Charlottetown – Three prominent Canadian artists who recently received the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts happen to have works on display at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. Kim Ondaatje, Tony Urqhuart, and John Greer were among nine winners of the awards announced March 28 at Rideau Hall.
“The Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts is one of the most prestigious accolades that can be bestowed upon an artist. It is a recognition and celebration of a lifetime of high quality art making,” says Kevin Rice, Interim Director of the gallery. “The display of the work of Ondaatje, Urqhuart and Greer in our gallery space was not meant to coincide with the awards, but the timing couldn’t have been better.”
“The public will now have a chance to view examples of these prominent artists’ works, in particular a major piece by John Greer that hasn’t been on display for more than a decade,” Rice adds.
Tony Urquhart and John Greer’s works are displayed as part of This, That and The Other Thing, a collection show curated by Interim Curator Mireille Eagan that evolved to include some of the best work in Gallery’s collection. Artists now showing include Ron Martin, Jack Humphrey, Don Andrus, Ron Shuebrook, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, and Carol H. Fraser. The exhibition concludes on April 26.
Kim Ondaatje’s work is featured prominently in the Young People’s Gallery across from the exhibit Childhood Then and Now.
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