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The Kelowna Art Gallery has been collecting masterpieces for years, placing them in the vault. But, as we all know, art is meant to be seen.
The gallery currently has more than 1,000 works of art in its vault, 100 of which have been selected for the upcoming exhibition entitled Rise/Fall: Works from the Permanent Collection which opens Saturday, October 5.
“In our case, we don’t have a permanent collection gallery. In other words, our permanent collection is always in the vault unless we have an exhibition,” said Clea Haugo, registrar and assistant curator of the Kelowna Art Gallery.
Unlocking the vault is easy, but preparing 100 paintings for their debut is difficult.
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“Most of our artworks are on paper and are stored in boxes. So, when the opportunity comes to display them we can take them out of those places and put them on hinges and frame them,” says Haugo.
One tenth of the stored collection is marked for hanging and on display for all to see by the weekend in the show led by Kelowna Art Gallery curator Christine May.
“It’s like Christmas morning every time I open one of those drawers [in the vault] there is always something to discover,” said May.
One of those discoveries is a painting by AY Jackson, who was a member of the Group of Seven, a group of painters. The Canadian painters were best known for their works inspired by nature.
“It was painted in 1961 so it’s a nice modern piece and it depicts the Canadian landscape that he’s known for,” said May.
It will be unveiled alongside the other 99 masterpieces for the opening of the exhibition on Saturday, which runs until January 26, 2025.
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