Opening reception: Saturday, May 31 from 2-5pm

This year marks the year of Ronald Bloore’s 100th Birthday.  In celebration of his centenary, this exhibition will cover a vast selection of Bloore’s works. A complex and diverse artist, Bloore made a large mark on Canadian art history, not only with his artwork but as an educator, and past director of the Mackenzie Art Gallery.  This exhibition aims to explore the vastness of his art-making career, with careful attention to paintings, drawing, and sculptures from as early as 1961 to the 2000s.

“Art is a serious, not a casual activity. It cannot be approached simply by the recognition only of the spectator’s past experience. Any truly creative work should be a revelation to the beholder, an extension of his experience in life, not a confirmation of that which he already knows.” – Ron Bloore (speaking at the Mackenzie Art Gallery in 1958)

 

Born May 29, 1925, Brampton Ontario, Canada, became a professor at the University of Regina in the 1950s. Ronald Bloore was instrumental in helping bring about the Emma Lake works shops in northern Saskatchewan.  He received an honorable doctorate from the University of Regina (along with his compatriots (the Regina Five)) in 2001.
Abstract painter, sculptor, graphic artist, muralist and educator, Ronald Bloore, along with four other preeminent Canadian artists – Kenneth Lochhead, Arthur McKay, Ted Godwin, and Douglas Morton, was a member of the Regina Five – an artistic community, which made a deep and lasting impression on Canada’s art scene.
He received degrees in art and archaeology from universities in Canada, USA and Europe, and later held positions as an instructor in art and archaeology at universities of Toronto and Regina.

 

Preview Thursday and Friday, May 29 & 30