Saturday 30 January 2016

theOLDtheNEWtheMARVELOUS by HELENE LACELLE & PETER EVANCHUCK - CAFE NOSTALGICA



theOLDtheNEWtheMARVELOUS art by HELENE LACELLE & PETER EVANCHUCK
from 04Feb to 29th at Café Nostalgica, 601 Cumberland on the Ottawa UNiversity campus
theOLD:
a retrospective of the past decade and a half of LACELLE’s art work.: tracing her various styles, forms and reincarnations. Her experimentations in ‘new’ art makes even these ‘old’ art pieces look contemporary.
the NEW:
prolific artist HELENE LACELLE has created a completely new set of collage images for showing at CAFÉ NOSTALGICA. Entitled – theOLDtheNEWtheMARVELOUS
LACELLE’s technique is rather unique in that she sees her ‘art ‘ on the canvas not in her head. In her collages, using old photos loaned from a German baroness as a central focus, she creates  and enhances them into her personal ‘art’ by mixing in various images/styles from many sources that together form an overall effect of modernity i.e. new-ness. They are complex yet very simple, very effective.
theMARVELOUS:
       continuing her collaboration with partner PETER EVANCHUCK on MARVELOUS REALISM CANADA, LACELLE has created new additions to the original abandoned homes photographs of EVANCHUCK. This portion of the exhibit is called ‘A DOLL’s HOUSE’
One Toronto critic referred to LACELLE as the NEON MATISSE of Canada due to her colourful, neon-like imagery. Self taught she has been making art all her adult life winning many awards, hanging in several galleries/art places in Canada and the U.S. with sales on line and around the world.
Former professor EVANCHUCK now devotes his time to filmmaking, photography, writing, curating. He has produced several feature films, scripts, books as well as many docs over his ongoing career.
The abandoned homes represented in MARVELOUS REALISM were shot last year in New Brunswick.

Friday 1 January 2016

MARVELOUS REALISM CANADA

           
' A DOLL'S HOUSE '
NEW EXHIBITION

CAFE NOSTALGICA
601 Cumberlaned St. Ottawa University

Jan 4 - 31, 2016



 " THE GREATEST BEAUTY THAT LIFE CAN PROVIDE US WITH IS CREATIVE WORK - TO ORIGINATE AND MAKE SOMETHING FROM WITHIN OUR IMAGINATION AND SKILLS IS BEAUTIFUL "



 " IN ALMOST EVERY ABANDONED HOUSE 
DOLLS WERE LEFT BEHIND,
 THE FEELING WAS EERIE "

On location MARITIMES/CANADA capturing the beauty that remains inside&out of ABANDONED HOMES



PETER EVANCHUCK & HELENE LACELLE 
have been a 'team of two' for over 30 years originating/making/independent creative works for beauty, for fun, for documenting their life and the life of others.

Examples  of their original projects :::  bookshandmade.com publishes alternate new writers/illustrators; GoopMailArt provides free workshops/website site for international shared original works of art; movieshandmade.com has the team of EVANCHUCK & LACELLE making social documentaries, fun docs, feature films.

They started bookshandmade.com when EVANCHUCK had his first bout with thyroid cancer in 2007.  As a cancer repeat survivor, recently EVANCHUCK has, with LACELLE's assistance, got thru his third and fourth surgery, well enough to continue their creative lives, his long term trache allows him to speak like TOM WAITS.

They have just returned from another Maritime roadTOUR shooting UNESCO sitesfor a book/doc. - TantramarMarsh for book/doc on Sir Chas. GD Roberts - They are on the road every month ( that Evanchuck's cancer allows ) documenting Canadians and Canadian 
'way of living/playing'.
click HERE FOR BOOKSHANDMADE

They have had numerous newspaper articles/tv interviews and won numerous awards, citations and distinguished themselves by extensive community work
( Toronto Mayor's Award, Provincial and Ottawa Award as volunteer of the Year ) mainly for their generous work/support/volunteering in Soup Kitchens.
 " Life is not so hard when ur stomach isn't growling" remarks Chef EVANCHUCK.

For 9 years they've produced Sandy Hill's ONE & ONLY art&artisan Festival in Ottawa- free food and fun for the community!

Professor EVANCHUCK has headed up&taught in photography/film/video departments at several Colleges and Universities for over two decades. ( YorkU, Durham,
OttawaU, Algonquin ) artist LACELLE has shown and is represented at numerousgalleries across Canada and the U.S. ( Karsh-Mason, OSA, Art Interiors, Sweet Mabel
Gallery, Labyrinth, Trinity, etc.  

" THE GREATEST BEAUTY THAT LIFE CAN PROVIDE US WITH IS CREATIVE WORK - TO ORIGINATE AND MAKE SOMETHING FROM WITHIN OUR IMAGINATION AND SKILLS IS BEAUTIFUL "

RECENT & ON-GOING SHOW

LIFE OF PIE 
 ART IN THE LOO! - NOT THE LOUVRE!
1134 Bank St. Ottawa
Nov.17, 2015 - ON-GOING


TIMOTHY'S CAFE
234 Laurier St. East, Ottawa
Dec.1, 2015 to ON-GOING

OTTAWA SCHOOL of ART
35 George St. Ottawa
Nov.24 to Dec.20, 2015