David Spriggs, Dick Averns & More

You are receiving this email because the email address omsstraffic.2222@blogger.com was subscribed to our email list. Click here to unsubscribe. If you have been forwarded this message by a friend opt in here. Having trouble reading this email? View it on our website.               SUBSCRIBE TO CANADIAN ART MAGAZINE Canadian Art is a striking in-depth quarterly covering key artists, exhibitions, scene-shapers and trends both nationally and internationally. Don't miss an issue. GET THE DIGITAL EDITION Experience Canadian Art's all-new, ultraportable digital edition. FORWARD TO A FRIEND Want your friends to be in the loop? Forward up to five copies of the Weekly at once. SIGN UP Were you forwarded the Weekly by a friend? Sign up now to get it free in your inbox each Thursday. SUBMIT A LISTING Our weekly opening and event listings are selected from press material sent to preview@canadianart.ca. To ensure inclusion of your information, please send notices at least two weeks in advance of your event. IMAGE CREDITS (From top to bottom) DAVID SPRIGGS Stratachrome 2010 Installation view © David Spriggs DICK AVERNS Canadian Airman Duff  2009 ALEX DA CORTE Forever and Ever 2007 PATRICK HOWLETT any tree might bear fruit 2009 / photo Toni Hafkenscheid SHAUN GLADWELL New York Underground Sequence 2010 Video still Courtesy Georgia Scherman Projects David Spriggs: Thinking Green Montreal’s David Spriggs is known for sculptures that bring striking depth to static picture planes. His new work, the first in a series of chromatic studies, expands his practice to unprecedented proportions, filling an entire gallery with colour and concept. Read more…   Dick Averns: War Art Now Calgary’s Military Museums launched a big foray into contemporary art this week with the opening of Dick Averns’ “War Art Now.” The show features photography, sculpture and text inspired by Averns’ recent tour with peacekeeping troops in the Middle East. Read more…     Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Heart Attacks Failed love has inspired countless songs, films and writings through history—and a new Vancouver exhibition suggests it’s still a subject worth plumbing. In it, works by Aleesa Cohene, Jon Pylypchuk and others wittily focus on the moment things start to go awry. Read more…     Patrick Howlett: Possibly Real The careful, deliberate paintings of Patrick Howlett are some of the more interesting to emerge in recent years. As Richard Rhodes observes, Howlett’s latest show of dense, intense abstraction joins the possible with the real, and history with the new. Read more…     Shaun Gladwell: Of Mad Max and Mounties Australian artist (and Venice Biennale alum) Shaun Gladwell is currently having his first Canadian solo show in Toronto. Vanessa Nicholas reviews, noting Gladwell’s fascination with breakdancing, movies, video games, skateboarding and other alternative art forms. Read more…       Openings & Events Highlights / September 16 to 22 16.09.2010 TORONTO Edward Burtynsky opening 6-8pm Nicholas Metivier Gallery 451 King St W 16.09.2010 TORONTO “Enthusiasm” opening 6-9pm Red Bull 381 Projects 381 Queen St W 16.09.2010 VANOUVER Kevin Schmidt opening 7-9pm Catriona Jeffries 274 E 1 Ave 17.09.2010 LETHBRIDGE SAAG grand reopening 9am 601 3 Ave S 18.09.2010 MONTREAL Robyn Cumming opening 2-5pm Galerie Push 372 Ste Catherine O Continue here for our complete listings of art openings and events happening this week from coast to coast.     Bid on work by Canada’s top artists at the Canadian Art Gallery Hop! The Gallery Hop Gala dinner and auction is sold out… but you can still bid on the latest in contemporary art there, including work by Ian Wallace, Janet Werner, Arnaud Maggs, Sarah Anne Johnson, Elizabeth McIntosh, Pierre Dorion and many others! To view artworks and place absentee bids, go to canadianart.ca/galleryhop/auction And don’t miss our art gallery tours and talks on Saturday, September 25, 2010. It's all free, all day! Find out more at canadianart.ca/galleryhop/schedule. Many thanks to Hop lead sponsor BMO Harris Private Banking and to our media partner, the Globe and Mail. The Canadian Art Gallery Hop is delighted to participate in Culture Days.   This email was sent to omsstraffic.2222@blogger.com Click here to unsubscribe.   Canadian Art (416) 368-8854 canadianart.ca