Installation View, 2020
The Estate of Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith (1919-2020) was a key figure in contemporary Canadian art. Since the 1950s, he worked continuously to expand the dialogue between abstraction and representation. In his tangled paintings, there is the insinuation of entire fields of colour below the surface. Over the course of his 75-year long career he has made paintings employing that procedure of looping and overlapping, the movement of line to line, texture into texture and colour into colour. His work has been an evolving search for balance between abstraction and his love of the land, which has given us insight into both the act of painting and the essence of the West Coast.
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Gordon Smith
Untitled
1996Acrylic on canvas
Gordon Smith
Snow XXI
1996Acrylic on canvas
Gordon Smith
Husky #3
2017Acrylic and collage on canvas
Gordon Smith
Painting D II
2016Acrylic on canvas
Estate of Gordon Smith
Installation View
Gordon Smith A Painter's Legacy
September 10 - October 15, 2022
Estate of Gordon Smith
Installation View
Gordon Smith A Painter's Legacy
September 10 - October 15, 2022
Estate of Gordon Smith
Installation View
Gordon Smith A Painter's Legacy
September 10 - October 15, 2022
Estate of Gordon Smith
Installation View
Gordon Smith A Painter's Legacy
September 10 - October 15, 2022
The Estate of Gordon Smith
Installation View, 2020
The Estate of Gordon Smith
Installation View, 2020
The Estate of Gordon Smith
Installation View, 2020
The Estate of Gordon Smith
Installation View, 2020