Thursday, June 12 at 6:30 pm, join writer and curator Ray Cronin for a talk about the art of Alex Colville (1920 – 2013). From the early 1950s, Colville maintained a set of images and subjects that remained consistent for over sixty years. His family, the immediate environs of his homes in Sackville, New Brunswick, and Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and animals, most often his family pets, the dogs and cats that shared his home, were his most frequent subjects. His critical acclaim waxed and waned over his career, but his public standing never did, and he died as, arguably, the most well-known living Canadian artist. This illustrated talk will look at Colville as a “conservative rebel,” as an artist who eschewed abstraction at the height of its critical acclaim in North America, becoming simultaneously an outlier and a success with his existential approach to realism.
This 45-minute talk will be followed by Q&A.
No registration required. This talk is free with membership or admission.
