SPRING 2015 - Winnipeg Art Gallery

SPRING
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2Exhibitions
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Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15 • Until May 3
3
Elisapee Ishulutaq • Until May 31
4
Wanda Koop: VIEW from HERE • Until May 31
5
L. L. FitzGerald’s Impressionist Decade, 1910-1920 • Until June 17
6–11 Olympus: The Greco-Roman Collections of Berlin • Opens April 26
COVER:
Zeus, 2nd century
AD. Marble.
55 x 25 x 28 cm.
© Antikensammlung,
Staatliche Museen
zu Berlin–
Preußischer
Kulturbesitz,
Inv. no. SK 68.
Photographer
Johannes
Laurentius.
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The George & Tannis Richardson Collection of Inuit Sculpture
May 31–September 20
13
Ron Mueck • June 13–September 27
14
2014 Sobey Art Award
15
Baker Lake Carvings
The Permanent Collection
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Renaissance and Baroque Art, 1500–1700
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The Academic Tradition in Europe and Canada, 1700–1900
Gallery 4
Modernist Traditions, 1870–1950
MRA Gallery Highlights of Inuit Sculpture
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DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
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As fortune would have it, planning had
already begun to bring a group of these
classical treasures to Canada with an
exhibition proposed for the Musée de
la civilisation in Québec City. My own
discussions with Québec and Berlin
began in earnest, and after a number
of trips to both cities to meet with
colleagues, the Olympus exhibition
was secured for the WAG.
The roots of the Olympus: The
Greco-Roman Collections of Berlin
exhibition reach back to June 2013,
when I travelled to Berlin for the
Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Inuit Art Centre
project—meeting with colleagues and
looking at examples of new and
renovated museum buildings that
set new standards in architectural
design, object display, and program
development.
The Berlin excursion presented
many cultural offerings, none more
impressive perhaps than the
Antikensammlung (Collection of
Classical Antiquities), housed in the
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National
Museums in Berlin). The Altes
Museum, Neues Museum, and the
Pergamonmuseum—all situated on
Berlin’s Museumsinsel (Museum
Island), a UNESCO World Heritage
Site—are home to this world-renowned
antiquities collection.
Olympus is an exhibition of over 160
works dating from the seventh century
BC to the second century AD, including
marble statues and reliefs, bronze
statuettes, terracotta vases, and
jewellery. Rarely seen outside of
Europe, the collection is one of the
most significant classical antiquities
holdings worldwide. This comprises
over 4,400 stone and bronze
sculptures, 9,000 Greek vases, and
14,000 gems and cameos, spanning
12 millennia. Originating in the 17th
century with the Electors of
Brandenburg, the Antikensammlung
was built over three centuries and
completed largely by 1900. Key
archaeological excavations were
undertaken in Italy, Greece, and Asia
Minor at such sites as Olympia in 1845,
Vulci in 1852, and Pergamon in 1878.
The collection survived the Napoleonic
Wars, two world wars, and the fall of
the Berlin Wall.
Olympus explores the fascinating
world of classical Greek and Roman
art, mythology, and religion, reflecting
the universal preoccupation with
creation, the nature of deities and
humankind, and the afterlife. Viewers
have the unique opportunity to
discover the twelve Olympian gods—
the Dodekatheon—and learn about
their personalities, attributes, and
deeds through representation in
stone, bronze, and terracotta. Objects
spanning centuries also mark the
birthplace of architecture, language,
law, medicine, sport, theatre, and
much more that has come to define
the heartbeat of modern culture.
The arrival of Olympus in Winnipeg
ends a 50-year antiquities drought
in the city. In December 1964, the
WAG presented The Treasures of
Tutankhamun, an exhibition of 34
artifacts from the tomb of King Tut.
More than half a century later, a
breathtaking exhibition of classical
antiquities has come to Winnipeg,
marking a momentous occasion for the
WAG, and the first time a major
exhibition from the Antikensammlung
der Staatliche Museen zu Berlin has
been presented in North America.
As you flip through the pages of
myWAG, you’ll read about many other
exhibitions, programs, and events in
store for you at the Gallery this spring.
Aside from the ongoing presentation
of the permanent collection, including
selections from the world’s largest
collection of contemporary Inuit art,
there is an enticing array of historical
and contemporary shows featuring the
work of artists from Winnipeg to
London to Iqaluit. I hope you can find
the time to spend a few hours at the
WAG, once, twice, or perhaps three
times if you really want to catch all
of Olympus.
Stephen Borys, PhD, MBA
Director & CEO • @stephenborys
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photo:
Latreille Delage Photography
EXHIBITIONS
Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15
Canada’s Entry to the 2014 Venice Biennale in Architecture
Until May 3 • Gallery 5
Nunavut, which means “our land,”
was established as a Canadian
territory on April 1, 1999.
33,000 people (Nunavummiut) live
in 25 communities in Nunavut,
across a massive two million
square kilometres.
Over 60% of the population is
under the age of 25.
This region is above the tree line
and has no highways connecting
communities.
See related event on page 18
and 21.
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Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15 offers visitors a unique look at the relationship
between architecture, land, climate, and culture. The project was first presented as
Canada’s official exhibition at the prestigious 2014 Venice Biennale in Architecture,
where it was honoured with a Special Mention.
Celebrating Nunavut’s 15th anniversary as a territory, Arctic Adaptations is a teambased project initiated and led by Toronto-based design-research studio Lateral Office.
It surveys a century of Arctic architecture, an urbanizing present, and a projective
near future of adaptive architecture in Nunavut.
The exhibition comprises three integrated elements: 1) soapstone carvings of
significant works of architecture; 2) topographic models and photographs of each
of the 25 communities in Nunavut; and 3) a series of 15 architectural models with
integrated animations projecting a 15-year vision for addressing current challenges
in access to housing, health, arts, education, and recreation.
Following the launch in Winnipeg, Arctic Adaptations will travel nationally to the
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehouse (June–Aug 2015); the Museum of Vancouver
(October–December 2015); and the Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary (January–March
2016), with additional venues to be added in 2016–17. The tour is co-organized by
Lateral Office and the WAG.
EXHIBITIONS
Elisapee Ishulutaq
Until May 31 • Gallery 4
Curated by Darlene Coward Wight
Everyday life in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, is drawn out before you
in Elisapee Ishulutaq’s six-metre mural, commissioned by the
WAG in 2014. Buildings, games, household jobs, and transportation
dot the lively mural depicting spring and winter life.
Using oil sticks on paper, Ishulutaq’s summer scene reflects her
early life on the land. It includes a qammaq, a semi-permanent
dwelling used year-round, with a frame of bones covered with
scraped and fur-covered sealskins and insulated with peat moss
in the winter. The more modern winter scene on the other side
shows people entering and exiting buildings, such as a co-op
store and a church, while an airplane and a helicopter take off
from the runway in the background. Two themes of past and
present revolve around a lake inhabited by humans and animals.
