{"id":718,"date":"2018-03-14T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T16:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/?page_id=718"},"modified":"2023-07-24T12:57:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T16:57:15","slug":"art-from-saskatchewan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/art-from-saskatchewan\/","title":{"rendered":"Art from Saskatchewan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Garneau, An Interesting Meeting on the Prairies<\/em>, 2005. Acrylic on canvas, 61″ x 37″.<\/strong> University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.2006.4. \u00a9\u00a0David Garneau. Reproduced with the permission of the artist. Photograph by the University of Regina.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Saskatchewan has a rich history of artistic practice which is represented in the President’s Art Collection. Our holdings include the modernist abstractions of the Regina Five, Indigenous sculpture, textiles and painting, and\u00a0ceramics in the Regina Clay tradition.<\/h4>\n

Jack Sures <\/strong>(1934-2018), was a longtime professor at the University of Regina, founded the University\u2019s ceramics program in 1965. Examples of his work can be found throughout the campus, including a selection of vessels (Classroom Building, 1st floor hallway, outside CL 111), his 1972 ceramic mural (Classroom Building, 2nd floor staircase) and sculptural objects<\/a> (Classroom Building, hallway CL 401.2). Other holdings representative of the Regina Clay tradition include Ann James<\/strong><\/a>, Lorraine Malach<\/strong>, Marilyn Levine<\/strong> and Victor Cicansky<\/a>*<\/strong>, all members of a generation of ceramicists who emerged under Sures. For more information about ceramics at the University of Regina, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Regina Five<\/a> pioneered modernist abstraction in Canada, and remain some of the city’s most influential artists.\u00a0Arthur McKay<\/strong><\/a> (1926-2000), Douglas Morton <\/strong><\/a>(1926-2004), Ted Godwin <\/strong><\/a>(1933-2013), Kenneth C. Lochhead<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(1926-2006) and Ronald Bloore <\/strong><\/a>(1925-2009) formed a hub of avant-garde activity in the early sixties, in and around the University of Regina School of Art and the Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery. The Five exhibited their abstract painting at the National Gallery of Canada exhibition, Five Painters from Regina<\/em> in 1961; a significant moment of national exposure. McKay and Lochhead initiated the Emma Lake workshops. The workshop series was led by renowned invited artists and critics, many from New York, which was considered the centre of the artworld at the time. Not only did these cultural practitioners influence the Five, but many others who attended from throughout coast to coast. To view the work of the Five together, visit the Dr. William Riddell Centre.<\/p>\n

Anthony Thorn<\/strong>\u00a0(1927-2014) originally studied under the Regina Five member, Kenneth Lochhead, and was instructed in oil painting in Canada, stained glass and drawing in Paris, metal-smithing in Greece, mural work in Mexico, and watercolour and sumi-e <\/i>(ink wash) painting in Japan. Three of his paintings<\/a>, on display in the Dr. Archer Library, reflect his painterly skills.<\/p>\n

The University also has several paintings by contemporary\u00a0M\u00e9tis artist, curator, writer and academic,\u00a0David Garneau<\/strong>\u00a0(b. 1962). An Associate Professor in Visual Arts in the faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, Garneau’s work is\u00a0directly influenced by M\u00e9tis material culture, and explores issues such as\u00a0M\u00e9tis identity, politics and indigenous and settler dynamics. The works can be viewed in the Dr. William Riddell Centre<\/a> and\u00a0La Cit\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 1970, the University commissioned three\u00a0Tah-hah-sheena<\/em>\u00a0tapestries from the Sioux Handcraft Co-operative by\u00a0Bernice Runns<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Marjorie Yuzicappi<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(dates unknown) and\u00a0Martha Tawiyaka<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(1875-?) which can be viewed in the Dr. Archer Library. Located on Standing Buffalo, SK, the Co-operative began with twenty-three rug-hooking enthusiasts seeking to revive local Sioux designs. Also on display within the Dr. John Archer Library are\u00a0Keith Bird<\/strong>\u2018s (b. 1955) monumental hide paintings,\u00a0The Clans<\/em>\u00a0(2009)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Spotted Thunderbird Healer<\/em>\u00a0(2010)<\/a>. An accompanying work,\u00a0Elk Whistle<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2006), is displayed in the\u00a0Aboriginal Student Centre in the Research and Innovation Centre. Bird\u2019s works speak to the reclamation of traditional spiritual practices and teachings and are informed by his Cree and Saulteaux heritage.<\/p>\n

Contemporary Cree artist\u00a0Lionel Peyachew’s<\/strong>\u00a0The Four Directions<\/em>\u00a0(2005)<\/a>\u00a0honours the teachings and philosophies of elders and reflects on the importance of education as a tool to thrive. This sculpture can be viewed next to Wascana Lake. Like Peyachew,\u00a0Allen Sapp<\/strong>\u00a0(1928-2015) was raised on Red Pheasant First Nation, Saskatchewan.\u00a0Horses Drinking<\/em>\u00a0(c. 1983) and\u00a0Threshing in the Old Days\u00a0<\/em>(date unknown)<\/a>\u00a0are typical of the warm and evocative scenes of Sapp\u2019s oeuvre, and\u00a0can be viewed in the Administration Humanities Building on the first floor. For more information about these and other indigenous artworks on campus, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Joseph Fafard<\/strong>‘s (b. 1942) outstanding cultural contributions have significantly raised the profile of art in Saskatchewan. Over an art career that spans four decades, Fafard has developed a national and international reputation for his ceramic and bronze works, which include\u00a0Le jardin d\u2019esprit<\/em>\u00a0(1997)<\/a>, located next to Wascana Lake. Fafard’s collaboration with his class, Frog<\/em> (1971)<\/a>, remains one of the most popular public sculptures in Regina today.<\/p>\n

*For more information about these works, contact presidents.art.collection@uregina.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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