Bertram Brooker: When We Awake! <\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/h1>\n
\nFebruary 10 to June 2, 2024 <\/span><\/h2>\n
\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nAbout the Exhibition<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>Bertram Brooker: When We Awake!<\/em> examines the career of Bertram Brooker (1888\u20131955), the first Canadian artist to exhibit abstract paintings, in 1927. Curated by Michael Parke-Taylor, the exhibition is the first comprehensive presentation of Brooker\u2019s oeuvre in almost half a century, gathering his diverse work in painting, drawing, and sculpture and highlighting his activities as one of the country’s leading art critics and journalists. The exhibition emphasizes Brooker’s variety in style and subject matter, and includes lyrical abstractions, exacting realistic nudes, geometric cubist still-lifes, and surreal graphic illustrations. Bertram Brooker: When We Awake!<\/em> offers a rare vantage point on a pivotal figure in Canadian cultural history and is accompanied by a full-scale catalogue by Michael Parke-Taylor, published by Figure 1.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nFor media inquiries and more information, please visit the<\/span> Press Room<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271319%27%20height%3D%271620%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201319%201620%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271319%27%20height%3D%271620%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\")
<\/span>Bertram Brooker (1888\u20131955), Sounds Assembling, 1928<\/em>, oil on canvas, 112.3 x 91.7 cm, collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, L-80. Photo: Ernest Mayer, courtesy of WAG-Qaumajuq<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GET TICKETS<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>Members visit for FREE all year!<\/span>\u00a0Inquire about\u00a0Membership\u00a0today<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nFebruary 10 to June 2, 2024 <\/span><\/h2>\n
\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nAbout the Exhibition<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>Bertram Brooker: When We Awake!<\/em> examines the career of Bertram Brooker (1888\u20131955), the first Canadian artist to exhibit abstract paintings, in 1927. Curated by Michael Parke-Taylor, the exhibition is the first comprehensive presentation of Brooker\u2019s oeuvre in almost half a century, gathering his diverse work in painting, drawing, and sculpture and highlighting his activities as one of the country’s leading art critics and journalists. The exhibition emphasizes Brooker’s variety in style and subject matter, and includes lyrical abstractions, exacting realistic nudes, geometric cubist still-lifes, and surreal graphic illustrations. Bertram Brooker: When We Awake!<\/em> offers a rare vantage point on a pivotal figure in Canadian cultural history and is accompanied by a full-scale catalogue by Michael Parke-Taylor, published by Figure 1.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nFor media inquiries and more information, please visit the<\/span> Press Room<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span>Bertram Brooker (1888\u20131955), Sounds Assembling, 1928<\/em>, oil on canvas, 112.3 x 91.7 cm, collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, L-80. Photo: Ernest Mayer, courtesy of WAG-Qaumajuq<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GET TICKETS<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>Members visit for FREE all year!<\/span>\u00a0Inquire about\u00a0Membership\u00a0today<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nAbout the Exhibition<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>Bertram Brooker: When We Awake!<\/em> examines the career of Bertram Brooker (1888\u20131955), the first Canadian artist to exhibit abstract paintings, in 1927. Curated by Michael Parke-Taylor, the exhibition is the first comprehensive presentation of Brooker\u2019s oeuvre in almost half a century, gathering his diverse work in painting, drawing, and sculpture and highlighting his activities as one of the country’s leading art critics and journalists. The exhibition emphasizes Brooker’s variety in style and subject matter, and includes lyrical abstractions, exacting realistic nudes, geometric cubist still-lifes, and surreal graphic illustrations. Bertram Brooker: When We Awake!<\/em> offers a rare vantage point on a pivotal figure in Canadian cultural history and is accompanied by a full-scale catalogue by Michael Parke-Taylor, published by Figure 1.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nFor media inquiries and more information, please visit the<\/span> Press Room<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span>Bertram Brooker (1888\u20131955), Sounds Assembling, 1928<\/em>, oil on canvas, 112.3 x 91.7 cm, collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, L-80. Photo: Ernest Mayer, courtesy of WAG-Qaumajuq<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GET TICKETS<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>Members visit for FREE all year!<\/span>\u00a0Inquire about\u00a0Membership\u00a0today<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/h2>\nAbout the Exhibition<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>Bertram Brooker: When We Awake!<\/em> examines the career of Bertram Brooker (1888\u20131955), the first Canadian artist to exhibit abstract paintings, in 1927. Curated by Michael Parke-Taylor, the exhibition is the first comprehensive presentation of Brooker\u2019s oeuvre in almost half a century, gathering his diverse work in painting, drawing, and sculpture and highlighting his activities as one of the country’s leading art critics and journalists. The exhibition emphasizes Brooker’s variety in style and subject matter, and includes lyrical abstractions, exacting realistic nudes, geometric cubist still-lifes, and surreal graphic illustrations. Bertram Brooker: When We Awake!<\/em> offers a rare vantage point on a pivotal figure in Canadian cultural history and is accompanied by a full-scale catalogue by Michael Parke-Taylor, published by Figure 1.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nFor media inquiries and more information, please visit the<\/span> Press Room<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span>Bertram Brooker (1888\u20131955), Sounds Assembling, 1928<\/em>, oil on canvas, 112.3 x 91.7 cm, collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, L-80. Photo: Ernest Mayer, courtesy of WAG-Qaumajuq<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GET TICKETS<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>Members visit for FREE all year!<\/span>\u00a0Inquire about\u00a0Membership\u00a0today<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n
Bertram Brooker: When We Awake!<\/em> examines the career of Bertram Brooker (1888\u20131955), the first Canadian artist to exhibit abstract paintings, in 1927. Curated by Michael Parke-Taylor, the exhibition is the first comprehensive presentation of Brooker\u2019s oeuvre in almost half a century, gathering his diverse work in painting, drawing, and sculpture and highlighting his activities as one of the country’s leading art critics and journalists. The exhibition emphasizes Brooker’s variety in style and subject matter, and includes lyrical abstractions, exacting realistic nudes, geometric cubist still-lifes, and surreal graphic illustrations. Bertram Brooker: When We Awake!<\/em> offers a rare vantage point on a pivotal figure in Canadian cultural history and is accompanied by a full-scale catalogue by Michael Parke-Taylor, published by Figure 1.<\/p>\n<\/div> Bertram Brooker (1888\u20131955), Sounds Assembling, 1928<\/em>, oil on canvas, 112.3 x 91.7 cm, collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, L-80. Photo: Ernest Mayer, courtesy of WAG-Qaumajuq<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Members visit for FREE all year!<\/span>\u00a0Inquire about\u00a0Membership\u00a0today<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/mcmichael.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sounds-Assembling_WEB.jpg\")
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