The Regina Public Library Presents...

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This week I've been watching the facilitators patiently installing a piece by Romanian artist, Bogdan Achimescu. Thousands of garlands, made of square sheets of paper, each carrying drawings of faces, hang above the main area in the Central Library. The effect is like hanging white sheets, or sails, or the Sydney Opera house. It softens the harsh florescent lights, and brings the ceiling lower, for a softer intimate feel. Although the thousands of faces seem exhaustive to the viewers, Bogdan finds repetition and monotony liberating. More often than not there are two faces on each little sheet of paper, representing two halves of one original being. An asexual person who has been split into two personaes. He draws the left person with his left hand, and the right with his right. Bogdan is one of the three artists speaking on Saturday, July 18th at two in the Dunlop. Bogdan and Dan are both from Romania, and have been having a good time drving to various sites in-town in their rental car.

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The Regina Public Library Presents...

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This week at the Dunlop Art Gallery we've been installing the upcoming show, "Diabolique". Normally, we would keep the windows covered (and the public gaze out...) but this time around, we've left the windows open so that patrons can watch Fawad Khan work. The New-York based, Lybian born, Pakistan raised young artist is doing a large wall-painting at the back of the gallery. It's a scene reminiscent of a car-bomb, but victimless and flamless. Instead, flashes of color, light, and the occaisional screw punctuate the retro-american car. Encased in camo, the vehicle is american, bringing the car-bombs home, instead of leaving the violence crypticaly distant in the middle east. Fawad will be one of three artist's giving talks on Saturday, July the 18th, beginning at two. On a strictly personal note, he is charming, well-spoken, and eager to make interesting conversation. I urge everyone to take advantage of this opportunity, and join us for this exciting event.

The Regina Public Library Presents...

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This week at the Regina Public Library we have been closely watching Dan Perjovschi's progress as he covers the glass face of our building with his poignant, signature political cartoons. If you are downtown in Regina, this is a sight you won't want to miss. Using a scissor-lift, he has been hard at work for the last few days. His drawings are satirical, hilarious, sombre, and haunting. He will be giving an artist's talk, along with a few others from the show, on Saturday July the 18th, here at the Dunlop. Please join us, it's an incredible opportunity, and we are honoured to have him with us.

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Diabolique at the Dunlop

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I wanted to share with you all that there will be a fantastic art opening at the Dunlop this summer for their next show "Diabolique". It's an exhibition centered around the idea of war. A big topic to cover, with a big piece by Douglas Coupland! The opening reception will be at 7:30 at the Dunlop on July 17th, 2009. Please come! It'll be thought provoking, and there is sure to be a lot of good discussion. Hope to see you there.
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Summer at the Dunlop!

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Well, it's happened. I'm back in Regina! (Although not quite forever, yet.) I'm working as the collections clerk at the Dunlop Art Gallery for the summer. For those of you who are unsure, it's in the central library downtown. In between working full time, planning a wedding, and catching up with friends and summer, I hope to be working hard on my own stuff. I've been working on a couple comic books with friends, doing some knitting, and soon I'll set up a silk-screening table! I will be at the University of Regina this fall and winter semesters, here for one more summer, and then hopefully be back in Calgary for one more year. But... you never know, the rent situ is so insane in Regina we might end up buying a house, we'll see. Anyhow, I'll be posting all the rad summer projects I've been doing soon enough, but first I have to do them...
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