[Bcma-l] Four New Exhibitions at the Vernon Public Art Gallery
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Vernon Public Art Gallery =20
3228 - 31st Avenue, Vernon, BC, V1T 2H3 ph: (250) 545-3173 Fax: (250) =
545-9096=20
e-mail: information.vag@shawbiz.ca Website: =
www.galleries.bc.ca/vernon
Four Exhibitions Make Their Debut
Vernon Public Art Gallery Celebrates with Opening Reception
(September 2, 2008, Vernon, BC) Four new exhibitions at the Vernon =
Public Art Gallery will be celebrated with an opening reception on =
Thursday, September 11th from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. The special event will =
recognize several diverse artists, including Leonhard Epp, Maria =
Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante, Agnes Martin, and students from the =
Breakaway Pottery school. Live harp music by Holly Smith will accompany =
the four presentations. The first exhibition titled Gotta Have It, =
created by Leonhard Epp, is an installation of expressionistic =
figurative ceramic sculpture that explores the influence of globalism on =
rising consumerism in contemporary society. In his artwork, Epp explores =
notions and dichotomies of physicality of attraction, repulsion, beauty =
and ugliness. Epp works in an expressionistic mode of delivery marked by =
a distortion of accepted forms, and he knowingly creates scenarios that =
enhance the 'here and now' aspect of an individual's experience.
Maria Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante's exhibition titled Quiet Anger =
addresses concerns dealing with the environmental, social and political =
issues. In her artwork, the artist questions the inequality and =
dominance of the underprivileged in contemporary societies. De =
Bustamante not only 'documents' the desire of ordinary people for social =
justice, but she also questions the political practices of governing =
bodies. Born in Argentina, de Bustamante is a Vernon-based artist with =
extensive studio practice advancing fibre-based art and ceramic =
sculpture in which she combines traditional elements with contemporary =
sculptural sensibility.=20
Known for her drawings and paintings exploring basic archetypal =
structures, Agnes Martin was one of the leading figures in American =
Minimalist art. Her exhibition, Drawings from 1990, is organized by the =
Gallery and features a reproduction of her drawings from a 1990 =
Amsterdam portfolio loaned from a private collection.
Students from the Breakaway Pottery school will be also exhibiting their =
work in the Vernon Public Art Gallery's Community Gallery. Breakaway =
Pottery's mission is to provide a welcoming, energetic, open and =
supportive environment, where community members can freely explore the =
extensive world of ceramics. This exhibition, 20 + Hands, is made up of =
functional and decorative pieces created by: Susan Beck, Carey Caswell, =
Shelly Chvala, Judy Ekkert, Theresa Fitzgerald, Cheryl Halbert, Ardene =
Howe, Helen Kilsby, Anita Kuipers, Sue Mhyre, Amber Kusmer, Betty Ann =
Rieple, Sharon Rose, Sandra Ross, Mari Schimpl and Al Scott. =
Participants in the program are emerging ceramic artists who have only =
been working with clay for less than five years.
The new exhibitions in the Vernon Public Art Gallery will run from =
September 11th until October 30th.=20
*
For more information
Contact: Cassandra Redding
Phone: 250.545.3137 Email: information.vag@shawbiz.ca
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<DIV>Vernon Public Art Gallery </DIV>
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<DIV>3228 - 31st Avenue, Vernon, BC, V1T 2H3 ph: (250)=20
545-3173 Fax: (250) 545-9096 </DIV>
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href=3D"mailto:information.vag@shawbiz.ca">information.vag@shawbiz.ca</A>=
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Website: <A=20
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D5>Four Exhibitions Make Their=20
Debut</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Vernon Public Art Gallery Celebrates with Opening=20
Reception</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>(September 2, 2008, Vernon, BC) Four new exhibitions at the Vernon =
Public=20
Art Gallery will be celebrated with an opening reception on Thursday, =
September=20
11th from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. The special event will recognize several =
diverse=20
artists, including Leonhard Epp, Maria Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante, =
Agnes=20
Martin, and students from the Breakaway Pottery school. Live harp music =
by Holly=20
Smith will accompany the four presentations. The first exhibition titled =
Gotta=20
Have It, created by Leonhard Epp, is an installation of expressionistic=20
figurative ceramic sculpture that explores the influence of globalism on =
rising=20
consumerism in contemporary society. In his artwork, Epp explores =
notions and=20
dichotomies of physicality of attraction, repulsion, beauty and =
ugliness. Epp=20
works in an expressionistic mode of delivery marked by a distortion of =
accepted=20
forms, and he knowingly creates scenarios that enhance the 'here and =
now' aspect=20
of an individual's experience.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Maria Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante's exhibition titled Quiet =
Anger=20
addresses concerns dealing with the environmental, social and political =
issues.=20
In her artwork, the artist questions the inequality and dominance of the =
underprivileged in contemporary societies. De Bustamante not only =
'documents'=20
the desire of ordinary people for social justice, but she also questions =
the=20
political practices of governing bodies. Born in Argentina, de =
Bustamante is a=20
Vernon-based artist with extensive studio practice advancing fibre-based =
art and=20
ceramic sculpture in which she combines traditional elements with =
contemporary=20
sculptural sensibility. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Known for her drawings and paintings exploring basic archetypal =
structures,=20
Agnes Martin was one of the leading figures in American Minimalist art. =
Her=20
exhibition, Drawings from 1990, is organized by the Gallery and features =
a=20
reproduction of her drawings from a 1990 Amsterdam portfolio loaned from =
a=20
private collection.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Students from the Breakaway Pottery school will be also exhibiting =
their=20
work in the Vernon Public Art Gallery's Community Gallery. Breakaway =
Pottery's=20
mission is to provide a welcoming, energetic, open and supportive =
environment,=20
where community members can freely explore the extensive world of =
ceramics. This=20
exhibition, 20 + Hands, is made up of functional and decorative pieces =
created=20
by: Susan Beck, Carey Caswell, Shelly Chvala, Judy Ekkert, Theresa =
Fitzgerald,=20
Cheryl Halbert, Ardene Howe, Helen Kilsby, Anita Kuipers, Sue Mhyre, =
Amber=20
Kusmer, Betty Ann Rieple, Sharon Rose, Sandra Ross, Mari Schimpl and Al =
Scott.=20
Participants in the program are emerging ceramic artists who have only =
been=20
working with clay for less than five years.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The new exhibitions in the Vernon Public Art Gallery will run from=20
September 11th until October 30th. </DIV>
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<DIV>For more information</DIV>
<DIV>Contact: Cassandra Redding</DIV>
<DIV>Phone: 250.545.3137 Email: <A=20
href=3D"mailto:information.vag@shawbiz.ca">information.vag@shawbiz.ca</A>=
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