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New Exhibition – RED – February 10 – March 4, New Work by Gallery Members
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Join us Friday night February 10 for the opening reception during the February James North Art Crawl from 7:30 pm.
Download the invitation to RED from the Box widget in the right hand side bar.
Wednesday – Saturday, 12 noon – 5 pm & Sunday 12 noon – 4 pm.
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“Lose The January Blues” exhibition continues until February 5
If you haven’t been in, come on down and check out JNAC’s latest exhibition.
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Wednesday – Saturday, 12 noon – 5 pm & Sunday 12 noon – 4 pm.
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“Lose the January Blues” at the James North Art Collective, January 13 – February 5
Join us at the opening of our January exhibition featuring new work by collective members or drop by the James North Studio during Gallery hours.
The main floor galleries feature visual art and designer crafts and in the downstairs gallery photography is featured. A visit is a great way to fight the winter blahs.
James North Studio, 328 James Street North, Hamilton, ON, home of the James North Art Collective
Jean Crankshaw, "Cruciform Bollard 02 Pier 8, Hamilton", photograph, Jean is featured in the Photography Gallery
Opening reception for “Lose the January Blues” is Friday, January 13 from 7:30 pm during the January James North Art Crawl. Everyone welcome!
Wednesday – Saturday, 12 noon – 5 pm & Sunday 12 noon – 4 pm.
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Of Heavenly Bodies & Earthly Things, Regina Haggo, The Hamilton Spectator, December 9, 2011
The sculpture feels airborne and earthbound at the same time. Two feathery wings rise from the shoulders in an arch, making the dress look as though it might take flight at any moment. But the rings and chains by which the angel hangs on the wall are clearly visible, suggesting that takeoff might be difficult. Veri uses some very ordinary household objects to create a pair of smaller angels without sacrificing the objects’ original shape, creating a tension between the real object and the fanciful being it represents. The angels’ wiry legs morph into arms or wings made from wooden clothes hangers, one pointing downward like a functional hanger, the other inverted. Clothespins clamped on red beads stand in for the heads. Not since American sculptor Alexander Calder used a clothespin to fashion a barking dog in the 1930s has the lowly utensil been so wittily repurposed.
John Kinsella is, by contrast, more down to earth. His striking oils depict southern Ontario landscapes and lakes and are accompanied by poems written by him. “These paintings and poems are personal meditations on the beauty and restorative power found in the natural settings of my home province,” he explains. “Their images linger in my mind’s eye and have become intertwined with who I am.” In Winter Light, Haliburton, a series of lines lead us back and up. Kinsella paints the snowy foreground with undulating verticals, alternating unevenly between dappled white and blue spaces built up with dabs of colour. These receding lines balance the more vertical trunks of the trees, which reach beyond the pictorial space. An inspired flash of white — the low, starlike sun — interrupts the rhythm of the lines, drawing the eye off centre and into the distance.
Sandee Ewasiuk takes us indoors with her small paintings of rooms and stairs enlivened with her trademark rich colours. And Sherelle Wilsack’s small reliquary-type creations and big fridge magnets make for great stocking stuffers. So do many other pieces in this show, which includes work by Barbara Sachs, Gise Trauttmansdorff, Frances Ward, Renate Min-oo, David McLaughlin and others.
Regina Haggo, dhaggo@thespec.com, Fri Dec 09 2011.
Regina Haggo, art historian, public speaker, curator and former professor at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, teaches at the Dundas Valley School of Art
New Exhibition: “Glad Tidings”, a Salon and Sale of Fine Art, Craft & Objects d’Art, November 11 – December 23
The James North Art Collective invites you to join us for the opening of our
Christmas group exhibition”Glad Tidings”, Friday, November 11
during the November James North Art Crawl or visit the James North Studio,
328 James Street North, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada during gallery hours,
Wednesday – Saturday, 12 noon – 5 pm & Sunday 12 noon – 4 pm.
CHRISTMAS HOURS:
CLOSED DEC. 24 TO JAN. 12
OPENING FRIDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 13
during the JANUARY JAMES NORTH ART CRAWL
Download a printable 4 x 6″ Glad Tidings invitation from the box.net widget in the right hand side bar.
Best wished for the holiday season!
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October Exhibitions: New Oil Paintings by John Kinsella & “Home” featuring Larry Strung, Jean Crankshaw, Jim Chambers & Jeff Tessier
in the main gallery
in the basement gallery
