BLACK
FIRE/ WHITE FIRE
Fibre Art by BARRY TODD GOODMAN
Opening Night Reception
Thursday, May 15, 2008 • 7 to 9 pm
Artist in attendance • Everyone is welcome
Exhibit runs until Wednesday, June 11, 2008
“Pissarro
Après...”
Barry Todd
Goodman's exhibition, Black Fire / White Fire represents
a cross-section of fibre pieces culled from the past 10 years
that specifically address Jewish topics, all tied together by
language and history. In this exhibition Goodman brings together
his well known fibre art portraits and the lesser known aspects
of his work, including two installations Ezekiel and Amalek,
as well as new stitched portraits of Jewish Canadian authors,
Irving Layton and Mordechai Richler. It is a thoughtful and
challenging collection of work which pushes the boundaries of
art and craft.
I often
use the photograph as a jumping off point. Whether it be a photograph
or an etching or a work of literature or whatever, I want the
viewer not only to consider my work but to consider the original
work as well, not to mention the relationship of the two. While
my work might not look traditional, I see it in terms of the
fundamental themes in the history of art, like portraiture,
still life, historical pictures. –Barry Todd Goodman
Montreal
born Vancouver artist, Barry Todd Goodman, MFA, holds degrees
in History, Art History and Studio Arts. He teaches Art History
at Langara College and has lectured and exhibited extensively.
CHARACTERS
Paintings by NORMAN LEIBOVITCH (1913-2002)
Opening Night Reception
Thursday, June 19, 2008 • 7 to 9 pm
Late Artist's son and daughter in attendance • Free Admission
• Everyone is welcome
Exhibit runs until Sunday, July 13, 2008
“Harmony”
I have been asked
many times why I dedicate myself so completely to painting –
I do it because I must. Life has meaning to me through my work.
My interest in life is based on my art and it is the connection
I have with reality.
–Norman Leibovitch
Norman Leibovitch's
exhibit, Characters, is a selection of his narrative and portrait
works spanning the decades from the 1940's to the year 2001.
Informed by his upbringing by Montreal Jewish immigrants, the
works reflect a variety of Jewish themes including ‘Shtetl
life’ and ‘post Diaspora alienation’. The
art depicts a world peopled by the solitary, the disconnected
and, possibly, the forgotten. It's as if the characters inhabit
internal worlds, which remain hidden from the viewer's eye.
Even those figures depicted in relation to others, appear to
gaze past each other into some type of impossible longing. Although
this collection seems to grow out of a melancholic sensibility,
many paintings hint at optimism and redemption through the artist's
use of colour and his treatment of light. Although one senses
sorrow, the Jewish capacity for endurance and acceptance of
irony is apparent.
Norman Leibovitch
was born in Montreal, Quebec. He studied in New York at the
American People's School, at the American Artists School and
at the Arts Student League. He began to exhibit his work in
the 1940's in Montreal, Toronto, New York, Winnipeg, Israel
and Mexico. He was well known to both the English speaking and
French speaking communities of Montreal. He is most recognized
for his large female nudes, Quebec landscapes and paintings
depicting Jewish themes. He continued to paint and exhibit throughout
the 1950's and 1960's. In the 1970's and 1980's he became more
private about his work. After his death in 2002, a retrospective
of his work was held at the Galerie d'art d'Outremont (2004),
the public art gallery in the neighbourhood of Outremont where
he lived for forty-one years until his death in 2002.
FLYING
Paintings and Sculpture by MANDARA LEBOVITZ
Opening Night Reception
Thursday, Thursday July 17, 2008 • 7 to 9 pm
Artist in attendance • Free Admission • Everyone
is welcome
Exhibit runs until Sunday, August 10, 2008
“Ancient
Landscape”
Society shackles, pain and 'the everyday' confine.
Beyond these chains, Mandara Lebovitz's exhibit Flying takes
you on a journey into those places in nature inspired by inner
reflections and dreams. Mandara's creations echo her inner landscapes…her
joy, her pain, her domestic life. Her paintings and sculptures
are composed of organic forms and earth tones. She utilizes
symbolic objects such as steel cubes, chains and mirrors to
further her themes.
Mandara
Lebovitz was born in Montreal, Quebec and grew up on a 100-acre
tree farm on a lake in the country an hour north of the city.
She studied Fine Art at Montreal's Concordia University mentoring
under Canadian painter Leopold Plotek. Mandara taught art part-time
at St. Georges private elementary school in Montreal before
moving to B.C. She chose to live and work in her studio in Port
Moody, B.C because of the proximity and access to the mountains
and the inlet. She is a participant in the Port Moody Arts Connect
tours as well as in the Artists on the Inlet show, which opens
in April. Mandara is currently taking sculpture courses at the
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. She has been inspired
by her travels abroad to foreign countries such as Greece, Mexico,
Turkey, Australia and New Zealand.
ISRAEL
@ 60!
A juried group exhibit of visual art by BC artists
Opening Night Reception
Thursday, August 14, 2008 • 7 to 9 pm
Artists in attendance • Free Admission • Everyone
is welcome
Exhibit runs until Sunday, September 14, 2008
It’s
Israel’s 60th birthday and it’s time for us to celebrate
and commemorate its varied landscapes, its people, its antiquity,
its modernity, its beauty, its spirit, its growth, its scientific,
agricultural, technological and architectural achievements and
more. Join BC’s professional Jewish artists as they exhibit
their drawings, paintings and/or sculpture illustrating their
vision of Israel @ 60.
CALL FOR
SUBMISSIONS:
for professional visual artists who would like to show their
work at the gallery during the Israel @ 60! Exhibit
Aug 14 to Sept 14. The deadline is July 3, 2008. More
information>>
