{"id":5550,"date":"2011-11-19T03:28:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-19T03:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=5550"},"modified":"2012-06-03T12:46:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T16:46:41","slug":"jack-chambers-light-spirit-time-place-and-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=5550","title":{"rendered":"Jack Chambers: Light, Spirit, Time, Place and Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>401 Towards London No 1, 1968-69, oil on mahagony, 183 x 244 cm. Gift of Norcen Energy Resources Limited, 1986.\u00a0\u00a9 2011 Estate of Jack Chambers; Estate represented by Loch Gallery<\/p>\n

November 26, 2011 – May 13, 2012<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/strong>ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO<\/strong>
\n317 Dundas Street West,
\nToronto, ON M5T 1G4
\nT:416-979-6648
\nwww.ago.net<\/a>
\nHours: Tue & Thurs \u2013 Sun 10 \u2013 5:30, Wed 10 \u2013 8:30<\/p>\n

\u201cJack Chambers was deeply involved in the mysteries of our presence and our departures. Time was his material. His paintings are profoundly, classically static, and even the works\u00a0 with motion (his films) say that they are also moments fixed by Art.\u201d
\n– Michael Snow, artist
\nJack Chambers: Light, Spirit, Time, Place and Life, the collection surveys the varying styles and media used by the artist to create an incredible range of work. Curated by<\/strong> renowned Canadian art scholar Dennis Reid <\/strong>with art critic Sarah Milroy, the exhibition is based largely on holdings from the AGO\u2019s permanent collection.<\/p>\n

Situated in the Signy Eaton gallery, the exhibition is presented within four central themes, each anchored by a representative keystone piece in rooms themed \u201cLight,\u201d \u201cSpirit,\u201d \u201cTime,\u201d and \u201cPlace\u201d. More than 100 works in various media make up the exhibition, including 40 paintings, 58 drawings, five films, four prints, as well as archival photos, process materials,\u00a0 notebooks and letters from the AGO\u2019s Special Collection. Featured paintings include Meadow, 401 Towards London, McGilvary County, and Lunch<\/strong>. A room in the centre of the space will display a selection of Chambers\u2019 influential films<\/strong> including Mosaic, R34, Hybrid, Hart of London and Circle.<\/p>\n

Born in London, Ont. in 1931, Chambers relocated to Europe in 1953 to further his artistic studies. Travelling to Spain at the suggestion of Pablo Picasso, he met his future wife and developed a strong connection to that country\u2019s version of Catholicism which would later influence his paintings, representing a sense of the divine in the domestic and the familiar. Known internationally as an experimental filmmaker, Chambers\u2019 varied painting style represents the wide-reaching scope of his vision. Jack Chambers: Light, Spirit, Time, Place and Life organizes Chambers\u2019 works with interconnected themes that were present throughout his career, and permeated his images.<\/p>\n

\u201cJack Chambers is one of Canada\u2019s most recognizable and renowned painters, and has been highly influential internationally both in this regard and as a filmmaker. His role in Canadian art cannot be underestimated,\u201d said Matthew Teitelbaum, the Michael and Sonja Koerner Director, and CEO of the AGO. \u201cIt is an honour for the AGO to offer this unique presentation of Chambers\u2019 life\u2019s work at this time, and to provide the opportunity for our visitors to engage with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

An accompanying catalogue<\/strong> edited by Dennis Reid will be published for the exhibition. Jack Chambers: Light, Spirit, Time, Place and Life, is co-published by Goose Lane Editions and the AGO. The soft cover, 240-page volume features 100 full colour images of works by Chambers, and contains essays by Mark Cheetham, Christopher Dewdney, Gillian MacKay, Sarah Milroy, Ross Woodman and Dennis Reid. It includes additional contributions by Eric Fischl, Susan Crean, Michael Ondaatje and John Scott, as well as chronology by Greg Humeniuk. The catalogue is available at ShopAGO for $45.00 and\u00a0will be celebrated with a public launch in shopAGO on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 6 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Programming highlights for Jack Chambers: Light, Spirit, Time, Place and Life include:<\/strong>
\n\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSHORT FILMS BY JACK CHAMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, January 18, 7 \u2013 8:30 p.m.
\nJackman Hall at the AGO
\nMembers $20.50\/Public $22.50\/Students $17<\/p>\n

Jack Chambers\u2019 reputation as an innovator of experimental film is based on the five works he completed between 1966 and 1970. Bruce Elder will screen and discuss four of his short films: Mosaic, 1966; Hybrid, 1967; R34, 1967; Circle, 1968-1969.<\/p>\n

Bruce Elder is a filmmaker, writer, and teacher of film studies at Ryerson University. His films have been screened internationally, and he is a recipient of the 2007 Governor General\u2019s Awards in Visual and Media Arts.<\/p>\n

THE HART OF LONDON BY JACK CHAMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 7 \u2013 8:30 p.m.
\nJackman Hall, AGO
\nMembers $20.50\/Public $22.50\/Students $17<\/p>\n

The Hart of London (1968-70), Chambers\u2019 last and longest film, combines newsreel footage of natural disasters and urban rural landscapes, evoking the cycles of life and death. Rarely screened, it will be presented by Bruce Elder.<\/p>\n

BEHIND THE SCENES: THE ART OF JACK CHAMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 7 \u2013 8 p.m.
\nSigny Eaton Gallery, AGO
\nFree<\/p>\n

Join art historian Dennis Reid, curator of Jack Chambers: Light, Spirit, Time, Place and Life, for a tour of the exhibition.<\/p>\n

JACK CHAMBERS: AN INTIMATE REMEMBRANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, Mar. 7, 7 \u2013 8:30 p.m.
\nJackman Hall, AGO
\nMembers $20.50\/Public $22.50\/Students $17<\/p>\n

Art critic Christopher Dewdney presents an evening of insights into the work of Jack Chambers along with personal, often humorous, anecdotes from Dewdney\u2019s long familial acquaintance with the artist.<\/p>\n

Dewdney has been writing art criticism for more than three decades. He is the author of four books of non-fiction as well as 11 books of poetry. His most recent non-fiction title is Soul of the World: Unlocking the Secrets of Time. Dewdney teaches creative writing and poetics at the Glendon Campus of York University in Toronto.
\nThis exhibition is supported by PACART.<\/p>\n

Additional support generously provided by Al and Malka Green, Ethel Harris, The Judith Rachel Harris Foundation, and the Budd Sugarman Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

November 26, 2011 – May 13, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 100 works in various media make up the exhibition, including 40 paintings, 58 drawings, five films, four prints, as well as archival photos, process materials, notebooks and letters from the AGO\u2019s Special Collection<\/p>\n

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