2008 Gallery Archive
Brian Rideout: Hopeful Romantic
Brian Rideout new works on paper Hopeful Romantic November 6 - December 21, 2008 Artist’s Bio Brian Rideout is a graduate from Georgian College’s Fine Arts Advanced Program. His work deals with our interaction with images and the moral and social codes derived from them. He works from a place of social consciousness and self awareness. Through frankness, honesty and humour, he creates a dialogue between the viewer and the image and removes certain social barriers which hamper our ability to change and question our current cultural state. Rideout has a strong belief and understanding in the power of image,...Nick den Boer: The Dissection Collection
The Dissection Collection: Nick den Boer October 9-28, 2018David Grieve: Along the Way
David Grieve Along the Way colours and textures of Ontario July 31 to September 7 David Grieve has been painting with oils for most of his life. He was first introduced to the medium by his mother. Together, they attended a Wednesday afternoon painting group in St. George, Ontario beginning when David was just age 7. He fondly remembers his first introduction to oils, particularly the slow drying quality of the paint and the intoxicating aroma in the studio. While attending the University of Guelph, David was eager to explore a variety of media, but found it difficult to get...
Dream
dream June 12 - July 20 artists robert blonski - drawing andrea bird - encaustic/collage jeff bird - sound piece jefferson campbell-cooper - sculpture/mixed media julie rené de cotret - mixed media roisin gormley - mixed media/installation jo-anne harder - sculpture/metal dennis horn - assemblage/mixed media supria karmaker - encaustic/mixed media marilyn koop - painting/mixed media eric montgomery - assemblage/mixed media tim murton - painting stu oxley - printmaking grayce perry - mixed media/clay erin perry - installation ryan price - printmaking jim reed - painting maggie vanderweit - fibre pearl van geest - painting trish van katwyk - mixed...
Mentors and Makers 2008
Mentors and Makers 2008
Ron Shuebrook: Selected Works – Five Decades
Ron Shuebrook Selected Works: Five Decades Opening Reception: Friday, April 11 Runs in the Minarovich Gallery until May 18 Ron Shuebrook – Artist Statement The diverse pieces in the exhibition have been selected from my professional career that started in the mid-sixties. Although beginning with a figurative print completed during my undergraduate studies at Kutztown University, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1965, and several drawings and a painting that were made at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine, during that following summer, the included works focus on my ongoing commitment over many decades to the investigation of abstraction and non-objective...Julie Rene de Cotret: A Material Mélange of Comfort, Style and Violence
Julie René de Cotret A Material Mélange of Comfort, Style and Violence. February 28 - April 6, 2008 A Material Mélange of Comfort, Style and Violence; is a physical reflection of our man made world. This exhibition is a sculptural installation, featuring a re-constructed environment and offering the viewer a re-interpretative perspective of our World. Julie René de Cotret, uses process to inform her work conceptually. She utilises common objects, images and techniques to reference everyday life. The process which these “things” are subjected to, is one of material and conceptual deconstruction. To deconstruct an object into material, to create...