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“GALE BENNETT’S landscape paintings remind us of the essential harmony underlying sensory experience. The poetic composition of his lines and forms corresponds to a larger truth, the human need for connection to the binding energy within nature--a nameless but very real presence that saturates his canvasses….
In Bennett’s paintings visual experience undergoes a kind of alchemy, what Degas called ‘a transformation in which imagination and memory work together.’ The works in this exhibition are evidence of that mysteriously powerful process. Every one is a love story, demonstrating to gallery visitors Bennett’s passion for the beauty of paint on canvas.”
Jay Williams
Chief Curator, McKissick Museum
University of South Carolina, USA
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[10.02.2008 - 11.10.2008]
Adelaide St. Gallery of Contemporary and Fine Art, June 1st - 30th
Barrie, Ontario, will open its doors with the first Canadian solo exhibition of works by Gale Bennett. Adelaide Street Gallery is the exclusive representative for works by Bennett in the Toronto area. For details of the opening reception and gallery hours, phone Gallery Director Murray Tompkins at 705-252-3072 or visit the gallery's website at www.adelaidestreetgallery.com |
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ARTIST GALE BENNETT, 1939 - 2008
Gale Bennett passed away on March 23, 2008, after a 6-month illness. He lived his artistic life right until the end, teaching his final painting workshop on February 19, and attending the installation of 7 of his paintings in a Florida home just 2 weeks before his death. This fall, 3 entirely different exhibitions of Gale's work will honor his artistic legacy.
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