Art lovers are invited to check out the next exhibition at The Gallery at Queen’s Park.
Elements and Arraygraphy, by Arthur Babiarz and Olga Turok, is set to run March 6 to 31 at the Arts Council of New Westminster’s gallery.
An opening reception is being held Wednesday, March 6 from 6 to 8 p.m., and an Inter/action talk with the artists is set for Sunday, March 17 from 3 to 4 p.m.
“Arraygraphy” is Babiarz’ creation, the artist’s term for “poly-form compositions” that resemble “concertos of shape, colour, texture and direction,” according to an artist’s statement. It features multi-layered composition to add complexity and depth to two-dimensional artwork.
“Arraygraphy’s style is intended to positively stimulate the viewer’s imagination, guiding emotions through the meanderings of an intriguing visual plot,” the statement says. “The experience can evoke the sense of participation in an improvisational play, or venturing into the shifting patterns of jazz or classical music.”
Turok, meanwhile, works in clay, her main medium for the creation of both functional and decorative pottery. She enjoys hand-building and throwing pots for burnishing and sawdust firing by hot smoke. She also creates sculptures that she calls My Vancouver.
“Every vessel undergoes a long process of creation, which involves the four elements: fire, water, air and earth,” says an artist statement.
The Gallery at Queen’s Park is in Centennial Lodge. It’s open Wednesdays from 1 to 8 p.m., and Thursdays through Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. See www.acnw.ca or call 604-525-3244 for information.