The clear blue water connects visually with the sky, framing the
mountains of the Cumberland Sound.
Darlene Coward Wight, WAG Curator of Inuit Art, travelled to
Pangnirtung with art supplies for the project and worked with
Ishulutaq for five days in October 2014. The artist worked for
two more days to finish the whimsical drawing.
Ishulutaq is known for recording the intimate details of everyday
life as she has lived it. Her use of multiple perspectives,
employing frontal, profile, and bird’s-eye view in the same image,
is also characteristic, and these unexpected shifts add interest
and liveliness to her scenes. This major work reveals the scope
and degree of innovation of Ishulutaq’s work.
photo:
Darlene Coward Wight
The artist lived a traditional camp life on the land until 1970 when
she and her family moved into the community of Pangnirtung. Her
involvement with the arts began in 1970–71 when she participated
in an experimental print workshop. In 1973, she was one of the
first artists to have designs in the inaugural annual Pangnirtung
print collection. She has since created hundreds of drawings,
many of which have been used as designs for tapestries created
in the Pangnirtung (now Uqqurmiut) Tapestry Studio. In 2014,
Ishulutaq was named a Member of the Order of Canada “for her
progressive artwork and for her contributions to the cultural and
economic health of her community as role model and mentor.”
At age 90, she is still an energetic individual and a vital artistic
force in her community.
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photo:
Wanda Koop
EXHIBITIONS
Wanda Koop: VIEW from HERE
Until May 31 • Eckhardt Hall • Curated by Dr. Stephen Borys
Wanda Koop’s new suite of paintings, VIEW from
HERE, both affirms and disrupts two quite different
genres: landscape and portraiture. Using ink and
acrylic on canvas, these nine-by-seven-foot works
use landscape tropes to compose immense and
surreal human heads that seem to float in
ambiguous space. Unmoored from any depiction
of the body, their scale demands a paradoxical
bodily encounter with the viewer, one that parallels
the artist’s physical engagement with both medium
and ground in creating them. Each of the eight
heads recalls elements of one of Koop’s earlier
landscape series, such as Satellite Cities, Native Fires,
and Deep Bay, and all pose existential questions
about who we are, how we are socially constructed,
and what we understand about our relationship
with the natural world.
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Koop is one of Canada’s most important and inventive
contemporary artists. Her career spans over four
decades and includes more than 50 major solo
exhibitions, nationally and internationally, and
numerous honours, including the Order of Canada
in 2006. In 2010, the WAG and the National Gallery
of Canada organized On the Edge of Experience,
a comprehensive survey of her work that toured
across the country.
Known for charting new directions in painting, Koop
pushes the boundaries of presentation and display
with her monumental scale painting installations.
Her practice explores scenes of urbanization,
industrialization, and robotic technology as it
interfaces with the natural world, asking the viewer
to reconsider imagery that is delivered through both
cultural history and contemporary broadcast media.
EXHIBITIONS
L. L. FitzGerald’s Impressionist
Decade, 1910–1920
Until June 17 • Gallery 3 • Curated by Andrew Kear
This exhibition features work by Manitoba artist Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald (1890–
1956) that he created during the first decade of his professional career, including
figure studies, industrial scenes, and landscapes—paintings, drawings, and prints.
Unlike many of his North American
contemporaries, FitzGerald did not study
fine art in Europe. He rarely strayed
from his home province, and then only
for brief periods. Nonetheless, between
1910 and 1920, FitzGerald displayed a
certain, if filtered and idiosyncratic,
debt to late-nineteenth century French
painters like Monet, Renoir, and
Pissarro, who sought to record with
honest immediacy the effects of light
and atmosphere.
FitzGerald originally encountered
Impressionism through black-and-white
reproductions in the art magazines at
Winnipeg’s first public library, which
opened in 1905. He likely saw American
Impressionist canvases for the first time
in 1910, during a two-month visit to
Chicago, when works by William Merritt
Chase, Childe Hassam, Edward Redfield,
and others were displayed at the Art
Institute of Chicago.
FitzGerald’s first sustained encounter
with Canadian disciples of
Impressionism came after the opening
of the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Arts
(today, the Winnipeg Art Gallery) in 1912,
which often displayed canvases by
eastern artists like M. A. Suzor-Côté,
Clarence Gagnon, and Maurice Cullen.
After returning from Chicago, the
first works of art FitzGerald
executed betrayed the influence of
pre-Impressionist French and Dutch
artists; they are tonal and more
chromatically subdued than his output
later that decade. One sees this
especially in his 1914 monochromatic
prints of urban industry. By 1918, he
had adopted a high-keyed palette and
was committed to a decorative
naturalism. This is most clearly
witnessed in the oil studies he painted
en plein air in East Kildonan, Snowflake,
and Winnipeg Beach. By decade’s end,
gleaming canvases like Summer
Afternoon, The Prairie mark the
culmination of FitzGerald’s Impressionist
period. L. L. FitzGerald’s Impressionist
Decade, 1910–1920 reveals the artist’s
deep interest in creating vivid and direct
records of light and changing weather,
and the fact that his efforts were largely
homegrown only adds weight to what
he accomplished.
TOP TO BOTTOM: Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald (Canadian, 1890–1956). The Hudson River, c. 1922. Oil on burlap.
50.6 x 40.9 cm. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Gift from the Estate of Arnold O. Brigden, G-73-328.
L.L. FitzGerald at work (WAG–Fitzgerald-ACC700.005.1.1C). Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald. Summer Afternoon,
The Prairie, 1921. Oil on canvas. 107.2 x 89.5 cm. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, L-90
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OLYMPUS
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EXHIBITIONS
Opens April 26 • Galleries 6, 7, 8, 9 • Curated by Dr. Stephen Borys and Angeliki Bogiatji, Project Curator, with
Prof. Dr. Andreas Scholl, Director of the Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Presented under the honorary patronage of
His Excellency
Werner Franz Wnendt
Ambassador of the Federal
Republic of Germany to Canada
His Excellency
Gian Lorenzo Cornado
Ambassador of the
Italian Republic to Canada
His Excellency
George Marcantonatos
Ambassador of the
Hellenic Republic to Canada
The Honourable
Shelly Glover
Minister of Canadian
Heritage and Official Languages
Olympus brings to Winnipeg over 160 ancient Greek and Roman treasures from the Antikensammlung der
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Collection of Classical Antiquities of the National Museums in Berlin). As the
first major exhibition of classical antiquities in Manitoba in over half a century, these works form part of one
of the oldest and most prestigious collections of ancient art in the world, drawn from the Altes Museum (Old
Museum), the Neues Museum (New Museum), and the Pergamonmuseum (Pergamon Museum).
Angeliki: What was it about the Berlin
Collection of Classical Antiquities that
made you want to bring it to the WAG?
