Organized and circulated by Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery
nowhere if not
here examines the art, background and theoretical concerns of
contemporary Canadian artist Will Gorlitz. A comprehensive
cross-section of Gorlitz’s critical interests spanning a period of
nearly twenty years, the exhibition explores metaphorical subjects that
reflect on nature, culture and technology.
The works present a
number of thematic ideas from Gorlitz’s series and grouped works
including Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, Numerals, Not Everyone, Road Paintings and Moon Paintings. nowhere if not here is a
circulating exhibition organized by KW|AG in partnership with Macdonald
Stewart Art Centre. The show begins at KW|AG and will tour to the Art
Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre (Guelph), the
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (Toronto), Glenbow Museum (Calgary)
and Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Guelph based artist Will Gorlitz was born
in Buenos Aires and raised in Winnipeg. He studied at both the
University of Manitoba School of Art and the Nova Scotia College of Art
and Design. He is currently a Professor in the Studio Art program of
the School of Fine Art and Music at the University of Guelph. Gorlitz‘s
work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in exhibitions
including the Shanghai Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary
Canadian Art, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Power Plant, the National
Gallery of Canada and the Sâo Paulo Bienal.
According to Peggy Gale in her essay Haptics,
Gorlitz’s painting are “strong and sensual... All of the sites and
situations—single trees, the forest canopy, grass fires or a country
road, simple objects immersed in water, printed texts, fruits or
flowers and leaves—have the quiet glow of intimate experience. There is
an uncanny sense of being there evoked by memory and the physical image
before us.” An artist’s monograph titled Will Gorlitz: nowhere if not
here, published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, will be available
during the exhibition tour. Edited by Director and Curator of the
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Judith Nasby, this major publication will
feature essays by Bruce Ferguson, Peggy Gale, Jeffrey
Spalding and David Urban.