May 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Tuesday May 28, 2024
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Featured artist Stephen Andrews will lead a tour spotlighting his work in the International Ceramic Art Fair (ICAF). He is represented by Paul Petro Contemporary Art in Toronto.
Stephen Andrews is inspired by the form and simplicity of traditional Korean “moon jars.” Stephen created a series of works based on this form, but with each object distinct from the others. The jars are presented alongside a series of paintings of the cosmos, which can be read as both abstractions and as charts, with different registers of time at play. The individual brush strokes measure out the time of their manufacture like grains of sand in an hourglass.
About the Artist
Stephen Andrews was born in 1956 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. His work deals with memory, identity, technology, and their representations in various media, including photography, drawing, animation, painting, and ceramics. Over the last twenty-five years, he has exhibited his work across Canada, the United States, Brazil, Scotland, France, Italy, and Japan, including “POV,” a fifteen-year survey at the Art Gallery of Ontario (2015). He is represented in such collections as the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario) and the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Ontario), as well as corporate art collections. Stephen is a recipient of the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2019).
About the International Ceramic Art Fair
The International Ceramic Art Fair (ICAF) returns to the Gardiner Museum from May 23 to June 2, 2024. ICAF is a 10-day celebration of some of the most compelling recent ceramic art, featuring works by emerging and established artists from a wide range of backgrounds, as well as online and in-person programming by artists and curators. Learn more
With thanks to our 2024 Honorary Committee
The Hon. Hilary Weston (Chair) / James Appleyard / The Hon. Nicole Eaton / Yvonne Fleck / Victoria Jackman / Ydessa Hendeles / Nancy Lockhart / The Hon. Margaret McCain / David Mirvish / Kent Monkman / Melanie Munk / Mia Nielsen / Lynda Prince
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