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M.C. Escher:
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the mathemagician
Did you know about the
interesting Canadian connection
to the art of M.C. Escher? The
writings of University of Toronto
mathematician H. S. M. Coxeter
inspired Escher to do a series
of prints on what he called the
“Coxeter system.” One of the
resulting pieces, Circle Limit III,
can be seen in Glenbow’s current
exhibition, M.C. Escher:
The Mathemagician.
Above: Kent Monkman in his studio
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KENT MONKMAN
Above: M.C. Escher, The Drowned Cathedral, January 1929, Woodcut on japan paper, 79.2 x 48.3
cm; image: 72 x 41.6 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Gift of George Escher, Mahone Bay,
Nova Scotia, 1985 © 2013 The M.C. Escher Company-the Netherlands. All rights reserved. Used by
permission. www.mcescher.com Photo © NGC
Kent Monkman is an artist of Cree ancestry who
explores non-native interpretations of Aboriginal
life as depicted in historical documents and
traditional western art. Monkman’s artworks offer
untold, imaginary or irreverent alternatives to
generally accepted storylines.
His approach contrasts the mythology of the
West with differing perspectives on historical
reality and examines romantic notions and
often negative stereotypes that continue to
inform opinions about Aboriginal history and
contemporary life.
Front cover: M.C. Escher, Sky and Water I, June 1938. Woodcut on japan paper, 48.9 x 50 cm; image: 43.8 x 43.8 cm. National Gallery of Canada,
Ottawa © 2013 The M.C. Escher Company-the Netherlands. All rights reserved. Used by permission. www.mcescher.com Photo © NGC
2013 contents
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Launch Party
The best art party in town
10Calendar of Events
Your complete guide to
Glenbow Museum for Spring/
Summer 2013
12Shop
Beautiful buys exclusive to the
Glenbow Museum Shop
13Talks & Tours
18From the President
Learn more about the art and
the artists
14Special Events
Donna Livingstone, interim
President and CEO
20Upcoming Exhibitions
Programming inspired by the
feature exhibitions
Exciting exhibitions coming
this fall
16Family Programs
Fun hands-on activities for
all ages
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The 1970s
At 192 cm x 276.5 cm, Joice
Hall’s Summer Garden
(1979) represents the shift to
large-scale pieces by many
Calgary artists in the 1970s.
As they increasingly gained
national recognition, many of
these artists found that their
works were just as likely to be
hanging in boardrooms or the
galleries of public institutions as
they were in private parlours.
Left: Joice Hall, Summer Garden, 1979, Collection
of Glenbow Museum
SPECIAL EVENT:
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ART FOR THE SENSES
Have your modern art and eat it, too! The art-inspired desserts
served at the Blue Bottle Café in San Franciso‘s Museum of Modern
Art have proven so popular that pastry chef Caitlin Freeman has
published a book of recipes based on the treats (Rothko Toast or
Frida Kahlo Wedding Cookies, anyone?). Now the SFMOMA chefs
join Glenbow for a decadent evening featuring a talk by the author,
wine and food pairings and creations by SAIT culinary students
inspired by artworks found in Made in Calgary: The 1970s.
Above: Mondrian Cake (vanilla and red velvet
cake with chocolate ganache);
photo: Charles Villyard
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hibition
May 25–August 18
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) is one of the world’s
most famous and recognized artists. Images of his work are
reproduced and appreciated by millions of people around
the world, yet few have a sense of the depth and details of
the artist’s career.
This exhibition features over 50 works
selected from the collection of the National
Gallery of Canada, and includes prints that
represent the different themes and areas
of study that fascinated this extraordinary
artist. The works selected for the exhibition
trace Escher’s work from his earliest prints,
works such as Eight Heads (1922), the first
work that shows the artist’s experimentations
with the regular division of a planar surface,
which was produced during the artist’s
enrollment at the School of Architecture and
Ornamental Design in Haarlem, Netherlands.
After graduating in 1922, Escher travelled to
Italy, eventually settling in Rome, where he
remained until 1935. During these 12 years,
Escher toured the Italian countryside, drawing
and sketching images for the prints that he
would produce later in his studio at home.
