The Art Gallery of Ontario is bloody huge. We started out on the first two floors seeing gallery after gallery of the Group Of Seven. These were a group of like-minded artists that banded together in 1920 to champion the Canadian wild areas. They wanted Canada to have its own artistic voice. Apparently 100 years ago that voice contained much more snow than it does today. We really liked this series of artists, but there were still three more floors of Art! We ventured further into the AGO where we saw First Nations artifacts and new art. So much to see that we had to take a tea time break. Then back into the fray. A great place to visit and we may have to go back for more.
Open doors!
Of course the building itself is apiece of Art
Lest a-go inside
A snowy little town
The majestic Rockies
I could canoe here
The clouds make this one special
A hint of cubism
An a nod to pointillism
This one called to me as I tried to decipher what it was depicting
The driver of the tractor has a strange look on his face
Chores!
Train tracks off into the distance
The Café is quite spacious
I will dance for my tea!
Yum!
My tea time
A snake in the hand is worth two in the bush
The iridescent abalone shell is great
Dig the leopard skin pants
Finally we see some moose!
The collector of hunted heads. Moose, caribou and deer...
Perhaps the first midnight canoe float in recorded history
A mobile but cramped art studio
First Nations print making
Nice clean lines
I love the Narwhals, I used to make word problems in which they took a leading role
So much information is in this painting
The Shaman in mid shift from man to bear
Again a Shaman but what is he turning into?
More cool buildings right outside
Nice staircase
500 Sacajawea Dollar coins representing the 500 years of North American Colonialism
The indoor staircase
Australian Aboriginal art on modern appliances
A high art toaster oven
That was a great art gallery, eh?
It has been 69 days since we began our Migration.
