The Sobey Art Award: Ontario Shortlist Edition
Kelly Richardson Wagons Roll (The Remake) 2007 Video still Courtesy of Birch Libralato
The Sobey Art Award announced its shortlist for 2009 this spring, with the five regional finalists competing for the $50,000 prize identified as Luanne Martineau for the West Coast and Yukon; Marcel Dzama for the Prairies and the North; Shary Boyle for Ontario; David Altmejd for Quebec; and Graeme Patterson for the Atlantic. It is one of the toughest finalist groupings yet, with a roster of standout artists. But this year the prize process has, quite notably, been tough all the way through each of the regions’ internal competitions. This truth is demonstrated at Cambridge Galleries, where to August 22 the gallery showcases all the Ontario semifinalists. Here, Boyle is joined by artists Luis Jacob, Kelly Richardson, Derek Sullivan and duo Christian Giroux and Daniel Young. Cambridge Galleries curator Ivan Jurakic is part of this year’s Sobey Art Award curatorial panel along with Liz Wylie, Kitty Scott, Louise Déry and Terry Graff. The Sobey winner for 2009 will be announced in October, with an exhibition of the five finalists opening September 5 at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. (1 North Sq, Cambridge ON)
Luis Jacob They Sleep With One Eye Open #1 2008 Courtesy of Birch Libralato
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