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Subject: 	Landon Mackenzie's Crossing Over, Why Cloud the Whites opening 
on September 15,7pm at Richmond Art Gallery
Date: 	Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:14:10 -0700



*RICHMOND ART GALLERY*
*Landon Mackenzie*
/Crossing Over, /
/Why Cloud the Whites/
Opening Reception: Thursday September 15, 7--9pm
Exhibition Dates: September 10 - October 30, 2011

/Crossing Over, Why Cloud the Whites/ is a selection of paintings by 
Landon Mackenzie from the last five years that continues the thread of 
mapping and picture making characteristic of her art over two decades. 
Drawing upon her practice of engaging optical and abstract structures 
with unusual pictorial elements, these works explore the relationship 
between the innovative process of painting and the political and 
imaginative subtexts embedded in representations.

Mackenzie's research in cartography and later, neurology, yields an 
extensive repository of information and images, which she works into the 
many layers of her large canvases. Wiring, tracking, neurons, signals, 
ladders, networks of fragmentary webs and other real or fictive imagery 
combine in a balance of tensions between chaos and order, colour and 
form, creating metaphors of place and experience. The expansive scale of 
Mackenzie's paintings and the density and scope of cultural, 
geographical, historical and scientific information underlying the 
abstract forms speak to the complexities of contemporary life and how we 
physically and intellectually connect with it.

Landon Mackenzie has been based in Vancouver for the last twenty-five 
years where she is Professor of Visual Arts at Emily Carr University of 
Art + Design. Her works are included in major collections in Canada and 
is exhibited in Canada and internationally.

The Richmond Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges the support of the City 
of Richmond, the British Columbia Arts Council and the Province of 
British Columbia.

The exhibition will close on Sunday October 30, 2011.



*RELATED PROGRAMS*
*Open Forum in the Gallery -- The Art of Painting: Then and Now  
(Saturdays in September)*
September 10
Canadian Painting History, Dr. Denise Oleksijczuk
Dr. Denise Oleksijczuk is an associate professor of Art and Culture 
Studies at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby.
Her book, The First Panoramas, has just been released by the University 
of Minnesota Press.

September 17
*Artist Talk, Landon Mackenzie*

September 24
*Contemporary Painting Practices, Carol-Ann Ryan*
Carol-Ann Ryan is an instructor of art history, whose academic interests 
focus on modern and contemporary art practices, especially Canadian 
painting. Before moving to Vancouver, she taught at the University of 
Toronto, the Ontario College of Art & Design, and led education and 
outreach programs at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto. 
Currently, Carol-Ann volunteers with the Contemporary Art Society of 
Vancouver.

Free Admission. Everyone welcome.
Each session will be held from 2--3pm
RSVP to reserve a space contact Kathy Tycholis at ktycholis at richmond.ca 
or 604.247.8313

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