Stephen: I was in Berlin the summer
of 2013 and visited the Altes
Museum, the Neues Museum, and the
Pergamonmuseum. I was struck by the
collection, one of the finest collections
of Greek and Roman antiquities in
the world, but never thought about it
coming to Winnipeg. However, when
the opportunity presented itself due to
renovations to the museums, I thought,
what a chance to bring to Winnipeg,
to Canada, and to all our audiences,
Greco-Roman treasures from the
National Museums in Berlin.
I did some research into the last time
there was a major antiquities exhibition
in Winnipeg. Some smaller shows
were here, but the most significant
show of an ancient culture was in
1964 with the artifacts of The Treasures
of Tutankhamun, the WAG’s first
blockbuster show. Winnipeg deserves
to see outstanding exhibitions such
as Olympus. Not everyone will travel
to the museums or the actual sources
for these collections.
Angeliki: Bringing Greek and Roman
antiquities from Berlin to Québec City to
Winnipeg involves a great deal of planning
and coordinating. How do you organize a
show of this size and complexity?
OPPOSITE: Hera, 1st century AD. Italy. Marble. 7.9 x 9 cm. © Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–
Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Inv. no. SK 179. Photographer Johannes Laurentius.
Stephen: Firstly, at the highest level, this
is really a diplomatic endeavour. Two
countries and over 160 artworks that
rarely travel. It’s one thing to send over a
print or drawing, or a painting in a crate;
it’s another to send life-size marbles,
incredibly fragile terracotta vases, and
other pieces that are thousands of
years old. The physical transport is not
only the biggest challenge, but one of
the most expensive elements of the
exhibition. How do you bring them over
when in fact you’re not permitted to
transport works by surface other than
for a short distance? So it’s not as if
they could travel by air to Toronto and
then be shipped by train or truck to
Winnipeg. They need to be transported
by aircraft.
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EXHIBITIONS
“Berlin Dancer”
2nd century AD
Italy
Marble. 126 x 53 x 52 cm
Copy after the Greek
original from 120 to
100 BC.
What really fascinates me is
how so many different areas,
disciplines, and professions
are influenced by Greek and
Roman civilization.
Acquired in 1874 by the
National Museums in Berlin.
Angeliki: Yes, the contributions
from Greek and Roman civilization
to architecture, medicine,
philosophy, language, sport, theatre,
and science all come together.
No contribution stands out among
them as they all evolve around
the political system.
Stephen: It’s interesting to look
at these objects simply as art
objects, as artifacts. We know they
also represent individuals, ideas,
philosophies, and mythologies. For
an art museum, we can also think
about how they will resonate with
the contemporary public. Can you
speak to how this collection is
relevant today?
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© Erica Guilane-Nachez
This exhibition will fill a 737
cargo plane completely. Transport
is just the start of the process:
uncrating, condition reporting,
installing, and making sure
everything’s on track until that
opening day is a huge challenge.
It involves couriers, conservators,
preparators, designers, curators,
and at all stages, the museum
directors. Our colleagues from
the National Museums in Berlin
will be here overseeing the entire
installation, and we will be caring
for this priceless collection for an
extended period.
Freestanding statue of a
young woman dancing.
Belongs to a series of
Roman copies.
She might have stood in a
sanctuary as a votive figure,
possibly representing a
maenad (female follower
of Dionysos), a dancer, or
a flute player.
© Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen
zu Berlin–Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Inv.
no. SK 208. Photographer Johannes
Laurentius.
EXHIBITIONS
Attic black-figure
neck amphora with
Herakles and the
Erymanthian Boar
c. 530–520 BC
Italy
Terracotta. 39 x 26.2 cm
(diameter).
Used as a storage jar
for liquids like wine,
but also for special,
often ritual, occasions.
The vase depicts two
of Herakles’ labours,
one on each side.
Herakles, naked, bearded,
and carrying only his
weapon, is about to tip the
boar on top of the king.
Acquired in 1849 by the
National Museums in Berlin.
See events on pages 20 & 21.
Shop Olympus on page 26.
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© Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–
Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Inv. no. F 1849. Photographer
Johannes Laurentius.
Altes Museum
• Completed in 1830. Considered a triumph of German Classicism.
• Features 18 Ionic fluted columns, an expansive atrium, and a sweeping
staircase.
• The rotunda, adorned with antique sculpture, is an explicit reference to
Rome’s Pantheon.
Neues Museum
• Built from 1843 to 1855.
• Suffered severe damage during World War II, after which it was left abandoned.
• Major restoration work started in 2003. The Museum reopened in 2009.
Pergamonmuseum
• Constructed from 1910 to 1930.
• Famous for its magnificent architectural reconstructions: the Pergamon Altar,
Market Gate of Miletus, the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way from Babylon,
and the Mshatta Façade.
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Angeliki: Mythology is a significant
thread within this exhibition. Ancient
Greek and Roman mythology connects
to us today through modern culture. In
Winnipeg, you will find many elements of
Greek and Roman influence—just look at
all the old bank buildings around Portage
and Main.
Stephen: I look at the artworks and
am amazed by their workmanship,
even though many are not in a perfect
state of conservation or preservation.
Discovered in the 19th century, “Berlin
Dancer” is a Roman copy from the
middle of the second century AD, after
a Greek original from the first or late
second century. Yet looking at the way
the drapery and flesh are portrayed,
and the movement of the figure, it’s a
stunning work. Here’s a sculpture that
is missing limbs, but the full essence
of the work is still so powerfully
conveyed.
I am really curious to know some of
your favourite works in the collection.
Supporters
Angeliki: The vases in this exhibition are
remarkable for their technical excellence.
It’s extraordinary how the painter and the
potter, often different artists, dealt with so
many visual strategies to narrate a story.
It’s rare to excavate whole pieces, and the
ones in Olympus are amazing.
Why do you think people should come
to this exhibition?
Stephen: Visitors can experience
this art in so many ways: the gods
and goddesses, myths, stylistic
development, or through the eyes
of a connoisseur. The opportunity
for children in Winnipeg to study
ancient civilization and view Olympus
is inspiring. A child will recognize
personalities that are referenced in
novels like Percy Jackson and in films
such as Hercules. These names and
characters still penetrate our daily
lives. We are working with local groups
and scholars to build rich exhibition
programming that will appeal to every
age and interest. The generosity of
the National Museums in Berlin is
astounding. To have a small part of this
incredible collection come to Canada,
to Winnipeg, is historic and rewarding.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is a 2013 American film directed by Thor Freudenthal, based on
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the book series by Rick Riordan (Sunswept Entertainment 1492 Pictures, 20th Century Fox). Jason and the
Argonauts is a 1963 British Greek mythology feature film (Morningside Productions, Columbia Pictures). Hercules
is a 2014 American film (Flynn Picture Company, Radical Studios, Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pictures). The Mighty Hercules is an animated series (1963–1966) produced by Adventure Cartoon Productions.
