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Picture of an ice skate rink with multiple long scrapes.

New Art Now: Recent Acquisitions

Curated by Sally Frater

Like so many other cultural organizations throughout the world, the Art Gallery of Guelph has had to temporarily suspend its regular artistic programming. At a time when we cannot open our doors to you, we are still committed to ensuring that you are able to continue to engage with our exhibitions and collections.

To that end, we present New Art Now: Recent Acquisitions – the first iteration of an online exhibition featuring works that the AGG has acquired over the past five years. The pieces shown here span a variety of media that include painting, printmaking, sculpture, and video. As most institutions only display close to 10 percent of the works within their collections, New Art Now: Recent Acquisitions offers a glimpse of some of the recent contemporary works acquired by the gallery, insight into the scope of the AGG’s collecting activities, as well as a sense of the compelling work that is being produced by Canadian artists. We hope that you enjoy looking and that you will visit us online for round two later this summer.

Image detail: Laura Millard, Ice Drawing #2, 2009, oil on colour photograph. Gift of Leo Kamen, 2016, Art Gallery of Guelph Collection


Gallery

A photo of a black stand decorated with white patterns. Atop the stand is a small wooden box with a tiny workshop inside
Jane Buyers
Che Fare - What Is To Be Done
A watercolor artwork that displays a white car on top of a road surrounded by reddish brown trees.
Stephen Lack
Bentley
A photo of an orange-colored bottle cap having a small hole with text that reads “ORANGE COLOURED WINNIPEG”. The bottle cap is encompassed by a black background and a grey border
William Eakin
Bottlecap 3321 (Orange Coloured Winnipeg)
An artwork consisting of coloured pencil and lacquer paint displaying a blue starry night along with streaks of white and yellow scattered around.
Don Bonham
From the Fallen Angel Series #1
Picture of an ice skate rink with multiple long scrapes.
Laura Millard
Ice Drawing #2
A canvas with enamel and acrylic paint displaying streaks of varying colours, all surrounded by neon tubes.
Robert Youds
Your only disaster is finally here
An image with a silver gelatin layer displaying an individual sleeping with multiple items and trinkets scattered around.
Diana Thorneycroft
Untitled (& if she wakes)
A artwork inside of an artwork inside of another artwork depicting a grassy landscape with a grayish sky, all encompassed around a grey border.
Eileen MacArthur
Narrow
Photo of 3 silkscreen pyramidal shapes with blue, white, and black colouring surrounded by a wooden background.
Monika Hauck
Untitled (Triangles)
A 3D geometric shape containing individual-colored beads forming triangles on all sides.
Nico Williams
Thunderbird Red + Black Medicine Ball
A torn piece of artwork displaying a sketch of trees and the ocean. This artwork is placed upon wooden planks.
Karin Silverstone
Muskoka Lake near Pride Marina
Artwork of a painting displaying various buildings and pillars along with center focused grey car.
Kent Monkman
The Transfiguration
Abstract art displaying two circles with various patterns of red, white and black colouring, along with a beige background.
Robert Davidson
I am You, You Are Me (18/131)
A photograph of a table lamp with a beige shade and a dark wooden base
Isobel Rorick
Ceremonial Hat with Stand
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Artists

Jane Buyers
Stephen Lack
William Eakin
Don Bonham
Laura Millard

Robert Youds
Diana Thorneycroft
Eileen MacArthur
Monika Hauck
Nico Williams

Karin Silverstone
Kent Monkman
Robert Davidson
Isobel Rorick

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