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BUSH JACK, born 1909, Toronto, Canada. Canadian painter. |
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studied with Edmond Dyonnet and the early 20th century tonalist painter,
Adam Sherriff Scott. Bush worked with the art firm of Rapid Grip as a
graphic designer, following within the tradition of the Group of Seven.
Throughout the thirties he worked in a manner consistent with the
landscape and urban pictures of the Canadian Group of Painters. His travels to New York acquainted him with members of the American avant-garde painters of the day and the influential critic Clement Greenberg. In 1953, Bush became a founding member of Painters Eleven, the first important group of English-speaking Canadian artists dedicated to the promotion of abstract art. By the late fifties, abstract-expressionist gestural painting had become predictable and uninspiring, Bush began to simplify his compositions. By 1964-65, the period pertinent to: 'Indian Red Low', 1965. Bush had become recognized and exhibited internationally as a leading innovator of modernist painting. His works are included in all major Canadian museums and have been the subject of many solo exhibitions, catalogues and monographs. His example and influence had a considerable impact upon art in western Canada and still looms large internationally amongst contemporary modernist painters. 'Indian Red Low' is characteristic of Bush's sash paintings, that have been recognized art historically for their independence and originality. (a comparable 1965 Bush sash painting is the memorable: Dazzle Red, collection Art Gallery of Ontario. In a similar painterly strategy, it too pairs complementary colours, while the red is not counter-balanced, moderated by its complementary pair- and hence is caused to dazzle). The sash works may refer to the horizontal stripes on each side which could allude to a curtain parted to reveal the vertical stripes behind it. However, despite a plausible interpretation of curtain and stripes, this painting downplays figure/ground relationships. 'Indian Red Low' was selected by the National Gallery of Canada for exhibition shortly after its creation at the 9th Sao Paolo Biennial, 1967 (cat#20), to be shown alongside the hard-edged painter, Jacques Hurtubise. 'Indian Red Low' was purchased directly from that exhibition for an American collection and henceforth not seen again in Canada until its subsequent re-purchase by the University of Lethbridge in 1990. The poetic calmness of 'Indian Red Low' introduces the viewer to Jack Bush: the dignified, refined, and understated artist. Bush reintroduces a playfulness into painting with his non mechanical application of paint. This is a painting about paint, material properties and the hand that painted it. parts of the text is taken from © U of L Gallery, Toronto; you can also visit their website @: http://home.uleth.ca/sfa-gal/collections/late20th/Bush.redlow.html |
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