Mostly cross grain wood-cuts, these early
works are more naturalistic representations
of the Italian landscape (that are both lesser
known and reproduced), with a few dream-like
images such as Castle in the Air (1928) and
The Drowned Cathedral (1929), that evoke the
artist’s later interest in uncanny juxtapositions
and architectures of the imagination.
In 1935-36, the interest that Escher had
shown in the world around him expands
from a more traditional study of the physical
landscape to an intense engagement with
the physics of the world – of reflective
M.C. Escher, Depth, October 1955, Wood engraving and woodcut in black, green, and orange on laid japan paper, 42.5 x 30.5 cm; block: 32 x 23 cm,
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Gift of George Escher, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, 1988 © 2013 The M.C. Escher Company-the Netherlands. All rights reserved.
Used by permission. www.mcescher.com Photo © NGC
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surfaces, plays with perspective and illusions
of depth – and with an interest in the
order, symmetry and geometric logic of
mathematics. The exhibition features iconic
images such as Day and Night (1938) and
Sky and Water I (1938), as well as examples
of Escher’s studies of the multiple variations
possible in the regular division of the plane
through images representing his study of
glide reflection, the metamorphosis of
forms and size reduction. This can be seen
in works such as Circle Limit III (1959) and
Circle Limit IV (Heaven and Hell) (1960).
The exhibition also includes examples
of Escher’s experiments with different
printmaking techniques, from the use of
lithography seen in works such as The Bridge
(1930) and Tropea Calabria (1931), to one
of the artist’s few etchings, the mezzotint
Mummified Frog of 1946. Finally, the exhibition
includes examples of Escher’s plays with
impossible architectures Relativity (1953),
Belvedere (1958) and Waterfall (1961).
Above: M.C. Escher, Relativity, July 1953, Lithograph on cream wove paper, 39.3 x 40.3 cm; image: 27.9 x 28.9 cm. National Gallery of
Canada, Ottawa. Gift of George Escher, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, 1990. © 2013 The M.C. Escher Company-the Netherlands.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. www.mcescher.com Photo © NGC
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launch party
Saturday, May 25
DJ Myke Atkinson
Visuals by Joe
Kelly
The Soft Option
LAUNCH PARTY
SATURDAY, MAY 25
Get your Saturday night started at our
Spring/Summer Launch Party! Celebrate the
opening of our latest exhibitions – M.C. Escher:
The Mathemagician, Made in Calgary: The
1970s and The Big Four – at the best art party
in town. Hot local band The Soft Option and
our sizzling DJ, Myke Atkinson will provide the
soundtrack for a night of mingling and meetups with visuals provided by artist Joe Kelly. The
Launch Party is your opportunity to check out
Glenbow after hours, while cooling your spring
fever at the cash bar.
7:00–10:00pm
Pay-what-you-can at the door, cash bar
Please RSVP by May 24 to
rsvp@glenbow.org or 403.268.4110
Supported by:
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feature exhibition
Kent Monkman
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May 25–August 18
Inspired by the history of the iconic Calgary Stampede at
the time of its 100th anniversary in 2012, The Big Four is
a new work by acclaimed Canadian artist Kent Monkman
commissioned by Glenbow Museum.
Monkman plays with numerology in the title of the exhibition:
the number four refers to the financial backers of the first
Calgary Stampede and is also of symbolic importance to many
indigenous nations, including the Blackfoot of southern Alberta.
The installation centers on four “junker” automobiles, that function
as display cases for video works, native-themed collectables and
artifacts from Glenbow’s collection.
These kinds of scrapped cars serve
a multitude of practical purposes in
economically marginalized communities:
potential transportation, a necessary
source of spare parts or even shelter.
One of the vehicles in the installation is
an “escape car” – a reference by the artist
to the systematic institutionalization of
Aboriginal people through the reserve
system and residential schools. This
legacy of incarceration continues today in
the form of the disproportionate numbers
of Aboriginal people in the Canadian
prison system.
Monkman relates these ideas of
incarceration and mobility to the first year
of the Calgary Stampede. In 1912, the
Stampede’s creator, Guy Weadick, had
to secure permission from the federal
government for Aboriginal people to
legally leave their reserves to participate in
the inaugural Stampede.
