A selection of historical oils and watercolours dating from the 17th to 19th centuries from the Gallery’s permanent collection which were either painted or portrayed in the British Isles….
Oriental miniatures were painted predominantly in Iran and India, where royalty had a long tradition of creating and collecting manuscript libraries. Calligraphers would live within the court and produce commissioned manuscripts, usually to commemorate special occasions. In the exhibition are approximately 25 miniatures from the Gallery’s collection.
This didactic exhibition includes inmages of which have a strongs sense of place, vast open landscapes contrast with close, intimate interiors, images which lead the viewer in, and others that reach out to envelope the viewer’s space. This exhibition is designed for people to explore and discover through active participation, using games and materials suitable…
A selection of drawings by Inuit artists collected by Terry Ryan in 1964 when he travelled to Baffin Island and encouraged the Inuit, many of whom had never drawn before, to express their ideas and stories through drawing. Courtesy of the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Guest curator George Wallace presents and exploratory survey of European, Canadian, and American wood engravings from the 16th to 20th centuries. The exhibition also includes examples of tools, sample blocks and descriptions of techniques.
Lyrical images of the circus including dancers on the slack wire, acrobats on horses, and unicylists are captured in 12 brightly painted canvasses by James Gordaneer. An image painter, Gordaneer uses the circus to explore formal and colour considerations. This series is a culmination of recent explorations into abstraction, the use of flat panes of colour, and his earlier indulgences into painterly surrealism.
Victoria artist Roberta Sutherland creates her mixed media works by layering paint, paper, and found fabrics, incorporating torn edges and calligraphic strokes which recall the random symmetry of nature. A world traveller, Sutherland uses predominently earth tones combined with metallic colours. She attributes her appreciation of texture and natural pigments to the time she spent in Africa.
Ceramics, textile screens, oil paintings, and other works by 15 of Japan’s leading contemporary artists, including Saito, Hamada, Rosanjin, and anti-nuclear ceramicist Kazuaki Kita, are featured.
A selection of historical oil paintings from the collection will be on view including Antonio Joli’s “Westminster Bridge on Lord Mayor’s Day,” Michele Marieschi’s “Venice and the Doge’s Barge,” and Jacopo Amigoni’s “Aeneas and Queen Dido.”
