Preview – The Gallery Guide | June through August 2011

www.youraga.caTraffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA, EDMONTON AB – JUN 25-SEP 25, 2011 Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canadaexamines the practice of conceptual artists from coast to coast between 1965-1980, including notedAmerican artists who came to Canada to make work. Aptly described in Canadian Art, the exhibit“schools attendees in our nation’s diverse approaches to this pervasiveinternational art movement”. This major undertakingpresents artwork in a range of media by over 70 artists. Many ofthem – like Vito Acconci, Ian Carr-Harris, Greg Curnoe,Rodney Graham, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, N.E. Thing Co.,Dennis Oppenheim, Michael Snow and Jeff Wall – have beeninternationally recognized. Traffic also highlights the work ofmany of the movement’s most energetic institutions, the artistruncentres.The conceptual art movement was spawned by the activistchanges of the 1960s and supported by rapid developments intechnology. Practitioners eschew notions of art as a skill, talent,or a vehicle for formalist concerns, and propose that the expressionof an idea about art is sufficient for art to have taken place.In many cases, conceptual art takes the form of writing about artpractice or theory, rather than a visual product.Traffic is jointly curated by Grant Arnold (Vancouver ArtGallery), Catherine Crowston (Art Gallery of Alberta), BarbaraFischer (Justina M. Barnicke Gallery), Michèle Thériault withVincent Bonin (Concordia, Montréal), and Jayne WarkTheodore Wan, Bridine Scrub (For GeneralSurgery) (1977), silver gelatin print [Art Galleryof Alberta, Edmonton AB, Jun 25-Sep 25](NSCAD). It is being organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Alberta, the Justina M. BarnickeGallery and the Vancouver Art Gallery in partnership with the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery(Concordia University) and Halifax, Ink. Mia JohnsonCOLLECTION OF THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY ACQUISITION FUNDbeen altered or abstracted to varyingdegrees, skewing expectations of theirrepresentation and experience.Inglewood Fine Arts1223B 9th Ave SE✆403-262-5011 587-226-1415www.inglewoodfinearts.comwed-sat 10:30am-5pm sun 12-4pm,mon-tues by appt. Permanent exhibitionCharles Carson, paintings.Jarvis Hall Fine Art617 11th Ave SW, Lower Level✆403-206-9942www.jarvishallfineart.comtues-sat 10am-5pm. Jul 1-Aug 31“Summer Group Show”, Carl White,Elena Evanoff and Mark Dicey, paintings;Dean Turner, photographs.★ The New Gallery (TNG)Unit 212, 100 7th Ave SW✆403-233-2399www.thenewgallery.orgtues-fri 11am-5pm sat 12pm-6pm.Free admission. Thru Jun 11 JeremyDrummond, “65-Point Plan forSustainable Living”, 65 aerialimages of every Canadian provinceand U.S. state, each depicting a singlehousing subdivision digitallyreconstructed into an enclosed geographicalspace, with no roads leadingeither in or out; Jun 21-Jul 30Bruno Canadien (Dene), “The FreedomFighter”, paintings speak aboutIndian resistance to oppressivecolonialization and it’s portrayal incontemporary media; +15 WINDOWJun 4-Jul 30 Bruno Canadien:Assail, Fight, Protest, Slam.NEWZONES Gallery ofContemporary Art730 11th Ave SW ✆403-266-1972www.newzones.comtues-fri 10:30am-5:30pm sat 11am-5pm. Thru Jun 25 Shayne Dark, “FullTilt”, work results from a rhythmic andorganic process involving ideas, feelings,images, formal play and structuralnecessity; Bush & Perehudoff,Modern To Contemporary, WilliamPerehudoff, now 92 years old, his 60-year career began in the early 1960swith an introduction to ClementGreenberg; Jack Bush (1909-1977),internationally recognized as one ofthe finest Abstract Expressionistpainters of his time; Jul 9-Aug 27 G’ddyUp! – Group Show, westerniconography demonstrates that theWild West has changed with more tooffer than just the cowboy; Sunscreen– Group Show, rotating group exhibitionsshowcase various types of artworkincluding paintings, photographsand sculpture.Paul Kuhn Gallery724 11th Ave SW ✆403-263-1162www.paulkuhngallery.comtues-sat 10am-5:30pm and by appt.Jun 4-Jul 2 Chris Temple, “Canyon”,new paintings of urban cityscapes;Jul-Aug Group Show, a selection ofgallery artists.14 PREVIEW ■ JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2011 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAY