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John Nobrega |
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Dan Hughes |
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David Pellettier
'Woman with Oil Can'
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2005
John K. Grande and Shayne Dark
3pm, Sunday July 10th, 2005
Art Nature Dialogues
A conference and slide show with John K. Grande
Resource exploitation, a respect for nature, city planning, regionalism and cultural identity are all subjects that now preoccupy today’s pubic at large. Renowned for his writings concerning the environment and its rapport with art, John Grande will discuss the ways many artists now deal with such issues and how it affects their creative process, social concerns and even the way their art is distributed. John K. Grande will present a lecture on art and environment on July 10th at 3:00 p.m. at Edward Day Gallery. For the occasion Mr. Grande will present many examples of recently created environmental artworks from North America and Europe.
Writer and art critic John Grande’s reviews and feature articles have been published extensively in Artforum, Vice Versa, Sculpture, Art Papers, British Journal of Photography, Espace Sculpture, Public Art Review, Vie des Arts, Art On Paper, The Globe & Mail, Circa & Canadian Forum. The author of Balance: Art and Nature (Black Rose Book, 1994), Intertwining: Landscape, Technology, Issues, Artist (Black Rose Books, 1998) and Jouer avec le feu: Armand Vaillancourt: Sculpteur engagé (Montreal: Lanctot, 2001). John Grande has published numerous catalogue essays on selected artists and has taught art history at Bishops University. He co-authored Judy Garfin: Natural Disguise (Vehicule Press, Montreal, 1998) and Nils-Udo: Art with Nature (Wienard Verlag, Koln, Germany 2000) and his latest book is David Sorensen: Abstraction From Here to Now (Centre culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier, Valcourt, 2001). Mr. Grande’s Art Nature Dialogues is newly published by SUNY Press, New York (www.sunypress.edu), as is a newly expanded edition of Balance: Art and Nature (Black Rose Books, U. of Toronto distribution 1-800-565-9523.) Recent collaborations include Nature the End of Art: Alan Sonfist Landscapes and Le Mouvement Primitif: Patrick Dougherty and Adrian Maryniak. (Atelier 340, Brussel, Belgium 2005). www.grandescritique.com
Shayne Dark
Into the Blue
952 Queen St W
Toronto, Ontario
Join us in the courtyard of the 952 Queen St W Complex on July 10th to celebrate the installation, “Into the Blue” by artist Shayne Dark. Dark’s “Into the Blue”, a site specific cluster of blue sticks rises skyward 32'. A part of that series can also be seen gracing the skies at Kiwi Gardens near Perth, Ontario as part of the permanent Collection and an addition to the Kiwi Garden Sculpture project that runs all summer long. “Into the Blue” is presented in cooperation with Edward Day Gallery and Lonsdale Gallery.