A public art collection is more than just an assemblage of personal creative expression.
It documents the progression of visual culture and becomes a research database for the study of individual artistic development within the collective and interactive contexts of a community, a region and a nation.
New additions are the lifeblood of a living, growing collection. Like many public galleries, the McIntosh Gallery must rely on generous donations from private collections to expand its holdings.
The new gallery exhibition on display June 4 – August 16, using a National Gallery of Canada model, offers a contextualized view of a few new acquisitions by bracketing them with other examples of the artist’s work previously held and demonstrating how the addition fills a gap in representing that person’s working methods, areas of investigation and stylistic changes over time.
Featured artists include Herb Ariss, Jack Bush, Johnnene Maddison, Clark McDougall, Jean McEwen, Rosemary Sloot, Albert Templar, Ed Zelenak, and William Zierhofer.