AGA is set to reopen to the public on June 11, 2020. Visitors will feast their eyes on the latest sculpture by renowned Alberta born Canadian artist Damian Moppett.
Next time you’re in the Alberta Art Gallery, look up. You will see a hanging sculpture created with aluminum and paint that looks like it was drawn in the air. The piece is titled “Untitled Abstract Drawing in Space” and was created by renowned contemporary Canadian artist Damian Moppett.
Thanks to an Alberta Foundation for the Arts Public Art Commission grant, the Art Gallery of Alberta had Moppett create the long-term display. The installation is intended to be a scaled-up sketch that occupies the space in the AGA’s atrium as if it was drawn in the air. Shapes and lines are fabricated out of cut aluminum plate which has been arranged and painted to recreate a ‘fast’ artistic abstract drawing.
Moppett’s recent large-scale public sculptures have all been centred around the idea of making a relatively ‘quick’ drawing or painting into a large three-dimensional sculpture while still trying to convey the immediate graphic simplicity of the original drawing or painting. Untitled Abstract Drawing in Space maintains the qualities of a sketch and blows them up to larger than life scale.
The installation is intended to be a scaled-up sketch that occupies the space in the AGA’s atrium as if it was drawn in the air.
Join the AGA on Thursday, June 4 at 10:30am as Executive Director and Chief Curator Catherine Crowston connects with artist Damian Moppett for a virtual discussion of his practice and latest installation.
Visit yourAGA.ca to register for this free webinar and for information on how to safely visit the gallery when it reopens to the public on Thursday, June 11, 2020.
Credits for mobile:
Damian Moppett, “Untitled Abstract Drawing in Space,” 2019-2020 stainless steel, aluminum plate, copper pipe and enamel, approximately 200” x 190” x 96” Photo by Charles Cousins, courtesy of the Art Gallery of Alberta.
Credit for building image:
Robert Lemermeyer. Courtesy of the Art Gallery of Alberta.
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