Based loosely on the Greek mythological character of Herakles, but using his Roman name Hercules. OPPOSITE:
Torso of Artemis, 150 AD Marble. 106 x 45 x 34 cm. © Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–
Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Inv. no. SK 61. Photographer Johannes Laurentius.
EXHIBITIONS
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EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING
May 31–September 20 • Mezzanine Gallery • Curated by Darlene Coward Wight
photo:
Ernest Mayer
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The George & Tannis Richardson
Collection of Inuit Sculpture
The George & Tannis Richardson Collection of Inuit Sculpture contains 39 significant works. Assembled during the
1970s and early 1980s, the collection features sculpture by well-known artists such as Lukie Airut, from Igloolik,
and Jimmy Arnamissak, from Inukjuak. Dramatic large-scale pieces include Airut’s depiction of a mother who
drops her child from her amautik (parka) after clashing with a muskox, and Arnamissak’s scene of two men
loading a kayak onto a kamotik (sled) for overland travel.
George T. Richardson (1924–2014) became the
first Canadian-born Governor of the Hudson’s Bay
Company in 1970, and served until 1982. During his
tenure, the Hudson’s Bay Company moved its
headquarters and archives from London, England, to
Winnipeg, and transferred ownership from Britain to
Canada. He developed an interest in Inuit art while
travelling throughout the Canadian Arctic as Governor.
Tannis Richardson is a dedicated supporter of the
WAG and she was instrumental is initiating the
Volunteer Committee’s Study Group program and
Art to the Schools, which continue today. Additionally,
Tannis chaired the Gallery’s organization of the
landmark David Milne exhibition held in the late 1960s,
and fundraising for the spectacular rotating front door
of the new gallery building that opened in 1971.
In 1969, George Richardson built the first modern
skyscraper in Winnipeg, the Richardson Building.
He was a founding member of several community
organizations, including Junior Achievement of
Manitoba, United Way of Winnipeg, and the Manitoba
Museum; served on many corporate boards; and
supported numerous philanthropic endeavours.
The WAG is delighted to showcase these important
carvings, housed in trust as part of the Gallery’s
world-renowned collection of contemporary Inuit art.
The George & Tannis Richardson Collection of Inuit
Sculpture catalogue is made possible through a
generous gift by Douglas and Louise Leatherdale.
The WAG is also grateful to Robert and Deirdre
Kozminski for supporting the Richardson exhibition.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Lukie Airut. (Igloolik, b. 1942) Drum Dancer and Man with Boot Caught on Muskox Horn, 1982. Stone, antler. Collection of the Winnipeg Art
Gallery. Gift from the Collection of George and Tannis Richardson, 2011-55 Jimmy Inaruli Arnamissak. (Inukjuak, 1946–2003) Two Men Loading Kayak onto
Sled, 1970s. Stone. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Gift from the Collection of George and Tannis Richardson, 2011-61.
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EXHIBITIONS
NGC@WAG presents Ron Mueck
photo:
© NGC
June 13–September 27 • Gallery 5
Co-organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Winnipeg Art Gallery
UK-based Australian artist Ron Mueck is known for his startlingly realistic yet enigmatic sculptures
that portray humans at key stages in life, from birth through middle age, to death. In works that
are either monumental in scale or undersized, he explores the human condition and psyche, often
conveying feelings of loneliness, vulnerability, and alienation.
Mueck grew up making creatures, puppets, and
costumes in his spare time, experimenting with
materials and techniques. With no formal art training
beyond high school, he began his career making models
for television, film, and the advertising industry. After
establishing his own production company in London to
make models for the advertising industry, he began
making highly realistic figures using fibreglass resin.
In 1996, Mueck came to the attention of collector Charles
Saatchi, who saw his half-sized figure Pinocchio in the
studio of painter Paula Rego, Mueck’s mother-in-law.
Saatchi commissioned more work by Mueck, who began
with an oversized baby, as a response to the birth of
his child and the baby’s sudden domination of the
household. Mueck maintains an extremely high standard
of craftsmanship, beginning with clay maquettes and
sculpting in fibreglass, silicone, and resin. Untitled (Old
Woman in Bed) (2000) was inspired by the artist’s visit
to see his wife’s ailing grandmother, a beloved member
of the family. It depicts a tiny, vulnerable woman
enveloped in hospital linens. The sculpture conveys
a sense of deep compassion for the subject. Included
in this exhibition are sculptures, maquettes, and
preparatory studies.
In 1997, Mueck achieved immediate international
recognition when his Dead Dad appeared in the
controversial exhibition Sensation: Young British Artists
from the Saatchi Collection, a show that one critic
summarized as “realism with a vengeance.”
- National Gallery of Canada, ngc.ca
Ron Mueck. A Girl, 2006. Mixed media, 110.5 x 134.5 x 501 cm. Purchased 2007 with the assistance of a contribution from F. Harvey Benoit and
Dr. Lynne. Freiburger Benoit. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
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EXHIBITIONS
Sobey Art Award
This past year, the prestigious Sobey Art Award for contemporary Canadian art was presented at the WAG, marking a first
for Western Canada. Nadia Myre was named the 2014 winner at a gala event on November 19. Listen to profiles on this
year’s five regional finalists at cbc.ca/ideas.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Evan Lee. Black Bloc Abstraction 1 & 2, 2013-2014 (background at left); 2013 Sobey Art Award recipient Duane Linklater announcing the 2014 winner; Chris
Curreri. Medusa, 2013 (foreground); Myre with Paul Kennedy, host of CBC’s IDEAS and emcee for the event; Graeme Patterson. Secret Citadel, 2013 (background); Sobey Art
Foundation Chair Rob Sobey; Nadia Myre, Scar Project, 2005-2013. Mixed media on canvas. 30.5 x 30.5 cm each; 2014 Curatorial Panel Member Paul Butler flanked by
Prairies and the North representatives Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber in front of Dumontier and Farber’s Library, ongoing project (background); Lancelot Coar and
Oliver Botar; Joanne Sobey Hames with Sobey Art Award Curator Sarah Fillmore.​
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photo:
Ernest Mayer
EXHIBITIONS
Baker Lake Carvings
Evoke Simplicity and Honesty
When Dr. Stephen Borys travels to the
Arctic, highlights are visits with the
artists, spending time in their homes and
studios, and being close to their work.
Returning to Winnipeg, he often finds
himself in the WAG’s Inuit art vaults
seeking out pieces by the artists he has
just met.
Inuit artists who work in stone, bone, or
antler prefer the term carver to sculptor,
and their artwork—carvings rather than
sculptures. It may seem like a minor
point; however, the distinction is worth
considering as it helps shift our
perspective from the south to the north—
and into the hands of the maker.
