Opening: Takao Tanabe at Burnaby Art Gallery
- Date: 7pm on Thursday, November 24 2011
- Show: Chronicles of Form and Place
- Artist: Takao Tanabe
- Medium: Painting
- Location: Burnaby Art Gallery
- Address: 6344 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby
Takao Tanabe has been an important figure in Canadian painting for over 60 years. Born in British Columbia in 1926, Tanabe studied in Europe, the United States and Japan. Following a decade as head of the art program and artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre, he returned to British Columbia in 1980 where he currently lives and works.
This will be a retrospective exhibition of Tanabe’s work and will feature drawings and watercolours by the artist from 1945 to the present day. The intent of the exhibition is to chronicle the artist’s career through his drawing practice – often the starting point for paintings. The exhibition will examine, critically, how the artist has changed, adapted and/or reflected upon his subjects and the use of media to render a sense of “place” within his artwork. The exhibition is being co-curated by Darrin Martens and Ihor Holubisky (curator at McMaster University Art Gallery). This exhibition demonstrates the BAG’s commitment to senior Canadian artists and their work.