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www.barongallery.caJames K-M: ColouringBARON GALLERY, VANCOUVER BC – Sep 9-Nov 29, 2010 James K-M is a painter, curator, interfacedesigner and educator who has exhibited his paintings, digital prints and interactive art internationallysince 1978. He creates optically interesting paintings resembling beadwork, wallpaper or floor tilingwhich he describes as being “about the spiritual in digital art”. His paintings have the strong minimalistpatterning of Agnes Martin and at thesame time are reminiscent of the kinds of iterationmade possible by computers. His backgroundin computer-based training, studies ofmetaphysics, and his interest in hard-edgeabstractionism allow him to move easily betweenthe worlds of hard-edge abstract painting, geometry,computer programming and aboriginalsymbolism.K-M states, “I see my paintings as contemporarypictographs and abstract icons of energeticfields”. Colouring presents 35 paintingsfrom the past two years, all square, 24 x 24 inchesin size, using stain and acrylic on plywood. AsEric McLuhan writes in a catalogue essay, “Theyhave been forged with geometric precision andJames K-M, Square Spiral (2007), stain and acrylic on plywood[Baron Gallery, Vancouver BC, Sep 9-Nov 29]they resonate with the probing explorations ofthe Op Artists”.K-M has curated five international digitalprint exhibitions of and is co-founder of the Digitalis Digital Art Society. Since the mid-90s he hastaught courses in creative process, media literacy, and interactive software. In 2006 he returned topainting full time. He will present a talk about his work entitled Where Does Art Come From? onSaturday, September 18, 2-4 pm, at the Baron Gallery in Gastown, Vancouver. Mia JohnsonMEDICINE HAT★ Cultural CentreGallery299 College Dr SE✆403-529-3806 403-502-9006sushel@medicinehat.cadaily 9am-8pm. Sep 5-26 The FourSeasons of Medicine Hat & District,featuring Medicine Hat news photographersin celebration of the 125thAnniversary of the “Medicine HatNews”; Oct 5-31 Curatoria Circularis,various artworks created bycurators and facilitators from severalgalleries and art studios located inMedicine Hat.Esplanade Art Gallery401 First St SE ✆403-502-8786www.esplanade.camon-fri 10am-5pm sat sun & holidays12-5pm. Thru Oct 11 LyndalOsborne: Ornamenta, large artworkswith shells, seeds, pods, rocks andother natural items, incorporatedwith artificial materials which meditateon our relationship to the naturalworld; Ev Kleis: Homage to Horse,influenced by her early childhoodappreciation of horses, Kleis celebratestheir spirit, strength and dignityin new oil paintings on canvas; Oct23-Dec 12 Making and Breaking:Photographs by Edward Burtynskyfrom the Collection of the WhyteMuseum of the Rockies, large-formatphotographs showing the effectof human industry upon the landmakes vivid the impact of our use ofnatural resources in his impeccablycraftedimages of Alberta tar sands,oil fields, homesteads, railcuts andmining; Human Landscape: MedicineHat Photography Club, newwork by the over 90 members of thisvigorous and active club, with a widerange of approaches to both photographyand the theme.BRITISHCOLUMBIAABBOTSFORDThe Reach Gallery MuseumAbbotsford32388 Veterans Way ✆604-864-8087www.thereach.catues wed fri 10am-5pm thurs 10am-9pm sat & sun 12-5pm. Thru Oct 3Challenging Traditions: ContemporaryFirst Nations Art of the NorthwestCoast, contemporary works of art createdby some of the most talented FirstNations artists living on the NorthwestCoast; Abbotsford Collects, examiningvisual art and artefact collections,exploring the passions and personaltastes that motivate collectors to followa historical movement, a specificgenre of art or the work of a particularartist; Abbotsford Photo Arts Club,20 PREVIEW ■ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS