Thames Art Gallery, Chatham-Kent, ON

Opening: July 16th, 2016

Exhibition on view from July 15 - Sept. 11

Contrarieties & Counterpoints: Recent Paintings by Melanie Authier is a touring solo

exhibition curated by Robert Enright. Authier's abstract paintings present a brimming

jostle of pictorial oppositions that draw upon an expansive archive of expressionist

and hard-edge histories. This project foregrounds Authier's recent canvases as well as

works on paper, and is accompanied by a bilingual catalogue that includes an

interview with Robert Enright, and essays by Sky Goodden, Sarah Milroy and Ola

Wlusek. The Thames Art Gallery is one of 7 confirmed venues across Canada.    

The full tour schedule is as follows:

Thames Art Gallery                                                      July 15 - September 11, 2016

Ottawa Art Gallery                                                       October 6, 2016 - January 2, 2017

Art Gallery of Guelph                                                   January 19 - April 2, 2017

Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon                              May - August 2017

Galerie de I’UQAM, Montreal                                       October - December 2017

MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax                                            January - March 2018

Musee Regional de Rimouski                                       April 2018