Exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
Exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
Figure Paintings, installation, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
Figure Paintings, installation, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
Exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
(left) Untitled (Summary Painting) (1978), 213.3 x 182.8 cm canvas, (right) Summary Drawings (1975), 70 x 86 cm paper, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
The Canadian Contemporary Collection — The Average Size — The Average Colour (1978), 32 framed 50.8 x 60.1 cm boards, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
The Canadian Contemporary Collection — The Average Size —The Average Colour (1978), detail, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
The Four Seasons (Summer and Autumn) (1998), paint on stretched canvas, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
Six Pink Paintings (1994), installation detail, paint on chip-board each approx. 79cm x 79cm, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
The Four Seasons (Summer) (1998), paint on stretched canvas, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
The Four Seasons (Winter and Spring) (1998), paint on stretched canvas, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
(on glass) Finchwell Continued, (on walls) Twelve Big Problems, installation, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
(on walls) Twelve Big Problems, The Suit, (on floor) Recent Plants, installation, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
An American History Painting, installation view, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
An American History Painting (1989), 188 x 121.9 cm painting on canvas, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
(left) The Native (1990), 188 x 121.9 cm painting on canvas, (right) The Native (Twenty Indian Paintings) (1994), 20 paint on chipboard squares each 61 X 61 cm, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
Special Presentation (1982), newspaper clippings, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
Printed matter in Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
Printed matter in Work of Four Decades, National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa, 2000. Photo: NGC.
(left) Untitled graphite on canvas series (1975), (right) 6B Rub Off triptych (1975), exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Halifax, 2000. Photo: AGNS.
Various early paintings, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Halifax, 2000. Photo: AGNS.
(left) The Suit (1988) over Seizures wallpaper (1996), (right) The Canadian Contemporary Collection — The Average Size — The Average Colour (1978), 32 framed 50.8 x 60.1 cm boards, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Halifax, 2000. Photo: AGNS.
(left) The Native (1990), 188 x 121.9 cm painting on canvas, (right) The Native (Twenty Indian Paintings) (1994), 20 paint on chipboard squares each 61 X 61 cm, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Halifax, 2000. Photo: AGNS.
(left) The Suit (1988) over Seizures wallpaper (1996), (right) The Native (Twenty Indian Paintings) (1994), 20 paint on chipboard squares each 61 X 61 cm, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB, 2001.
Finchwell Continued (1985), wall paintings, exhibition view from Work of Four Decades, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB, 2001.
WORK OF FOUR DECADES (2000)
Garry Neill Kennedy: Work of Four Decades is a retrospective exhibition organized jointly by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) (Jan. 29 - Mar. 26, 2000) and the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) (Nov. 3, 2000 - Jan. 21, 2001) demonstrating the variety of process-oriented, conceptual projects Garry undertook during the first four decades of his artistic career.
Curated by John Murchie, this exhibition includes over 80 works from paintings, drawings and wall works to artist books, photographs and site-specific installations. At both the AGNS and NGC, as well as Beaverbrook Art Gallery (Fredericton, NB) where the work toured in 2001, Kennedy reproduced various murals including Figure Paintings (1984) a wall works which looks at the relational positions of North American countries, the dominance of American cultural and military presence, and the domination of figurative painting in the 1980s; The Four Seasons (1998) a series of paintings determined by the "seasonal" market paint names of various colours; Finchwell Continued (1985) a series of shouting boss' heads painted from newspaper cartoons; and Superstar Shadow (1986) a work in which he used the titular font to paint his name from floor to ceiling around the exhibition space.
For more information the full English/French catalogue can be read here.