In this issue: New Exhibitions! David Altmejd: The Vessel and The Edge: The Abstract and the Avant-Garde in Canada, Members' Week, Fill your Fall + Win in Winter, SWARM, Tours for Tots, AGA Reading Club, Refinery Danse Macabre, Deck the Holly Balls, Spotlight, and In Case You Missed It!
What's on @ your AGA
David Altmejd, The Vessel (detail), 2011. Plexiglas, chain, plaster, wood, thread, wire, acrylic paint, epoxy resin, epoxy clay, acrylic gel, granular medium, quartz, pyrite, assorted minerals, adhesive, wire, pins, and needles, 260.4 x619.8 x 219.7 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa © David Altmejd. Photo ©NGC.
Internationally renowned Canadian artist David Altmejd’s The Vessel takes centre stage in a new exhibition opening this weekend.
David Altmejd: The Vessel is a monumentally scaled Plexiglas sculpture that exemplifies movement, transformation and the act of artistic creation. Bringing together a variety of materials in symmetry and harmony, including plaster casts of the artist’s own hands, The Vessel forms a body that is both frozen in space and alive with the energy of a swan in flight.
David Altmejd is an internationally acclaimed Canadian sculptor. Among his many accomplishments, Altmejd represented Canada at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007 and was the winner of the 2009 Sobey Art Award.
Presented by TD Bank Group
New! Connections Collections – selections from the AGA Collection
Showing alongside David Altmejd: The Vessel is Connections Collections, a selection of prints, sculpture, painting and photographs from the AGA collection. The selected works connect with the ideas of fragmentation, reflection, transparency and transformation highlighted in The Vessel.
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Art for Lunch: David Altmejd: The Vessel
Thursday, October
20
12:10 PM; Free
Join one of our skilled gallery attendants for an insightful perspective on David Altmejd: The Vessel, and then explore the core themes through looking at the art together.
New! The Edge: The Abstract and the Avant-Garde in Canada
Kathleen Munn, Composition (Horses), 1927. Oil on canvas, 51.0 x 60.8 cm. Art Gallery of Alberta Collection, purchased with funds donated by the Women's Society of The Edmonton Art Gallery.
The Edge: The Abstract and The Avant-Garde in Canada opens this weekend and demonstrates the trajectory of modern painting in Canada from Post-Impressionism through early abstraction.
The exhibition brings together works by some of the most recognized artists in Canadian art history as well as examples from their contemporaries, drawn from the AGA collection including: Lawren Harris, Marion Nicoll, Paul-Emile Borduas and the Automatistes.
Presented by Enbridge
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Curator’s Walkthrough: The Edge: The Abstract and the Avant-Garde in Canada
October 12, 7 PM
Free with
admission
Join AGA Exhibitions Manager and The Edge curator, Laura Ritchie, as she leads visitors through the The Edge: The Abstract and the Avant-Garde in Canada during this 45 minute walkthrough. Discussion will focus on major themes and research in creating the exhibition.
News and Updates
Congratulations to Brenda Draney
The Art Gallery of Alberta congratulates local artist Brenda Draney on being shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award. Brenda is the first Edmontonian to be shortlisted for the award.
Brenda recently exhibited in Future Station: The 2015 Alberta Biennial at the AGA. Her previous work shown at the AGA also include: 90x90: Celebrating Art in Alberta (2014) and Suspend (2013) in the RBC New Works Gallery.
The Sobey Art Award recognizes some of the most exciting young artists in Canada. The award is one of Canada's most prestigious contemporary art prize for Canadian artists 40 and under.
The AGA extends its warmest wishes to Brenda. Congratulations!
Members’ Week: October 18-23
Members’ week is coming up and what better way to take advantage of your member perks than to bring a friend to the AGA for free? Come to your AGA with a friend during Members’ Week and receive free gallery admission for your +1 and an additional 10% off at Shop AGA – because sharing is caring.
Offer limited to one friend per day | Two friends allowed for Ultra Members
Visit our fall exhibitions three times between now and December 18 to be entered to win a $300 gift basket filled with goodies from Shop AGA. For more details and to check out our prize basket please visit guest services on your next visit.
Events and Programming
Feel the buzz…it’s time to SWARM
Tuesday, October 45-8 PM; FreeYouth 13-17
Calling all art loving teens! SWARM is back and invites you and your friends to take over the AGA. Join us and a hundred of your new friends for a special night designed just for you. Come check out what’s happening at the Gallery, make new friends and get creative.
Tours for Tots—Drop In
Every Wednesday
10-11 AM; Free with admission
Explore the AGA through the eyes of a child. Families and children (ages 3-5) are welcome to drop in every Wednesday morning for gallery adventures, crafts, story-telling and more! Each week will feature a new theme and activity related to a current exhibition. Tours for Tots aims to build early childhood learning skills in literacy, numeracy, community awareness and creativity. Join us every Wednesday, 10 AM–11 AM. Free with the Gallery admission.
AGA Reading Club: Beauty’s Awakening: Drawing by the Pre-Raphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection
Thursday, October 6
7–8 PM; Free
Join Dr. Deanna Mason as she leads a discussion on a selection of text connecting to the Pre-Raphaelites Brotherhood and the current exhibition Beauty’s Awakening. Participants are encouraged to read the text and participate in the discussion.
Saturday, October 29
9 PM-2 AM
$45 | $35 AGA Members | $22.50 Ultra Members
Refinery will have you dancing past the witching hour to music by DJ L.A. FOSTER
Bring to life your own monogram with the Edmonton Calligraphic Society.
Construct a grim character with paper dolls, designed by Brandon Mario Bilhete.
Be entranced with artwork by Paul Freeman.
Join us for a very macabre night on October 29!
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Deck the Halls with Holly Ball
More October Events
October 6 - AGA Reading Club | Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection
October 7 - The Saint John’s Bible – Viewing
October 12 - Curator’s Walkthrough | The Edge: The Abstract and the Avant-Garde in Canada
October 20 - Art for Lunch | David Altmejd: The Vessel
October 21 - Ross King Lecture and Book Launch
October 27 - Servus Community Access Night
October 28 - Members’ Opening | The Edge and The Vessel
Spotlight
Discover the AGA Art Rental and Sales Gallery
In need of a change of space? Re-do your rooms with art from the AGA Art Rental and Sales gallery on the lower level of your AGA. Call 780-429-1232 to schedule an appointment to view artworks by 150 Alberta artists.
Image credit: Tony
Baker, The Protectorate of Smurg, mixed media on panel 30 x 48.
About the work: Tony Baker’s work is an evolving language of shapes and colours, riding the line between abstract and figurative. Characters, symbols, and general chaos drift in and out of every piece. To purchase: $3,100.00 | To rent: $70.00
In Case You Missed It
