Upcoming Exhibits at Ottawa Art Gallery

All these amazing exhibitions at the Ottawa Art Gallery are featured in an opening reception on June 4, 2015. That is next Thursday!


From the OAG website:


LYNNE COHEN
Dates: June 5 – September 20, 2015
Opening reception: June 4, 5:30 pm

Lynne Cohen had a significant impact on the visual arts in Canada and the world at large. Born in Racine, Wisconsin, Cohen lived and worked in Canada since 1973. She held a teaching position within the Visual Arts Department at the University of Ottawa from 1974 until 2005. This exhibition, including Cohen’s colour and black and white photography, honours her legacy.
http://www.ottawaartgallery.ca/content/lynne-cohen

Tyler Tekatch: Terrors of the Breakfast Table
Dates: June 5 – September 20, 2015
Opening reception: June 4, 5:30 pm

The interactive video installation Terrors of the Breakfast Table, by Hamilton-based artist Tyler Tekatch, invites viewers to alter the story through the use of their breath. As a contribution to the medium of interactive digital media, Terrors of the Breakfast Table prioritizes conceptual content, the psychological experience of the viewer, and the natural presence of the viewer’s breathing body. The work of Tekatch is positioned within global experimental film practices. Using non-linear narrative and a collaged aesthetic approach, his moving image works are visceral and evocative.
http://www.ottawaartgallery.ca/content/tyler-tekatch-terrors-breakfast-table

Mary E. Wrinch and the AGW Collection: Female Self-Representation and the Public Trust
Dates: May 30 – August 30, 2015
Opening reception: June 4, 5:30 pm

Mary Evelyn Wrinch (1877-1969) was an important artist working in the Toronto during the first half of the twentieth century. As a single woman she earned her living as an art educator, presiding over the art department at Bishop Strachan School, Toronto where she worked from 1901 to 1935. Prior to the Group of Seven’s interest in Ontario’s northern landscapes, Wrinch was an outdoor enthusiast and owned a two-storey cottage at Kingwood, Lake of Bays, where she canoed and sketched. Her work in that geography included her painting wilderness and industrial scenes.
http://www.ottawaartgallery.ca/content/mary-e-wrinch-and-agw-collection-female-self-representation-and-public-trust

Diorama : Drew Mosley
June 4 – July 25, 2015
Opening reception: June 4, 5:30 pm

Drew Mosley brings the forest to life in a series of works that both invite and unnerve. Using a technique involving painting on layers of resin, and combining at times found objects, he creates three-dimensional illustrations that tell the stories of fantastic forest-dwelling creatures. Mosley describes his works as frozen “moments of peril or safety, [where] anthropomorphized beasts struggle to fend off the encroachments of their two-legged foes.” Diorama features both new and installation-based pieces from Mosley’s body of work.
An artist and carpenter living in Ottawa, Mosley spends his days juggling an extensive studio practice and a range of building and woodworking projects. His works have been exhibited in Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver and Greece.
Artist website: www.drew-mosley.com

FACTS:
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Ontario K1N 6E2 Canada

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