Historic and current abstract art will be part of a new exhibit going up in Humboldt.
The Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery will be home to the "Plains of Abstraction" exhibit from February 1 to 23, thanks to Conexus and the Humboldt and Area Visual Arts Committee.
The exhibit, organized through a partnership between the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC) to celebrate their 60th and 40th anniversaries respectively, is made up of pieces from the Saskatchewan Arts Board's permanent collection.
"Plains of Abstraction" is a touring exhibition that highlights the life of abstract painting in the province, both historically and currently, OSAC noted in a press release regarding the exhibit.
The show includes the work of some of Saskatchewan's leading abstract artists, including those impacted historically by the Emma Lake Artist Workshops of the late 1950s and early 1960s, such as the Regina Five, William Perehudoff, Otto Rogers and Joan Rankin, alongside the work of a new generation of abstract painters, OSAC noted.
The exhibition will not only offer audiences an overview of the history of abstraction in the province, it will educate viewers on Saskatchewan's contribution to Canadian art during the modernist period. It also promises to reflect on the subsequent impact of this period on a new generation of artists.
