The variety of art in Saskatoon galleries this month includes anniversary celebrations, war recognition and local artists' solo exhibitions.
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Saskatoon’s art galleries feature the works of local and international visual artists, who share their unique interpretations of the world around us.
Here are five art exhibitions to experience this month:
PAVED ARTS
PAVED Arts is celebrating two big anniversaries with the 20/50 Double Anniversary exhibition. The current gallery was amalgamated March 31, 2003 and its predecessor, The Photographers Gallery, opened March 12, 1973. The exhibition runs in the gallery space until April 21.
“The artists involved touch upon each decade of this 50-year history, contributions that have helped to build a national reputation that PAVED Arts enjoys as a haven for media arts in Saskatoon. The 20/50 Double Anniversary exhibition celebrates this history and renews PAVED Arts’ commitment to foster new generations of emerging artists in Saskatoon, empowering local artists to tell their own stories,” said project curator David LaReviere.
KENDERDINE ART GALLERY
Featuring recently acquired works by five contemporary Canadian artists, Love Ethic runs at Kenderdine Art Gallery through April 28.
“A term coined by cultural theorist Bell Hooks, Love Ethic considers the artworks in relation to one another, as each artist explores concepts of cultural identity, futurisms, love and loss. The exhibition has resonated with audiences in that it offers ideas around hopefulness, expansion, and coexistence — counter-narratives to our often polarized, divisive times,” curator Leah Taylor said.
UKRAINIAN MUSEUM OF CANADA
The installation features war-damaged doors from hospitals, theatres, cafés, schools and homes in the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv and Sumy, Ukraine. Providing a tangible experience of the damage caused by the Russian invasion, the doors also serve as a metaphor for the unique, individual stories of war each Ukrainian has to tell.
“Doors: Through the Horror of War is about touching and feeling the devastating impact of war. To see what life and death, courage and fortitude are. To understand the price of freedom,” Kurt said.
“It’s quite an emotional experience to be in the presence of these doors. It’s a kind of bearing witness, I think … The scale of devastation in Ukraine is overwhelming,” said executive director and CEO Jen Budney.
THE GALLERY/ART PLACEMENT INC.
Kaleidoscope Minds, a solo exhibition of coloured pencil drawings by Saskatoon-based artist Yuka Yamaguchi, runs at The Gallery/Art Placement Inc. through May 11.
A self-taught visual artist who believes in the power of the unconscious mind, Yamaguchi develops her drawings intuitively. Through her work, she is able to explore the relationship between body and mind.
“I draw what I find attractive at the time. As I draw, I start to see more images in my head: from nature, people around me, and random everyday objects. They are like many dots floating in my head, combining in different ways depending on my point of view, changing shapes in my mind like a kaleidoscope,” Yamaguchi said.
THE SASKATCHEWAN CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY
Embracing the beauty in imperfection and her connection to the natural world, Farquharson recontextualizes vintage Japanese kimonos and kimono sashes, or obis. The exhibition invites the viewer to consider our impact and presence on earth.
“As a young woman, Hanna attended kimono classes and recalls how beautifully her mother’s hands moved when folding and caring for her own kimonos. The works in this exhibition use antique kimonos including her mother’s and her great auntie’s kimonos, carefully taken apart and reconstructed,” Farguharson said in her artist statement.
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