The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, in conjunction with the Toronto Animated Image Society, is pleased to present ELEVEN IN MOTION: Abstract Expressions in Animation, an exhibition that brings together two forms of art production by two generations of artists; abstract paintings by Painters Eleven from the 1950s and experimental animations by eleven contemporary animators from across Canada.
In 2009, The Toronto Animated Image Society commissioned eleven independent Canadian animators to create experimental animated films inspired by Painters Eleven. Showing in The Robert McLaughlin Gallery's Painters Eleven Corridor, the animated films will be exhibited alongside Painters Eleven artworks from The Robert McLaughlin Gallery’s extensive permanent collection.
The exhibition opening takes place September 25, 2010 1-3 PM at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa in conjunction with Culture Days in Ontario. The exhibit will be on display from September 25, 2010 to September 18, 2011.
The opening of the exhibit also marks the launch of a DVD project that includes all eleven animations, as well as a booklet containing essays, interviews and images of Painters Eleven artwork. Bonus material includes essays by Linda Jansma, Curator at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery and Chris Gehman, co-editor of The Sharpest Point: Animation at the End of Cinema Cinema (YYZ Books, 2005), as well as an interview with Dennis Reid, outgoing Chief Curator, Research at The Art Gallery of Ontario. The DVD will be available for purchase from the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) and from the gift shop at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Copies will also be available at the opening.
The eleven animators whose works are featured in the exhibit are Ellen Besen, Félix Dufour-Laperrière, Nick Fox-Gieg, Patrick Jenkins, Pasquale LaMontagna, Craig Marshall, Lisa Morse, Richard Raxlen, Richard Reeves, Élise Simard and Steven Woloshen.
The Painters Eleven were a group of groundbreaking abstract painters who joined together in Ontario in the early 1950s to provide support to one another in bringing abstract art to the forefront in Canada. The group is of particular importance to the history of The Robert McLaughlin Gallery as founding Painters Eleven member, Alexandra Luke, and her husband, E.R.S. McLaughlin, offered major financial support and the donation of works from their collection to the creation of The Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Painters Eleven consisted of Jack Bush, Oscar Cahén, Tom Hodgson, Alexandra Luke, Jock Macdonald, Ray Mead, Kazuo Nakamura, William Ronald, Harold Town and Walter Yarwood.
Eleven in Motion is curated by Madi Piller.
Gallery Opening & DVD Launch
Saturday, September 25, 1 – 3 PM
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
72 Queen Street, Civic Centre, Oshawa
FREE
DIRECTIONS:
The RMG is located in the heart of Downtown Oshawa in the Civic Centre. From the 401 exit Simcoe Street North to Bagot Street. Turn left at Bagot, follow 2 blocks to Gallery. We are located beside the Oshawa City Hall and McLaughlin Public Library.
**The exhibit will be on display from September 25, 2010 to September 18, 2011.
This program was created with financial assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Petman Foundation.