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Visages de l’Eciture

February 21 – March 23, 2001

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

A photographic exhibition of Quebec Authors by Ludovic Fremaux. The exhibit contains 40 photographic portraits of Quebec writers including Maillet, LaFerrire, Archambault, Meigs and others. Fremaux photographed the writers in the backdrops of their ordinary lives. They were collected in a book in April 1998, and have also been used by several publishing houses in Quebec and abroad. The photographs are accompanied by an excerpt from the author’s work, as well as a short biographic and bibliographic note.

Dunlands Restaurant & One-Room Dwellings

Gus, "parkdale Cowboy", Frank Pimentel, 1992

Gus, “parkdale Cowboy”, Frank Pimentel, 1992

February 13 – March 1, 2001

Legacy Maltwood (at the Mearns Centre – McPherson Library)

The exhibition features the photography of Frank Pimentel. The series tells the stories of  regular customers at The Dunlands restaurant in Toronto’s west brick building.

I think the restaurant is a place that hasn’t been able to keep up with the way the world has changed, like at a certain point the people decided that it was time to give up. When I look at the work that I’ve done it makes sense that I’ve left the gaps that I have because I’m trying to say something about the place and the people, that the place itself relates to these people and I think that what I mean by that is that they restaurant and the objects there just seem so – I guess the word is pathetic – they’re worn … and they’re not going to get any better.”

-Frank Pimentel, 2001

Take Root in Canada

February 1 – February 8, 2001

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

This exhibition is to trace the history of Chinese Canadians in their efforts to take root in Canada.

Canada is a country of immigrants. Some ethnic groups could start a new life easily soon after their arrival in Canada, but some other groups, such as the Chinese immigrants, had to eke out a living before they could establish themselves and integrate into Canadian society.

The Gesher Project: An Intergenerational Holocaust Project Creating Bridges of Hope

November 4, 2000 – January 12, 2001

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

Holocaust survivors, child survivors and members of the second generation embarked upon a unique six-month journey of individual and collaborative creative expression culminating in a highly educational and evocative exhibit.

The project was developed and run by four facilitators: a visual artist, a psychologist, a writer and a scrub/coordinator. Each was dedicated to guiding the participants towards bridging the gap between generations, thus deepening the possibility of healing. The result of this experience is an exhibit of 17 mixed-media paintings created with images and photographs, illustrating the personal story of each participant and his/her family members, as well as letters and poetry.

Gesher is the Hebrew word for bridge, which symbolizes what the group set out to do: bridge generations by using creative approaches as a means of healing Holocaust trauma.

Brahma Titra Sari: Silks from the Sandover

November 6 – November 9, 2000

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

A collaborative batik project involving artists from Indonesia and Australia from the Studio Brahma Tirta Sari in Yogyakarta, Java and the Utopia Community in Central Australia occurred in Alice Springs in March 1999. The objective of this project was that the artists batik collaboratively on large pieces of cloth to be exhibited.

The Attic Project

Design for Placemat, Eric Metcalfe, 1995

Design for Placemat, Eric Metcalfe, 1995

August 17 – October 31, 2000

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

A show of Eric Metcalfe’s painted ceramic vessels and gouache drawings. In addition to Metcalfe’s work, vessels from the John and Katharine Maltwood collection of what is called “Greek revival” or British Neo-classic style which they collected on their many travels abroad are displayed. Also included are several 5th century BC terra cotta jugs and oil lamps, all of which accompany and compliment Metcalfe’s “pop” interpretation of ancient Greek culture.

50 Years of Germany: Photographs of the Political Development of Post-War Germany

December 8, 1999 – January 20, 2000

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

This exhibit of documentary photographs presents a timeline of the political structures, economy, research, education, society, culture, and Expo 2000 in Hanover, all of which have contributed to the success of modern-day Germany. Also included in the exhibit is a chronology, which offers and overview of half a century of contemporary German affairs. The photographs have been taken from the Federal Photo Archive at the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government of Germany.

Self, Humanity and Nature: Works by Semsar Siahaan

July 14 – July 29, 1999

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

Self, Humanity, and Nature is a personal journey for Semsar Siahaan (an Indonesian artist currently in residence at the University of Victoria’s Visual Arts Department), illustrating his transition from life in Indonesia to life in the free, natural environment of Canada. The exhibit will include eight pieces, ranging from large-scale oil-on-canvas paintings to smaller sketches and drawings.

About the Artist: Born in Medan, Sumatra, Siahaan is a cosmopolitan activist artist know throughout Indonesia, Southeast Asia and Australia. He is the co-founder of sever NGOs dedicated to working for human rights issues in Indonesia His posters and banners are found at human rights and democracy demonstrations throughout Indonesia.

Alma: An Exhibition of the Human Spirit

March 20 – April 4, 1999

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

Spanish for soul, Alma is a collection of colour and black and white photographs by part-time Times Colonist photographer Sean White, who spent two weeks last January documenting the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras. The display features 22 fine-art prints depicting the real lives and human spirit of the Honduran people with powerful captions accompanying each image.

The goal is less about evoking sympathetic feelings of the survivors of Hurricane Mitch but more focussed on creating an atmosphere where the public can relate to the people in the images on a personal human level.

-Sean White, 1999

Recent Ceramic Works by Hilda Soemantri

March 26 – April 3, 1998

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

An exhibition of recent works in ceramics by Hilda Soemantri, “artist in residence” at the University of Victoria Department of History in Art. A visiting Orion scholar Dr. Soemantri currently holds tenure at the Jakarta Institute of Arts and is Craft Counsellor for the Department of Small Industries. She is the author of numerous articles and essays on Indonesian ceramic art, crafts and recently, modern Indonesian art. Dr. Soemantri has travelled extensively in Europe, Japan, North America, and Australia in the study of ceramics.

The Russian Art of Building in Wood

November 13, 1997 – January 30, 1998

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

The Russian Art of Building in Wood, a selection of photographs by William Brumfield, is now available as a traveling exhibit sponsored by the National Humanities Centre. The exhibition comprises 36 black-and-wits photographs of log boldness dating from the fifteenth century to the twentieth. It illustrates the techniques and designs of this traditional form of construction. Among the buildings features is the spectacular Church of the Transfiguration at Kizhi with its 22 cupolas.