Fort Macleod Allied Arts will host the opening of the exhibition ‘Figured’ at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 24.
The Fort Macleod Allied Arts Council invites everyone to come and take in Figured, an art exhibition, on Friday, March 24.
Guests will also visit with the board and the community of artists during the event, which starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Allied Arts office at 2113 Second Ave .
The event is free and open to all ages.
This group exhibition from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts’ permanent collection features a selection of works focused on the study of the figure.
The human figure provides a vast window into humanity, allowing us to document culture and ideology.
It has been a source of inspiration throughout history — consider Marry Cassat’s impressionist painting Summertime and pop artist Andy Warhol’s Triple Elvis — and has been depicted in almost every art period and genre.
The works in this exhibition are rendered in vastly different ways but draw from the same source of inspiration: the body.
In art school, students study figure drawing; live models are observed and rendered.
Students visually investigate the curve of a back, the volume of a thigh muscle, the sharpness a collarbone and the delicateness of a fingertip.
The artists in this exhibition have done the same — they have studied and created expressions of humanity using the human form as their visual vehicle.
From Maureen Harvey’s bright watercolour painting Reclining Male Figure to Susan Bolinger’s contemplative black and white ink on paper Untitled, the figurative works in this exhibition are fascinating and invite us into a place of universal understanding.
The exhibition is curated by Can the Isbister and organized by the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre.
