Public Program

Fridays Live! Book Launch and closing reception for David Thauberger: Road Trips & Other Diversions

Friday, September 12, 2014 | 7 pm – 10 pm

Fridays Live! is one of the AGW’s signature public events presented when new exhibitions are launched throughout the year. Come see our exhibitions, meet artists, curators and project supporters, and enjoy live music. Programming will vary, but a cash bar and light hors d’oeuvres are staples at each event.

Join us for Fridays Live! and the closing reception for David Thauberger: Road Trips & Other Diversions and this wonderful opportunity to meet artist David Thauberger and welcome him to the AGW. This event also includes the Thauberger exhibition book launch, featuring essays by Sandra Fraser, Timothy Long, Peter White, Andrew Kear, Patricia Bovey and former AGW curator, Ted Fraser.

About the book:
Saskatchewan's David Thauberger is an award winning artist best known for his iconic paintings of vernacular architecture. David Thauberger: Road Trips & Other Diversions provides the first comprehensive overview of this remarkable artist. Approximately 100 full-colour reproductions document paintings, prints and ceramic works produced from 1971 to 2009, drawn from more than 30 public and private collections across Canada. The book contains six essays (in English and French): Sandra Fraser discusses the exhibition themes within the context of the artist's career; Timothy Long explores how the artist's private collecting informs his art practice; Peter White examines the material and psychological richness of the Prairies as understood through Thauberger's complex relationship to it; Andrew Kear addresses the artist's work within the larger issues of regionalism in Canada; Patricia Bovey asserts the importance of Thauberger's printmaking practice; Ted Fraser reminisces about Thauberger's residency in Charlottetown, PEI. The book is designed by Hartman Design Studio Inc. and includes a 28-minute documentary, The Vernacular Man, on DVD produced by Novina Motion Pictures Inc. Co-published by the Mendel Art Gallery and MacKenzie Art Gallery.

$55.00 CDN Available 7 pm, September 12, 2014 at AGW Visitor Services; 208 pp 10.25 x 9.25 in. hardcover; ISBN 978-1-896359-84-7