Art Gallery of Guelph
358 Gordon Street N1G 1Y1 Guelph, ON, Canada

ART/CRAFT Lot 7: Susan Dobson, Eskimo Canadian Missionary Literature, 2016, C-print from digital file, ed. 4/5, 54 x 61 cm (frame) To browse and bid: www.auctria.com/auction/ArtCraft2020 Based in Guelph, artist Susan Dobson’s renowned photographs and videos often explore urban landscapes and the built environment. Over the past three years, Dobson has photographed two slide collections that are in the process of being dismantled: I noticed that these resources had not been u...pdated in a while, having become obsolete decades ago. The paper paraphernalia separating the slides had yellowed; the methods of classification were outdated; many slide labels used politically incorrect terminology, and there were no updates to reflect recent changes to world geographiesThe physical objects in these defunct slide libraries become, for me, memorials to artists, to researchers, to analogue photography, and to the life cycle of material objects generally. Dobson’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in the United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, China, Germany, Spain, and Mexico most recently at the Images Biennale in Vevey, Switzerland. She is represented by Michael Gibson Gallery in Canada and by In Focus Gallery in Germany. Join us online for ART/CRAFT 2020, the AGG’s signature fundraising auction, and bid on over 30 works by contemporary Canadian artists. Bidding begins today and ends Saturday, November 28, 8 pm EST.

ART/CRAFT Lot 6: Michael Davey, St. Sebastian #6, 2001, gold, silver, bronze, enamel, glass, Lucite, 20 x 15 x 5 cm To browse and bid: www.auctria.com/auction/ArtCraft2020 Professor Emeritus at York University, Michael Davey is a sculptor and installation artist, whose work often includes cast materials and found objects. His interests in landscape, industrial technology, and the built environment find their way into his pieces, which have been shown and collected throughout ...Canada, the United States, and overseas. Part of Davey’s series of contemporary icons, this work’s vibrancy draws from his use of both light and precious materials. Join us online for ART/CRAFT 2020, the AGG’s signature fundraising auction, and bid on over 30 works by contemporary Canadian artists. Bidding begins today and ends Saturday, November 28, 8 pm EST.

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ART/CRAFT Lot 33: Janet Werner, Little Redhead, 2003, oil on canvas, 35.5 x 28 cm To browse and bid: www.auctria.com/auction/ArtCraft2020 Evolving her distinct approach to portraiture for over two decades, Janet Werner imagines nuanced female characters and their worlds. The antithesis of conventional portraits, Werner’s painted subjects are composed of found images, often containing details drawn from vintage beauty magazines, fashion catalogues, and illustrated books. Werne...r received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1985 and an MFA from Yale University in 1987. She currently lives and works in Montreal, Quebec, where she is a Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University. Werner has shown widely in Canada at public and private galleries, as well as, artist-run centres, and her work is in the collections of the Musée du Québec, Musée d’art contemporain, Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Owens Art Gallery, the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, University of Lethbridge, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Mendel Art Gallery, and numerous private and corporate collections. Her work is represented by Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal and Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles. Join us online for ART/CRAFT 2020, the AGG’s signature fundraising auction, and bid on over 30 works by contemporary Canadian artists until Saturday, November 28, 8 pm EST.

ART/CRAFT Lot 32: Reed Weir, Time Piece, 2010, stoneware, 32 x 33 x 27 cm To browse and bid: www.auctria.com/auction/ArtCraft2020 Reed Weir is best known for her ceramic sculptures inspired by rural Newfoundland. Predominately figurative, her works also have a storytelling capacity addressing enduring themes and compelling images, while exhibiting elements of wonder and whimsy. Her works have been exhibited nationally and internationally. She has been exhibited in Canada, t...he United States, Germany, Japan and Thailand notably Earth Works, organized by the Gardiner Ceramic Museum for Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany and Autoportrait, 10th Biennale Nationale de Ceramique, Trois Rivieres, Quebec, and Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario. No longer working in ceramics, she now resides in Ontario. Join us online for ART/CRAFT 2020, the AGG’s signature fundraising auction, and bid on over 30 works by contemporary Canadian artists until Saturday, November 28, 8 pm EST.

