[Bcma-l] [Fwd: Michael Kluckner Exhibition Opens Friday, June 22nd, 7pm in Wells, BC]

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IN SEARCH OF PATTERNED LANDSCAPES, AN EXHIBITION BY ARTIST AND 
HISTORIAN, MICHAEL KLUCKNER
OPENS FRIDAY, JUNE 22 AT 7PM  AT ISLAND MOUNTAIN ARTS PUBLIC GALLERY IN 
WELLS, BC

(Please note that Michael will not be in attendance at the Opening, but 
will present an Artist Talk July 14 at 7pm)

WELLS, BC, June 19, 2007…The Island Mountain Arts Public Gallery in 
Wells, BC is pleased to present the Opening of 'In Search of Patterned 
Landscapes', an exhibition of artworks by British Columbian artist and 
historian, Michael Kluckner, at 7pm on Friday, June 22. Kluckner will be 
in the gallery for an artist talk at 7pm on July 14, while he is in town 
to teach a 4-day watercolour workshop.
"Since the book Vanishing British Columbia was published in 2005, I've 
been trying to create a series of iconic, 
somewhat-abstracted-yet-more-or-less-representational landscapes of the 
different regions of the province" says Kluckner, of his ongoing project 
entitled 'In Search of Patterned Landscapes'.
In Vanishing British Columbia, Kluckner used small, traditional 
watercolours to capture colour and texture in the province's diverse 
regions and to illustrate the text in the book; with the paintings in 
this exhibition he chose to go an extra step toward something less 
site-specific and pictorial/painterly. "What the grand Emily Carr 
landscapes from the 1930s did for the west-coast forests is what I would 
like to do for the rest of the province" explains Kluckner. "In recent 
years I have imagined high ground and long views; from such heights and 
edges, the patterns on the land appear and the canvas becomes more of a 
surface and less of a window, more modern and less pictorial."
Michael Kluckner is an artist and author who has written more than a 
dozen books, illustrated with his own watercolours, on subjects 
including landscape, history, and the pleasures of small-scale farming. 
Growing up in Vancouver, he became obsessed with the reckless 
destruction and indifference towards its old places and devoted years to 
heritage advocacy. Two books, Vanishing Vancouver (1991) and Vancouver 
Remembered (2006), recorded that period of his life. His book Vanishing 
British Columbia (2005) explores the roadside memories of the province, 
including the abandoned buildings and disappearing towns that illustrate 
its layers of settlement and history. His website, 
www.michaelkluckner.com <ttp://www.michaelkluckner.com%22>, contains a 
large number of ongoing projects including travel sketches, failed 
books, blogs, woodcuts and cat drawings. Michael currently lives in 
Australia.
Michael Kluckner will be at the Island Mountain Arts Public Gallery for 
an Artist Talk at 7pm on Saturday, July 14. 'In Search of Patterned 
Landscapes', in conjunction with Kluckner's 'Vanishing British Columbia' 
exhibition in Barkerville Historic Town, runs in the IMA Gallery until 
Tuesday, July 17. Kluckner is also the instructor for IMA Summer School 
of the Arts course "The Traveler’s Watercolor Sketchbook", July 14 to 
July 17. Please feel free to come by to view the artworks or to sign up 
for his course, the gallery is open 10am - 6pm everyday.
For more information about this exhibition or about the Island Mountain 
Arts Summer School of the Arts course please call 1-800-442-2787 or 
visit www.imarts.com <ttp://www.imarts.com%22>.
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Julie Fowler
media@imarts.com <ailto:media@imarts.com%22>
Artistic Director, Island Mountain Arts & the ArtsWells Festival of All 
Things Art, Aug 3 - 6, 2007
www.imarts.com
www.myspace.com/artswells
Box 65, Wells, BC, V0K 2R0
Toll Free: 1-800-442-2787
Locally: 250-994-3466
Fax: 250-994-3433