A View from the Atlantic Sobey Art Award - Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Artist-in-Residence20TRAMPOLINE BRANDINGContact: Larry Bootland 902 405 4809Project: 7590WANS Fall Festival Ad RedClient: WInes of Nova ScotiaHARRIS HOUSEFINE ARTPublication: AGNS JournalSize: 7.6” x 4.85”Insertion Date: August, 2009Photos/Logos: Hi resSigned Graphic Artfrom the 19th & 20th CenturiesNOTE: All trapping is the responsibility of prepresswinesns.caSeptember 7 – OctOber 30celebrate our very own winesThis is world-class wine worth celebrating. So don’t miss your chanceto visit the vineyards, enjoy great food, and of course, taste the wines.Alongside the paintings, sculpture,and works on paper onview in a museum, artists are oftenworking right in the galleryspaces and studios. The AGNSoffers artists the opportunity touse its collection as inspirationor launching point for a projector specific artwork. Sometimesworking in conjunction withan exhibition, and other timesin concert with a single work ofart, these artists use the galleryas their laboratory, breathingnew life into the work on display.This kind of exchange withthe collection and the Gallery’smembers is vital to the life ofan art institution. Over the pastyear, the Gallery has hostedthree artists as part of thisprogram which provides artistswith a three-month residencyconnecting them to works onview in the Gallery’s exhibitionsor permanent collection.The Louis and Marla ReznickArtist in Residence Program isgenerously supported by theToronto-based Reznick family.The studio space was endowedby Jack and Diane Smith.robotics, audio, music, and someinteractive components. Hisinstallations bring the viewerin to the world of play, in whichGraeme inhabits while creatinghis stop-motion animations.From 2004 - 2007 he createda large body of work entitledWoodrow. This 10 piece installationencompasses all aspectsof his practice. All of his workis based on personal memoriesand life experience with amix of fantasy and surrealism.Currently Graeme is workingtowards another 3 - 4 yearproject focusing on finding andrenewing his ties with a longlost friend from his childhood.Much like Woodrow Graeme willbe traveling and plans to taketemporary residence in Japan tocreate connections between hismemories and reality.October 2008 -January 2009In David Harper’s work, hispassion for the wild unites synergisticallywith a keen interestin technique. His sculptures,even those small in scale, haveweight and presence. His visionfor The Last to Win was huge,both lofty and ambitious: afull-scale horse, crafted in theAGNS Education Centre Artistin-ResidenceStudio. AlthoughHarper’s desire to create a horseof this stature pre-dates theAGNS residency, the project appropriatelycoincided with therun of a Joe Fafard retrospectiveand gave Harper license fora larger scale. His exquisite,life-sized sculpture of a horse,The Last to Win, combined taxidermyand embroidery to greateffect. The Last to Win was seenin Calgary at Stride Gallery.Installation view of Ob-so-less-cents by Eleanor King, Sometimes Alwaysat the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.sculpture. Her work fuses foundmaterials in a playful way tocritique social behaviours, whileinvestigating consumer andtourist cultures. King’s work hasbeen showcased across Canada,as well as internationally. Moreover,she has participated in residencyprograms both in Canadaand the US. Eleanor teaches inthe Media Arts department atNSCAD University and holdsthe position of Exhibitions Coordinatorat Anna LeonowensGallery.also included carefully arrangedobsolete media, collections ofold equipment, and audio-videoelements. The artist arrangedthese components within thespace to create an atmosphereof ordered clutter, with the hopeof raising questions about themedia objects we chose to consumeand discard. King viewsthe recent trend toward environmentalismand conservationas a promising sign of an end tosociety’s wasteful mentality. Thisinstallation, although dealingwith somewhat grave environmentalconcerns, still managedto be playful, beautiful, and adelight to Gallery visitors.ProCess seParationsApril - June 2008C M Y KGraeme Patterson, whose workIncluding Works by:Hockey Organ was on view inArena, was the revived Program’sfirst Artist-in-Residence.Kathe KollwitzJack LevineLuigi KasimirDuring that period he createdKasamatsu Shiroan ambitious sculpture andWilliam Auerbach-Levyaccompanying animation, TenLeopoldo MendezPoint Game based on DarrylLeonard BaskinSittler’s famous 1976 game.Joseph BudkoThis work joined the ArenaAs one of the featured artistsJohnny Friedlaendertour and was premiered at thein the current exhibition SometimesAlways, King’s presence atDavid Alfaro SiqueirosAGNS Western Branch’s installationof Arena and will be shownAnthony Thiemethe AGNS as Artist-in-ResidencePaul Herrmannwith that same exhibition at theover the summer was an appropriatefit. Her new installation, come artists-in-residence LisaAGNS will be pleased to wel-Terry HaassMuseum of Contemporary CanadianArt in Toronto. GraemeAnders ZornOb-soless-cents, was created specificallyfor Sometimes Always. Fall/Winter 2009/10. Look forLipton and Cathy Busby in thePatterson’s practice stems fromKathe Kollwitz, German 1887-1945a self-developed approach toVernis Mou & Etching, 1910In this piece, King fashioned a more about these artists’ planscreating stop-motion animation. June - August 2009wondrous junk emporium from for their time at AGNS in theThis “do-it-yourself” method Eleanor King is an interdisciplinaryartist who workssurplus objects creating, among next issue of your Journal. To(902) 532-7877is consistent in all facets of his238 St. Anthony St., Annapolis Royalother sensations, organic sculpturesin the form of stacked please checkout the website atapply to the residency program,production. Since graduating with site-specific installationsNova Scotia, PO Box 326 B0S 1A0 www.harrishouseart.comfrom NSCAD in 2002 his projects incorporating elements ofdiscarded items. The installation www.artgalleryofnovascotia.cacan be described as sculptural audio, video, photography, andinstallations consisting of video,ART GALLERY OF NOVA SCOTIA FALL JOURNAL 2009 ART GALLERY OF NOVA SCOTIA FALL JOURNAL 2009 21