A penny for your thoughts. Actually, it’s more like a large, heaping pile of pennies. One million to be exact. With the release of the federal government’s new budget, and the recent decision to cut the penny from our pockets, it might be the perfect time to check out this exhibit—while you still can. Material […]
Gerald Ferguson
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Gerald Ferguson’s landscapes
When Victoria Page talks about this last exhibition for long-time friend and late artist Gerald Ferguson, her excitement, while laced with sadness, is easily contagious over the phone line. “It’s unique because of the fact that he used a brush, which is very unusual,” she says. The retired NSCAD prof and internationally influential conceptual artist […]
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Gerry Ferguson memorial this weekend
Gerald Ferguson, 11,000 Grapes, enamel on canvas, 54″ x 55. Courtesy of Gallery Page and Strange. Friends, family, students and colleagues of Gerry Ferguson will have a chance to remember the enigmatic artist and professor on Sunday afternoon, 3pm, at NSCAD’s Port Campus. It’s an appropriate location for a memorial: Ferguson, who passed away in […]
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Gerald Ferguson’s legacy
New York-based conceptual painter and sculptor Rachel Beach manages to get one sentence in before choking up. “In terms of being influential on students that then go out into the world and have a certain idea about how art gets made,” she says, “there’s no other influence that’s had any single larger effect than the […]
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Influential artist Gerry Ferguson dies
From the Dalhousie Art Gallery: Gerald Ferguson, 9 Drain Covers, 2006. Acrylic enamel on canvas Photo: Steve Farmer Retired NSCAD prof and influential conceptual artist Gerald Ferguson passed away at the age of 72. For almost 40 years, up until 2006, Ferguson taught at the art university, staying true to the conceptual spirit, while maintaining […]