Tag: Art Gallery of Ontario
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The Living Craft of David Blackwood: A Studio Legacy at the AGO
Introduction: A Newfoundland voice, preserved in Toronto The Art Gallery of Ontario’s major retrospective on David Blackwood shines a light on a Newfoundland storyteller who chose printmaking as his enduring medium. Though Blackwood died in 2022, his studio in Port Hope, Ontario, continues to reveal the painstaking steps behind his iconic scenes of mummers, sealers,…
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The Art of the Original: David Blackwood’s Printmaking Legacy at the AGO
Preserving a Master’s Hand: The AGO Retrospective In Port Hope, Ontario, an artist’s studio hums with quiet precision as Janita Wiersma carefully lifts a sheet of paper from an inked copper printing plate. The reveal is a striking image: a blue flatfish with a red belly. It’s a piece tied to the late Newfoundland printmaker…