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A black skateboard with a yellow canoe symbol on top of it rests on a flat surface.

New Art Now: Recent Acquisitions Part II

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, Part II– the second 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 photography. 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 your viewing experience.

Image detail: Mark Igloliorte, A Kayak Design on A Skateboard on A Drafting Table, Another Version, 2017, graphite and crayon on Mylar, 50.8 × 106.7 cm. Purchase, 2019, Art Gallery of Guelph Collection


Gallery

A photograph of a basket, with a white background, is made from blue woven vinyl tape with pink stripes and an orange coloured border.
Meagan Musseau
Intergalactic L'nu Basket
A photograph of a small house made of white fabric. On the house, there are designs of trees, flowers, and fruits made from coloured beads.
Katherine Boyer
Making Home
A photograph of a coloured pillow with a grey background depicts a family sitting on a couch next to the ocean with white clouds and a yellow sky.
Katherine Boyer
There'll be Bluebirds Tomorrow, Tomorrow
A photograph of a metallic spoon placed in the center with a white background.
April Hickox
Spoon
11852- A photograph of a small house made of bronze with long stilts on the base, with a white background.
Catherine Widgery
House on Stilts
Two side by side digital photos that show a spiral stairway and the top of that stairway.
Mark Gomes
Paris Series 95 Universite de Paris/Martyr Juif Inconnu
An artwork made from coloured pencil and graphite depicts 3 individuals, one with yellow clothing, dragging a seal, and the other 2 with grey clothing.
Davidee Akpalialuk
Untitled
a white sculpture of an upside down head with legs sticking up into the air
Shary Boyle
Inverted Baubo (1/10)
An artwork of mixed media displaying scattered bottle caps, a silver chain, and a fish, along with other randomly assorted items.
Patrick Cruz
Untitled
An artwork created from crayons and graphite shows a desk on which there is a black skateboard with a yellow pattern running down the middle.
Mark Igloliorte
A Kayak Design on A Skateboard on A Drafting Table, Another Version
A artwork made from oil and cold wax depicts a scenery of different plants and vegetation along with a blue sky.
Pearl Van Geest
Libidinal Landscape #1
An artwork made from oil depicts a grassy landscape with white clouds among a grey sky.
Eileen MacArthur
Untitled Landscape #20
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Artists

Meagan Musseau
Katherine Boyer
April Hickox
Catherine Widgery

Mark Gomes
Davidee Akpalialuk
Shary Boyle
Patrick Cruz

Mark Igloliorte
Pearl Van Geest
Eileen MacArthur

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