During his research visit to the 2012
Centennial Stampede, Monkman met with
elders at the Stampede’s Indian Village.
These conversations influenced another
layer of The Big Four, tying back to the
hierarchy of Stampede events. While First
Nations people are proud participants in
many aspects of the Stampede, some of
them commented on a disparity in prize
money awarded for mainstream rodeo
events compared to “Indian” events.
In The Big Four, Monkman uses his
trademark insight and wit to create a
multi-layered narrative that illuminates the
significance of mobility and transportation
while encouraging questions about the
disparities that have plagued the relationship
between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal
society throughout our shared history.
IN CONVERSATION: kent monkman
THE BIG FOUR
SATURDAY, MAY 25
6:00–7:00pm
ConocoPhillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum
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Facing page: Glenbow Archives NA-4069-6/National Archives of Canada PA30224
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feature exhibition
The
1970s
Organized by Glenbow Museum; Curated by Ron Moppett
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May 25–August 11
Made in Calgary is a five-part exhibition series that explores the
character of Calgary’s artistic community from 1960 to 2000. Each
exhibition will reflect the contributions of individual artists in the
context of the social and cultural factors that influenced their work.
In the 1970s, Calgary grew up, way up. Thanks to a petroleum-fueled economic boom,
the city saw unprecedented change. In the span of a decade, the province’s population
increased by a third, and our skyline scaled new heights, with Calgary superseding
Chicago and New York in the annual amount of construction permits issued.
In the 1960s, social and professional hubs for
local artists were limited to one or two places,
but the 1970s saw the opening of a new building
for the Alberta College of Art (and a new gallery
within), a new arts department at the University of
Calgary and a new home for Glenbow Museum.
of Made in Calgary: The 1970s, the second
installment in Glenbow’s five-part Made in
Calgary series, “[It’s] one thing to have all
these influences, but the whole thing about
exhibitions was key – that there was the
opportunity to show and sell here … and away.”
These institutions not only made it possible
for a greater variety of major national and
international exhibitions to tour the city, they
fostered the recruitment of art professionals from
around the globe to work and teach. So while
Alberta College of Art launched its new gallery
with a ceramics exhibition that had just shown
at England’s prestigious Victoria and Albert
Museum, the College also welcomed into its
classrooms and studios an influx of prestigious,
university-educated artists from abroad who
were exploring new mediums and idea-based
art not rooted in the tradition of representation.
Although traditional materials such as wood and
canvas still dominated art practices in Western
Canada, the import of new ideas inspired Calgary
artists to explore different materials and forms,
from plastic to video to performance art.
For the first time, Calgary artists were able
to entertain the notion of a full-time career
in art making.
This adventurous spirit resonates through
the works on display in Made in Calgary: The
1970s, revealing an artistic community in full
embrace of many new avenues of expression.
“The big thing in the ‘70s was the importance
of exhibitions,” says Ron Moppett, curator
“You have the beginnings of artists thinking,
‘Well, I may still have to have a day job but it’s
not going to be working in the mine like some
people before me because there are exhibition
possibilities and if things go well, maybe I don’t
have to teach the rest of my life,’” says Moppett.
Such significant shifts in the attitudes of local
artists in their perceptions of themselves and
their work were par for the course in the ‘70s.
As the city expanded upwards and outwards,
so did the ambitions of its most creative
citizens, gaining them recognition and respect
both here at home and across Canada.
