Day: 15 September 2016

  • Graffiti workshop at Sculpture Park

    Graffiti workshop at Sculpture Park

    WORKSHOP @ GODFREY
    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1st.

    Artist Stefan Duerst is always open to new creative experiences and expressions.  He is currently working on a collaboration with renown German graffiti artist, Loomit, who will be spending the week of September 25th to October 2nd in residence at Duerst’s Godfrey Sculpture Park. While there, Loomit will be using his free-flowing style of spray painting to add another level of depth to Stefan’s latest works, which he has specifically prepared for this collaboration and will be exhibited at Studio 22, beginning November 15th.  The public is welcome to drop by and witness the two artists at work.
    Loomit will be also be hosting a one-day workshop on Saturday, October 1st  to share his techniques of wall prep, priming, layout,  lettering and more.  The fee for this course is $100+ $30 for materials.  Prerequisite:  basic drawing or painting skills.  For additional  information or to register for this workshop, please contact Stefan Deurst at 613-329-8096 or duerst@gmail.com 

  • ILLUSION • Photographs – Andrew Danson Danushevsky

    ILLUSION • Photographs – Andrew Danson Danushevsky

    Exhibition

     Renowned photographer Andrew Danson Danushevsky returns to Studio 22 Open Gallery with a new collection.  

    This fall marks the return of internationally recognized Canadian photographer, educator, author, and curator Andrew Danson Danushevsky to Kingston’s own Studio 22 Open Gallery.   Actively exhibiting since 1973, and featured in over 50 exhibitions both in Canada and internationally, Danson Danushevsky is perhaps best known for his remarkable series of iconic portraits of prominent Canadian politicians, which became the national bestseller Unofficial Portraits:  Canadian Politicians Photographed by Themselves (1987).

    The current exhibition, entitled Illusion, like the artist himself, defies simple description.  Andrew Danson Danushevsky is no less a social commentator than an artist.  With his latest body of work he proposes a new dialogue with and about the medium of photography itself.  The grid photographs are symbolic portrayals of the ubiquity of digital imagery and the way in which we engage, or perhaps disengage, from photography in our modern age.

    The interplay between multiplicity and simplicity, distance and clarity is revealed, playfully, as perhaps an illusion.  By challenging our perceptions of the limits of what photography is meant to do, Danson Danushevsky invites us to move with him beyond art for art sake, and participate in an invaluable conversation about the uniqueness of perspective in a world bombarded by both mundane and provocative imagery.  Ultimately, he reminds us that every view stems from and leads back to a worldview.  What we share and what we borrow overlap in unimaginable landscapes.

    Illusion is on display at Studio 22, from September 27-Novemember 5, 2016.

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  • Notionography – New Works by Wallace Edwards

    Notionography – New Works by Wallace Edwards

    Exhibition

    Award-Winning Local Artist brings Ideas to Life at Studio22.

    Studio 22 Open Gallery is delighted to present Notionography, an exhibit of new work by Governor General’s Literary Award-winning author and illustrator Wallace Edwards.  The Yarker-based artist and beloved children’s book author is a busy man; his paintings and illustrations are found in numerous public and private collections and publications.  In addition to his solo exhibition at Studio 22, Edwards will also be launching a new book, What Is Peace?, as part of Kingston’s Writers Fest.

    Wallace Edwards loves to play with ideas. The exhibition of new work explores the way our subconscious mind mysteriously manifests and manipulates myriad images, incorporating ideas into imaginative illustrations.  “Notionography refers to a deep pool of ideas,”explains the artist.  “It’s like snorkeling- I like snorkeling.  Things emerge.”

    The exhibition, which features pieces Edwards refers to as “found art,” is made up of drawings and collages reworked and reinterpreted from some of his older sketches. The show also features new acrylic paintings on board, which Edwards has dubbed “stark animal portraits,” that represent a bit of a departure for an artist renowned for his elaborately imaginative children’s illustrations.  These bold paintings are deceptively simple, inviting the viewer into a thoughtful examination of artistic precision.

    Notionography, the wonderful and whimsical world of Wallace Edwards is on display at Studio 22 Open Gallery, from September 27-November 5, 2016.

    Local press about Wallace Edward’s upcoming exhibit…

    http://www.kingstonregion.com/whatson-story/6870940-local-artist-explores-new-and-old-levels-of-consciousness-in-upcoming-exhibit/

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