of their finest works, including oil and watercolour paintings, sculpture, and scrimshaw. Representing life in the North Thompson Valley, the exhibition is rich in landscape views and images of life on the ranch. The exhibition coincides with The Kamloops Cowboy Festival, which runs March 7 to 9, 2008.
SHAZAM! BREAKING OUT OF THE BOX
Laura Bittante // Martin Tuba // Andrew Enpaauk Dexel // Randall Eustache
The Cube
January 20 to February 24, 2008
Shazam! Breaking out of the Box is an exhibition of locally produced art that breaks out of the moulds that separate fine art from commercial art. Inspired by popular culture, artists Laura Bittante, Martin Tuba, Andrew Enpaauk Dexel and Randall Eustache have created an array of contemporary artworks inspired by mass culture, particularly cartoons and animation. A fun and inspiring exhibition, Shazam! is an exploration of the “highs” and “lows” of pop art by artists from our region.
ART AND SOCIETY IN CANADA 1913-1950
Lawren Harris // AY Jackson // Jean Paul Riopelle // Paul Emile Borduas
Central Gallery
January 20 to March 16, 2008
Organized by the National Gallery of Canada. Presentation of this exhibition in Kamloops is made possible in part through a grant from the Museums Assistance Program, Department of Canadian Heritage and with support from the Mapping Quality of Life and the Cultural Future of Small Cities CURA, a community-university research alliance sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
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.
CONTEMPORARY CURIOSITIES: ODD OBJECTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
Taiga Chiba // Jack Jeffrey // Liz Magor // Dianne Michel // Ros Eldridge // Andrew Atagootak // Attila Richard Lukacs // Eldon Garnet // Raymond Dupuis // Alan Wood
Central Gallery
October 28 to December 31, 2007
This exhibition features a selection of artworks from the Gallery’s permanent collection, all of which share a certain lack of recognisability—or at least a very surprising form! Included are recent additions to the collection by British Columbian artists, such as Taiga Chiba's sumi-e paintings of prehistoric life forms, misshapen "chocks" by Jack Jeffrey, and mittens mysteriously stuffed with cigarettes by Liz Magor. Other works in the exhibition have not emerged from storage for a decade or more, including extraordinary wall hangings from the 1970s by Dianne Michel and Ros Eldridge. These works join an improbable cribbage board by Andrew Atagootak, portraits of hanging beef carcasses by Attila Richard Lukacs, evocative photographs of dead matter by Eldon Garnet, and eccentric assemblages by Raymond Dupuis and Alan Wood. Contemporary Curiosities celebrates the ambiguous, the mysterious, the playful, and the downright weird in contemporary Canadian art.
UNDISCOVERED: NEW ART FROM THE THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT
James Black // John Russell // Daniel Tom // Megs Waterous // Craig Willms // Barbara Zimonick
Central Gallery
October 28 to December 31, 2007
undiscovered adj 1: not discovered; "with earth-based telescopes many stars remain undiscovered" 2: not yet discovered; "undiscovered islands" [syn: unexplored]
Kamloops Art Gallery presents work by six talented and newly “discovered” artists from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. Selected by a team of invited jurors, artists James Black, John Russell, Daniel Tom, Megs Waterous, Craig Willms and Barbara Zimonick represent some of the region’s hidden talent.
BOYS AND BOXES
Ian McDonald
Central Gallery
October 28 to December 31, 2007
Boys and Boxes is an exhibition by Kamloops artist Ian McDonald that features approximately 42 photographic portraits of technicians working at Highland Valley Copper, Canada’s largest open pit copper mine located near Logan Lake, an hour's drive southwest of Kamloops. The workers, all men, are specialists in a variety of trades, and the portraits include those of welders, heavy duty and automotive mechanics, electricians, machinists, tire men, and millwrights. McDonald, who also works at Highland Valley Copper, has photographed each man standing next to his tool box.
FIRST FRUITS
Yvonne Reddick
The Cube
September 30 to November 1, 2007
First Fruits is in essence the first fruits of Yvonne Reddick’s labour. This exhibition of fruit and vegetable still-life oil paintings is her first public exhibition. A studious and meticulous painter, she only recently began her art practice. Although new to painting, she is in many ways very traditional. Inspired by European Old Master painters, such as Caravaggio, Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer, she slowly builds her oil paintings. Each small scale work is made up of many layers of paint. The resulting works seem to both glow with light and give off a depth and intensity of saturated colour. Reddick’s first series of paintings is a sure sign of promising fruit to come.