[BCMA] [MEDIA RELEASE] Short Fictions opens at Kelowna Art Gallery

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Short Fictions opens at Kelowna Art Gallery

Gary Pearson: Short Fictions
January 20 to March 18, 2018

January 9, 2018 - Kelowna, BC: A new exhibition of work by Kelowna-based artist Gary Pearson opens at the Kelowna Art Gallery this month. It includes a selection of fifty of the artist's paintings, drawings, and films from the past fifteen years.

The exhibition is entitled Short Fictions and the works that comprise the show form a composite portrait of urban living and contemporary society.

Pearson draws his subjects and themes primarily from things he has seen and experienced while travelling. Visitors will encounter a wide cast of characters and scenes in the artist's paintings and drawings. Urban settings such as cafés, bars, lounges, parks, and hotel lobbies provide the backdrop for Pearson's observations on the everyday. His works show a strong graphic sensibility and his subjects seem to be deliberately understated, almost like they were simply captured in a casual snapshot. This lends a transient or voyeuristic quality to some of the works and visitors may feel as if they have stepped into the middle of a conversation with strangers.

A tour and talk with the artist will be held on Friday, January 19, 2018, at 6 pm, which will then be followed that same evening by an opening reception, from 7 to 9 pm. This is a free event, open to Gallery members and guests, by invitation.

Gary Pearson: Short Fictions will be on view from January 20 to March 18, 2018.

Gary Pearson was born in a small town in Saskatchewan but grew up in Prince George, BC. He studied art at the University of Victoria and later obtained an MA in Visual Art from the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon. He taught at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, and afterwards at UBC Okanagan. His work has been exhibited widely throughout Canada as well as in a number of countries internationally.

The exhibition is accompanied by a full colour publication with critical examinations of Pearson's work by Liz Wylie, Ihor Holubizky, Aaron Peck, and Michael Turner.

The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water Street in downtown Kelowna. For more information about current exhibitions, public programming or special events, please visit the Kelowna Art Gallery online at www.kelownaartgallery.com<http://www.kelownaartgallery.com> or call 250-762-2226.

The Kelowna Art Gallery would like to acknowledge the support of Opus Art Supplies for their assistance with this exhibition.

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[Image credits]

Gary Pearson, Anna's Piano Bar and Smoking Room, 2011, oil and oil enamel on canvas, 203 x 193 cm. Collection of the artist.

Gary Pearson, The Flamenco Dancer, 2014, oil and oil enamel on canvas, 203 x 193 cm. Collection of the artist.

Gary Pearson, The Bird Fountain, 2015, oil, oil enamel and enamel spray paint on canvas, 193 × 259 cm. Collection of the artist.

Gary Pearson, It Was Our First Time in Berlin, 1999, oil, ink and paper collage on paper, 56 × 76 cm. Collection of the Kelowna Art Gallery

Gary Pearson, Hotel Caprice, 2017, oil, oil enamel, and polyurethane on canvas, 203 x 193 cm. Collection of the artist.

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For more information, to schedule an interview with artist Gary Pearson, or for additional high-res images, please contact:

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