David Hoffos' new exhibition at TrépanierBaer gallery explores the suburban ethos of the House Dream by transforming the gallery into a neo-baroque "House of Wonder"....
Artist Evan Penny explores the human body in all its unvarnished glory. SARAH MILROY catches up with him at his Toronto studio'They're not portraits," says Evan Penny, waving his hand in the direction of the monumental, startlingly lifelike sculptures in his Toronto studio. "They may...
We are pleased to announce that Vikky Alexander's work, Wave Diver's Den, 2003 is now in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, California....
This exhibition features works from various periods of each of the artist’s careers and makes evident a level of critical inquiry and interest in painting’s history; the exhibition represents their commitment to the medium and their belief in thefullness of its possibilities as an expressive...
Artist Micah Lexier has turned an image of the Canadian flag blowing in the wind into a prize-winning work of art that celebrates athelic excellence. Lexier 43, has been chosen to create an award for Canadian flag-bearers at the opening and closing of the Pan-American...
TrepanierBaer gallery is pleased to present, in the Promenade gallery, a selection of new works by Montreal based photographer Holly King entitled, “Coming Into View”. In her most recent chromogenic prints, King presents her evocative mise en scene images in the round; a...
The TrépanierBaer gallery is pleased to present “The Pictures”, an exhibition of new works by Martin Bennett. This exhibition will feature seven new works drawn from his conceptually rigorous project known as the “Static Image Paintings”, for which the artists has become well known....
Luanne MartineauBed-sitterJanuary 15 to February 29, 2004Opening January 15, 2004 6-9pmLuanne Martineau joins interests in early twentieth century social realism with mid century modernism to produce works that speak to ongoing biases and entrenched exclusions. She utilizes numerous sources, from turn of the century comic...
Evan Penny: Absolutely UnrealMuseum LondonCurator: Brian MeehanDecember 20 - March 14This exhibition will present a survey of the figurative works senior Canadian artist Evan Penny has produced over the past twenty years, with a particular emphasis on his most recent projects, the L. Faux and...
This exhibition brings together the work of two of Canada's most fascinating artists, Kim Adams and David Hoffos, both of whom have gained international recognition for their large-scale, mixed media installations. Over the last twenty-five years, Ontario artist Kim Adams has created a lively and...
TrépanierBaer is delighted to announce the opening of an exhibition of new works by one of Canada's best known conceptual artists, New York based Micah Lexier. The exhibition will feature work drawn from four different series produced over the last three years.The centerpiece of the...
When the Lumiere brothers' pioneering film, The Arrival of a Train at the Station (1895) was first presented, the Parisian audience fled the theatre, believing the train was about to collide with the building. Contemporary spectators have developed a sophisticated sense of the dream-making machine...
by Jody PattersonCanaidian ArtTrépanierBaer, Calgary The relationship of abstract painting to the spiritual is an abiding concern for Christian Eckart. His meticulously crafted constructions function as interrogative mechanisms for exploring the transcendental possibilities of art within the context of contemporary capitalist society. In his most...
TrépanierBaer is delighted to announce the opening of a new exhibition entitled, “Re:vision” Friday,November 7th, 2003 from 5:00 until 7:00 pm.This group exhibition brings together several senior, prominent, and emerging gallery artists – Martin Bennett, Angela Inglis, Luanne Martineau, Ron Moppett (Gershon Iskowitz Prize, 1997),...
In this exhibition, Williams communicates her fascination with the street writing that is encountered daily in downtown streets. She chooses ambiguous graffiti signatures - the tags used to mark territory in the urban landscape – and stitches them onto garments and dressmakers’ forms in an...
TrépanierBaer gallery is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition of works from the estate of Charles Gagnon entitled, “Cathexis”. Charles Gagnon 1934-2003, was one of the most inspirational leaders in contemporary Canadian art, and a major contemporary art figure in Québec.This exhibition will...
GARY MICHAEL DAULTThe Globe And MailIt is typical of painter Chris Cran that rather than call his new exhibition of paintings at Toronto's Sable-Castelli Gallery something sensible like New Paintings, the waggish and prodigiously inventive Calgary-based artist has titled his show Big Opening!!! Big Opening!!!...
TrépanierBaer is pleased to announce the opening of its fall season with an exhibition of new works by critically acclaimed, Gershon Iskowitz Prize winner, Ron Moppett.Ron Moppett, whose work addresses popular culture, reveals through his painting, a form of visual poetry filled with uncanny juxtapositions,...
The TrépanierBaer Gallery is pleased to announce an exciting new exhibition by critically acclaimed 2002 Sobey Art Award winner (2nd prize) David Hoffos. Hoffos has been gaining considerable international recognition with his transformative installation projects,most recently exhibiting at the Tapies Foundation in Barcelona, Spain. With...
March 28 through April 19, 2003Please join Vikky Alexander for the opening of herexhibition, Friday,March 28, 2003, 5:00 – 7:00 pm....
Geoffrey James who is widely acclaimed for his photographs of place, spent months tracking the prairie light while photographing a city and its prairie setting.His exquisite eye, which has established his international reputation as one of the finest contemporary photographers of our time, captures the...
Preview MECCA Illingworth Kerr Gallery (ACAD)Preview COUNTERPOINT TrepanierBaer Galleryby Joe ObadPeter von Tiesenhausen speaks humbly of his work – perhaps too humbly. Fortunately, the folksy manner of the artist from Demmitt in northern Alberta is only a thin veil. When lifted, one finds...
February 21 through March 22, 2003Please join Peter von Tiesenhausen for the opening reception of his exhibition Counterpoint, Friday, February 21, 5:00 7:00 pm.Bust, a new cast iron sculpture in an edition of five, cast at the McCoy Foundry in Hamilton, Ontario will be...
Nancy TousleyThe Calgary HeraldL. Faux and Others: New Works by Evan Penny at TrepanierBaer through Feb. 16. Album: ACAD @ 75 at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, through Feb. 16.Evan Penny makes the kind of sculpture that is so realistic,...
