By Pepper Parr
June 10th, 2106
BURLINGTON, ON
The Burlington Fine Arts Association (BFAA) in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Burlington, is presenting three exhibitions to celebrate its 50th anniversary
The public opening reception for all three exhibitions will be Wednesday June 15, 5pm-7pm.
There are three different and separate exhibits; one of which opened on June 1.
Burlington Urban & Rural
June 16 – September 5, 2016 Lee-Chin Family Gallery
A multidisciplinary exhibition, Burlington Urban & Rural explores Burlington’s surrounding landscape and history from a rural and urban perspective; be it social, architectural, cultural or environmental.
The Gazette has been given an exclusive peek at one of the pieces in this exhibit; a series of painting with a bar separating each that has hand lettering explaining the relationship of the paintings. It is titled: Progress. There perhaps should have been a question mark after the title.
This is a distinctly different Bateman. In the past the public has seen finely detailed painting of animals or serene natural setting. The “Red Fox” sold at the recent AGB Auction is an example of his natural settings work.
Progress is a statement, a derisive statement, a damning statement, in which Bateman shows us what we have done to ourselves through the use of three paintings with hand lettering relating one to the others. Ouch!
Is there more of the Robert Bateman work in the exhibition that opens June 16th? We hope so – having someone with the authority and social clout Bateman has just might move the saving our heritage dial in a different direction.
Robert Bateman’s “Progress”
Power of Passion
June 16 – August 14, 2016 RBC Community Gallery
This exhibition features the work of BFAA artists, past and present, who achieved solo gallery shows at the Art Gallery of Burlington.
Presidents’ Wall
June 1 – July 25, 2016 Fireside Lounge
Featuring the works of past Presidents of the Burlington Fine Arts Association.
