by Robert Young’s exhibition
Last night husband, daughter Erika and I attended a wonderful opening of Robert Young’s stunning exhibition at the beautiful Gordon Smith Gallery in North Vancouver. It was the occasion of a release of his new print Bebop for the Artists for Kids, along with an exhibition with the theme of Spatial Understanding which included a number of his older prints, paintings and drawings plus a recently completed new painting.
It was a heartwarming evening! I was touched to receive a warm hug from Bob as I congratulated him on his show. We were also pleased to see many artist friends there from our former print studio, the Art Institute. How we have missed each other. (I was a bit watery eyed thinking of the evening later.) I’m sorry I was too busy to take many photos, most of which came out very yellow under the lights but for this of Robert as he spoke about his work to the gallery visitors:
The exhibition continues to January 3rd, 2015. Check here and here for more information about this unusual Gallery and its work. If you are in the area, it is well worth a visit to see this master’s impeccable work.
Some readers may recall a couple of posts I had previously written about Robert Young here and here, where some images of his work may be seen as well as at the links for more.
October 23, 2014 in Art Exhibitions, Art Institute (Printmaking), Other artists by Marja-Leena
I love the Bebop print – indeed coincidences abound because we are off to hear a jazz concert with saxophone this evening, and also looking back at RY’s work has added to my thinking about grids.
Olga, wonderful coincidences indeed to add to the pleasure of the piece for you! Hope the event fulfilled your expectations.
It sounds as though you enjoyed a wonderful evening. Was there any talk among your former colleagues of putting together another joint printmaking group?
Susan, there was no talk of it when I was with the group though we have discussed it in the past. I think the expense and work to set up a print studio is the challenge. There are a couple of co-op ones in Vancouver that one can try to join but they just don’t compare to what we had. We were very lucky and very spoiled.