Preview – The Gallery Guide | June through August 2011

www.burnabyartgallery.caThe Solitudes of Place: Recent Drawings by Ann KiplingBURNABY ART GALLERY, BURNABY BC – Jun 30-Aug 21, 2011 British Columbia artist Ann Kipling’sdistinctive mark-making process is showcased in The Solitudes of Place with a group of 43 drawings.Hundreds of tiny lines shimmer and seem to briefly coalesce into forms. Her skill as a draftsman andher phenomenological approach to vision are examined in this exhibit within larger political and artisticframeworks.Kipling’s style reveals an energy,concentration and compulsivenessthat transforms her subjects,whether landscapes, animals orhead studies, into temporal experiences.In an incredible act of concentration,“fascinated by thechange, movement, energy andtransformation of form in a seeminglystatic situation” as she puts it,each drawing was completed in asingle sitting. Her work representsthe artistic process at its finest.Kipling has received wideAnn Kipling, Untitled (May 2, 2009) #2, pen on paper [Burnaby Art Gallery, BurnabyBC, Jun 30-Aug 21]recognition for her distinctive mark-making style, including numerous Canada Council awards andgrants. In 1995, the Vancouver Art Gallery featured a major exhibition of her work. Her prints anddrawings have been acquired by many public art museums in Canada, including the National Gallery ofCanada, the Vancouver Art Gallery, Burnaby Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Kamloops ArtGallery and the Edmonton Art Gallery. In 2004, Kipling was awarded the Audain Prize for LifetimeAchievement in the Visual Arts. Mia JohnsonCOLLECTION OF THE ARTIST. © ANN KIPLING 2011LETHBRIDGESouthern Alberta Art Gallery601 Third Ave S✆403-327-8770 www.saag.catues-sat 10am-5pm sun 1-5pm.Admission: general $5, students/seniors $4, groups $3 per person,members & children under 12 free.Thru Jun 19 A Not Always ReverentJourney, considers the path of anobject from the hands of a collectorinto the folds of a public institutionand pauses to reflect on highlightsand challenges inherent in the transition;Jun 24-Sep 11 Mike McLean:Range, series of photographs of theartist’s explorations through Revelstoke,Glacier, Kootenay, Yoho, Banff,Jasper and Waterton Lakes NationalPark; Jun 24-Sep 11 Mapping APrairie City: Lethbridge and Its Suburbs,seen through a range of criticallenses from cartography and sociologyto urban design and architecture,and how the people invested in thiscity shape its identity.★ University of LethbridgeArt Gallery4401 University Dr, W600 Centre forthe Arts ✆403-329-2666www.uleth.ca/artgallerymon-fri 10am-4:30pm thurs 10am-8:30pm. MAIN GALLERY Thru Jun 9Spectramatic Geometry; Jun 16-Sep8 Green Thumb; HELEN CHRISTOUGALLERY Jun 10-Jul 22 Re:Writing ArtHistory; Jul 29-Sep 8 Green Thumb.MEDICINE HAT★ Cultural Centre Gallery299 College Dr SE ✆403-502-9006sushel@medicinehat.cadaily 9am-8pm. Jun 4-28 Penny Corradine,Natalie Kurzuk, Kathryn Manryand Pam Weber, “Counting Crows”,unique vision and personal response toCorvus brachyrhynchos, the Americancrow; Jul 6-9 Summer Games Show;Jul 13-Aug 8 Not Just Another RedShow, open invitational exhibition andsale of artworks in all media with thecolour “red” as an important component;Aug 10-Sep 2 Donna Bilyk:Recent Works, from her Mailing Lettersseries, studies of images of peoplefrom the past in various media includingcharcoal on rag paper, oil on canvas,etching on paper and wood sculpture.Esplanade Art Gallery401 First St SE ✆403-502-8786www.esplanade.camon-fri 10am-5pm sat sun & holidays12-5pm. Thru Jun 19 Les Manning:Common/Opposites, new sculpturesin clay turn landscape into an abstractedrealm of brilliant colours, rich texturesand powerful forms; Hat ArtClub and Potters Association Exhibition,creative talents and imaginativeinterests of Medicine Hat’s ownartists and artisans; Jul 1-Aug 21Susan Rankin, “A Valid Beauty”, retrospectiveof the glasswork ofSaskatchewan/Ontario glass artist,featuring figurative glass vases,epergnes and sculptural works; NaturalFlow: Contemporary AlbertaGlass, glasswork by 16 Alberta glassartists and artisans.20 PREVIEW ■ JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2011 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAY