Winter Art Stroll: January 13 - 15,
The 2011 Winter Art Stroll is a self-guided tour with a series of satellite art presentations exploring and celebrating contemporary art of Québec. These exhibitions also showcase various trends and directions in contemporary abstract art. The stroll is organized by the Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts.
AT ART CENTRAL:
STONEWORX GALLERY
Friday, January 14 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday January 15 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Amour January 12 - February 19, 2011 Amour Gagne: two French Canadian artists who tell us stories of love. One is a beautiful tragedy and the other a 3 dimensional land of childish innocence and unconditional love. features paintings by Real Fournier and portraits by Alain
Upper level, Art Central, 100 - 7th Avenue S.W., Calgary AB www.artcentral.ca/tenants/80-stoneworx-gallery T: 403-869-4424 Sat. Jan. 15, 1 to 3 pm – Real Fournier will discuss his incredible symbolism and unique 3D technique.
INFLUX JEWELLERY GALLERY
January 14 - 31, 2011
Ooh La La!
Take a walk in the winter wonderland of Calgary’s art gallerie! INFLUX is proud to be highlighting the works of our Québecois artists - Matthieu Cheminee, Petra Luz and Marilene Morency - in conjunction with the Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts’ 7th Annual Winter Art Stroll. 2nd Level, Art Central, 100 - 7th Avenue S.W., Calgary AB www.influxgallery.com T: 403-266-7527 Opening Reception Saturday, January 15th, noon - 4 p.m.
Friday, January 14 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday January 15 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Friday, January 14 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, January 15 12 - 6 p.m. Clive Robertson: Then + Then Again - Practices within an artist-run culture, 1969-2006 January 6 - February 5, 2011 Then + Then Again – Practices within an artist-run culture, 1969-2006 is a retrospective exhibition of archives curated by Kingston media artist Clive Robertson. Robertson worked with various members of the1960s Fluxus movement, including Robert Filliou, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, as well as Joseph Beuys. Since 1971, he has collaborated with artist-run centres in Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Kingston and Calgary and currently teaches contemporary art history, cultural policy and performance studies at Queen’s University. THE NEW GALLERY
Then + Then Again
examines artist collectives as an alternative culture
and emphasizes the productivity of intergenerational exchanges. The exhibit material, which also has a collectibles display of rubber stamps, artists books and other ephemera, was selected from 600 images, 40 hours of videotape and 60 hours of audio archives.
212, 100 - 7th Avenue S.W., Calgary AB www.thenewgallery.com T. 403.233-2399
TRIANGLE GALLERY OF VISUAL ARTS
Thursday, January 13 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Friday, January 14 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday January 15 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Quiet Mutinies: Art in Québec in the 1950’s January 6 - February 23, 2011 The exhibition discusses major trends in the art of Québec in the 1950s ranging from the influence of European figurative showcases and analyzes the works of the follosing artists from Québec (many of them original signatories of Refus Global): Paul Émile Borduas, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Marcel Barbeau, Albert Dumouchel, Marcelle Ferron, Françoise Sullivan, Jean-Paul Jerome, Ulysses Comtois, Rita Letender, Fernand Toupin and Rodolphe de Repentigny, amongst others. 104, 800 Macleod Trail SE. www.trianglegallery.com T: 403-262-1737 Opening Reception & Winter Art Stroll Kickoff! Thursday, January 13th, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
