BOOKING CATALOGUE 2009-2010 - Art Gallery of Alberta
BOOKING CATALOGUE 2009-2010 - Art Gallery of Alberta
BOOKING CATALOGUE 2009-2010 - Art Gallery of Alberta
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Local Colour:<br />
Photographs by George Webber<br />
Available March <strong>2010</strong> to<br />
August <strong>2010</strong><br />
Local Colour: Photographs by George Webber consists <strong>of</strong> a<br />
selection <strong>of</strong> 22 colour photographs from Webber’s <strong>Alberta</strong> Colour<br />
1978-2001 Portfolio, acquired by the <strong>Alberta</strong> Foundation for the <strong>Art</strong>s<br />
in 2004. This body <strong>of</strong> work depicts the disappearing face <strong>of</strong> <strong>Alberta</strong><br />
communities scattered throughout south and central <strong>Alberta</strong>. The<br />
photographs speak to us about what has been left behind over time:<br />
derelict service stations, shauttered banks and abandoned hardware<br />
stores <strong>of</strong> Ranfurly, Empress, Granum, and many other locations.<br />
George Webber<br />
Craigmyle, <strong>Alberta</strong>, 1987<br />
Colour Photograph on Paper<br />
Collection <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Alberta</strong> Foundation for the <strong>Art</strong>s<br />
George Webber’s work reveals his deep fascination with the<br />
people and landscape <strong>of</strong> the Canadian West. Webber was born<br />
in the town <strong>of</strong> Drumheller in 1952, and since the early 1980s he<br />
has photographed this region extensively. “My concern is one <strong>of</strong><br />
photography’s most fundamental, the impulse to seize and arrest<br />
what is passing away....this desire seems to be felt most keenly<br />
when dealing with an aspect <strong>of</strong> one’s own history and culture. In the<br />
prairies, all that is human is ephemeral.” George Webber<br />
Curated by Dean Tatum Reeves, Esplanade <strong>Art</strong>s & Heritage Centre<br />
Exhibition Info<br />
• 2 medium crates (250 lbs)<br />
• 22 works/2 text panels<br />
• 1 artist<br />
• 85 running feet<br />
The Cone Box Show<br />
Available April <strong>2010</strong> to<br />
September <strong>2010</strong><br />
Celebrating the 40th anniversary <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Alberta</strong> Potters’ Association,<br />
The Cone Box Show features miniature ceramic artworks by forty<br />
members from across <strong>Alberta</strong> and Saskatchewan.<br />
The unique concept behind the exhibition is that the size <strong>of</strong> each<br />
work is limited to the dimensions <strong>of</strong> an Orton Standard Pyrometric<br />
Cone Box (50 large cones), i.e. 3” x 3” x 6”. All components <strong>of</strong> the<br />
artworks fit into the box. Though the exhibition is primarily based on<br />
ceramic media, other materials have been employed as part <strong>of</strong> the<br />
work.<br />
Jane MacKay<br />
A Crowded Party, 2008<br />
Acrylic decorated, wheel-thrown clay<br />
Courtesy <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Art</strong>ist<br />
This exhibition was organized by Allan Jensen and developed by the<br />
Esplanade <strong>Art</strong>s & Heritage Centre with the assistance <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Alberta</strong> Potter’s<br />
Association.<br />
Exhibition Info<br />
• 2 medium crate (175 lbs)<br />
• 40 3-dimensional artworks/2 text panels<br />
• 40 artists<br />
• Display: on shelves/plynths/tables<br />
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