June 24 - September 19, 2009
Opening reception with artist talks | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM
This summer the IKG presents four related exhibitions that address imagined and real living spaces, domestic and institutional space, the forgotten or overlooked, and the strength of memory in shaping those spaces.
June 24 - September 19, 2009
This Montreal-based is influenced by the decorative friezes found at Pompeii, the op art album covers of metal bands and the graphic mazes of M.C. Escher. Numa constructs a site-specific painting installation using a labour-intensive process that will subtly alter both the white cube of the gallery and the consciousness of the viewer. Visually pulsating, these highly experiential paintings verge on an interactive quality, asking viewers to second guess the transparency of the artist's style and working process.
NUMA has participated in exhibitions at Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, the 2007 Biennale de Montréal: Crack the Sky and other visual art and music projects.
+ 1 House
+ 1 House
+ 1 House
+ 1 House
+ 1 House
+ 1 House
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+ 1 House
+ 1 House
+ 1 House
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June 24 - September 19, 2009
June 24, 2009 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM | Public reception with Florian Kohl and Neil Minuk
Public talk and exhibition walk by Neil Minuk and Florian Kohl, 6:30pm.
(Closing finissage: September 17, 2009 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM)
Curated by Neil Minuk
For many years Berlin-based Florian Koehl has worked on the phenomenon of simultaneity in architecture. After teaching and working with Daniel Liebeskind for many years, Koehl opened FAT KOEHL ARCHITEKTEN in order to develop and realize his own ideas. His first project, a housing block in the centre of Berlin became a testing field. Koehl not only designed the building but, together with artist Anne von Gwinner, bought the site, found the clients, and co-designed with them. The result is ten houses within one house. This exhibition tells the story of design-and-build relationships between the architect and each of ten clients.
Neil Minuk is a renowned Winnipeg architect and curator whose most recent projects include the new Plug In ICA, Winnipeg. He teaches at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture and directs the School's exhibition program, where +1 House was first presented.
June 24 - September 19, 2009
An ambitious installation that shifts freely between strict formalism and the potential of an expanded painting, California is an homage to the DJ booth and club lounge, as well as structured domestic habitat. California is comprised of a curvilinear sculptural platform, cubes in muted shades of beige, paper flowers under plexi-glass, and stacks of poured acrylic colour. Four photographs complete the installation. Loosely referencing the mid-century California bungalow, it is a modern retreat devoid of human presence. Sound is indicated throughout the tomb-like installation, but never realized - think DJ lounge with DJ Absent.
Jeanie Riddle lives and works in Montréal. Trained in painting at Concordia University, she has been developing a sculptural installation practice rooted in the techniques and ideals of modernist painting since 2002. Her work has been presented across Canada at The New Gallery (Calgary), Optica (Montréal) and YYZ (Toronto). Her collaborative work includes exhibitions at Centre des arts actuels SKOL (Montréal) and Alley Jaunt (Toronto). Riddle was the recipient of a full fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center in May 2005 and a finalist in the 2008 Royal Bank of Canada's Canadian Painting competition.
Jeanie Riddle
California
Jeanie Riddle
California
Jeanie Riddle
California
June 24 - September 19, 2009
Okaranza presents a collection of still life photographs of downtown Calgary, shot at night over the summer of 2008. His focus is on forlorn, half forgotten spaces where the built environment has given space back to nature. There are no human forms in the richly textured works, but unexpected tufts of grass, struggling maple trees, and gravel alleys are combined to suggest an homage to once active spaces that avoided gentrification. These left over areas reflect modernity's dependence on commerce and efficiency, while Okaranza's images recognize the complex nature the city, both seen and unseen.
Ricardo Okaranza is a photographer and fine art conservastor from San Sebastien, Spain and currently based in Berlin. His professional life has been spent observing and conserving medieval paintings, while extending his practice of observation to contemporary forms. Recent exhibitions include September Gallery (2009), Berlin; Wilde Gallery (2008), Berlin; Nuit Blanche Toronto (2008); Red Spot Art Fair (2008), New York; Miami Art Fair (2008); Palm Beach Art Fair (2008). He is latest work includes a new commission in Edinburgh for 2010.
Ricardo Okaranza
Calgary Nocturnes, Lanes
Ricardo Okaranza
Calgary Nocturnes, Lanes
Ricardo Okaranza
Calgary Nocturnes, Lanes
Robb Reiner, best known as the irrepressible drummer for the infamous metal band Anvil brings a selection of recent paintings to the Alberta College of Art + Design. Check the ACAD/IKG website in mid-June for details.
June 24, 2009 | 7:00 PM
ACAD Main Mall
Sled Island Music Festival and IKG free event.
ACAD graduate Mark Lowe returns to haunt the Main Mall with his original hybrid of eccentric jazz, rock and experimental audio. Brain Sauce is a quartet based in Moose Jaw.
