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V I G N E T T E S • Nov/Dec/Jan 2011/12AlbertaRobin LauRenceOTTO ROGERS: PAINTING/SCULPTURE Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary,Oct 15-Nov 12 This exhibition of new work by one of Canada’smost esteemed modernists establishes a “conversation” betweensubtly modulated abstract paintings and wall-mounted sculptures.Through both two and three dimensions, Rogers expresses hisenduring interests in the relationship between art and nature,language and consciousness, and diversity and unity. Ultimatelyembedded in his work is his fundamental belief in the oneness ofall things.ANGELA LEACH: NEW WORK Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Oct22-Nov 19 Although her abstractions evoke Op Art and areoften compared with those of Bridget Riley, Angela Leachidentifies herself as a process painter. Her dazzling geometricdesigns are based on the orderly repetition of a very particularrange of colours. Influenced by her background in fibre arts andtextile design, Leach’s beautifully executed paintings compel uswith their giddy arrays of wavy and wiggly lines.DON POLLACK: FAR FROM HOME Newzones, Calgary, Dec 1-Jan14, 2012 “I try to imbue the picture plane with what makesnature potent, mysterious and ultimately untamable,” says realistpainter Don Pollack, “while at the same time manifesting anawareness that this view of nature is a product of my ownmythology.” Although his landscapes may employ heightenedand saturated colours, they are often filtered through a dreamyhaze that diffuses their forms and adds to their mystery.A PASSION FOR NATURE: LANDSCAPE PAINTING FROM 19THCENTURY FRANCE Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Oct 15-Feb20, 2012 On loan from the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington,DC the 33 masterworks in this exhibition trace theevolution of landscape painting in France from the mid-19thcentury to the early 20th. From Realism through to Impressionismand on to Symbolism, the survey includes works byGustave Courbet, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoiramong others.THE WINNIPEG ALPHABESTIARY University of Lethbridge ArtGallery, Lethbridge, Jan 12-Mar 1, 2012 This engaging groupof images, originally commissioned from leading Winnipegartists by Border Crossings magazine, takes the form of an“alphabestiary” – an alphabet illustrated with images ofanimals. From Wanda Koop’s looming ape to Shaun Morin’ssnoozing zebra, these interesting, odd and sometimes imaginarybeasts amuse us even as they stimulate ideas around ourrelationship with the natural world.Otto RogersAngela LeachDon PollackPierre-Auguste RenoirNeil Farberwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 13