"Quiet Zone" :Common
Thread International Exhibition
The Gallery :Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre
Major
Festival Exhibition
Exhibition Description
While
viewing the submissions for the Common Thread International, curator
Dawne Rudman was most caught by the work in neutral colours and from this, an
idea emerged. Neutral colours are often used as a background or to give a
highlight to something. However, neutral shades can also be elegant, alluring
and strong, deserving prominent recognition in their own right. For this
reason, she decided to make them the focus of this show.
Ranging
from the blacks and charcoals with their dusky, shadowy hues, to the frosted,
milky, or chalky whites, the work also explores the café au lait, creamy
caramels, sand and tan shades. A rich range of opposites and complements is the
result, made more exciting by the variations in texture. There are fragile
pieces, which almost beg for protection. There are others that in spite of
being multi-layered are very revealing. Some are made of silk or paper adding
to their delicate appearance, some have a luminous quality, and some cast
gentle shadows.
All
their differences aside though, the work in this exhibition engages the viewer
in a remarkable visual feast of blending and intertwining hues and textures.
There are 25 artists in this exhibition, hailing from Austria, Canada, England,
France, Ireland and the USA.
Artists
Austria:
Vienna: Kerstin Bennier.
Canada:
British Columbia: Nelson: Maggie Tchir, Rossland: Kathleen Hill,
Summerland: Barbara Wellborn, Ontario: Brampton: Chamila Belleth,
Cambridge: Nancy Yule, London: Dagmar Kovar, Manitoulin Island: Judy
Martin, Mississauga: Pat Hertzberg, Oakville: Ixchel Suarez, Peterborough:
Kelly O'Neill, Toronto: Lorena Santin Andrade, Yael Brotman, Lisa
DiQuinzio, Lisa Kemp, Valerie Knapp, Colleen A. Lynch, Rochelle Rubinstein, Quebec:
Montreal: Ariane Lavoie.
France:
Lyon: Dominique Arlot.
Ireland:
Co. Kildare: Saidhbhín Gibson.
United
Kingdom: Cambridgeshire: Cambridge: Catherine Dormor.
USA:
California: Los Angeles: Lori Zimmerman, Michigan: East Lansing: Xia
Gao, North Carolina: Raleigh: Megan Bostic.
Venue
The
Gallery at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre
Oakville's
newest cultural centre just opened in April 2012. We are very exhited to be one
of the first exhibitions in this spectacular new gallery.