Preview: The Gallery Guide | June–August 2010

CROCKER ART MUSEUM, E. B. CROCKER COLLECTION 1871.217
www.portlandartmuseum.org
A Pioneering Collection: Master Drawings
from the Crocker Art Museum
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, PORTLAND OR – Jun 12-Sep 19, 2010 This rare group of masterworks
from the 15th-19th centuries was selected from one of the most exceptional early collections of
European drawings in the United States. The Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California holds
approximately 1,400 master drawings representing stunning
examples from major European schools, including
works by Albrecht Dürer, Fra Bartolommeo, Peter Paul
Rubens, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, François Boucher and
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
Founded in 1885 by the Crocker family, the Crocker
Art Museum is the oldest continuously operating museum
west of the Mississippi. Edwin B. Crocker and his wife
Margaret were forward-thinking art patrons committed to
bringing sophisticated masterpieces to the new state of
California. Most of the core collection was acquired during
the Crockers' 1869-1871 European sojourn.
The 57 works on paper in the exhibition are among the
highlights of the Crocker Art Museum's impressive holdings,
which have remained largely unknown outside of
scholarly circles. The exhibit includes many keystones of
art history, like Dürer's Female Nude with a Staff, drawn in
Gérard de Lairesse, Expulsion of Hagar (n.d.), pen
and reddish-brown ink, brush and grey washes on
cream laid paper [Portland Art Museum, Portland
OR, Jun 12-Sep 19]
1498 soon after his return from Italy. Another notable
work is Studies of Human Bones by Jan Steven van Calcar,
who illustrated Andreas Vesalius’ work in some of the first
anatomical texts ever published. Roelandt Saverij's Dodo
Birds and a rare double-portrait of Madame de Pompadour
and her daughter Alexandrine by French court painter
François Guérin are other prominent examples of the touring exhibition, which will travel to California
and New York. The exhibition inaugurates the Crocker Art Museum's expansion, which
includes a dedicated works-on-paper study centre and gallery. Allyn Cantor
ongoing contributions to Canadian art;
Angela Grossman, “Girl Hood”,
images escape to that place of make
believe which can so often seem to
make up for what is denied us in the
real world; Jul 3-Aug 28 Sunscreen,
annual summer group show, the rotating
exhibition will also highlight new
acquisitions and/or ‘new to Calgary’
art; Jul 10-Aug 28 Joe Andoe (U.S.),
Dianne Bos (CAN), Cathy Daley
(CAN), Joshua Jensen-Nagle (CAN),
David Robinson (CAN), Kevin Sonmor
(CAN) and Russell Young (U.K.),
“G’DDY UP!”, explores the subject of
the contemporary Wild West through
painting and photography.
★ Open late First Thursday of
every month until 8pm
Paul Kuhn Gallery
724 11th Ave SW ✆403-263-1162
www.paulkuhngallery.com
tues-sat 10am-5:30pm and by appt.
Jun Geoffrey Hunter, “Infinity”, new
works; Jul-Aug Summer Group Show.
Stride Art Gallery Association
1004 MacLeod Trail SE
✆403-262-8507 www.stride.ab.ca
tues-sat 11am-5pm Admission is free.
+15 Window, The Epcor Centre for the
Performing Arts, 205 8th Ave SE. MAIN
SPACE Jun 11-Jul 23 Amy Lockhart,
“Give up the Ghost”, includes a series
of acrylic paintings, paper sculptures
and a small cardboard installation
which houses an animation called ‘The
Collagist’; PROJECT ROOM Jun 11-Jul 9
Elisabeth Belliveau and Jessica Mac-
Cormack, “Natural Disasters, Pets and
Other Stories”, new animations and
drawings explore themes of home,
language, the body and landscape;
+15 WINDOW SPACE Jun-Jul Karina
Bergmans, “TEXT-ING”, Bergmans
spells the word ‘supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’
in letter-shaped pillows
as part of an ongoing exploration of
letters, font, text and craft.
★ Swirl Fine Art & Design
Unit 104-100 7th Ave SW
✆403-266-5337 www.swirlfineart.com
mon-fri 10am-5pm & sat 11am-4pm
first thurs 10am-9pm. Jun 3-30
Spring Light, group show celebrating
the power of light featuring Swirl’s
resident artists; Jul 1-31 Western
Summers, group show featuring
western symbols and landscapes by
resident artists; Aug 5-31 Luminous
Landscapes, group show featuring
western skies by resident artists.
14 PREVIEW ■ JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2010