IN CONVERSATION: Panel discussion
THE TADPOLE QUARTET AND MADE IN
CALGARY: THE 1970s
Thursday, June 6
7:00–9:00pm
ConocoPhillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum
Learn more: page 13
Facing page: Katie Ohe, Puddle I, 1976, Collection of Glenbow Museum
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calendar of events
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May 11 SPECIAL EVENT
Asian Heritage Celebration
1:00pm
May 17 SPECIAL EVENT
Buddha’s Birthday
12:00pm
June 6 TALKS & TOURS
In Conversation Panel
Discussion:
Made In Calgary: The 1970s
7:00pm
June 13 TALKS & TOURS
Out For Lunch:
Made in Calgary: The 1970s
12:00pm
July SPECIAL EVENT
Art on the Mall
Tuesdays and Thursdays
(Every day during Stampede)
12:00pm
July 20 SPECIAL EVENT
Art For the Senses:
Modern Art Cakes
7:00pm
August SPECIAL EVENT
Art on the Mall
Tuesdays and Thursdays
12:00pm
August 11 EXHIBITION CLOSES
Made in Calgary: The 1970s
August 18 EXHIBITIONS CLOSE
M.C. Escher: The Mathemagician
The Big Four
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May 25 TALKS & TOURS
In Conversation: Kent Monkman
on The Big Four
6:00pm
May 25 LAUNCH PARTY
Celebrate the Spring/Summer
Exhibitions
7:00pm
June 18 SPECIAL EVENT
Sled Island Film Screening
Museum Hours
7:30 pm
June 19 SPECIAL EVENT
Sled Island Film Screening
Sign Painters
7:30pm
for more information visit www.glenbow.org
May 25 SPRING/SUMMER
EXHIBITIONS OPEN
M.C. Escher: The Mathemagician
The Big Four
Made in Calgary: The 1970s
Museum Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday–Thursday: 9:00am–5:00pm
Friday: 11:30am–7:30pm
Saturday: 9:00am–5:00pm
Sunday: 12:00–5:00pm
May 30 TALKS & TOURS
Out For Lunch:
Made in Calgary: The 1970s
12:00pm
Library and Archives HOURS
Tuesday–Thursday: 10:00am–4:30pm
June 20 SPECIAL EVENT
Aboriginal Awareness Week
Film Screening
Racing the Rez
7:00pm
June 22 WEEKEND AT THE
MUSEUM
Out of Sight Dyn-O-mite
9:00am
June 23 WEEKEND AT THE
MUSEUM
Out of Sight Dyn-O-mite
9:00am
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shop
With graceful, fluid lines, not
dissimilar to the curves of a
sleek, deconstructivist building,
the jewellery design of HK + NP
Studio is rooted in architecture.
Hiroko Kobayashi (HK) was born in Japan,
and is a graduate of the architectural
program at Nihon University in Tokyo,
while Canadian-born Neil Prakash (NP) is
a graduate of the University of Manitoba’s
architectural program. The two met while
apprenticing at the same firm in 2005
and launched HK + NP five years later.
Kobayashi and Prakash’s jewellery design
philosophy involves “establishing a formal
language” consisting of clear forms,
distinct lines and refined details.
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Top: Q Series; Above: Twist Series
The bangles, earrings, pendants and
rings of HK + NP’s “Twist” series are
informed and inspired by the soft ripples
in a pond created by a light rain, the twist
of silver evoking “the ripple’s presence
as it moves through the room.”
The “Q” series, which includes cuff links,
takes its cue from cherry blossoms emerging
in the springtime. “Its simple shape holds
the anticipation of those awaiting to see
its beauty in moment both temporary and
fleeting,” describe Prakash and Kobayashi.
HK + NP Studio designs are available in Calgary
exclusively at the Glenbow Museum Shop.
talks & tours
Made in Calgary: The 1960s panel discussion
OUT FOR LUNCH TOURS
Satisfy your appetite for knowledge with
our special noon-hour programming.
12:00pm
Meet in the second floor lobby
Members Free/General $5
MADE IN CALGARY: THE 1970s
THURSDAY, MAY 30 and THURSDAY, JUNE 13
Join exhibition curator Ron Moppett for
insight and context about Calgary’s art world
in the ‘70s, a time of tremendous growth and
ambition in the city and the art community.
IN CONVERSATION: kent monkman
THE BIG FOUR
SATURDAY, MAY 25
Acclaimed Canadian artist Kent Monkman
discusses his largest and most ambitious
diorama installation to date. The Big Four is
the result of Monkman’s visit to the 100th
anniversary of the Calgary Stampede in
2012 and his interactions with Glenbow’s
collections. His newest work draws on archival
documents, historical images, film footage,
Blackfoot artifacts and historical artifacts
documenting the history of the Calgary
Stampede, the rodeo and the Indian Village.
