Newzones is pleased to announce the group show, G'ddy Up!, opening July 10th, and running concurrently with the Calgary Stampede. All are invited to join us for a Stampede Breakfast – Newzones style – which kicks off at 11 am.
The cowboy no longer solely represents machismo, but for some represents nostalgic yearnings for a simpler time. The Calgary Stampede allows us to kick off our shoes, and join in on all the magical things that it has to offer.
Calgary comes alive with cowboy culture during the Stampede, so there is no denying that July is the month of the cowboy. G'ddy Up! will explore the subject of the contemporary Wild West through means of painting and photography.
Included in Newzones' G'ddy Up! is a selection of artists who demonstrate an interest in both the complex idea of the cowboy culture, as well as those who use aspects of this culture for formal explorations.
Artists included: Joe Andoe, Aron Hill, Joshua Jensen-Nagle, David Robinson and Kevin Sonmor.
Newzones is pleased to announce the return of our annual summer group show, 'Sunscreen'.
In the spirit of sunshine and summer time, 'Sunscreen' will showcase vibrant new inventory from Newzones' artists. This rotating exhibition will also highlight artwork from artists that are new to Newzones and our clients.
'Sunscreen' is sure to delight the senses, and all are encouraged to stop in each week and see the artwork rotate!
Artists included in the first rotation: Franco DeFrancesca, Graham Gillmore, Heather Graham, Marie Lannoo, Virginia Mak, Rana Rochat and Donald Sultan.
Newzones is pleased to announce "F I F T Y" a solo exhibition by William Perehudoff, one of Canada's most senior abstract painters. This exhibition will display selected paintings spanning five decades.
Born in Langham Saskatchewan in 1919, William Perehudoff was an active participant in the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops and participated in workshops attended by Will Barnet (1957), Herman Cherry (1961), Clement Greenberg (1962), Kenneth Noland (1983), and Donald Judd (1968). In 1988 he was a workshop leader at Emma Lake. Bill Perehudoff received the Order of Canada in 1998, recognizing his outstanding artistic achievements and for his ongoing contributions to Canadian art.
William Perehudoff's sensibilities towards painting are described in the following quote from Nancy Tousley, guest curator of Bill's exhibition at the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK in 1993:
"Since those early Emma Lake workshops, Perehudoff has continued to see painting as a space in which a dialogue among forms gives rise to feeling. He begins a painting with one form and adds another and another, building towards a unified whole. But whether he has ever completely given up form-as-metaphor for pure formalism is a moot point. He has taken what he can use from what he has learned, sometimes contrary to the sources, and made his own synthesis as artists do. However, Perehudoff's abstraction is not so much art for art's sake as it is art about art, in the sense of assimilation rather than commentary. To frame his career in this way emphasizes art as a continuing practice -- a physical, intellectual and spiritual pursuit -- around which one's life can be centered. Making art about art is, of course, the way Perehudoff learned, and continues to learn, about painting -- always with the sense of questioning,trying out something new and rising to the challenge to make a contribution to a tradition."
Newzones is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new work by Angela Grossmann.
In 'Girl Hood', Grossmann continues to examine the issues relating to girls on the cusp of adulthood.
"Girls are objectified at an increasingly younger age. Social forces that have hit young women since the 70's and 80's have caused them to see themselves as sex object. Girls have become chameleons, constantly adapting their looks and values to the fashion of the day", says Grossmann.
This body of work is a frank representation of girls alone, or in groups. Some pieces convey the ruthless competition among young women and their peers, while others explore the ambiguity of self experienced girls whose bodies have begun to achieve a certain amount of erotic allure. These girls are themselves still unaware of the meaning of this allure, or its power.
Grossmann began this work in 2006 with her 'Alpha Girls' exhibition. She has continued to work on this series of work, which has become a deep and rich area of study.
Grossmann has taught painting at Ottawa University (1991 to 1993) and University of British Columbia (1997-2000) and currently teaches painting and theory at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design.
Jonathan Forrest - 'Splinter Group'
March 13
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April 17
Part of the vibrant next generation of Saskatchewan's abstract painters, Jonathan Forrest's boldly coloured acrylic paintings playfully reference post-war abstract painting. But instead of introspectively exploring the canvas, Forrest's layered works lift from the surface, tactfully invading the viewers' space.
Roald Nasgaard in Abstract Painting in Canada writes of Forrest, "He is the youngest and perhaps the last direct descendant of the tradition that began with Greenberg, passed down to him through Perehudoff and Christie, the tradition that so long retained its faith in painting qua painting independent of external references."
Forrest indicates that a large part of his exploration as an artist is his love for layering colours atop colours, to create various plains which he carefully delineates by taping off certain areas as he paints. The artist says this allows him to create different illusionary spaces that can be played off one another.
Born in 1962, Edinburgh, Scotland, Jonathan Forrest received both his Bachelors and Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Saskatchewan. He also attended the Emma Lake Artist's Workshop and became an organizer in 2001. His work had been widely exhibited within Canada and can be found in many public collections including: the Canada Council's Art Bank, University of Saskatchewan and the Art Gallery of Alberta.
Joshua Jensen-Nagle - 'New Canadiana'
Saturday, January 30
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February 27
Newzones is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new work by Joshua Jensen-Nagle.
Joshua Jensen-Nagle moved to Canada a decade ago and has never felt as much national pride as he does now. Coming from New Jersey, he appreciates his American roots but feels like he has discovered something 'special' up here. "New Canadiana" is a cultivation of Jensen-Nagle's life and experience migrating and living north or the border. After exploring the country from the east coast to the west, Jensen-Nagle is completely comfortable calling himself a Canadian.
"New Canadiana" is the artists' personal view on Canada. It's not about promoting maple leafs or hockey sticks, but a contemporary view - one that is ushered in by a new era of immigrants. The work is not quintessential Canadian culture but is merely the perspective of an artist who has crossed the imaginary line and loves being on the other side.
Originally from New Jersey, Joshua Jensen-Nagle moved to Toronto to pursue his artistic education at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute in 1999. Since graduating in 2003, Jensen-Nagle has experimented with image formats, production techniques and materials. Jensen-Nagle has, in the past, used toy cameras, pinhole cameras, and expired Polaroid film. His work has been collected world wide and has exhibited in both Canada and the USA.
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