Marianna Schmidt (1918-2005) was an accomplished neo-expressionist artist who, after having fled Hungary during the war and living in displaced persons camps throughout Europe, lived and worked in Vancouver from the 1950s until her death. The enormous scope of her practice - prints, drawings, paintings and collages - is unified by recurrent themes of alienation and dislocation, with twisted and fragmented figures stranded against featureless grounds and generic landscapes. This first retrospective monograph accompanies three concurrent exhibitions and is the result of a concerted effort on the part of the Evergreen Cultural Centre, Simon Fraser University Art Gallery and Burnaby Art Gallery. Works from public and private collections are augmented by pieces from Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Museum for Contemporary Art) in Ghent, Belgium which has extensive holdings. Three essays, a biography and a bibliography honour a singular career, placing it within the context of Schmidt's life and times

Marianna Schmidt

Arts & Photography

Robin Laurence

Bill Jeffries

History & Criticism

Burnaby Art Gallery / ABC Art Books Canada

<p>This monograph features a large selection of work from the senior artist's sojourn spent deeply connecting with one particular place over an extended period of time. Much of Kipling's drawing practice is carried on out of doors, on site, and each drawing is completed in one sitting, making her works encapsulated records of her eye and hand during a distinct period of time on a given day. The various linear schemata the artist has developed over the years for depicting trees, grasses, and moving clouds are emphatic carriers for the sense of the place where Kipling lives. There is an intriguing sense of the duration of time that Kipling is able to achieve in her drawings, so that the viewer feels they can almost sense life and movement as their eyes rove over the surface of the page. Each work is imbued with a restless, almost tumultuous energy. Ann Kipling's work can be found in numerous public collections across Canada including the National Gallery of Canada and The Vancouver Art Gallery.</p>

Ann Kipling: The Falkland Drawings, A Thirty-Five Year Survey

Kelowna Art Gallery / ABC Art Books Canada

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