AbEx to PoMo (by way of Nova Scotia)

In 1953, the year that the Dalhousie Art Gallery was officially named, Abstract Expressionism was in full swing throughout North America. 50 years later, despite perennial announcements of its demise, painting has demonstrated the capacity to reinvent itself again and again, and remains a force to be reckoned with in the protean world of Post-Modernism. This exhibition presents paintings, both figurative and abstract, produced by Canadian artists and acquired for the Dalhousie Art Gallery’s permanent collection during the last 50 years. Works by artists of significance to this region, in particular to Nova Scotia, take their place alongside artists of national and international significance, among them paintings by Jack Bush, John Clark, Cliff Eyland, Gerald Ferguson, Carol Fraser, Alfred Pellan, William Perehudoff, Christopher Pratt, Susan Scott, Ron Shuebrook and Monica Tap.