RE:collection exhibition is on view until the end of 2017. The major exhibition explores the building of a Canadian art collection as an optimistic mission and a reflection on the evolving country, its history, geography, people and communities. Our focus on art and artists during the 150th anniversary of Confederation demonstrates a 53- year commitment to presenting and collecting Canadian art. The exhibition is intended to provide an overview of the scope of the collection of historic, modern, and contemporary art works— objects and images that connect, challenge, and expand our understanding of Canadian art history. Drawing from several special collections including the Robert Harris Collection and Archives, the Expo 67 fine craft collection, the L.M. Montgomery Collection, and the Canadian Art Collection, including the commissioned painting, often referred to as the Confederation Murals. A handsome new publication, RE:collection at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery features 150 works of art and short texts by more than 35 writers and serves as an updated introduction to the range of the Gallery’s Canadian Art Collection and is available for sale.
Photo: Simon Reid
Photo by Simon Reid
▲John Greer: Material and Metaphor A selection of John Greer’s witty sculptures dating from 1972 to 1990 which includes More Than Meets the Eye (shown here). All shown at the legendary Isaacs Gallery in Toronto, will be on exhibition September 30-December 31, 2017 at the CCAG.
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◄ Robert Harris (1849-1919) The Studio Boy’s Private View , 1886 oil on canvas, 89.5 x 74.5 cm Gift of an anonymous donor, 1978 CAG H-571 ▲ Concourse entrance to Confederation Centre Art Gallery featuring Eleanor King’s wall painting, Emerald (Cradled in the Waves) , 2017 and Paul Griffin’s sculpture, Leviathan , 2015. (photo Louise Vessey) ► Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013) Arrival of the Sun , 1962 stonecut on paper, 57 x 68.6 cm Gift of Arthur and Barbara Currie, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1987 CAG 87.2.1
Art enables us to find
ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
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- Thomas Merton
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