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| Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant's year-round exhibition schedule offers the community enlightening and challenging exhibitions of contemporary art by regional and national artists. Annual exhibitions include the Brant County School Project and Juried Exhibition. Art works from the Gallery's Permanent Collection are displayed regularly throughout the exhibition calendar. | |||||||||||||||
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January 7 -- March 12: Portraits of Society |
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| PORTRAITS OF SOCIETY: Paintings by Wynne Paquette & Shannon Reynolds & Portraits from the permanent collection > January 7 -- March 12, 2006 > Reception: Sunday, January 29, 2006, 2:00 -- 4:00 p.m. > Lecture: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. Portraiture has an illustrious history of stylistic and interpretive changes. Where once the artist was in the employment of a benefactor, called on to interpret a likeness of the sitter, the artist has since grown into a creative interpreter of society. This exhibition compares and contrasts contemporary approaches to portraiture by Shannon Reynolds and Wynne Paquette with works from the Permanent Collection that will include oil portraits from the mid 19th Century and 20th Century works on paper. Shannon Reynolds sets up two kinds of dialogue in two separate series of paintings. For Suspect Profiles, Reynolds solicits volunteers to pose as criminals against a measured backdrop that indicates the prospective criminal’s height, akin to a police line-up. These works address subtle forms of discrimination, racial profiling, and fears in general. In Dramatis Personae, acting as artistic director, she casts characters in the poses of archetypes such as The Coquette or The Dandy. She allows her models an interpretive leeway in their costumes, makeup and characterization. Drawing from her background in literature and to dramatize theatrical imagery, she includes literary text that lingers just below the surface of the painting. The result is an imposing interaction between model, artist, and ultimately the viewer. Wynne Paquette paints large female figures, up-close, drawn from life models and concentrating on sculptural shapes. Often in foreshortened composition, the viewer is above looking down on the figure. There is not a feeling of superiority on the part of the viewer; on the contrary, the viewer enters a world of form and energy. Brilliant colours on nude skin tones create a combination of power and sensuality. Paquette paints large oil canvases of defiant women who simultaneously expose and challenge themselves to the viewer. To create a forum comparing stylistic changes that reflect on changing attitudes within society, the paintings by Shannon Reynolds of Kitchener and Wynne Paquette of Guelph, are accompanied by works from the Permanent Collection. These include portraits of former Brantford residents, painted in the mid 1850’s by Brantford artist RoARTIST LECTURE WITH SHANNON REYNOLDS: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. Shannon Reynolds will discuss her unconventional approach to the model and her interpretive use of painting and portraiture to reflect on society. |
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