Sept–October 2007 - Preview

Conceptual fantasy, results rangefrom café sketches through popcomix renditions to highly craftedillustrations.Douglas Udell Gallery10332 124 St NW✆(780)488-4445www.douglasudellgallery.comtues-sat 9:30am-5:30pm Sep 29-Oct13 “Fall Show”, featuring works byPablo Picasso from the MarinaPicasso Collection; Oct 20-Nov 3Dominique Gaucher, “New Works”.West End Gallery12308 Jasper Ave NW✆(780)488-4892www.westendgalleryltd.comtues-sat 10am-5pm Sep 1-22 “TheFall Collections”, showing vividcolours and contemporary shapes inglass, include the work of Canadianartists Bev Rodin, Brent Laycockand Andris Leimanis. New acquisitionsin glass from Ontario duoTsunami Glass, Victoria’s JonathanMossop and Toronto’s Don Maclennan;Sep 29-Oct 12 Robert Savignac,paintings show the chaoticsplendor and lush abundance of oururban gardens; Oct 18-Nov 1 AllanBateman, paintings of familiarobjects, acrylic on masonite; Oct 27-Nov 8 David Langevin, acrylic paintingsof forests and mountain rangesof western Canada.Nov 4 Kurt Schwitters: Collage Eye,using banal objects from everydaylife, Schwitters created collage andassemblages from scraps of refuse,and was the first to envisage an aestheticthat incorporated painting,sculpture, architecture, theatre andpoetry simultaneously; Sep 8-Nov 25“Pop Art: love, loss and the everyday…”featuresPop Art by AndyWarhol, Michael Snow, Roy Lichtenstein,Peter Blake, and others;Thru Sep 9 .Sarah Adams, RobinArseneault, Richard Boulet, JenniferBowes, Ken Buera, Kay Burns,Chris Flodberg, Julian Forrest, Paul14 PREVIEWFreeman, Anu Guha-Thakurta, TerranceHoule, Geoffrey Hunter, DavidJanzen, Jonathan Kaiser, MaryKavanagh, Linh Ly, Annie Martin,Mark Mullin, Paul Roberts, LaurelSmith, Kristy Trinier and Davide DiSaro, participating artists in “2007Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art:Utopia and Disaster”; Sep 22-Jan 6,2008 “The 1950 Ford Show”, AmericanPop-Conceptualist, Ed Ruscha’s1977 drawing: WILL 100 ARTISTSDRAW A 1950 FORD FROM MEMO-RY plants the seed that curatorAnthony Easton cultivates by soliciting100 artists to concretize Ruscha’sLETHBRIDGESouthern Alberta ArtGallery601 3rd Ave S ✆(403)327-8770www.saag.catues-sat 10am-5pm sun 1-5pmAdmission is free, donations gratefullyaccepted MAIN GALLERY Thru Sep9 Isabelle Hayeur, “Inhabiting”, photography;UPPER GALLERY Thru Sep 23“Places and Spaces: Landscapesfrom the Buchanan Collections”,includes paintings by important 20thcentury Canadian artists includingA.J. Casson, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H.MacDonald, David Milne and ToniOnley; MAIN GALLERY Sep 29-Nov 11Jin-Me Yoon, “Unbidden”, videoinstallation; UPPER GALLERY Sep 29-Nov 11 Tanya Harnett, “persona grata”,photography.