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Nickle Picks: Michele Hardy, Curator, Nickle Galleries

I do not have a favourite textile artifact in the Nickle’s collections—I have many. Some were gifted by Dr. Lloyd Erikson, some from other generous donors—some, I had the privilege of selecting and purchasing. I acquired this beautiful textile for the Nick …

Nickle Pick: Nurgül Rodriguez, MFA, 2017, University of Calgary

Nickle Galleries has nine ceramic works by John Chalke (1940-2014) including examples of his multifired, multiglazed and wood-fired works. My favorite of these is The First Horses Came Late but Stepped into the Province on a Wet Day, 2012, a clay slab with …

Nickle Picks: Doug MColl, Preparator, Nickle Galleries

To paraphrase DeForrest Kelley (Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy): “I’m a Preparator, Jim, not a Curator”… Dunning takes what is essentially a 2-D image of the moon and gives it depth and a sculptural quality. The work is intricate and lacy but also robust, and s …

Nickle Pick: Mackenzie Kelly-Frère, Nickle Galleries Collections Committee Member

Bill Morton “Turbulence,” 1994 plant dyes & mordants on silk, 30.5 x 125 cm Photo:  Dave Brown, LCR Photo Services NG.1994.013.000 Bill Morton’s “Turbulence” is one of a series of hanging dyed works produced in the early 1990’s when I was his student. …

Nickle Pick: Lindsay G. Driediger-Murphy, Department of Classics and Religion, UCalgary

This coin produced by the moneyer Q. Cassius Longinus (a relative of the Cassius who assassinated Julius Caesar) features symbols that emphasize the links between the Romans and their gods. On the obverse we have the head of the Genius Populi Romani, the c …

Nickle Picks: Dick Averns, Curatorial Coordinator, Founders’ Gallery at The Military Museums

These seventy-two digital prints depict aeroplanes united by appearance, purpose, and an absence of airline identification markings. The pictures were photographed by plane spotters at airports worldwide, then gleaned from the internet by Canadian artist G …

Nickle New: Luke Lindoe

Slab Vessel, c. 1970s, Luke Lindoe slab-built textured stoneware, 15.5 x 18 x 6.5 inches NG.2020.002.000 The Nickle has a significant collection of works by Alberta artist Luke Lindoe (1913-2000) including works on paper and ceramics. A driving force in es …

Nickle Picks: Claudia Chagoya, MFA 2019, UCalgary.

One of the exhibitions that I most enjoyed at Nickle Galleries was Lyndal Osborne’s 2018 “Mutation of the Commons,” especially her piece Shoalwan: River Through Fire, River of Ice (2003). I was lucky to see the installation of the artwork, and I was amazed …

Nickle Picks: Susan Cahill, Associate Professor, Dept of Art, UCalgary

Afghan war rugs have been produced since 1979, when the Soviet military invaded Afghanistan, and combine the weaving methods and formal styles of conventional Afghan rugs with unexpected images of war. Most commonly made in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan …