Tuesday December 8 to Sunday March 7 at 1:00 pm
Gordon Smith: The Painted Pictures at the BAG
Gordon Smith: Printed Pictures
Burnaby Art Gallery
December 8, 2009 - March 7, 2010
Talk: January 17, 4:30pm
Publication Essays by Darrin Martens, Ian Thom and Rosemarie Tovell
Gordon Smith has been a practicing visual artist for nearly seven decades. For more than fifty years he has painted the Canadian landscape and has consistently explored the mediums of drawing, painting and printmaking in inventive and expressive ways. His work is found in major art centres such as the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., and in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England. His work is also found in the Vancouver Art Gallery and Burnaby Art Gallery. Gordon Smith has received numerous awards and honours throughout his career, including First Prize at the Biennial of Canadian Art in 1955, a Senior Fellowship from the Canada Council in 1960, an Honourary Doctorate from Simon Fraser University in 1973, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Allied Arts Medal in 1980, Professor Emeritus from the University of British Columbia in 1983 and an Honourary Doctorate from the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in 1995. He was awarded the Order of Canada for his significant contribution to Canadian culture in 1996 and the Governor Generals Award in Visual Arts in 2009. To date, no in-depth research or exhibition of Smith’s prints has been executed. The Printed Pictures shall showcase roughly 50 prints of the nearly 300 prints created by Smith over the past 70 years
Burnaby Art Gallery
December 8, 2009 - March 7, 2010
Talk: January 17, 4:30pm
Publication Essays by Darrin Martens, Ian Thom and Rosemarie Tovell
Gordon Smith has been a practicing visual artist for nearly seven decades. For more than fifty years he has painted the Canadian landscape and has consistently explored the mediums of drawing, painting and printmaking in inventive and expressive ways. His work is found in major art centres such as the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., and in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England. His work is also found in the Vancouver Art Gallery and Burnaby Art Gallery. Gordon Smith has received numerous awards and honours throughout his career, including First Prize at the Biennial of Canadian Art in 1955, a Senior Fellowship from the Canada Council in 1960, an Honourary Doctorate from Simon Fraser University in 1973, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Allied Arts Medal in 1980, Professor Emeritus from the University of British Columbia in 1983 and an Honourary Doctorate from the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in 1995. He was awarded the Order of Canada for his significant contribution to Canadian culture in 1996 and the Governor Generals Award in Visual Arts in 2009. To date, no in-depth research or exhibition of Smith’s prints has been executed. The Printed Pictures shall showcase roughly 50 prints of the nearly 300 prints created by Smith over the past 70 years
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