News Releases - 2009
Art Bank acquires 55 new works by Canadian artists from culturally diverse communities
Ottawa, April 23, 2009 – The Canada Council Art Bank is acquiring
55 new works by Canadian artists of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American and mixed racial heritage to enhance its collection of original contemporary Canadian art. The peer assessment committee chose the works from over 530 submissions received. The total value of the artworks is just over $230,000.
The primary objectives of this purchase were to increase the awareness of culturally diverse artists about the programs offered by the Canada Council; complement the Art Bank’s collection; and respond to the increasing cultural diversity of Canada’s population. The works were selected on the basis of artistic excellence, significance to current art practice and suitability for rental.
“We are delighted with the results,” said Art Bank Director
Victoria Henry. “The Art Bank purchase of works by these Canadian artists provided an opportunity to understand how artists from culturally diverse backgrounds tell their stories: stories with autobiographical commentary, use of repetition, subtle references to traditional practices and humour.”
She added, “The works purchased include photographs, embroidery, ceramics and paintings, and reflect the knowledge of current art practice in Canada while at the same time incorporating messages of personal histories. One object is a colourful ceramic and found materials sculpture constructed to represent a constant cycle of birth and transformation. Another is a striking photograph of an Iranian woman reading on a bus. These are important acquisitions for our clients who are looking for edgier contemporary work.”
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The members of the peer assessment committee were: Andrea Fatona, curator (Ottawa); Peggy Gale, writer/critic (Toronto); Enrique Ferreol, artist/educator (Halifax); Marie-Jeanne Musiol, artist (Gatineau, QC); Camilla Singh, curator (Toronto); and Henry Tsang, educator (Vancouver). The next deadline date for submissions of artwork to the Art Bank is October 15, 2009. This will be open to all Canadian professional artists. Artists are encouraged to check the Art Bank website regularly for deadlines and other Art Bank news.
General information
The Art Bank, which has the largest collection of contemporary Canadian art in the world, was created in 1972 to support the efforts of Canadian visual artists and to provide public sector institutions with the opportunity to rent Canadian art for their offices and public spaces. The Art Bank includes some 17,400 artworks, and currently has close to 7,000 works rented to more than 200 government and corporate clients.
Canada Council Art Bank: new acquisitions
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Name |
City |
Prov. |
Title |
Category |
|
Jessica Auer |
Montreal |
QC |
Machu Picchu, Peru |
Photography |
|
Laura Barron |
Toronto |
ON |
Cathedral |
Photography |
|
Raphael Bendahan |
Montreal |
QC |
The Tribe |
Photography |
|
Charles Campbell |
Victoria |
BC |
Maroon Mandala 2 |
Painting |
|
Eric Chan |
Ottawa |
ON |
Chaos Bloom |
Painting |
|
Lucie-Clair Chan |
Halifax |
NS |
Three Heads |
Drawing |
|
Millie Chen |
Ridgeway |
ON |
Wallpaper |
Mixed Media |
|
Sylvia Cheng |
Scarborough |
ON |
Made in China |
Ceramic |
|
Ying-Yueh Chuang |
Toronto |
