Curatorial Talk<\/h1><\/div>Abstraction and Realism: The Versatile Genius of Bertram Brooker<\/h1><\/div>Bertram Brooker was a painter, graphic designer, art critic, writer, musician, and advertising executive. He gained notoriety on the Toronto cultural scene\u00a0for his 1927 exhibition of his \u00ab\u00a0world and spirit\u00a0\u00bb paintings at the Arts and Letters Club. This exhibition is considered to be the first show of abstract art in Canada. After meeting Winnipeg artist Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald in 1929, Brooker underwent a period of transition during which he combined elements of abstraction and representation to achieve what he called a \u201cplus quality over traditional realism.\u201d Art historian Michael Parke-Taylor, who curated the exhibition, will take us through Brooker\u2019s career as he toggled between abstract and figurative strategies to serve an overarching belief that the fusion of art and life, responding to mystical consciousness, would foster a global spiritual and cultural revolution.<\/p>\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Michael Parke-Taylor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/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\")
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<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Date & Time<\/h2><\/div>Sunday, February 25
\nat 2 pm<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Price<\/h2><\/div>Registration Required. Free with Gallery admission. Donations are welcome.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Location<\/h2><\/div>McMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/span>
\n10365 Islington Ave, <\/span>
\nKleinburg, ON L0J 1C0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>REGISTER FOR TALK + ADMISSION TICKETS<\/span><\/a><\/div>SOLD OUT<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Book Signing<\/h2><\/div>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Ian Dejardin will be signing copies of Tom Thomson: North Star.<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nTime:<\/strong> 6 pm<\/span>
\nLocation:<\/strong> next to the Gallery Shop<\/u><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Extended Gallery Hours<\/h2><\/div>- <\/i><\/span>The Gallery spaces will remain open prior to the talk so that visitors may explore the exhibitions at their own pace.<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul>
- <\/i><\/span>Please note that the McMichael\u2019s signature restaurant, CABIN<\/u><\/a>, will be open until 7:30 pm on first-come, first-served basis.<\/span><\/u><\/div><\/li><\/ul>
- <\/i><\/span>The Gallery Shop<\/u><\/a> will remain open for all your Canadian art shopping needs.<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Extended Operational Hours
\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>The Gallery spaces will remain open prior to the talk so that visitors may explore the exhibitions at their own pace.<\/p>\n
Please note that the McMichael\u2019s signature restaurant, CABIN<\/a>, will be open until 7:30 pm on first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n
Abstraction and Realism: The Versatile Genius of Bertram Brooker<\/h1><\/div>Bertram Brooker was a painter, graphic designer, art critic, writer, musician, and advertising executive. He gained notoriety on the Toronto cultural scene\u00a0for his 1927 exhibition of his \u00ab\u00a0world and spirit\u00a0\u00bb paintings at the Arts and Letters Club. This exhibition is considered to be the first show of abstract art in Canada. After meeting Winnipeg artist Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald in 1929, Brooker underwent a period of transition during which he combined elements of abstraction and representation to achieve what he called a \u201cplus quality over traditional realism.\u201d Art historian Michael Parke-Taylor, who curated the exhibition, will take us through Brooker\u2019s career as he toggled between abstract and figurative strategies to serve an overarching belief that the fusion of art and life, responding to mystical consciousness, would foster a global spiritual and cultural revolution.<\/p>\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Michael Parke-Taylor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>- <\/span><\/li>
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<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Date & Time<\/h2><\/div>Sunday, February 25
\nat 2 pm<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Price<\/h2><\/div>Registration Required. Free with Gallery admission. Donations are welcome.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Location<\/h2><\/div>McMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/span>
\n10365 Islington Ave, <\/span>
\nKleinburg, ON L0J 1C0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>REGISTER FOR TALK + ADMISSION TICKETS<\/span><\/a><\/div>SOLD OUT<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Book Signing<\/h2><\/div>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Ian Dejardin will be signing copies of Tom Thomson: North Star.<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nTime:<\/strong> 6 pm<\/span>
\nLocation:<\/strong> next to the Gallery Shop<\/u><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Extended Gallery Hours<\/h2><\/div>- <\/i><\/span>The Gallery spaces will remain open prior to the talk so that visitors may explore the exhibitions at their own pace.<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul>
- <\/i><\/span>Please note that the McMichael\u2019s signature restaurant, CABIN<\/u><\/a>, will be open until 7:30 pm on first-come, first-served basis.<\/span><\/u><\/div><\/li><\/ul>
- <\/i><\/span>The Gallery Shop<\/u><\/a> will remain open for all your Canadian art shopping needs.<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Extended Operational Hours
\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>The Gallery spaces will remain open prior to the talk so that visitors may explore the exhibitions at their own pace.<\/p>\n
Please note that the McMichael\u2019s signature restaurant, CABIN<\/a>, will be open until 7:30 pm on first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n
Bertram Brooker was a painter, graphic designer, art critic, writer, musician, and advertising executive. He gained notoriety on the Toronto cultural scene\u00a0for his 1927 exhibition of his \u00ab\u00a0world and spirit\u00a0\u00bb paintings at the Arts and Letters Club. This exhibition is considered to be the first show of abstract art in Canada. After meeting Winnipeg artist Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald in 1929, Brooker underwent a period of transition during which he combined elements of abstraction and representation to achieve what he called a \u201cplus quality over traditional realism.\u201d Art historian Michael Parke-Taylor, who curated the exhibition, will take us through Brooker\u2019s career as he toggled between abstract and figurative strategies to serve an overarching belief that the fusion of art and life, responding to mystical consciousness, would foster a global spiritual and cultural revolution.<\/p>\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Michael Parke-Taylor<\/p>\n<\/div> Sunday, February 25 Registration Required. Free with Gallery admission. Donations are welcome.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> McMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/span> Ian Dejardin will be signing copies of Tom Thomson: North Star.<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Time:<\/strong> 6 pm<\/span> Extended Operational Hours The Gallery spaces will remain open prior to the talk so that visitors may explore the exhibitions at their own pace.<\/p>\n Please note that the McMichael\u2019s signature restaurant, CABIN<\/a>, will be open until 7:30 pm on first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nat 2 pm<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Price<\/h2><\/div>
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\n10365 Islington Ave, <\/span>
\nKleinburg, ON L0J 1C0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Book Signing<\/h2><\/div>
\nLocation:<\/strong> next to the Gallery Shop<\/u><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>Extended Gallery Hours<\/h2><\/div>
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