IN CONVERSATION:
panel discussion
MADE IN CALGARY: THE 1970s
THURsDAY, JUNE 6
Prominent Calgary artists active during the
1970s join exhibition curator Ron Moppett for a
panel discussion on the myriad ways in which
the decade shaped the city’s creative output
– from the opening of new institutions to the
influx of ideas from afar to increased corporate
patronage as a result of the economic boom.
As an example of the move towards
experience-based conceptual art in the
‘70s, the evening’s program will include a
special performance of Paul Woodrow’s
The Tadpole Quartet.
In the piece (conceived in the ‘70s and only
performed once), a quartet of musicians
perform a “song” by reading a music ledger
painted on an aquarium, taking their cues from
the shifting “notes“: the fish in the aquarium.
Doors and bar service at 6:30pm
Tadpole Quartet performance at 7:00pm
Panel discussion at 7:45pm
ConocoPhillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum
Members $10/General $12
Call 403.268.4110 to purchase tickets
Doors and bar service at 5:30pm
6:00–7:00pm
ConocoPhillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum
Members $10/General $12
Call 403.268.4110 to purchase tickets
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special events
Still from the movie Sign Painters
SLED ISLAND MUSIC AND ARTS
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Glenbow Museum partners with Sled Island to
co-present intriguing and artful films.
Standing Amida Buddha
ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH
This May, Glenbow joins the Asian
community as they celebrate their culture
and heritage. Our Many Faces, Many Paths:
Art of Asia gallery includes more than 80
superb sculptures from across Asia. This
collection represents the splendid artistic
heritage of the growing population of Asian
Canadians in our city and province.
BUDDHA’S BIRTHDAY
FRIDAY, MAY 17
Help us celebrate Buddha’s birthday during
your lunch break with a talk and a ceremony,
followed by cake and refreshments.
12:00pm
Meet in the second floor lobby
Members Free/General $5
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MUSEUM HOURS
TUESDAY, JUNE 18
Canadian music icon Mary Margaret
O’Hara stars in this film about a guard at
Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Art Museum who
befriends an enigmatic visitor, sparking an
exploration of their lives and the ways in
which artworks reflect and shape the world.
SIGN PAINTERS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19
A documentary about the craft of handlettered sign making, a once widespread trade
that has come close to obsolescence thanks
to the proliferation of computer designs, diecut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers. The film
profiles two dozen sign painters dedicated
to preserving this time-honoured tradition.
7:30pm
ConocoPhillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum
Free admission with Sled Island pass
Individual tickets $10
Call 403.268.4110 for ticket information.
Koyai Clauschee (Navajo) and Darrick Joey (Navajo)
running at the 2009 Page Invitational in Page,
Arizona; Photo Shaun Martin
ABORIGINAL AWARENESS WEEK
Film Screening: RACING THE REZ
THURSDAY, JUNE 20
Join us for the Canadian premiere of the
documentary Racing the Rez, followed by a
discussion with director Brian Truglio. The film
follows cross country runners from rival Navajo
and Hopi reservation high schools in Northern
Arizona. The student athletes put it all on the
line for tribal pride, triumph over personal
adversity and state championship glory.
Doors and bar service at 6:30pm
Film at 7:00pm
ConocoPhillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum
Members $10/General $12
Call 403.268.4110 to purchase tickets
BLACKFOOT BEADING
FRIDAY, JUNE 21
People of all ages are invited to the learn about
traditional Blackfoot beadwork and then use
a tabletop loom to create an original design.
For further inspiration, visit the Blackfoot
Gallery: Niitsitapiisinni: Our Way of Life.
11:30am–4:30pm
ARC Discovery Room
Free with general admission
Thiebaud Cake, inspired by the painting Chocolate Cake
(1971), features layers of chocolate cake, coffee ganache,
and vanilla buttercream; Photo: Charles Villyard
ART FOR THE SENSES
MODERN ART CAKES
SaturDAY, JUly 20
Celebrated pastry chefs from the Blue Bottle
at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art
visit Glenbow for one night only to discuss
their famous art-inspired treats. SAIT culinary
students will prepare their own edible
masterpieces based on their interpretations
of artworks in Made in Calgary: The 1970s.
Plus: wine pairings, tastings and much more.
