February 2021:
"Chlorine Aqualung" and other works produced during a pandemic | Graham Dane

On view: Friday, February 5th - Saturday, February 27th
Gallery hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12-4 p.m. Zoom Artist Talk: Wednesday, February 17th at 6:30 p.m. Please email igcamanager@igcaalaska.org for the Zoom link for this artist talk.

Although IGCA will not be hosting a First Friday opening event, we will be open on First Friday for our regular gallery hours of 12 - 4 p.m.

We are working very hard to provide a safe place to view art during these difficult times, but for those of you that prefer to avoid public spaces, stay tuned for a virtual walk-through and the chance to view and purchase artworks from this exhibition within the next few days.

Check out this blog post to view images of the exhibition: https://www.igcaalaska.org/blog/2021/2/14/chlorine-aqualung-and-other-works-produced-during-a-pandemic-graham-dane

"Chlorine Aqualung" and other works produced during a pandemic | Graham Dane

Everything in this show was completed in the last twelve months (even if it was started a few years back) and some of it in the last week. The charcoal drawings are all recent and were a return to drawing as a serious activity in itself, to explore new ideas, languages and fears that seemed to manifest itself as the political incompetence turned negligent and the fatalities began to accrue.

Some of these projects are outside of what I’m normally known for – a handmade and painted chess set; a newly refurbished, re-painted children’s building set (with a hundred plus additions) that was originally my granddaughter's. Even this is potentially tainted by being used by strangers hence the sanitizer required before using it.

Finally, a series of studies after northern Old Master paintings. The northern and southern European traditions are different and I associate with the former rather than the latter. The only ones shown here are after Rembrandt’s Faustus etching which, considering the politics of the last year, seemed appropriate (with the exception of the knowledge part of the story).