Tom Forrestall: Paintings, Drawings, Writings
Maurice Cullen and His Circle
Woodland School
Child's Play
Tom Forrestall: Paintings, Drawings, Writings Maurice Cullen and His Circle Woodland School Child's Play
Tom Forrestall: Paintings, Drawings, Writings
Organized and circulated by the
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
January 30 to April 25, 2010
Explore the “magical realism” of Tom Forrestall’s paintings, drawings, and journal sketchbooks by examining themes of nature and tensions between reality and the imagination. This retrospective exhibition chronicles the artist’s curious observation and exploration of his surroundings, the nature of his creativity, and the source of his visions, through his works.
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Pictured Above:
Tom Forrestall (b.1936)
The House at River Bend, December 2006–February 2007
egg tempera on masonite
78x5 x 78.5 cm
Private Collection, Ottawa
Maurice Cullen and His Circle
January 16 to March 21, 2010
Comprised of nearly forty oil paintings, this exhibition features works by Maurice Cullen together with those of some of his contemporaries, James Wilson Morrice and William Brymner, and the future generation of artists he inspired, including his stepson, Robert Pilot, and future member of the Group of Seven, A. Y. Jackson. These works reveal the complex relationships between the urban and rural boundaries which existed around such cities as Montreal and Quebec in the late 19th and early 20th century.
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Pictured Above:
Maurice Cullen, 1866–1934
The Ice Harvest, c. 1913
oil on canvas
76.3 x 102.4 cm
Purchased 1913
National Gallery of Canada
no. 740
Woodland School
October 24, 2009 to May 9, 2010The Woodland School exhibition examines the vibrant artworks by Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Carl Ray, Alex Janvier, Blake Debassige, Saul Williams, Martin Panamick, Goyce Kakegamic, and other Woodland School artists.
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Pictured Above:
Blake Debassige , (b. 1956)
Bear Feeding, 1975
acrylic on canvas
76.5 x 76.5 cm
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Purchase 1975
1975.40.4
Child's Play
September 13, 2008 to February 14, 2010
Based exclusively on the McMichael’s permanent collection, Child’s Play is an educational exhibition exploring the theme of children in Canadian art.
Curated by the education and programs department at the McMichael, this exhibition is strongly narrative in character. The twenty-five presented works offer a glimpse into the intimate world of childhood and parenthood, where along the usual conveyance of love, joy and dreams, there is a sombre anxiety or a sense of struggle in coping with reality. Child’s Play examines the challenge of growing up in a world infused with the social and political conflicts of adults—a world in which even “child’s play” is not as simple and straightforward as it may appear.
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Pictured Above:
Pegi Nicol MacLeod, 1904-1949
Young Girl at the Window , date unknown
oil on canvas
80.7 x 68.5 cm
McMichael Canadian Art Collection,
Purchase 1985
1985.40
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The Founders' Story |
Don’t miss this display of archival photographs and accompanying texts recounting the history of the McMichael from its early beginnings in the home of Robert and Signe McMichael through the donation to the Province in 1965, until the Founders’ retirement in 1981.
Learn more about our Founders’ passion for collecting and their mutual vision – a vision that enabled the creation of a unique public art gallery, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
To view The Founders’ Story visit the ramp leading from Gallery 1 to the restaurant.
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Pictured Above:
Robert McMichael signing the Gift Agreement, with Premier John Robarts
and Signe McMichael, November 18th, 1965
Photo by the Ontario Department of Tourism and Information
Revisions: Stories from the Collection
Ongoing:
Dialogue and Divergence: Art of the Northwest Coast explores relationships between the First Nations and non-First Nations cultures of British Columbia. The exhibition contrasts moments of dialogue with periods of divergence when the diverse communities of people who reside on the Coast appear to follow their own paths. Perhaps more than any other Canadian province, British Columbia’s history of conflict and cohabitation between First Nations and non-First Nations communities has been played out through the art and material culture of the region.
