COLLECTION OF GLENBOW MUSEUM.www.glenbow.orgThe Broken World of John WillGLENBOW MUSEUM, CALGARY AB – Aug 21-Nov 14, <strong>2010</strong> For the past 50 years, Calgary artistand retired professor John Will has played the “alpha male”for Canadian art audiences through mainly autobiographicalphotographs, performances and paintings. With rolesthat range from painterly sage to art-world outsider, he hascreated performance art pieces which hold the art world andgallery system up to scrutiny, as well as “bad” paintings, collagesand signs. He has treated with rudeness and wit thesubjects of sex, war, racism, religion, mortality, sport, anxiety,rock and roll, the economy, celebrity culture, the artworld, bizarre events, alien landings and personal hygiene.The Broken World of John Will features lithographs selectedfrom Glenbow's extensive collection of his artwork.Between 1962 and 1980, Will produced over 100 prints,each labour-intensive and demonstrating his technicalprowess as a printmaker. The Glenbow describes his workas being “in a tradition of artists who are satirical, subversiveand sometimes slanderous in their critique of society fromHogarth and Daumier to Ensor and William Wiley”.John Will, Flatbush Avenue (1977), lithograph,[Glenbow Museum, Calgary AB, Aug 21-Nov 14]John Will was educated in painting and printmaking inIowa, and was a Fulbright scholar at the Rijaskademie inAmsterdam and a Ford Foundation Printer Fellow at theTamarind Institute. Now a Professor Emeritus, he taught atthe University of Calgary for 27 years and continues to wield his influence over students, artists andthe Calgary art community. Mia JohnsonDouglas Udell Gallery10332 124 St NW ✆780-488-4445www.douglasudellgallery.comtues-sat 10am-5:30pm. Opens Sep25 Abstract; Opens Oct 2 Annual FallShow, gallery artists.West End Gallery12308 Jasper Ave NW✆780-488-4892www.westendgalleryltd.comtues-sat 10am-5pm. Sep 18-30 “TheFrench Collection”, contemporaryFrench gallery artists who are inspiredby the stunning and diverse landscapeof Quebec: Guy Roy, depicts theCharlevoix with vibrant colours andrugged brush strokes; ClaudeLangevin, draws inspiration for hisquaint village scenes from his home ofSainte-Adelle; Claude A. Simard, stilllifecanvases explode with light andcolour; Jean-Gabriel Lambert, Montreal-basedabstract artist’s canvasesexplode with movement and large boldpaint strokes and Raynald Lelclerc,“Timeless”, figurative work createdusing palette knives combining shadowand light, highlighting the beauty ofthe Charlevoix; Oct 2-14 Rod Charlesworth, paintings with vibrant patchesof colour and the rugged terrain of thewestern landscape capture a uniquelyCanadian cultural identity; Oct 16-28W.H Webb, large high-definition realisticlandscapes reflect the beauty, moodand endless horizons of this land;Jamie Gray, Alberta glass artist delicatelyfuses ‘Shard’ and ‘ShreddedWheat’ bowls, and with past experienceof life on the prairies, portrays atrue Alberta spirit with figurative glasswork.LETHBRIDGESouthern Alberta Art Gallery324 5th St 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.Sep 17-Nov 14 “On Your Marks”, celebratesa diversity of relationshipsbetween artists, institutions and communities,the exhibition will investigateideas of collaboration, dialogueand influence and in doing so revealsome of the overlaps and departuresthat surface among different generationsof artists working in SouthernAlberta, artist collaborations includeRobin Arsenault, Hutch Hutchinsonand John Will; Terrance Houle andFaye Heavyshield; Dave & Jenn andRon Moppett.University of LethbridgeArt Gallery4401 University Dr, W600 Centre forthe Arts ✆403-329-2666www.uleth.ca/artgallerymon-fri 10am-4:30pm thurs 10am-8:30pm. HELEN CHRISTOU GALLERY Sep12-Oct 24 Shifting Myths, works fromthe University of Lethbridge Art Collection;MAIN GALLERY Sep 16-Oct 29Jamelie Hassan: At the Far Edge ofWords, survey of 40 years of paintings,photographs, installations andbookworks, circulated by MuseumLondon, Ontario.18 PREVIEW ■ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER <strong>2010</strong>
BRUCE WOYCIKJust LookingSEPTEMBER 14-OCTOBER 2, <strong>2010</strong>OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, <strong>Sept</strong>ember 16, 6:30-8:30 pmBruce Woycik, Pastries, oil on canvas, 20" ¥ 30"BRUCE PASHAKjustiFYD:Art Crimes in AmericaOCTOBER 5-NOVEMBER 3, <strong>2010</strong>OPENING RECEPTION:Thursday, <strong>October</strong> 7, 6:30-8:30 pmAfter-party and entertainmentinto the night.Bruce Pashak, justiFYD, collage, acrylic and oilon canvas, 60 ¥ 48ELLIOTT LOUIS GALLERY258 East 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 1A6 604-736-3282gallery@elliottlouis.com www.elliottlouis.com
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