7:00pm
Second floor lobby
Tickets $40
Call 403.268.4110 to purchase tickets
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family programs
ARC DISCOVERY ROOM
The ARC Discovery Room is the perfect
place for visitors of all ages to enjoy
hands-on art activities and explore the
ideas featured in Glenbow exhibitions.
The ARC Discovery Room is open daily
during museum hours, but may be reserved
for private groups and school bookings on
weekdays. Please ask at the admission desk
or call ahead to inquire about closures.
The activities listed below will be available from
May 25–August 18.
SPIRAL ART
Get into the spirit of Made in Calgary and have
some fun with our spiral art kits, a favourite
educational toy of the ‘70s generation.
The intricate patterns created with these
geometric drawing toys also relate to the
mathematically structured illusions found
in the work of M.C. Escher. Grab a template
and some coloured pens and create your
own trippy modern-day masterpiece.
The ARC Discovery Room is supported by:
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SPINNING SCULPTURES
As you’ll see in Made in Calgary: The 1970s,
large scale abstract sculpture came to
prominence as a creative form in Calgary
in the 1970s. Come to the Discovery Room
and build your own miniature, movable
sculptures from a variety of materials.
EXPLORATIONS IN ART
There’s a lot to discover in the Made in Calgary
exhibition, and our exploration guide offers
clues for you to follow, revealing amazing
facts about Calgary and the artists working in
the city during the 1970s. Pick up an activity
sheet in the Discovery Room and, once it’s
completed, turn it in to compete for a prize.
A perfect activity to involve the whole family.
ART ON THE MALL
July 2 – August 29
Join our museum educators out on Stephen
Avenue Mall for sun, fun and collaborative art
making. Our team will bring the artmaking
outside on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout
the summer (and every day during Stampede).
$32
Family admis
sion
(Includes 2 ad
ults &
up to 4 youth)
Free for mem
bers
WEEKEND AT THE MUSEUM
Out of Sight Dyn-O-mite!
June 22 -23
Get ready for a magical weekend of action
and activities at Glenbow. Drawing on Escher’s
illusory example, Glenbow presents Out
of Sight Dyn-O-mite!, featuring magician
Malcom Russell’s sleight of hand magic,
which includes both new and classic
tricks and feats of mental dexterity. Just as
M.C. Escher is famed for creating mindbending “impossible landscapes,” magician
Russell promises to make the “impossible
… suddenly, delightfully possible.”
Magician Malcom Russell
All weekend there will be plenty of
‘70s-inspired arts and crafts activities for all
ages. Get a blast from the past by decorating
your own Pet Rock or creating a Velveteen
painting. Whether you’re a parent or a kid,
we’re sure you’ll create something that’s
both out-of-sight and dyn-o-mite!
All activities, workshops and supplies are
included with admission or membership.
9:00am–5:00pm
$32 Family admission
(Includes two adults and up to four youth)
Free for members
Please visit www.glenbow.org for details.
Weekend at the Museum supported by
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from the president
We seek to set the stage for
curiosity and discovery, and we
look to our community to help
us define what is relevant and
meaningful to our audiences.
Glenbow provides Calgarians with a sense of
place – an appreciation for the history that has
shaped us and the influences that continue to
change the way we look at the world.
Calgary has produced over the last 50 years
explores the city’s artistic heritage and captures
the personal stories of the artists who have been
instrumental in building our art community.
This sense of place is an evolving thing,
constantly up for interpretation and fresh
perspectives. Glenbow’s remarkable collections
offer exciting possibilities to increase
understanding, to share ideas, and to make
sometimes surprising connections between the
stories embedded in objects and artworks and
the audiences who discover them.
As each decade in the Made in Calgary series is
unveiled in the galleries, it is exciting to witness
how art making in Calgary has grown and
changed over the years. One consistent theme
is the supportiveness and community spirit that
thrives with each new generation of artists.
Glenbow’s five-part exhibition series, Made
in Calgary, is an engaging way of celebrating
Calgary’s creative community while placing it
in the larger context of history, art and culture.
