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Foundling - Michele Karch Ackerman
Kitten Stories - Eugenie Fernandes
Home-Work
AGP ART Rental
November 12, 2011 to January 8, 2012
Foundling - Michele Karch Ackerman
Opening Reception: Sunday November 13, 2 – 5 pm
Foundling by Michele Karch Ackerman
Michelle Karch-Ackerman brings forward lost histories and buried pasts. Her exhibition Foundling transforms the gallery into a metaphorical canteen for unwed mothers. In this theatrical transformation of the exhibition space, we find one hundred (size six month old) one-piece baby sleepers suspended, ghost-like, above a fifty-foot table ornamented with one hundred mismatched teacups and saucers arranged in two rows. The table is adorned with a sweeping skirt made from vintage curtains that swirl at its many feet. Around this are eight little church card tables, each covered with a vintage table cloth and set with creamer, sugar bowl and a little framed copy of “the rules and regulations for girls and unwed mothers,” attended by a single chair. Accompanying the tables and floating baby’s gowns is a vintage depot secretary with 2 stainless steel shelves. These shelves hold teapots, tablecloths, and canisters of blessed tea, sugar, teaspoons and fresh baked cookies.
The artist explains, “My installation was created in honour of those secret lives. Foundling is my gift of acknowledgement and prayer for those young mothers and their babies and their sorrow.” In Foundling, the audience experiences the misunderstandings and myths of near-forgotten histories falling away as they become witness to the story retold.
This is the last stop on a very successful five gallery tour through Ontario. The exhibition and catalogue are presented in partnership with Grimsby Public Art Gallery, the Agnes Jamieson Gallery (Minden), and the Tom Thomson Art Gallery (Owen Sound).
Special Events:
Foundling Tea Service: Thursdays, 2:00 to 3:30 pm
November 17, 24, December 1, 8, 15, 2011
The artist will be on-site at throughout the exhibition to perform a Tea Service, in which gallery guests may participate. Special service can be arranged; please call to book.
Artist Talk and book signing: Sunday Nov 13, 2 pm to 5 pm.
A full-colour catalogue with essays by Virginia Eichhorn and Dominic Hardy accompanies the exhibition.
November 12, 2011 to January 8, 2012
Kitten Stories: Illustrations by Eugenie Fernandes
From Kitten's Autumn by Eugenie Fernandes
Kitten Stories showcases the 3-dimensional mixed media macquettes made by award-winning picture book author and illustrator, Eugenie Fernades (Peterborough area), for her book by the same name. The exhibition credits the illustrator as artist and makes significant the art of bookmaking to the viewer/seer/reader. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Fernandes has over 80 illustrated books in her name. Animals and landscapes made up of materials as diverse as clay, wood, shells, rocks, feathers, tea, and pine cones create imaginary spaces for her audience, which are primarily children.
Fernandes’ depictions of figures are playful and innocent. Her stories run parallel to the images and are characterized by simplicity and charm. Eugenie, who has lived in places as diverse as New York City and a thatch hut in the South Pacific, now lives beside a lake in Ontario. She works in a glass studio surrounded by her favorite things: trees, birds, brushes, water, frogs, sunshine, snow, her family, and there is never a dull moment. Special family events accompany this exhibition.
Sept 15, 2011 - Mar 4, 2012
HOME- WORK: From the AGP Permanent Collection
R. Lichtenstein, Against Apartheid, (1983) 6/100, serigraph on paper/em>
From the Permanent Collection: Home-Work exhibits a survey of contemporary artwork from the permanent collection that portrays domestic spaces revolving around the theme of work. Depictions of individuals at work in both urban domestic and rural settings will feature artists such as David Bierk, Barbara Astman, John Boyle, Roy Lichtenstein and more.
School education programs accompany these exhibitions.
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Nov 12, 2011 to Jan 8, 2012
AGP Art Rental Program
The AGP Art Rental & Sales program launches this fall with an exhibition of art works available for rent or purchase. The exhibition features Peer Christensen, John Climenhage, Marilyn Goslin, Molly Moldovan, Rob Niezen and Victoria Wallace. The AGP Art Rental program provides a great way to enjoy original works of art by the talented artists of the Kawarthas.
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