Gallery Summer Hours will coincide with The Artist Lounge Hours

Wed - Sat, 4:00pm - 11:00pm | Sat & Sun, 9:00am - 2:00pm

CURRENT EVENTS

Miss Pulchritude & Mister Muscles

Lisa Brawn and Guest Artist Chris Cran

September 8 - 30, 2023

Opening Receptions:

Friday, September 8: 5 - 9pm +

Saturday, September 9: Noon - 2pm

 

 

Lisa Brawn

One of my best memories is a family vacation we took when I was a kid in 1979. We drove from Calgary to Las Vegas in an old Mercury station wagon without air conditioning, but with a great collection of Johnny Cash 8-track cassettes. I vividly recall the hot wind, hissing trees, motel pools, and my mom winning a 75 dollar jackpot at a 25 cent slot machine.

 

Ding Ding Ding: Hotcakes-Beefcake-Cheesecake-Creampuffs-Dreamboats

 

Now I find that every single day in our contemporary world is a non-stop, all-you-can-eat, once-in-a-lifetime extravaganza of stimulation. It is both across the spectrum, and simultaneously, delightful and horrific.

 

For Ruberto Ostberg gallery 2023 I have (re)created a bespoke Las Vegas boulevard populated with one, two, and three-word poems. They are fragments lifted from the swirl of topical ephemera, and superimposed with the cognitive dissonance and suspended disbelief of contemporary doublethink. Welcome to the glam debris of Glitter Grumpy Cats in the Age of Disaster; Lucky Sophias; and Gay Golden Himbos!

 

Before your very eyes: blissfully blinking candy-coloured amusements, attractions, escapes. Miss Pulchritude & Mister Muscles offer confounding propositions of Femme à Moustache, diminishing returns, and... Squirrels, Squirrels, Squirrels!

Chris Cran

The Chorus Series Paintings (tondo portraits), named after the chorus in Greek theatre are made to float on walls, high or low. They are also meant to be like the putti or cherubs in Renaissance and post-Renaissance paintings who also float around and, like the Greek chorus, comment on the main dramatic action.

 

These Chorus Paintings are only of eyes, noses and mouths and the captured expression of those features – enjoyment, surprise, curiosity, doubt, disdain. Most of them are looking to one side or the other, some up or down, and occasionally out at the viewer. They may look at each other as in a conversation of gazes or at some other painting on the wall.

 

They were also intended to cheekily appropriate other artwork that they might gaze at, either singly or as an attentive group. Or they might just enjoy each other’s company.  I have made the Chorus Paintings using many different colours and textures as well as varied systems of evoking the photographic image.

PAST EVENTS

Connections 2023 - Group Show

June 16 -  August 26, 2023

Opening Receptions:

Friday, June 16: 5 - 9pm +

Saturday, June 17: Noon - 2pm

 

 

The Ruberto Ostberg Gallery has been hosting “Connections” our annual juried exhibition, with a focus on connecting artists with each other and to the greater community. This approachable exhibition showcases a diverse range of styles and mediums.

 

Featured Artists:

Jane Poole

Norman Burnham White

Joan Cobb-Beaumont

Emma Sherratt

Janet Armstrong

Barbara Davis

Carl Schlademan

Martha Henry

Rita Bozi

Greg Doherty

Cathie Aalders-Taylor

Shelley Pearson

Joel Monea

John F. Ross

Cameron Lee Roberts

Gary McMillan

Anna Ostberg

Kenzie Housego

Leah Petrucci

Darren Petersen

Todd Safronovich

Jane Reeve

Mary-Leigh Doyle

Melanie Morstad

Alison Philpotts

Connie Cooper

Lisa Brawn

Ross Lynem

Gisa Mayer

Thai Ngo

Sharon Lensen

Mary Kantzas

Pat Tarr

Ryan Smitham

Sharon L. Wagner

Barb Kreutter

Ashley Alexandra

Ryan McClure Scott

Theresa M Williams

 

Raf Allocca

Bruce Watson

David Belcourt

Jana Kutarna

Liz Sullivan

James Lavoie

Stephanie Banszky

Cindy Bouwers

Connie Pike

Bob Pike

Brittney Tough

Tracy Proctor

Christine Pedersen

Ad Libitum - to do things with pleasure

May 12 - June 3, 2023

Opening Receptions:

Friday, May 12: 5 - 9pm + Saturday, May 13: 12 - 2pm

 

 

Connect Four - RE-BOOT

April 14 - May 6, 2023

Opening Receptions:

Friday, April 14: 5 - 9pm + Saturday, April 15: 12-2pm

 

 

Four glass makers from across Alberta, with varied styles and approaches, have come together to share in technique, style, components and studio time. Connect four is a continuation from 2013 where this same team joined forces to stir up the pot. A decade later, they are back at it and ready to get out of their comfort zone, be faced with new challenges and decisions and push each other to reboot, revise and transform. The results are unlike anything these artists would have ever created on their own!
James Lavoie Owns Studio Vitro and mainly does glass fusing. His work is linear and geometric, he is fascinated with mosaics. Clean, elegant lines in simple but distinctive designs are indicative of James’ work. Todd Safronovich Owns Urban Carrot Studio, he explores texture, opacity and transparency all at once making beautiful functional and sculptural objects.
Darren Petersen Owns Sparrow Glass Works, and has created blown glass for over 20 years, influenced by wild life. Darren is quite skilled in complex cane patterns and creating beautiful delicate blown forms. Leah Petrucci Owns Petrucci Glass sculpture & design. Pattern, play and color are embedded in Leah’s work.

David Belcourt Making Sense

February 24 - April 1, 2023

Opening Receptions:

Friday, Feb 24: 5 - 9pm + Saturday, Feb 25: 2 - 5pm

 

 

In the pursuit to understand oneself, painting and drawing have always been my primary literacy. Through the discipline of visual art, I make sense of my purpose, both internally and to the environment that surrounds me. As my focus is often divided over a number of series at any given time, my process is to navigate through conflict, continuously challenge myself, and encourage critical thought. This exhibition consists of a variety of paintings, from several series of work, that showcases my interpretation of my relationship to the environment and to those who share this space. With a bold and distinct perspective, I reveal the purpose of my personal journey to making sense of this world.

Ruberto Ostberg Gallery

2108 - 18 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2M 3T3 | T: 403.289.3388

Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12:30 - 5 pm and Thursday, 12:30 - 9:00 pm.

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