ART/CRAFT Lot 31: Lorne Wagman, Blades of Grass 46, 2003, serigraph, ed. 1/1, 39 x 99 cm (frame) To browse and bid: www.auctria.com/auction/ArtCraft2020 A highly prolific artist, Lorne Wagman lives and breathes painting. Working out of his farmhouse studio in Owen Sound, Wagman captures the countryside by finding a balance between realism and abstraction, with an impressionist flare. Wagman’s work is highly sought after for its expressive brush strokes and his use of bright... and contrasting colours. Join us online for ART/CRAFT 2020, the AGG’s signature fundraising auction, and bid on over 30 works by contemporary Canadian artists until Saturday, November 28, 8 pm EST.

ART/CRAFT Lot 5: Darlene Cole, Rosé, 2017, photo etching with Chine-collé, ed. S/P, 82 x 68 cm (frame) To browse and bid: www.auctria.com/auction/ArtCraft2020 Darlene Cole’s prints are an extension of her canvases, fantastic expanses that are explorations of time and memory, childhood innocence and its loss. Cole's work has been collected across Canada and internationally, including the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Royal Bank of Canada, CIBC, OCAD Un...iversity, Fairmont Hotels (Toronto, Montreal, Banff), and Manulife Financial. Cole is represented by Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto. Join us online for ART/CRAFT 2020, the AGG’s signature fundraising auction, and bid on over 30 works by contemporary Canadian artists. Bidding begins today and ends Saturday, November 28, 8 pm EST.

Bidders ready your devices! Bidding for ART/CRAFT 2020 is now open. Unique in its celebration of the powerful intersection of art and craft, the auction features an exciting selection of over 30 works by contemporary artists donated in support of the gallery’s artistic programming and educational opportunities. Bidding will conclude Saturday, November 28 at 8 pm EST. Artworks can be viewed online or in person at the Art Gallery of Guelph until November 28, 2020. To register to bid, visit the link here: www.auctria.com/auction/ArtCraft2020

ART/CRAFT Lot 30: Tony Urquhart, Threshold, 1994, etching, ed. S/P I, 69 x 60 cm (frame) To browse and bid: www.auctria.com/auction/ArtCraft2020 Tony Urquhart is one of Canada's leading contemporary artists. His paintings, drawings, and unique "boxes" have received major recognition at home and abroad. He has played a crucial role in the development of contemporary art in Canada, and is well known for both, his activism for artists' rights, as well as, his distinguished teach...ing career. Urquhart’s public sculpture, Magic Wood (1987), is a permanent feature in the AGG’s sculpture park. Join us online for ART/CRAFT 2020, the AGG’s signature fundraising auction, and bid on over 30 works by contemporary Canadian artists until Saturday, November 28, 8 pm EST.

ART/CRAFT Lot 29: Camille Turner, After BlackGrange, 2018, pigment print on metal, ed. 4/4, 27.9 x 35.5 cm (unframed, series of 7, each) To browse and bid: www.auctria.com/auction/ArtCraft2020 Artist Camille Turner explores issues of race and space, home, and belonging. Bridging video, new media, social practice, and performance art, her work has been presented throughout Canada and internationally. The founder of Outerregion, an Afrofuturist performance group, as well as the... Afronautic Research Lab, Turner has presented this work and lectured at institutions across the country. The images that comprise After BlackGrange document the locations as well as the performative aspects of BlackGrange, a walking tour and performance she developed to illuminate histories of the African diaspora in Toronto's Grange neighbourhood. Like many of her projects, After BlackGrange is based on Turner's archival research illuminating Canada's history of slavery. She is a graduate of Ontario College of Art and Design and York University’s Masters in Environmental Studies program, where she is currently a PhD Candidate. Join us online for ART/CRAFT 2020, the AGG’s signature fundraising auction, and bid on over 30 works by contemporary Canadian artists until Saturday, November 28, 8 pm EST.