A First for Medicine Hat - Group of Seven Paintings at the Esplanade with Alberta Art
Back to SearchMEDICINE HAT, AB – Announcing the new exhibitions in the Art Gallery of the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre: Alberta and the Group of Seven and Jude Griebel Ground-Figure: Sculptures 2013-2018. The Public Reception is part of Downtown Medicine Hat Art Walk on Friday May 25 at 7 PM, with music by Taking August.
Alberta and the Group of Seven
May 26 – July 14, 2018
This rare exhibition highlights the little-known relationship between early Alberta artists and members of Group of Seven. As artists, from east and west, they shared an emotional bond with, and a commitment to, the Canadian landscape. The exhibition is guest curated by Alberta art specialist Mary-Beth Laviolette, who notes that “the Group of Seven is Canada’s most celebrated and internationally known collective of landscape painters, and included in this display of forty art works are not only the engaging and beautiful works of the Group but also paintings rendered by Albertans − students or artistic colleagues of the Group.”
Public exhibition tour with Mary-Beth Laviolette Saturday May 26, 10:30AM
Jackson, A.Y. Sunshine, 1946, oil on board, University of Alberta Art Collection (1950.87), University of Alberta Museums, Gift of Emma Read Newton
Jude Griebel Ground-Figure: Sculptures 2013-2018
May 26 – July 14, 2018
Humour, pathos, unusual materials and an uncanny ability to represent the indescribable characterize this Alberta/New York artist’s sculptures. Griebel’s beings and landscapes are interchangeable, with elements of each - plants, shells, trees, man-made environments and machinery - characterizing the other. “Both awkward and monstrous,” says Griebel, “the sculptures in Ground-Figure reflect my struggle to understand what it means to be a participant in a rapidly transitioning world." Evoking a range of human emotions, situations and environmental disasters, the sculptures are at once whimsical and touching, dismaying and delightful.
Feeder, 2014, epoxy resin, wood, foam, papier-mâché, textiles, oil paint
The Esplanade will welcome Jude Griebel and Mary-Beth Laviolette to the Public Reception on May 25. Downtown Art Walk visitors are encouraged to walk from the Esplanade to other Art Walk venues. View the brochure here.
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For further information, interviews or images please contact:
Tobie Laliberté
Marketing and Promotions Coordinator
Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
403.502.8786
toblal@medicinehat.ca
Alberta and the Group of Seven
May 26 – July 14, 2018
This rare exhibition highlights the little-known relationship between early Alberta artists and members of Group of Seven. As artists, from east and west, they shared an emotional bond with, and a commitment to, the Canadian landscape. The exhibition is guest curated by Alberta art specialist Mary-Beth Laviolette, who notes that “the Group of Seven is Canada’s most celebrated and internationally known collective of landscape painters, and included in this display of forty art works are not only the engaging and beautiful works of the Group but also paintings rendered by Albertans − students or artistic colleagues of the Group.”
Public exhibition tour with Mary-Beth Laviolette Saturday May 26, 10:30AM
Jackson, A.Y. Sunshine, 1946, oil on board, University of Alberta Art Collection (1950.87), University of Alberta Museums, Gift of Emma Read Newton
Jude Griebel Ground-Figure: Sculptures 2013-2018
May 26 – July 14, 2018
Humour, pathos, unusual materials and an uncanny ability to represent the indescribable characterize this Alberta/New York artist’s sculptures. Griebel’s beings and landscapes are interchangeable, with elements of each - plants, shells, trees, man-made environments and machinery - characterizing the other. “Both awkward and monstrous,” says Griebel, “the sculptures in Ground-Figure reflect my struggle to understand what it means to be a participant in a rapidly transitioning world." Evoking a range of human emotions, situations and environmental disasters, the sculptures are at once whimsical and touching, dismaying and delightful.
Feeder, 2014, epoxy resin, wood, foam, papier-mâché, textiles, oil paint
The Esplanade will welcome Jude Griebel and Mary-Beth Laviolette to the Public Reception on May 25. Downtown Art Walk visitors are encouraged to walk from the Esplanade to other Art Walk venues. View the brochure here.
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For further information, interviews or images please contact:
Tobie Laliberté
Marketing and Promotions Coordinator
Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
403.502.8786
toblal@medicinehat.ca
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