[BCMA] MEDIA RELEASE Kamloops Art Gallery - Two B.C. icons

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MEDIA RELEASE 

For immediate release from 

Kamloops Art Gallery

January 8, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

Two B.C. icons

 

 

 

 

The Kamloops Art Gallery proudly presents the exhibition Two Visions:
Emily Carr and Jack Shadbolt. This much anticipated exhibition from the
Vancouver Art Gallery is on at the Gallery from January 23 to March 21,
2010.

 

Two Visions: Emily Carr and Jack Shadbolt examines the important
relationship between two of British Columbia's most celebrated artists.
Carr's paintings and sketches of west coast forests and First Nations
communities have shaped BC's visual identity and continue to be deeply
influential for artists in the region. Jack Shadbolt, who came to Canada
as a young child, was among the artists inspired by Carr. He responded
enthusiastically to British Columbia's natural setting, which he
rendered according to the modernist trends of twentieth century art. By
examining points of similarity and difference between the two artists,
Two Visions reveals Shadbolt's struggle to find a unique artistic voice,
while acknowledging Carr's influential role in the art of this province.
The exhibition also celebrates Shadbolt's significant contribution to
Canadian painting on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

 

The exhibition is organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by
Ian M. Thom, Senior Curator, Historical, Vancouver Art Gallery.

 

Four public programs, all of which are free with Gallery admission
unless otherwise noted, are offered throughout the exhibition:

 

*        Curator's Tour - Sunday, January 24, 1:30pm

Ian Thom, recent recipient of the Order of Canada and Two Visions
curator, is no stranger to Kamloops art audiences. Thom conducts a
detailed tour of the exhibition and talks about these two important
artists.

 

*        Guided Tours - Sundays, February 7 and 21, March 7 and 21 all
at 1:30 pm

Kamloops-based writer, curator, and art historian Lisa Henderson
conducts four guided tours of the exhibition. She discusses the context
of the exhibition, the importance of the artists and how these two
cultural icons influenced art in British Columbia and further afield.

 

*        Robin Laurence on Emily Carr - Thursday, February 11. 7:00 pm

Well known art critic, curator and author Robin Laurence presents an
informal talk about the life and work of Emily Carr. She considers
whether Emily Carr could have anticipated how high her star would rise
after her death, how much her paintings would command at auction, how
popular her books would become, and how well attended the exhibitions of
her art would be. Laurence looks at some of the reasons why so many
works by other artists are predicated on Emily Carr's art and life.
Laurence wrote the introduction to Growing Pains, The Autobiography of
Emily Carr.

 

*        Scott Watson on Jack Shadbolt - Thursday, March 11, 7:00 pm

Curator, writer, and professor Scott Watson, Director/Curator of the
Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia, speaks about
the life and work of Jack Shadbolt. Watson has written two books on
Shadbolt and will discuss the important role of this well-known Canadian
artist.

 

Top Image: Emily Carr, Loggers' Culls, 1935, oil on canvas, Collection
of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of Miss I. Parkyn, Photo: Trevor
Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

 

Bottom Image: Jack Shadbolt, Break-Up, 1977-79, acrylic and latex on
watercolour board, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of J.
Ron Longstaffe, Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

 

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Please direct all media inquiries to James Gordon, Marketing &
Communications Coordinator, Kamloops Art Gallery, (250) 377-2403, or 
jgordon at kag.bc.ca <mailto:jgordon at kag.bc.ca> 

 

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