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Archived Exhibitions

HARRY STANBRIDGE: COME ZION – A SELECTION OF RECENT PAINTINGS

April 16, 1987 April 16, 1987

Large abstracts inspired by religious experience, the works of Victoria artist Harry Stanbridge are characterized by viels of layered colour with contrasting stripes and bars.

MINIATURE SHINTO SHRINES OF JAPAN

April 16, 1987 April 16, 1987

CATALOGUE

INDIAN AND PERSIAN MINIATURES

April 9, 1987 April 9, 1987

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.

THE BRITISH LANDSCAPE

April 9, 1987 April 9, 1987

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….

A SENSE OF PLACE

March 26, 1987 March 26, 1987

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…

NORTH BAFFIN ISLAND DRAWINGS

February 5, 1987 February 5, 1987

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.

THE ART OF WOOD ENGRAVING

February 5, 1987 February 5, 1987

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.

JAMES GORDANEER: THE CIRCUS SERIES

February 5, 1987 February 5, 1987

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.

ROBERTA SUTHERLAND: EARTH BIRTHING

February 5, 1987 February 5, 1987

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.
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