On a recent trip to Baker Lake, Nunavut,
Borys read Marie Bouchard’s essay, An
Inuit Perspective, which examines the idea
of carving from an Inuit viewpoint. In
Inuktitut, there is no single word for art
or artist. Instead, as Bouchard points out,
Inuit use terms like visual image and
visual expression to describe the artistic
process. But the desire to express
themselves and ideas through carving is
matched by the economic necessity of
the exercise. Sheila Butler, who spent
many years in Baker Lake, has said the
object’s aesthetic value is appreciated
even more because it is connected to
physical and emotional survival.
Baker Lake Carvings, curated by Borys,
featured the work of twelve Baker Lake
artists, whose careers span the last five
decades, the earliest piece from 1960
and the most recent from 2002. The
carvings, from the WAG’s premier
collection of contemporary Inuit art, are
bold in their sculptural gestures, minimal
in form, compact, unpolished, and filled
with the images and stories of the people
and the land. The carver’s stance is clear,
as Bouchard states, facing us directly
“in a manner that is forthright, simple,
and honest.”
Baker Lake
Francis Kaluraq
Martha Tikiq
Nancy Pukingrnak Aupaluktuq
Miriam Qiyuk
Barnabus Arnasungaaq
George Tatanniq
Paul Toolooktook
Simon Tookoome
Toona Iquliq
Vital Makpaaq
Thomas Sivuraq
David Ikuutaq
Mathew Aqigaaq
Paul Toolooktook (Baker Lake, 1947–2003). Two Men Wrestling, c. 1960–1969. Stone. Collection of the Winnipeg Art
Gallery, Twomey Collection, with appreciation to the Province of Manitoba and Government of Canada, 634.7
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INUIT ARTS CENTRE
Luke Anguhadluq. Canadian (Baker Lake, 1895–1982).Shaman
Entering the Drum Dance, c. 1977. Coloured pencil, graphite on
paper. © Public Trustee for Nunavut, Estate of Luke (Luc)
Anguhadluq. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; acquired
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with 16
funds
from Gulf Canada Limited, G-84-353
INUIT ART CENTRE
Qaggiq ka-gik
(a gathering place)
As planning continues for the Inuit Art Centre at the WAG—a state-ofthe-art building and innovative programming hub that will celebrate Inuit
art and Indigenous cultures—it is guided by four principles: sanaugait
(made by hand), nunamit (from the land), qaggiq (a gathering place),
and inuniq (who we are).
Darlene Coward Wight, WAG’s Curator of Inuit Art, describes qaggiq
by referencing one of the works from the WAG’s collection—Shaman
Entering the Drum Dance—by Baker Lake artist Luke Anguhadluq.
Anguhadluq lived on the land until 1967 when, at the age of 72, he
moved to Baker Lake in the Kivalliq region west of Hudson Bay. He
had established a reputation as a successful hunter and camp leader,
and soon became respected in his new profession as a graphic artist.
He began drawing in 1967, and his work was included in the inaugural
Baker Lake print collection in 1970. From that year onward, he was
included in every collection until his death in 1982.
The WAG holds in trust the world’s
largest public collection of contemporary
Inuit art, with more than 13,000 works
representing more than 60 years of
connection to the Arctic. The creation of
the Inuit Art Centre will allow this
extensive cultural resource to be shared
widely, celebrating Inuit and Indigenous
cultures through exhibition, research,
education, and artmaking. For more
information, visit wag.ca.
Drum Dance in an Iglu
Anguhadluq’s wide-ranging imagery includes animals and the hunt,
single figures, families, and community groups. The drum dance is
a favourite subject.
Anguhadluq frequently mixes spatial perspectives. Here we see frontal
views of the people within a bird’s-eye perspective of the snow house.
A shaman, or angakkuq, can be seen entering the qaggiq through the
outer passage, or porch. The shaman was a master drummer, and could
use the rhythmic beat of the drum to initiate a seance within the large
qaggiq. His hypnotic performance would allow him to enter into a
mystical state and disappear on a journey to the spirit world. Rows of
tattooed female faces generate an almost hypnotic rhythm as they sing to
the beat of the male drum dancers. As one male performer tires, he lays
the drum on the ground as an invitation for another to take up the dance.
*This is the third in a series of features exploring the principles that
guide the development of the Inuit Art Centre at the WAG.
Catch Michael Maltzan, architect for the Inuit Art Centre,
at the Walrus Talks Arctic at the WAG. See ad on next page.
photo:
crdit
“In the drawing Shaman Entering the Drum Dance, the community
is gathered in a qaggiq, a large snow house often built on festive
occasions for group activities that included games and drum dances,”
says Coward Wight. The circular composition of the qaggiq reinforces
a sense of communal unity.
For additional works by Luke Anguhadluq in the
WAG collection: wag.ca/art/art-search
Available at Gallery Shop:
• Postcard set from the WAG collection,
including Shaman Entering the Drum Dance
• Pencil crayon set featuring the Shaman
Entering the Drum Dance
On view at the Gallery:
Elisapee Ishulutaq page 3
George & Tannis Richardson Collection
of Inuit Sculpture page 12
Inuit Art Centre
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EXHIBITIONS
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PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS
OLYMPUS
EVENTS
FREE AUDIO TOUR in French and
English included with admission.
Members’ Preview
Saturday, April 25, 1-6pm • Featuring
1:30pm lecture by Prof. Dr. Andreas
Scholl, Director of the National
Museums in Berlin’s Collection of
Classical Antiquities. Watch for
your invite.
Drop-in Tours
Join one of our tour guides for
a look at Olympus: The Greco-Roman
Collections of Berlin. Tour is
included with Gallery admission.
No registration necessary. Tours
run on Saturdays and Sundays at
2pm. More dates are available online
at wag.ca.
May 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31
June 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28
July 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26
Olympus Family Sunday
Sunday, May 24, 1:30-4pm • Enjoy
an afternoon of fun activities inspired
by Olympus. See wag.ca for details.
Special Events/Programs
Friday, May 1, 7pm • Wine & Words
2015 In partnership with Theatre by
the River, a medley of local actors
and celebrities performing written
works themed to Olympus! See
wag.ca for details.
Wednesday and Thursday,
July 8 and 9 • Antony & Cleopatra
A special edited presentation by
Shakespeare in the Ruins of this
classic tale of mature love and
imperial conquest. Set against
the backdrop of pre-confederation
Manitoba, the story will move you
through the WAG…literally. See
wag.ca for details.
Olympus Seminars • FREE
Olympus seminars are fun, interactive
sessions led by local experts in their
fields. Discover the many different
facets of the classical world: the
art of ancient warfare; the role of
animals in sacrifice and ritual; bioanthropology and the forensics of
excavation sites; ancient medicine,
writing, and poetry; and a hands-on
exploration of archeological artifacts.
All seminars run from 2 to 4pm.
