Exhibitions & Events Archive
October 8 - November 2, 2009
37° Celsius, explores four unique approaches to the figure in contemporary life. Tian Taiquan, Guo Jin, Xiao Guo Hui and Yang Yongsheng each take a distinctive and innovative viewpoint on how the figure is to be presented and rendered, and the use of figuration is expressing ideas and issues.
13 Aug - 30 Sept
A group exhibition fluctuating between themes of sexuality, spirituality, politics, and language, featuring the works of Venkat Bothsa, Faiza Huma, Mahmud Husain and Reeta Saeed. Four artists with diverse backgrounds, who employ an equally diverse range of media, including sculpture, painting and textiles. “Steeped in Sanskriti” is curated in association with the Seagull Foundation for the Arts in Kolkata.
11 July - 12 August 2009
Xiao Guo Hui creates mirrors reflecting not our faces but our souls. He takes us by hand, leads us through the regular mirror—beyond the material—and from there he lets us take a look at our world, the way the other world—that of the invisible—sees us.
15 May - 31 Aug, 2009
February 22-March 20, 2009
The repertoire of strokes found in the paintings of Burigude Zhang, Xiao Guo Hui and Yang Yongsheng show an understanding, and integration, of painting traditions that include ancient ink and brush painting; the Italian Renaissance, and 20th century British figurative painting.
February 22, 2009
The Gibsone Jessop Gallery presents an illustrated talk with celebrated Canadian author Don Thompson who will uncover the strategies that have produced such astronomical prices in the art market.
November 22, 2008- December 19, 2008
The contradictory contents of these photographs create a crisis of sorts, between the real and the unreal and between paradoxical wit and painful memories. Hauntingly evocative, these photographs speak to both our desires and nightmares.
OCTOBER 16 & 19, 2008
Emulating the rigorous techniques of 16th and 17th century painters, Wilson’s work is made up of 30 or more layers of paint, called glazes. He uses these glazes to give voice to his distinctive compositions, each drawn directly from his imagination without the aid of photography.