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| Footprints of Expo '67 |
| Ann Roberts, David Sorensen, Tony Urquhart |
| November 27 to December 21, 2007 |
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Ann Roberts
Ann Roberts is a ceramic sculptor whose work has been exhibited in 18 solo, and 131 invitational or juried exhibitions in Canada and internationally. She has completed eight major sculpture and mural commissions. Her work is illustrated in 15 books, discussed in journal articles and collected by 22 museums in Europe, Asia, Australia, and Canada, including the Museum of Civilization, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery.
In 1988 Ann Roberts was elected to the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) and in 1997 to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA). Her volunteer work for art organizations began in Montreal in 1960 where she became President of the Montreal Potters. Soon after arriving in Waterloo in 1967 she helped found the Waterloo Potters Workshop. While she was President of Ceramists Canada in 1982, Roberts formed a Steering Committee to determine the feasibility of building a national gallery for clay and glass in Canada. Subsequently she chaired the Board of the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery from 1983-1991, through a national architectural competition to start the construction in Waterloo.Ms Roberts is Professor Emerita of the University of Waterloo where she taught sculpture and drawing (1977-2001). |
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David Sorensen
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1937, David Sorensen studied architecture with Arthur Erikson, at the University of British Columbia and fine arts at the Vancouver School of Art. In 1962, he won a Theo Koerner Foundation Travel Grant to study in Mexico, where he learned bronze casting and had his first solo exhibition. Returning to Montreal in 1967, he taught art in various CEGEP programs, at the Saidye Bronfman Centre, and at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design. In 1976 he moved to the Eastern Townships where he built a solar house and his studio. He taught at Bishop’s University from 1981 until he retired in 2000. He was awarded Professor Emeritus, Bishop’s University, in 2002. Sorensen has exhibited his paintings internationally and was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Art in 1996. He maintains studios in Montreal and Ayr’s Cliff, Quebec. |
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Tony Urquhart
Tony Urquhart was born in 1934 in Niagara Falls Canada. He studied at the University of Buffalo, at the Albright Art School in Buffalo, New York, and at the Yale summer school for fine arts. First known to Canadians in the late 1950s and 1960s as a pioneer of abstract art, Tony Urquhart held his first solo exhibition at the Isaac’s Gallery in 1957 when he was twenty-three years old. Initially as a painter, and then as a sculptor, Urquhart was linked with some of the major developments in Canadian art during that period.
After the mid-sixties, Tony Urquhart’s art evolved toward the creation of multi-dimensional works that combine the surreal, the mythic, and the symbolic in a way that separated him from the formalist mainstream of that era. In addition to his articulated boxes, his output includes photo collages, watercolours, pen & ink, and relief works in mixed media.
Tony Urquhart’s work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions across Canada, and in San Antonio, San Francisco, Edinburgh, London, and Paris. His work is found in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Gallery of Canada, the Hirschorn Gallery (Washington), and the Museo Civico (Lugano).Tony Urquhart was a Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Waterloo from 1972 to 1993 and served as Chairman of the Department of Fine Arts for three separate terms.
In 2002 the University of Waterloo mounted Revenants: Long Shadows, a retrospective of his painting, and in 2003 a major touring exhibition, Power of Invention: the Drawings Tony Urquhart from 7 Decades: opened at such venues as the London Regional Art Museum and the National Gallery of Canada. Tony Urquhart was awarded the Order of Canada in 1995. He lives in Stratford Ontario with his wife, novelist Jane Urquhart. |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Glendon Gallery presents “Footprints of Expo '67/ Empreintes de l'Expo '67 ” with guest curator Kirsten Greer
November 27 to December 21, 2007
Opening Reception: tuesday NOVEMBER 27, 6 - 8 pm
“The subject of homelessness and displacement an exhibition at The Glendon Gallery”
Toronto, November 1st, 2007 - Glendon Gallery is pleased to present Footprints of Expo’67, from November 27 to December 21, an exhibition conceived by guest curator Kirsten Greer. This exhibition explores the cultural footprints left by Canada's 1967 world fair, known simply as Expo67. The exhibit works as an examination of Canadian artists who displayed their work at the international exhibit. Brought together by a specific place and time Footprints of Expo’67 will document the creative trajectories of three Royal Canadian Academy artists: Ann Roberts, David Sorensen, and Tony Urquhart.
The imprinting of childhood and youth lands-capes on their work will figure prominently. It is through this youthful lens that Footprints of Expo’67 is conceived. Expo 67 functions as the entry point to this exhibition, as a means to awaken these memories. The end point explores the impact of childhood and youth geographies on the artists who displayed their work at Expo 67. This exhibition therefore functions as an integration of cultural geography and the fine arts, with two purposes: to animate the ways human and natural landscapes shape both memories and ideas of place; and to integrate a nonlinear approach to the contemporary arts envisaged by the Museum of Modern Art. It starts with Expo 67 as a site of convergence for these artists and then follows their creative footprints; informed as they all were by shared youth landscapes of rivers, creeks, mountains, gardens, museums, and world fairs.
The Footprints of Expo’ 67 exhibit will also link other Expo 67 related artwork and artists in the City of Toronto through an Expo 67 art tour map that can be obtained at the Glendon Gallery.
The artists will be present at the opening reception on Tuesday, November 27, from 6 to 8 pm. Professor Rafael Gomez will provide a guided tour on Wednesday November 28 at noon. Everyone is welcome. There is no cover charge.
Acknowledgments
Glendon Gallery would like to thank its media partners: L'Express & Le Métropolitain newspapers, Radio-Canada TV & radio CJBC 860 AM, Première Chaîne and Clic Toronto. Special thanks go to guest curator Kirsten Greer and Professor Rafael Gomez. Thanks to the Gallery team: Marc Audette (Glendon Gallery Curator), Omid Fekri (Curatorial Assistant), Heather McRay & Adrienne Beaudry (Gallery Assistants), Lauren Di Mambro (Technical Assistant) as well as to Cristina Bregar (Graphic Designer).
Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Friday: noon – 3:00 pm - Saturday: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
For more information contact: 416-487-6721, www.glendon.yorku.ca/gallery
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Source: Kirsten Greer, Guest Curator.
Information: Martine Rheault, Artistic Coordinator, 416-487-6859. |
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