A Century of Canadian Drawing Selected from the Permanent Collection

Opening: Thursday, 24 June at 8:00pm

The Dalhousie Art Gallery's Permanent Collection is particularly strong in the area of works on paper, and of drawing in particular. This exhibition includes over 100 examples of drawing by Canadian artists from every period this century, beginning with classic sketches by Lawren Harris and Arthur Lismer, proceeding through works by artists such as Bertram Brooker, Lionel LeMoine Fitzgerald, and Christiane Pflug, to more contemporary works by Michael Snow, Joyce Wieland, Bill Boyle, Greg Curnoe, Tim Whiten, John Clark, Robert Fones, and Frank Nulf (to name a few). Selected by Sue Gibson Garvey, this collection includes many drawings by artists with strong ties to the Maritimes, such as Christopher Pratt, Alex Colville, Ruth Wainwright, Nancy Edell, Ron Shuebrook, Gerald Ferguson, Susan Wood, Roger Savage, Carol Fraser, Graham Metson, and Lance Belanger. The accompanying catalogue will procide an analysis of drawing in the changing contexts of art theory and practice in Canada in the 20th century, offering a useful perspective for thinking about drawing in all its modes.