Current Exhibitions
Fall: Friday, September 10th – Saturday, January 22, 2011
softcore HARD EDGE
Artists: Philip Argent, Tim Bavington, Billy Al Bengston, Karl Benjamin, Ingrid Calame, Alexander Caldwell, Eric Cameron, Dave and Jenn, John Eisler, Bradley Harms, Harry Kiyooka, Allison Miller, Lee Mullican, Mark Mullin, Wil Murray, Candace Nycz, Monique Prieto and Laurel Smith.
Curator: Marianne Elder and David Pagel
Medium: Painting/Sculpture/Video
Gallery: All Galleries
softcore HARD EDGE features artwork by eighteen artists from Calgary and Los Angeles co-curated by art critic for the Los Angeles Times, David Pagel, and The Art Gallery of Calgary’s Senior Art Curator, Marianne Elder. Debuting in Calgary at The Art Gallery of Calgary on September 10, 2010 and continuing to Los Angeles on August 29, 2011, softcore HARD EDGE will bring together 60 artworks that question similarities of contemporary art practice created in these two very different cities.
The premise of softcore HARD EDGE originated from Elder’s observation of similarities of tone, palette, and brushstroke in contemporary painting between Los Angeles and Calgary when she moved back to Canada from Southern California. In conversation with longtime colleague David Pagel, she began exploring possible connections of influence and history that led to such similarities. Curating the artworks independently but in conversation with one another, Elder choose nine artists from Calgary with Pagel choosing nine artists from Los Angeles. Exhibiting all 18 artists together, softcore HARD EDGE examines the possibilities of what visually connects these works and the underlying relationships of history and influence on these two art centers.
Exhibiting at:
The Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta - September 10, 2010 to January 22, 2011
East and Peggy Phelps Galleries, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California - August 29, 2011 to September 23, 2011
NEWS, WEATHER & SPORTS
Artist: Dan Hudson
Curator: Marianne Elder
Medium: Video
Gallery: The Media Gallery
Dan Hudson’s year-long time lapse explores the linear and cyclical qualities of time. NEWS, WEATHER & SPORTS documents one year of seasonal changes and visitor activities at a public park amidst an audio composition of clips taken from news, weather and sports from the same year. Negating any sense of personal isolation, the continuous loop reveals the fundamental and timeless nature of humanity.
The Art Gallery of Calgary acknowledges the generous support of Calgary Arts Development; Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Canada Council for the Arts; ExecSuite; Total Transportation Solutions Inc.; Citytv; Energy 101.5; The Calgary Herald and swerve magazine; Avenue Magazine; blue hydrangea; Gruman’s Extraordinary Catering; INDUSTRYimages; Claire Cocheme Photography, ON THE LEVEL ART.