Saturday, May 31 • Ancient Warfare
with Dr. Matt Maher and Dr. Conor
Whately from the Dept. of Classics at
the University of Winnipeg.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Corinthian helmet, 520-500 BC. Bronze. 26 x 28 cm. © Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen
zu Berlin–Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Inv. no. L 24. Triton, 350-325 BC. Marble. 131 x 56 x 41 cm. © Antikensammlung,
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Inv. no. SK 286. Photographer Johannes Laurentius
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Sunday, June 28 • Of Burials and
Bones: Tales Told by the Dead with
Dr. Amanda Blackburn, Anthropology
Professor at the University of
Manitoba.
Saturday, October 24 • Animals in
Antiquity with Dr. Michael MacKinnon
from the Dept. of Classics at the
University of Winnipeg.
Olympus Lectures • FREE
The WAG will welcome distinguished
scholars, lecturers, and thinkers from
classics, architecture, archeology,
anthropology, art history, theatre,
cultural studies, fashion, and many
more. Lectures start in fall 2015.
Check wag.ca for more details and
updated information.
Sunday, September 25 • Ancient
Fashion with Dr. Kelly Olson from
the Dept. of Classical Studies at the
University of Western
Ontario, with
cross-appointments
in the Faculty of Law
and the Dept. of
Women’s Studies
and Feminist
Research.
PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS
Film Nights@WAG • FREE
Olympus Flavours of Art
Explore the classical world through
film with Dr. Laurence Broadhurst,
from the Dept. of Religion and Culture
and the Dept. of Classics at the
University of Winnipeg. Discover the
many ways in which film and popular
culture have been influenced by the
ancient world. Film clips and excerpts
will be shown. Rush Seating.
Feast with the gods and goddesses.
The WAG’s signature dinner-and-tour
program features a three-course
exhibition-inspired fixed-menu at
TABLE, our rooftop restaurant. More
dates are available online at wag.ca.
May 22, 7–9pm • From silent films to
the Percy Jackson series, an eclectic
overview of the ways the classical
world has been depicted in film for
more than a century.
June 5, 7–9pm • A look at modern
and more recent films and their
take on classical subject matter in
new and nuanced ways. Particular
attention will be given to genre films
that at first glance appear to have
nothing to do with myth.
Thursdays, dinner is served at 6pm
Tour begins at 7:30pm
Dates and Tour Guides:
May 14 • Dr. Stephen Borys
WAG Director & CEO
June 18, September 17 • Angeliki
Bogiatji Project Curator
July 23 • Dr. Lea Stirling
Head of the Dept. of Classics at the
University of Manitoba
THE WALRUS
TALKS ARCTIC
AT THE WAG
Thursday, March 26, 7pm
Eighty minutes of lively, thoughtprovoking ideas about the issues and
opportunities that make the North truly
unique. $15 Members/Students, $20
Non-members. See ad on page 18.
OLYM PUS
$80 Members, $85 Non-members
Dine at the top. New restaurant
on the Penthouse Level.
Tuesday–Friday 11am–3pm
Saturday & Sunday 11am–2pm
Closed Monday
204.948.0085 for reservations
Corporate Chef: Mark Andrew
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PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS
TEACHER’S
CORNER
Through
the Eyes
of a Child
WAG Studio
Spring Art
Classes
Spring is a great time to
renew your creative energy!
WAG Studio offers courses in
drawing, painting, pottery, mixed
media, sculpture, and animation.
Classes are available for
children, teens, and adults.
March 28–May 10
Each year hundreds of children
and teens enjoy the challenge and
delight of creating art through WAG
Studio. Classes culminate in an
exhibition of their work in a wide
range of media. Come see this
wonderful exhibition featuring
young artists!
Registration is on now.
Register and find more
information at wag.ca.
Sneak Peeks for Teachers
FREE Come to the WAG to preview
exhibitions and get inspired as you
prepare for a school program visit.
Show your Manitoba Teachers’
Society (MTS) card at the front desk
to gain free access to new exhibitions
on the dates listed below.
Ernest Mayer
Winnipeg Art Gallery presents
photo:
OLYMPUS
Friday, May 15 • 11am–9pm
Saturday, May 16 • 11am–5pm
E-Newsletter
Want to get the
latest WAG news for students and
teachers? E-mail education@wag.
ca to start receiving our Teacher
E-Newsletter.
Art Professional
Development for Teachers
Go to wag.ca/teachers to learn
about a series of fantastic
professional development workshops
being planned in conjunction with
Olympus throughout the school year!
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FREE! Digital Teacher
Resources
Visit wag.ca/teachers for access to
a wealth of resources designed to
meet Manitoba curriculum learning
outcomes, including a pre-visit guide,
digital classroom kits, and self-guided
tour sheets for early, middle, and
senior years, available in English
and French.
Folding mirror with Pan and Nymph (detail),
c. 280 BC. Greece. Bronze. 13.5 cm (diameter).
© Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu
Berlin–Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Inv. no. Misc.
8148. Photographer Johannes Laurentius.
ENCORE
APRIL 1•7 & 9:30pm
APRIL 2• 4:30, 7 & 9:30pm
APRIL 4• 4:30, 7 & 9:30pm
Tickets will be available in
March at wag.ca
PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS
Spring Break
Monday • Sense-sational Discover
how artists use a whole range of
colours, lines, and textures to appeal
to our five senses.
Spring Break Art Camp –
Every Child is an Artist
Tuesday • Who Am I? Find pictures
in the Gallery to inspire your own
self-portrait.
Monday, March 30 to Thursday,
April 2 8:30am–5pm
Wednesday • Fin, Fur, and Feathers
Hunt for animal art in the Gallery
and go wild in the Studio creating an
untamed work of your own.
Ages 6 to 12
$45/day • Non-members $50/day
Get creative with a new theme
every day! Campers will have fun
experimenting with new art forms,
playing active games, and seeing art
in the galleries.
Spring Break
Family Tours
Thursday • Myths, Heroes,
and Monsters In anticipation
of our upcoming exhibition
Olympus, make a mythological work
of art. Register at wag.ca/learn.
Enjoy the party...leave the
arrangements to us!
For more information, download
our brochure online or contact
204.789.1290/education@wag.ca.
Tuesday, March 31 • Thursday, April 2, 1pm
Included with Gallery admission. Bring your family and friends to an
interactive tour at the WAG. Have fun with hands-on activities and
learn about art in a way that’s engaging for all ages.
