Gathie Falk: Revelations, published on the occasion of the
retrospective exhibition curated by Sarah Milroy, investigates the
career of a legendary Canadian artist. Now in her nineties, Gathie
Falk was born in 1928 in Brandon, Manitoba, settling finally in
Vancouver, where she established herself as one of Canada's most
visionary and experimental artists. Flying horses, rows of potted
conifers festooned with blossoms and ribbons, floating cabbages,
piles of glossy apples, gentlemen's brogues presented in reliquary
style, expanses of water, or burgeoning flower beds exploding with
color-these have been the manifestations of Falk's rampant
imagination as she has explored the disciplines of painting,
ceramic, performance art and installation over the span of a half
century. In all her works, effulgence and order are held in a
dynamic tension as she works through her generative themes and
variations. A trailblazer on all fronts, she has brought a rich
sensibility to bear on her observations of the everyday,
perceptions often tinged with the surreal and the uncanny. From her
fruit piles to the landmark performances of her early career, to
her extended pursuit of themes with variations in her painting
practice -expanses of water dazzling with light, riotous flower
borders set against cement sidewalks, night skies pierced by
starlight or obscured by clouds-she finds the wondrous in the
routine world around her, pursuing her work with a modesty and
diligence that reflects her Russian Mennonite heritage. The
publication includes an introduction by McMichael Chief Curator
Sarah Milroy, lead essay by Vancouver curator and writer Daina
Augaitis (who examines her performance and installation works in a
national and international context), and a host of other artists
and writers, rising to the occasion of this career-spanning survey.
This catalogue summarizes an extraordinary career, with full page
images of her artworks and rarely seen archival photos of the
artist's studio, performance works, and Falk herself. For more than
sixty years, Falk has generated work of extraordinary thematic
integrity and material invention. This publication will illuminate
those connections across disciplines, while also tracing the
artist's journey from youth to old age-from the lushness of the
fruit piles, with their sensuous surfaces and dazzling colors, to
the sepulchral hush of the night skies. Hers has been an
extraordinary voyage, and we look forward to saluting her in her
94th year.
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