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Orono Weekly Times, 17 Apr 1985, p. 10

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l-Orono Weekly'imes, Wecdnesdayý, April 17, 1985 Painlting exhibition McLaug-,hlin gallery ALEX CAMERON !N MID-CAREER,an exhibition of twenty-six paintings will be officially openied by David Silcox, Assistant Deputy Minister of Cultural Affairs, Government of Canada, Tuesday, 9th April at 8 p.mi-. A cordial invitation is extend- cd to ail to meet Silcox,who is also an author and collector. Alex Cameron will be pre- sent. Cameron, now thirty- eight, hias a lively, expressive painting style which incor- porates vibrant colours in works that always refer, however distantly, to land- scape. He studied at the New School of Art in Toronto with teachers such as Gordon Rayner and Robert markle, and while working at Toron- to's David Mirvish Gallery, was exposed to the best in, American Abstract Expres- sionism. Cameron was studio assis- tant to the late Jack Bush for several years during the 1970s. Th le primnary focus of the collection of the Robert McLaughilin Gallery is the work of Painters Eleven, the group of Canadian Abstract Expressionist painters that i- cluded Bush, William Ronald, Harold Town, Jock Macdonald and Alexandra Luke. it \vas becauise of Oshawa's Alexandra Luke that the gallery becam-ie in- terested in Painters Eleven; it is because of Bush that the gallery became interested in ~1O~OFF1 * ALL *INSgT«OCKI * seIecti6Sn U of models anfd oDption s 5ROLPH5 ~HARDWAREna ILiRONI Camenc01. Since his firsi one-man show in 1971, Camieron's work has been included in many exhibitions. One of the mosi important was 14 Cana- dians "A Critic's Choice", shown at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,, Washington, D.C. in 1977. His works are includ- ed in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canada Council Art Bank, the Robert McLaughl in Gallery and many corporate .and private collections. Works in the exhibition in- clude three from the gallery's collection: Tom and Leander find Happiness in the Moon (1 97 1), which has a landscape type of imagery, Nubian Sun Dance (1 977), recollections of a Florida beach, and Aurora for Kristin (1984), an essay by Cameron on the' northern lights. Alex Cameron in Mid- Career will be on view in Oshawa from 4 to 28 April 1985, and then will travel to galleries across Canada into An illustrated catalogue of the exhibition is available from the gallery for $10.00 Gallery, Hours: we-ekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.mi., Tuesday evenings 7 to 9 p.m-., Satur- days noon to 5 p.m. and Sun- days 2 to 5 p.m. Adiion ,iiis free.. For more information, caîl the gallery: 576-3000. Secondary teachers receive - ncrease Both the Secondary teachers and the Nor- thumberland and Newcastle Board of Education have raiified a newv one-year agree- ment whiich gives; the teachers a 5.67 percent increase. 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