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GALLERY BALL 2014
Saturday, October 18
photo:
Build Films
PRESENTING SPONSOR
Amid spectacular surroundings, a merry crowd enjoyed lively music, fabulous fare, and the great Salvador Dalí—all to benefit
the WAG’s youth outreach and education programs. Thank you to the 2014 Gallery Ball sponsors, donors, and guests who
came together to raise $200,000 for young people in our community! See more photos at galleryball.wag.ca.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: Artist Jordan van Sewell with Gallery Ball 2014 Co-chairs Catherine Maksymiuk, and David Carr; John Statham, Alison Darling, WAG Foundation
Member Robert Darling, Aaron Margolis, Rachel Margolis, WAG Foundation President Richard Yaffe, Suzi Bonk, Dianne Lieberman, Mayor Brian Bowman, and Tracy
Bowman; Gallery Ball 2014 committee; with Brian Jungen’s Vienna looking on, the crowd awaits the live auction. Brian Jungen. Vienna, 2003. white polypropylene plastic chairs.
125 x 850 x 130 cm. National Gallery of Canada; The Solutions; Daniel Friedman, Marlene Stern, and Rob Dalgliesh on the red carpet; WAG Director & CEO Dr. Stephen Borys,
WAG Board of Governors Chair Dr. Ernest Cholakis, Kim Roblin, Presenting Sponsor 1832 Asset Management Senior Vice President Don MacDonald, and Hazel Borys.
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THE ASSOCIATES
TRAVEL TOURS
Insight, Understanding, and Adventure
July 17–29 • Heart of the Arctic Expedition
What better way to experience Canada’s
last frontier, and its most exotic
landscape, than through the artistic
outpourings of its people in their land?
Inuit art has a history of over 4,000
years and each work tells a story.
Carvings of stone, bone, and antler
emerge from the Arctic landscape
as a mother and child, or a dancing
polar bear. Prints illustrate life in the
communities and have become soughtafter by collectors. Weavings and
wall hangings expand the traditional
sewing skills of women and are a highly
personalized art form.
Adventure Canada’s 2015 Heart of the
Arctic travel tour to the Canadian Arctic
and Greenland brings people together
with local hosts to learn about regional
customs, sample local food, and connect
with Inuit art. A highlight for art lovers
will be visits to the communities of
Kinngait, Kimmirut, and Pangnirtung, and
meetings with established and emerging
artists.
Join WAG Director & CEO Dr. Stephen
Borys, his wife Hazel, and son Roman,
on this once-in-a-lifetime expedition
for the whole family. You’ll have
the opportunity to watch the artists
create, and do a little shopping! For
full details on the itinerary, please visit
adventurecanada.com.
For more information, please contact
The Associates of the WAG. Host:
Lila Goodspeed at 204.255.4139 or
lilag@mymts.net. Annual Stamp Sale
Friday, April 10, 11am–9pm • Saturday & Sunday, April 11 & 12, 11am–5pm
Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto
The Associates of the Winnipeg Art Gallery present the 53rd Annual
Stamp Sale featuring worldwide stamps for all collectors. Attend and
view a great selection of stamps and postcards during this annual
fundraiser. More at wag.ca/events.
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GALLERY SHOP Presents
Wave at the WAG 2015 • March 20–April 12
View the works of over 20 Manitoba artists from the Interlake’s
Wave Studio Tour • Artists reception March 20, 6–9pm
Rand Heidinger Solo Exhibition
May 8–June 7
Artist reception May 8, 6–9pm
TAKE A PIECE OF OLYMPUS HOME
GALLERY SHOP
Inside Out: New Works by Charlene
Brown • February 20–March 15
Gallery Shop is located on the main floor of the WAG, no admission is required.
Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm, Friday, 11am–9pm, Closed Mondays.
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The Gallery Shop is excited
to open a new location
connected to the Olympus
exhibition! All items have
been carefully curated
to please the gods and
goddesses.
Amanda Onchulenko. Community Support (detail)
GALLERY SHOP
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WAG Annual General Meeting June 25, 2015
More details to come.
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France Adams and Stephen
Brodovsky
Brian Akins
Trish Allison-Simms
Jay and Judy Anderson
Philip Ashdown
Mark Bernstein
Rita Bienvenue
David and Gillian Bird
C. Jean Bissett
D. Joan Blight
C.D. Bredt and J. Cameron
Doreen Bromley
Doneta and Harry Brotchie
Enid Brown and David Robinson
Richard and Joyce
Brownscombe
Ellen Bruce
Carol Budnick
John and Laureen Bulman
David Carr
Stephen C. and Cynthia
Cohlmeyer
Kay Condra
Gerald H. Couture
Meribeth Coyne
Margaret Cuddy
H.G. Curle and B. Phillips
Derwyn and Mary Shirley
Davies
Franca Degrazia
Nancy Dillow
Claire Dionne
H.E. Duckworth
Shirley Duckworth
SUPPORT THE WAG
Orvie Ellis
Deb Fast and David Wiebe
Steven Feldgaier and Sharon
Shaydak
Gilles Ferrand
Elaine Finnbogason
Freig & Associates
Cathy and Trevor Gamble
Rosalie E. Gillespie
Barbara Goldenberg
Ruth Gongos
Evelyn and Larry Hecht
Ted and Gail Hechter
Martha Helgerson and Donald
Houston
Gail Hitesman
Charles Huband
Analee Hyslop
Phyllis Ilavsky
Harry Ingleby
Bruce and Laura Johnston
Els and Kevin Kavanagh
T. Killeen and I. Hamilton
Janet Kinley
Katherine Klassen
Susan and Keith Knox
Stephen Knysh
José Koes
D.M. Kristjanson
Lois Kristjanson and Helga
Kristjanson
Katarina Kupca and Bartley Kives
G.H. Lawler and Anne Lawler
Cycelia Lazarowich
Heather Lindsay
Donald J. MacDonald
Dr. Douglas MacEwan
Vernon S. MacKelvie
Carol A. and Richard Macoomb
Catherine Maksymiuk
Judy Manning
Elaine and Neil Margolis
Lynne McCarthy and Claude
Davis
Scott McCulloch
Ron and Sandi Mielitz
Vera Moroz
Grange Morrow and Linda
Hamilton
Sharon and Mel Myers
Number TEN Architectural
Group
Carole E. Osler
John Paulsen
John and Janine Pennington
Prof. Nettie Peters
Carol Philips
Marina Plett-Lyle
Bill Pope and Elizabeth TippettPope
Juta Rathke
Amy Richmond and James
Hanley
