Exhibitions and Events
Atlantica: The View from Away
This exhibition features an unprecedented gathering of paintings by artists who came to the Atlantic region in the first half of the twentieth century to paint, and who were either significantly transformed by the experience or had significant influence on others. Works by well-known artists such as Lawren S. Harris, Marsden Hartley, A. Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, Rockwell Kent, J. E. H.
Paul Bernhardt: The Alien Shore
Opening: Wednesday, 12 May at 7:00pm
These unusual mixed-media paintings on steel by Halifax-based emerging artist Paul Bernhardt explore the tension between various oppositions: image and surface, beauty and toxicity, abstraction and figuration. Landscape references emerge from the the richly-worked steel surfaces, on which the artist has used abrasive tools, rusting and patinating agents, as well as oil, tar and enamel. Viewers are both attracted and repelled by the resultant works and their layered implications.
20th Century Prints: Works from the Permanent Collection
About two-thirds of Dalhousie Art Gallery's permanent collection holdings are works on paper, and over half of these are prints. These comprise a range of historical, modern and contemporary prints including woodcuts, etchings and aquatints, wood and metal engravings, lithographs, serigraphs, relief prints and monotypes. This exhibition marks an opportunity to examine and celebrate the often overlooked fine art medium of printmaking, to consider its various processes and histories, and to view the range of visual expression encompassed in modern and contemporary printmaking.
Theodore Wan
Opening: Thursday 15 January at 8:00 pm
Curator Christine Conley will be present to give a guided tour at the opening.
Arthur Handy: New Work
Opening: Thursday 15 January at 8:00 pm
Paul Doucette: Views of Dalhousie
Opening reception: Thursday, 27 November 8 pm
This small exhibition of works by Nova Scotian photographer Paul Doucette has been selected as part of our 50th Anniversary celebratory programming. Doucette’s elegant black and white prints draw attention to architectural features of the Dalhousie campus that many of us pass by daily with hardly a glance. Through the subtle use of light, close-ups and cropping, Doucette creates formally beautiful images that encourage us to contemplate familiar views as if for the first time.
