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Graham Coughtry retrospective, London Art
Gallery, Sept. 4-26:
Circulated by the Robert McLaughlin Gallery,
Oshawa and organized by Mr. Barrie Hale,
this exhibition of ttlirty-four paintings spans
the work of Canadian artist, Graham
Coughtry from 1955 to 1975 _
As Barrie Hale, exhibition organizer, says in
the catalogue introduction, "the figure and
Coughtry's use of it, are never completely
fixed - the image appears and disappears,
divides and couples, advances and recedes at
once both means and end, the apparent focus
of most of the paintings and the route of
access to the act of painting itself in all of
them. A chronological examination suggests
that these comings and goings of the figures
had had a cyclical life over twenty years; it is
Coughtry's orchestration of the cycles that
forms the substance of this exhibition.
Included in the exhibition are a comprehen-
sive selection from the famous two -figure
series, earlier works, and also non-objective
paintings.
Before he was 30, Graham Coughtry's work
had been seen in virtually every international
exhibition of importance including the Venice
Biennale, Sao Paulo International Bienal, the
Guggenheim International, and the Carnegie
International. His works are in the collection
of public galleries across North America
including the National Gallery of Canada, the
Detroit Institute of Arts, the Museum of
Modern Art, New York, the Art Gallery of
Ontario, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,
the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Norman
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina.
Coughtry is currently on the faculties of the
New York School of Art, the Ontario College
of Art, and York University, Toronto.
Gallery visitors also will have the opportunity
to meet Mr. Hale at the official opening of the
exhibition.
London Collects 2, London Art Gallery, '
September 4-26:
During the month of September, the London
Art Gallery offers its visitors the unique
opportunity to view a selection of art work
that has been acquired by private collectors in
London.
London Collelcts 2 evolved as a result of the
enthusiasm and interest shown for the first
London Collects exhibition in 1972. This time
however, the show is deliberately smaller and
is in a sense just touching base with the
collecting scene in London.
In July of 1976, Miss Val Greenfield visited
over 30 homes in this city and on behalf of the
Gallery selected the 51 pieces included in
London Collects 2. We have included as many
collectors who had not contributed to London
Collects 1 as possible.
The exhibition contains a wide variety of art
objects while at the same time reflecting the
general trends of taste in London. In every
home Canadian artists were well, if not
exclusively represented, thus Canadian art
occupies the majority of London Collects 2
alongside African, Oriental, European and
American works.
The London Gallery offers London Collects 2
as a tribute to the collectors involved in the
exhibition and to all collectors in general.
Forest City Gallery - 432 Richmond St.,
London Sept. 10 - 29 Dave Gordon, Don't
Carn —
'Abstractions', The Gallery/Stratford, Sept-
ember 11 to Oct. 10.
'Abstractions', Ontario's contribution to
Mosaicart which was held during the
Montreal Olympics will have its only showing
in the province at Gallery/Stratford from
September 11 to October 10. The exhibition
will be opened by Robert D. Johnston,
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Culture And
Recreation. Many of the artists are expected
to be in attendance.
The show consists of 44 works by 43 artists
There are five sculptures, two monumental
drawings and thirty-seven paintings. The
exhibition is a salute to the provinces' artists
on the occasion of the twenty-first Olympiad.
A presentation of contemporary work by
young or newer artists on the scene was the
exhibitions thesis in an attempt to parallel the
strivings of the young athletes at the games
The exhibition is not a cross-section of the
work being done in the province but a
personal selection by Robert Swain from one
of the strongest areas of the provinces'
artistic activity - the abstract mode. A great
stylistic variety is evident in the exhibition
with examples ranging from a cerebral
geometricism to a passionate expressionism
and shows that abstract painting is by no
means a dead vehicle.
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