Henriette Ricou and Jure
Manfreda
James A. Ripley and Diane
Jones
Yvonne and G.A. Robertson
Gisela Roger
Renée Roseman
Robyn Rypp and Arnie, Beth and
Jacqui Usiskin
Kevin Sanders
Brent Schacter
Fred Schaeffer
Lucille Schmidt
Charlene Scouten
Betty Ann and Sam Searle
Bob Somers
Frederick and Edith Simpson
Jennie S. Squire
Emöke J.E. Szathmáry and
George A. Reilly
Ruby and Andy Tekauz
Susan A Thompson
Erik Thomson and Nicola
Spasoff
Betsy Thorsteinson and Brad
Caslor
David and Sylvia Topper
Ray Turner
Marianne Wawrykow and Chris
Kowal
Donald and Florence Whitmore
Paul Wiebe
Clifford and Heather Yaffe
Donn K. Yuen
John and Elizabeth Zandstra
Anonymous (12)
Tribute and Memorial Gifts
In Honour of Pam Cameron and
Ray Fillion
Barbara I. Robertson
In Honour of Doren Roberts and
Nicole Fletcher
Freig & Associates
In Memory of Patrick Boyce
Natasa and Francis Juck
Mr. Leonard Karr
Christine Knoll
Leona MacDonald and Douglas
Riske
Maggie Martin
Number TEN Architectural
Group
Betsy Thorsteinson
In Memory of Dorothy “Jick”
Cormack
Nancy Dillow
Gary Essar
Ernest and Nancy Mayer
Jean Smallwood
Kathleen Campbell (to Curatorial)
In Memory of Hope Kahane
Leonard H. Kahane
In Memory of Dr. William Lakey
Anonymous
In Honuor of Dr. Doug MacEwan
Johanna & John Kassenaar
In Memory of Fred McQueen
Mouzon
Richard L. Yaffe and John
Statham
In Memory of Constance Pillgrim
Eva Stubbs
In Memory of Murray Stern
The Symaks
Other Support
Arts Stabilization Manitoba
Children’s Heritage Fund,
Winnipeg School Division
Winnipeg School Division
Gallery Ball 2014
Presented by
1832 Asset Management
Art and Gallery Partner
Gurevich Fine Art
Host Bar Courtesy of
Storm Catering
Catered by Storm Catering
Media sponsor
Winnipeg Free Press
Auction Sponsor
Adesa Auctions
Floral design by
Beyond Flowers
The Camel Studio
Charleswood Florists
Fache Floral Designs
The Floral Fixx
Freshcut Downtown
McDiarmid Flowers
Dessert & Coffee Sponsors
ANNA
Cake-ology
Chocolatier Constance Popp
Dessert Sinsations Café
Lilac Bakery
Special Thanks to:
Caspin Group
Doneta Brotchie
Tom Carson
Flavia Fernandez/
Ma Vie en Vin
National Leasing
Ron Paley
The Solutions
Corporate Tables
Aikins, MacAulay &
Thorvaldson LLP
Akman Construction Ltd.
BMO Bank of Montreal
Border Glass & Aluminum
Cibinel Architects Ltd.
Conviron
The Fork Renewal Corporation
McFadden Benefits & Pension
Ltd.
Monopoly Realty
Nova 3 Engineering Ltd.
Number TEN Architectural Group
Pollard Banknote
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
R.D. Sales
Scotia Private Client Group
Winnipeg Airports Authority
Winnipeg Building & Decorating Ltd.
Auction donors
Adventure Canada
Aevi Salon
Air Canada
Alter Ego
BCBGMAXAZRIA
Bella Moda
Ben Moss Jewellers
Browns
Calm Air
Canadian Art Producers
Candie and Dolls
Crown Cap
Delta Winnipeg
Diamond Gallery
DIGIPLUS Electronics
Accessories Ltd
Dorset Fine Arts
Edward Carriere
Epsilon
Festival du Voyageur
Five Small Rooms
Fox & Fiddle
Frontiers North
Girl Candy
Heartland International
Travel and Tours
Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram
hutK
Inn at the Forks
Interior Illusions
Josef Ryan Diamond
Manitoba Opera
Northwest Company
Nunavut Development Corporation
Olympia Cycle & Ski
Peter Paul’s Auto Broker
Prairie Theatre Exchange
Robinson Lighting
Roger Watson Jewellers
Royal Canadian Mint
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Segovia Tapas Bar
Strategym
Sunwing Airlines
The Forks Renewal Corp
True North Sports and Entertainment
VIA Rail Canada
Vittorio Rossi Clothiers
Waterfront Massage Therapy
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Football
Winnipeg Folk Festival
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Winnipeg Trolley Company
Winnipeg Winter Club
Wow Hospitality Concepts
City of Winnipeg/
Buffalo Gals Pictures
Toto & Dot
Artists Donations
Yisa Akinboloji
Aliza Amikude
Iwan Baan
Ted Barker
Jill Brooks
Katharine Bruce
Teresa Burrows
Anne-Marie Chagnon
Jeff Chester
Meribeth Coyne
Dan Donaldson
Lucinda Doran
Brook Drabot
Maciej Dyskiewicz
Marcel Dzama
Jerry Ell
Cliff Eyland
Anne Fallis Elliott
Neil Farber
Marusia Foster
Veronica Gillis
Bud Gillies
Kami Goertz
Marianne Gopalkrishna
Steve Gouthro
Joan Hamilton
Bruce Hanks
Rand Heidinger
Terry Hildebrand
Simon Hughes
Takashi Iwasaki
Judy Jennings
Sarah Anne Johnson
Michael Joyal
JoAnne Kelly
Bruce Kirton
Alan Lacovetsky
Rodney LaTourelle
Micah Lexier
Paul Leinburd
Valerie Metcalfe
Grace Nickel
Lisa & Sean Reico
Dominique Rey
Tom Roberts
Anna Robinson
Miriam Rudolph
Michel Saint Hilaire
Joseph Sanchez
Arnold Saper
Tim Schouten
Suzie Smith
Eva Stubbs
Ione Thorkelsson
Mary Valentine
Shelley Vanderbyl
Megan Vun Wong
Creative Partners
Build Films
C'est la Guerre Moving Pictures
Inc.
Doowah Design Inc.
Downtown Winnipeg Biz
Esdale Printing Company Ltd.
Gray Jay Media
Art & Soul 2015
Guest Lounge Sponsor
hutK
Contributing Sponsors
Farmery Estate Brewery
Gibson’s Canadian Whisky
Wyborowa
Your Next Event
Friend Sponsors
Western Financial Group
Big Games
Fox & Fiddle
Downtown Winnipeg Biz
High Tea Bakery
Planned Perfectly
MTS Centre
Red Bull
Waterfront Massage Therapy
Creative Partners
Doowah Design Inc.
Esdale Printing Company
The Sign Source / Displays
on Main
Visual Lizard
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2015 SUMMER
ART CAMP
teens
Weekly themes
based on our
Olympus exhibition.
LEGO®, architecture,
sculpture, and more!
July 6–Aug 21
9am–4pm
Donate your used LEGO to WAG
Summer Art Camp for a special
offer and a chance to win!
Early drop off • Late pick up
WAG member $200
Non-member $225
LEGO®, the LEGO logo, DUPLO, the
Brick and Knob configuration, and the
Minifigure are trademarks of The LEGO
Group which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this building event.
Visit wag.ca for details.
Registration is on now.
What are you doing
this spring break?
See page 23 for kids
and family activities.
Return undeliverable
Canadian addresses to:
Winnipeg Art Gallery
300 Memorial Boulevard
Winnipeg, MB R3C 1V1