Queen's University, Kingston

Exhibitions

Daniel Fowler, 'Haymaking, Amherst Island', watercolour, 1875. Gift of Ernest C. Gill, 1966 (09-036). Photo Credit: Spencer Bardell

"An Artist after All": Daniel Fowler in Canada

Historical Feature and Samuel J. Zacks Galleries
10 September - 3 December 2006

The rural landscapes of Canadian watercolourist Daniel Fowler (1810-894) are among the most evocative images of 19th-century Canada. Direct and unsentimental...

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Gordon Hicks, Sally McKay and Rebecca Diederichs, details, 'Neutrinos They Are Very Small', 2005. Collection of the artists. Credit: the artists

Neutrinos They Are Very Small

Contemporary Feature Gallery
8 July - 10 December 2006

The artists in Neutrinos They Are Very Small - Rebecca Diederichs, Gordon Hicks and Sally McKay - respond to the underground laboratory of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory...

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Grant Macdonald, 'Portrait of Agnes Etherington', 1950, oil on paper. Bequest of Agnes Etherington 1957 (00-031)

Agnes Etherington: A Legacy

Etherington House
21 May - 10 December 2006

In 1954, Agnes Etherington bequeathed her gracious home to Queen's University for use as a public art gallery. Since 1957, the Art Centre has honoured her vision...

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Artists unknown, Bamana, 'Male and Female Tyi Wara', wood, metal, patina. Gift of Justin and Elisabeth Lang, 1984 (M84-071, M84-072)

The Art of Mali

The largest country in West Africa, Mali is one of the world's poorest nations. Yet from 700 to 1600 C.E., the geographic location of present day Mali saw the flowering of the great empires...

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Mary E. Rawlyk, 'Measuring Cup Woman, Reflecting', 1982, Gift of Mary E. Rawlyk, 2004 (47-021.13). Credit: Bernard Clark

Mary Rawlyk and Martha Rosler: slow boil

Frances K. Smith Gallery
17 June - 29 October 2006

In a timely reconsideration of the contributions of second wave feminism and its artistic emanations, slow boil brings together prints by Kingston artist Mary Rawlyk and a video by American artist Martha Rosler...

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Aert De Gelder, 'Judah and Thamar', 1681 oil on canvas. Gift of Drs Alfred and Isabel Bader, 2001(44-009)

Wrought Emotions: European Paintings from the Permanent Collection

The Bader Gallery
28 August 2005 - 26 January 2007

The power of emotions has engaged artists through time and across cultures. Emphasized by writers on art...

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Rebecca Belmore, 'Mister Luna', 2001, Purchase, the Chancellor Richardson Memorial Fund and the Canada Council Acquisition Assistance Fund, 2003 (46-005.01). Credit: Nigel Barnett

Mister Man

R. Fraser Elliott Gallery
5 August 2006 - 8 April 2007

Mister Man explores unexpected and, at times, provocative considerations of masculinity as represented in contemporary Canadian sculpture from the Art Centre collection...

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Lyla Rye, video still, 'Hopscotch', 2006. Collection of the artist. Credit: Bernard Clark

Lyla Rye: Hopscotch

The Davies Foundation
3 June - 1 October 2006

Springing from her Dollhouse series, Hopscotch is a new work by Toronto artist Lyla Rye. In this aesthetically charged musing on habitation...

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