Preview of the Visual Arts | April-May 2010

first time as part of the AGA’s opening
exhibitions, in addition, “Storm Room”,
continues the artists’ explorations into
the emotive power of sound; Edward
Burtynsky, “Building Art: Photographs
of the Building of the AGA, 2008-2010”,
series of large format photographs tracing
the construction process of the new
Art Gallery of Alberta; RBC NEW WORKS
GALLERY Thru May 30 Edgar Dégas, “Figures
in Motion”, drawings; Francisco
Goya, “The Disasters of War and Los
Caprichos”; Karsh, “Image Maker”,
major exhibition marks the centenary of
one of Canada’s eminent portrait photographers,
includes original portraits,
studio and darkroom artifacts, archival
material and innovative interactive and
hands-on activities; Play on Architecture!
The BMO World of Creativity, an
interactive, hands-on space where children
and their grown-ups can explore
their creativity with giant building blocks
to create 3-D structures.
Douglas Udell Gallery
10332 124 St NW ✆780-488-4445
www.douglasudellgallery.com
tues-sat 9:30am-5:30pm. Apr 24-May
8 Spring Show, annual group show;
May 29-Jun 12 Vivian Thierfelder, new
work.
West End Gallery
12308 Jasper Ave NW ✆780-488-4892
www.westendgalleryltd.com
tues-sat 10am-5pm. Apr 10-22 Robert
Genn, Claude A. Simard, Rod Charlesworth,
Brent R. Laycock, Glen Semple,
Raynald Leclerc, W.H. Webb, Guy
Roy and more, “35th Anniversary Collection”,
special exhibition of contemporary
Canadian art; Apr 17-18 Gallery
Walk Weekend; Apr 24-May 6 Bev
Rodin, “An Exhibition of New Work”;
contemporary and distinctive landscape
paintings focus on light, movement,
colour and pattern on large-scale canvases;
May 8-20 Richard Cole, “New
Paintings”, Northwest Coast themed
landscapes.
LETHBRIDGE
Southern Alberta Art Gallery
324 5th St S ✆403-327-8770
www.saag.ca
tues-sat 10am-5pm sun 1-5pm. Admission:
general $5, students/seniors $4,
groups $3 per person, members & children
under 12 free. Thru Apr 25 Nanna
Debois Buhl, “Looking For Donkeys”,
photography, drawing, film and text
map the residue and consider the present
implications of Denmark's colonial
history in what is now the U.S. Virgin
Islands, where Danish, U.S. and
African-Caribbean histories intersect;
Brendan Tang, “Manga Ormolu”,
ceramics that are contemporary, yet
rooted in ancient traditions, robotic
armatures, mechanical hulls, rocket
thrusters and other futuristic, manga/mecha-inspired
components are
fused together with delicate Ming
dynasty vessels; May 1-Jun 20 Brian
Goeltzenleuchter, “Institutional Wellbeing:
An Olfactory Plan for the Southern
Alberta Art Gallery”.
University of Lethbridge
Art Gallery
4401 University Dr, W600, Centre for
the Arts ✆403-329-2666
www.uleth.ca/artgallery
mon-fri 10am-4:30pm thurs 10am-
8:30pm. Apr 16-Jun 4 HELEN CHRISTOU
GALLERY The 1940s, works from the
University of Lethbridge Art Collection,
curated by Museum Studies interns
Jarrett Duncan and Kasia Sosnowski;
May 7-Sep 10 MAIN GALLERY In the Stillness,
works from the University of
Lethbridge Art Collection, curated by
Jane Edmundson.
16 PREVIEW ■ APR/MAY 2010 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS