{"id":8405,"date":"2017-05-09T08:39:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T12:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=8405"},"modified":"2017-05-08T00:56:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T04:56:52","slug":"charles-gagnon-a-survey-of-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/charles-gagnon-a-survey-of-photographs\/","title":{"rendered":"CHARLES GAGNON A Survey of Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gardenia – Montreal 1974 – by Michikos Gagnon courtesy Stephen Bulger Galleries<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. \u00a0Stephen Bulger Galleries are presenting this exhibition<\/a> of Montrealer Charles \u00a0Gagnon’s photographs including photographs taken with an SX-70 and a Minox!<\/p>\n

Exhibition Dates: May 13 \u2013 June 17, 2017
\nOpening Reception: Saturday, May 13, 2-5pm<\/span>
\nOnline Preview: beginning May 5th at ffotoimage.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

From the press release by Stephen Bulger Galleries, “The Stephen Bulger Gallery is pleased to present ‘A Survey of Photographs<\/em><\/a>‘, a retrospective of work by Canadian artist Charles Gagnon.<\/p>\n

“Charles Gagnon (born Montr\u00e9al, May 23, 1934; died April 16, 2003) is a major figure in Canadian contemporary art who, along with Michael Snow, was one of the few multidisciplinary artists of his generation. A common theme in his many artistic experiments, whether painting, photography, collage, film, sound, or sculpture, is the material results of his eclectic yet reflective take on existence. His limitless curiosity and deep interest in astronomy, history, mathematics, and philosophy led him to create a fresh and eloquent body of work.<\/p>\n

“While studying, living, and working in New York City from 1955 to 1960, Gagnon pursued painting and photography. Returning to Montr\u00e9al, Gagnon’s impressive career is evidenced in the masterworks that he created in numerous mediums, which now grace important public and private collections across Canada and around the world.<\/p>\n

“His fascination with photography is represented by several key moments. Our exhibition will feature photographs from the artist’s estate, including Gagnon’s original Polaroid SX-70 prints, and gelatin silver prints he made while using the Minox camera in the late 1970’s. With the eye of a fl\u00e2neur, Gagnon flirts with the exterior world, giving flowers, landscapes, deserts, and mysterious cloud formations a new aesthetic significance. We will also exhibit work from Gagnon’s 1990’s series Tables de mati\u00e8re and Mythes. These two series highlight Gagnon’s fascinating use of the medium to explore issues that occupied a mature artist’s mind, and which closely relate to paintings he made at the same time.
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\n“Listed amongst his many awards are the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts; Prix du Qu\u00e9bec; Prix Paul-\u00c9mile-Borduas; Doctorat Honoris Causa, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al; Chevalier, Ordre du Qu\u00e9bec; and the The Donald Cameron Medal, Banff Centre”.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toronto. \u00a0Stephen Bulger Galleries are presenting this exhibition of Montrealer Charles \u00a0Gagnon’s photographs including photographs taken with an SX-70 and a Minox! Exhibition Dates: May 13 \u2013 June 17, 2017 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 13, 2-5pm Online Preview: beginning May … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,705],"tags":[1110,74,1109,1111,282,301,664,1108],"class_list":["post-8405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","category-photos","tag-charles-gagnon","tag-exhibition","tag-gagnon","tag-michikos-gagnon","tag-minox","tag-polaroid","tag-stephen-bulger","tag-sx-70"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8405"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8409,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8405\/revisions\/8409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}