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WEISS GALLERY CONT’D layers of washedcolour and serene abstract paintings;Colin Smith, innovative crisp andcolourful camera obscura forays inphotography and Brad Woodfin,regal, classic and cheeky chiaroscuroanimal portraits; Oct 21-Nov 20France Jodoin, “Nomads”, paintingsfocused on movement from place toplace and the transience of migrationthat is both unnerving and soothing atthe same time and prints that are inky,expressive, figures reminiscent of theVenus of Willendorf figurines, andhearken Willem de Kooning’s Womanseries.EDMONTONAgnes Bugera Gallery12310 Jasper Ave NW✆780-482-2854www.agnesbugeragallery.comtues-sat 10am-5pm. Sep 11-24 MonicaShelton, “Landscapes of Inner Resonance”;Sep 25-Oct 8 Jane Everett,“Boreal”; Oct 9-22 Alain Attar; Oct 23-Nov 12 Darrell Underschultz.Alberta Craft Council Gallery10186 106 St NW ✆780-488-6611www.albertacraft.ab.camon-sat 10am-5pm. LOWER GALLERYThru Sep 25 For the Love of Craft, ajuried ACC member exhibition; Oct 2-Dec 18 Prairie Excellence, juriedtouring exhibition of fine craft fromAlberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba;DISCOVERY GALLERY Sep 1-Oct 30 LindaChow, Crys Harse, Kari Woo andSimon Wroot, “Intangible CulturalAssets: Reflections of Korea”, newwork inspired by a tour of South Koreain Sep 2009 by four Calgary metalartists; Thru Sep 4 Linda McBainCuyler, “Aerial Landscapes”, newwork by Edmonton fibre artist.★ Art Gallery of Alberta2 Sir Winston Churchill Square✆780-392-2500 www.youraga.catues-fri 11am-7pm sat & sun 10am-5pm. Admission: members free,adults $12, seniors (65+)/students$8, children under 6 free, children 7-17 $8, family (up to 2 adults + 4 children)$26. Sep 17-Jan 2, 2011Edward Burtynsky: Oil, a decade ofphotographic imagery exploring thesubject of oil show landscapes alteredby its extraction from the earth andcities and suburban sprawl generatedaround its use; Thru Oct 11 The Art OfWarner Bros. Cartoons, animatedshorts; M.C. Escher: The Mathemagician,54 works selected from thecollection of the National Gallery ofCanada, including prints; JonathanKaiser: Celestial Bodies, installation,construction of a shell of the bedroomhe shared from ages 6 to 16 serve asa prop and a point of departure for hisdrawings; Oct 29-Jan 16, 2011 LauraSt. Pierre: Urban Vernacular, largeformat photographs depict abandonedurban spaces altered withlighting and arranged detritus at thesite to evoke possible ideas for reuse;Oct 29-Feb 13, 2011 Matisse: ACelebration of Light and Line, over170 works of art spanning 50 years ofMatisse’s career, from the BaltimoreMuseum of Art’s Cone Collection;Thru Nov 7 Piranesi’s Prisons:Architecture of Mystery and Imagination,14 copper plate etchings fromthe print series ‘Carceri d’invenzione’(The Imaginary Prisons); Thru Jan30, 2011 Re-Framing a Nation, surveysthe evolution of national identitythrough Canadian artwork producedroughly between 1850 and 1950;Ongoing Edward Burtynsky: BuildingArt, photographs of the building ofthe new AGA, 2008-2010.16 PREVIEW ■ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS