tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75346549283103359152011-04-21T21:45:07.226-07:00This blog has been set up to serve as a link between the Kelowna Art Gallery and the community.KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-85850169358991965072008-01-17T15:06:00.001-08:002008-01-17T15:12:11.336-08:00<a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/Collection/Nexus/Images/Jack_Shadbolt.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/Collection/Nexus/Images/Jack_Shadbolt.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /><br /><br />Jack Shadbolt (Canadian, b. England, 1909-1998), <em>Flowering Desert, Variation # 3,</em> 1986, silkscreen, 50 x 77 cm.Purchased 1989.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong>Q: Does this work by the renowned late BC artist </strong></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Shadbolt"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;"><strong>Jack Shadbolt</strong></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong> make you think of any desert you have visited?</strong></span> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-8585016935899196507?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-62521257824120433252008-01-17T15:00:00.000-08:002008-01-17T15:05:59.908-08:00<a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/Collection/Nexus/Images/Nobuo_Kubota1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/Collection/Nexus/Images/Nobuo_Kubota1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Nobuo Kubota (Canadian, b. 1932), <em>Kelowna Rhapsody</em>, 1999, lithograph, 5/12, 54 x 41.5 cm.Gift of the artist, 1999.</span> </div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong><br />Q: Why do you think that artist </strong></span><a href="http://www.ccca.ca/artists/artist_info.html?languagePref=en&amp;link_id=907"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;"><strong>Nobuo Kubota</strong></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong> titled this work Okanagan Rhapsody? (He was visiting in Kelowna at the time).</strong></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-6252125782412043325?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-25354607132393519862008-01-17T14:55:00.000-08:002008-01-17T15:00:12.605-08:00<a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/Collection/Nexus/Images/Barbara_Astman2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/Collection/Nexus/Images/Barbara_Astman2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Barbara Astman (Canadian, b. USA, 1950), <em>Places series, cottage country</em>, 1982, linoleum and wood construction, c. 30.5 x 68.5 x 13 cm.Gift of the artist, 2001.</span> <p></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong>Q: </strong></span><a href="http://www.barbaraastman.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;"><strong>Barbara Astman</strong></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong> generally works with photo-based media, rather than sculpture. Do you think it is tricky for artists to move among different media? </strong></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-2535460713239351986?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-22883557956545589742008-01-11T11:23:00.000-08:002008-01-11T11:27:28.783-08:00<a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/Collection/Nexus/Images/Greg_Murdock1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/Collection/Nexus/Images/Greg_Murdock1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />Greg Murdock (Canadian, b. 1954), <em>Journal,</em> 1998, etching, ed. 12/30, sheet size 61 x 118 cm.Gift of David Allison and Chris Nicholson, 2003.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong>Q: Does this </strong></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etching"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;"><strong>etching</strong></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong> by Vancouver-based artist </strong></span><a href="http://www.equinoxgallery.com/artists_index.asp?artist_type=1&amp;artist_id=37"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;"><strong>Greg Murdock</strong></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong> speak to you on some level? </strong></span></p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-2288355795654558974?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-25221961398340831972008-01-11T11:16:00.000-08:002008-01-17T14:55:12.154-08:00<a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/Collection/Nexus/Images/Bryan_Ryley1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/Collection/Nexus/Images/Bryan_Ryley1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Bryan Ryley (Canadian, b. 1952), <em>Ocean Breezes</em>, 1988, oil on canvas with collage, 132 x 195 cm (sight).Gift of Rosalind Robertson, 1992.</span> </div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong><br />Q: In what way do you think this <a href="http://painting.about.com/od/abstractart/Abstract_Art_and_Painting_Abstracts.htm"><span style="color:#cc6600;">abstract</span></a> painting’s title relates to its imagery?</strong></span> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-2522196139834083197?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-85856286445112736592008-01-11T11:07:00.000-08:002008-01-11T11:14:21.857-08:00<a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/Collection/Nexus/Images/Mary_Bull.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/Collection/Nexus/Images/Mary_Bull.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">Mary Bull (Canadian, b. 1920), Orchard Diptych, 1988, mixed media on paper, diptych, each sheet 51 x 70 cm (sight). Purchased 1988. </span><a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/Collection/Nexus/Images/"></a></p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong>Q: Are there issues that come to mind in connection with this image, for example, the dangers of </strong></span><a href="http://www.crophealth.com/links.htm#Canadian%20"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;"><strong>pesticides</strong></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong>?</strong></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-8585628644511273659?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-37844584675117165262008-01-02T09:56:00.000-08:002008-01-17T15:10:05.194-08:00<p>Works in the <a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/2007/nexus.htm"><span style="color:#cc9933;">NEXUS</span></a> exhibition, from the Kelowna Art Gallery’s permanent collection, are now online. You can view all the works on the <a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/2007/nexus.htm"><span style="color:#cc9933;">NEXUS</span></a> pages. They are grouped by theme. Questions to follow will begin to focus on individual works. In the meantime, let us know which one is your favorite.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Q: What is your favorite work in <a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/2007/nexus.htm"><span style="color:#cc9933;">NEXUS</span></a> and why?</span></strong></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-3784458467511716526?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-90785289310194914582007-11-28T10:37:00.001-08:002007-11-28T10:37:51.141-08:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;">Q: If you were a Hollywood star and could spend any amount, which contemporary artists would you collect?</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-9078528931019491458?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-16003377174939184472007-11-21T16:11:00.000-08:002007-11-21T16:12:44.138-08:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;">Q: Which colour do you think is the trickiest of all to work with in a painting?</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-1600337717493918447?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-52612370506147366272007-11-09T09:57:00.000-08:002007-11-09T10:01:26.744-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><strong>Q: If you were a curator, how would you go about choosing works to add to the permanent collection?</strong></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-5261237050614736627?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-33542955364195783482007-10-30T13:14:00.000-07:002007-10-30T13:16:05.233-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong>Q: Do you remember the first time you saw a work of art that excited you? Can you describe the experience.</strong></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-3354295536419578348?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-11462304143761580792007-10-18T16:20:00.000-07:002007-10-18T16:22:50.033-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong>Q: What, to you, is a definition of portraiture? Does it necessarily involve a naturalistic likeness?</strong></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-1146230414376158079?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-72918067442920941702007-10-10T10:58:00.000-07:002007-10-10T11:08:56.820-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vSmJczDb8K8/Rw0TCZuDPHI/AAAAAAAAABM/WdIoy1YbVxw/s1600-h/artwork_vaughangrayson.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119769283374824562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vSmJczDb8K8/Rw0TCZuDPHI/AAAAAAAAABM/WdIoy1YbVxw/s320/artwork_vaughangrayson.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Vaughan Grayson<br /><em>Cousens Bay, Kalamalka Lake, Okanagan Valley, B.C.,</em> nd<br />oil on panel<br />Collection of the Kelowna Art Gallery<br />Gift of David and Carolyn Grayosn, 1999</span> <div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong>Q: Why do you think so </strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong>many Canadian artists have been pre-occupied with landscape painting?</strong></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-7291806744292094170?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-69898481914380135962007-10-05T09:50:00.001-07:002007-10-05T09:54:17.965-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong>Q: Why do you think artists use the nude body as their subject? Do you support this or disagree?</strong></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-6989848191438013596?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-76023634058946293002007-10-01T09:58:00.000-07:002007-10-01T09:59:51.424-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"><strong>Q: What is your favourite art medium and why? </strong></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-7602363405894629300?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654928310335915.post-5747931534771292592007-09-26T13:45:00.000-07:002007-09-26T14:25:10.206-07:00Welcome to the first of a series of questions we will be posting often until the opening of our 30th anniversary exhibition, <em>NEXUS: histories and communities</em>.<br /><br />We welcome your comments, which can be added at any time. All questions and comments will be archived and available to online visitors, so keep checking back to see what others have to say.<br /><br />To add a comment, just click the "comments" link below.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vSmJczDb8K8/RvrGr5uDPBI/AAAAAAAAAAc/iJb26bT_XlE/s1600-h/artwork_buntybradford.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114618784363265042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vSmJczDb8K8/RvrGr5uDPBI/AAAAAAAAAAc/iJb26bT_XlE/s320/artwork_buntybradford.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Gwen Lamont</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>Portrait of Bunty Bradford,</em> 1932</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Gift of Eain Lamont</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Collection of the Kelowna Art Gallery</span><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;">Q: What does the permanent collection of our gallery -- or another gallery where you live or have visited -- mean to you?</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7534654928310335915-574793153477129259?l=kagnexus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KELOWNA ART GALLERYnoreply@blogger.com3