This showcase of the remarkably diverse art that
Above: Photo by Dave Brown;
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Glenbow’s greatest sense of place comes from
people. Calgarians from all backgrounds inspire
the exhibitions and programs that we create
and bring to the museum. We seek to set the
stage for curiosity and discovery, and we look
to our community to help us define what is
relevant and meaningful to our audiences.
NEW ACQUISITIONS
Thanks to a generous gift by one of our most
supportive patrons, Glenbow Museum recently
acquired two paintings by Group of Seven
members.
The acquisition of A.J. Casson’s Cache Bay (1919)
and Franklin Carmichael’s Barns and Elms,
Southern Ontario (c. 1932) are a welcome addition
to Glenbow’s Group of Seven collection, which
includes 38 paintings and many more prints and
drawings from the famed collective that initiated
Canada’s first distinct national art movement in the
1920s and 30s.
Artists, historians, curators, collectors, critics,
volunteers, visitors, members, teachers and
school children all help inform what happens
inside the museum. We invite you to connect
your story with ours by visiting and experiencing
Glenbow this season.
Donna Livingstone
Interim President and CEO
Given that he was primarily known as a
watercolourist, Carmichael’s oil/board piece is an
interesting departure from the better known works
of this founding member of the Group of Seven.
The painting dates from later in his career and
is a welcome addition to the existing 10 works –
seven paintings and three prints – by the artist in
Glenbow’s collection.
Cache Bay, on the other hand, is a relatively early
piece by Casson, who produced the work while
under the apprenticeship of Carmichael. It’s one
of two studies of Cache Bay that Casson painted in
1919, the other being a watercolour, and is one of
three other works by the artist in our collection.
This generous gift exemplifies the spirit through
which Glenbow thrives as one of Canada’s leading
museums of art and history. The vast majority of
artworks and artifacts that are added to Glenbow’s
original collections come from donors. Needless to
say, such patronage is key to building our collection.
A.J. Casson, Cache Bay (1919) Collection of Glenbow Museum.
Gift of the McMorland Family, in loving memory of Donald McMorland 2012.
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upcoming exhibitions
German artists of the 20th Century. He often
turned to landscape painting to express personal
feelings about his German identity and to depict
war’s destructive impact on nature and humanity.
Accompanied by a wealth of contemporary
photography and the artists’ correspondence,
this groundbreaking exhibition reveals how
this tumultuous period shaped the artistic
output of both men, resulting in contrasting
but equally powerful expressions of
Canadian and German national identity.
WAR INTO LANDSCAPE:
Otto Dix and A.Y. Jackson
September 8, 2013–January 19, 2014
Glenbow Museum is proud to present the
inaugural exhibition of the Canadian Museum
of Civilization’s War into Landscape.
This exhibition shows how two artists on
opposite sides of two conflicts responded to
war and its aftermath. Focusing on landscape
paintings, it features nationally important
artworks by Group of Seven member
A.Y. Jackson side-by-side with significant
works by famed German artist Otto Dix that
have never before been seen in Canada.
As a soldier, A.Y. Jackson experienced Canada’s
First World War successes and tragedies
firsthand, and this marked his emergence as a
Canadian nationalist, providing the foundation
for his life’s endeavors to be a painter of
Canada and a nation builder through art.
Like Jackson, Otto Dix found his artistic
direction as a soldier in the mud and trenches
of First World War Battlefields. Influenced by
the German art movements of Expressionism,
Futurism and Dada, Dix is one of the best known
Above: A.Y. Jackson, A Copse, Evening 1918, Beaverbrook Collection
of War Art; Right: Chris Cran, Self-Portrait Watching a Man about to
Shoot Himself in the Foot, 1985, Collection of Glenbow Museum
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MADE IN CALGARY: THE 1980s
September 8, 2013–January 5, 2014
The 1980s: Our city’s ever-changing skyline
gained a new landmark as the Petro Canada
Tower rose past the Calgary Tower, becoming
the city’s – and the West’s – highest building.
Calgary also gained the international
spotlight, playing host to the world at the
’88 Winter Olympics.
Such expansion and ambition marked
developments in Calgary’s artistic community
as well.
Jeffrey Spalding, executive director of the
Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary,
curates the third installment in Glenbow’s
Made in Calgary series.
thank you
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