Two McIntosh exhibits open Thursday

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By Communications Staff
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Calgary artist Robert Kelly lifts the cover on the minutia of everyday life in a new exhibit on display in the McIntosh Gallery opening Thursday.
 
Kelly’s installation of eleven hardcover and leather-bound books arranged in a circle contain a foreword by a prominent guest writer. The title of the books comes from the phrase the artist discovered in a letter from a Chinese immigrant reading “the first time I heard the sound of a page turning.”
 
Each book contains a different format, varying from open verse to the repetition of a single word to demonstrate its importance to communication.
 
Kelly will be on hand for the exhibit opening at 6 p.m. Later in the evening, he will present a lecture on “Creativity as a Primary Rationale for Learning and Living,” at King’s University College, Labatt Hall Room 105, which begins at 7:30 p.m.
 
Also opening on Thursday, Sept. 17 is Michael Snow’s exhibit, Condensation. A Cove Story.
 
In its Canadian premiere as part of London Ontario Live Arts Fest (LOLA), the 10-minute silent projection of temporarily compressed, condensed recordings of several weather events which took place on or near a wild landscape in the Maritimes. The events are captured by a digital time-lapsed still camera.
 
Snow’s opening will begin at 6 p.m. and the artist will be present.
 
The same night at 7 p.m., ArtLab at the John Labatt Visual Arts Centre will open the exhibition by Robert Youds titled Jesus Green Tofino Sunset, along with hosting the grand opening of LOLA.
 
Also at the McIntosh Gallery:
  • A free public artist talk will be held Friday, Sept. 18 at 12:30 p.m.
  • Participate in a discussion circle with Western’s Writer-In-Residence Penn Kemp on Oct. 8 at 5:30 p.m.
  • The Don Wright Faculty of Music Chamber Ensemble will perform a concert on Oct. 13 at 12:30 p.m.
  • LOLA artistic director Paul Walde will present a special talk on Oct. 22 at 11:30 a.m.
For more information about these or other events visit mcintoshgallery.ca, e-mail mcintoshgallery@uwo.ca or phone 519-661-3181.
 
The gallery hours are Monday-Wednesday and Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday noon to 4 p.m.

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