ON |
Field |
Ceramic |
|
Josette De Roussy |
Kelowna |
BC |
Barra de Navidad |
Painting |
|
Erika DeFreitas |
Scarborough |
ON |
The Impossible Speech Act |
Photography |
|
Sarindar Dhaliwal |
Etobicoke |
ON |
Mother and Child: Dissonance |
Digital Art |
|
R. Brendan Fernandes |
Newmarket |
ON |
Landuma Thomsoni |
Digital Art |
|
Michelle Fung |
Vancouver |
BC |
When we haven’t got snow anymore |
Drawing |
|
Rafael Goldchain |
Toronto |
ON |
The Goldstein Brothers’ Klezmer Band |
Photography |
|
Sunil Gupta |
London |
UK |
Khiyanur |
Photography |
|
Osheen Harruthoonyan |
Toronto |
ON |
Transference |
Photography |
|
Carolina
Hernández-Hernández |
Montreal |
QC |
La même fin |
Painting |
|
Sin-Ying Ho |
Mississauga |
ON |
Fractured Unity |
Sculpture |
|
Joanne Hui |
Montreal |
QC |
The Potato Wars: Chinese-Canadian Resistance during the Exclusion Era |
Print-making |
|
Tomoyo Ihaya |
Vancouver |
BC |
Peace Rice |
Mixed Media |
|
Pedro Isztin |
Ottawa |
ON |
Octavian, Canada |
Photography |
|
Fabian Jean |
Montreal |
QC |
A New World |
Painting |
|
Shié Kasai |
Montreal |
QC |
Survival Japanese Cooking |
Photography |
|
Soheila Kolahdouz Esfahani |
Waterloo |
ON |
To dance so in the midst of the arena is my desire |
Painting |
|
Will Kwan |
Scarborough |
ON |
Endless Prosperity, Eternal Accumulation |
Photography |
|
Kasumi Lampitoc |
Toronto |
ON |
Giant Teapot |
Sculpture |
|
Evan Foon Lee |
Vancouver |
BC |
Ginseng Root Study No. 18 (ed. 1/3) |
Photography |
|
J. J. Lee |
Toronto |
ON |
Citri Immaturi |
Painting |
|
Richard Leong |
Montreal |
QC |
The Tree of Life and Death |
Painting |
|
José Mansilla-Miranda |
Ottawa |
ON |
Terra Extrema |
Painting |
|
Ashok Mathur |
Vancouver |
BC |
one hundred thirty-three thousand five hundred twenty-eight words and a super-8 grab |
Photography |
|
Sanaz Mazinani |
Toronto |
ON |
Woman Reading on Bus, Tehran, Iran |
Photography |
|
Anna McIntyre |
Montreal |
QC |
Thinking of All the Famous People I Know |
Mixed Media |
|
Louise Noguchi |
Etobicoke |
ON |
Mirror 6 |
Photography |
|
Julie Oh |
Saskatoon |
SK |
Paper Route |
Photography |
|
Abdi Osman |
Toronto |
ON |
Discover Me...Series |
Photography |
|
Michele Peress |
Montreal |
QC |
White Bear |
Print-making |
|
Edward Pien |
Toronto |
ON |
From Thin Air |
Drawing |
|
Lorenzo Pepito |
Richmond |
BC |
Converse: Speak |
Painting |
|
Andrew Reyes |
Toronto |
ON |
Montevideo |
Print-making |
|
Paul Robles |
Winnipeg |
MB |
Darkest Birds (from Series: “My Beautiful War”) |
Mixed Media |
|
Jana Sasaki |
Clearwater |
BC |
Tabi and “Socks” (Diptych) |
Print-making |
|
Dionne Simpson |
Toronto |
ON |
Urban E_Scape 32 |
Painting |
|
Ken Singer |
Vancouver |
BC |
Nobody Here But Us |
Painting |
|
Do-Hee Sung |
Calgary |
AB |
Puncheong Cherry Blossom Green Vase |
Ceramic |
|
Daisuke Takeya |
Toronto |
ON |
Ottawa - from the Kara Series |
Painting |
|
Ho Tam |
Victoria |
BC |
Untitled (Sunset) |
Photography |
|
Karen Tam |
London |
UK |
The Siege of Jingxin Pharmaceutical (After Rotterdam) |
Mixed Media |
|
Denyse Thomasos |
New York |
NY |
Excavations: Jaipur Royal Visit |
Painting |
|
Howard Tsui |
Ottawa |
ON |
Bipolar |
Drawing |
|
Yvonne Wakabayashi |
Burnaby |
BC |
Sea Anemone |
Sculpture |
|
Timothy Whiten |
Toronto |
ON |
T after Tom: Phase II (divider) |
Sculpture |
|
Janice Wong |
Vancouver |
BC |
Her Thought Bubble |
Print-making |
|
Lin Xu |
Brandon |
MB |
Lylablily |
Sculpture |