tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post2278812219737002613..comments2023-10-25T03:38:09.523-04:00Comments on Unedit my heart: Conservative Crush: William KurelekLeah Sandalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13586221448338828889noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-16709775120263780132011-02-02T21:18:54.072-05:002011-02-02T21:18:54.072-05:00Sorry, just because I totally can't believe th...Sorry, just because I totally can't believe this I have to post - apparently Marshall McLuhan was staunchly Catholic and pro-life! Whattttt?<br /><br />http://www.theinterim.com/2007/april/18mcluhan.htmlLeah Sandalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586221448338828889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-69087734678357670212011-02-02T21:16:44.378-05:002011-02-02T21:16:44.378-05:00Hi Mark,
I think that image may have disappeared ...Hi Mark,<br /><br />I think that image may have disappeared from the interwebs but there are two directions you may want to research on this topic:<br /><br />1) the Niagara Falls Art Gallery has a big William Kurelek archive. Maybe if you gave them a call they could let you know whether they have any such images in their collection (their website only features his Passion of the Christ series) http://www.niagarafallsartgallery.ca/<br /><br />2) I see on Amazon that Kurelek actually did illustrations for a 1974 book called "Abortion in Perspective". A bit of a frightening title. As I tried to make clear, I'm personally pro-choice but grew up with staunchly pro-life relatives, so maybe Kurelek's imagery around this doesn't shock me as much as it might shock others. http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Abortion&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3AAbortion%2Cp_lbr_one_browse-bin%3AWilliam%20Kurelek&page=1<br />Note another co-author for this title- Marshall McLuhan.. whatttt????Leah Sandalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586221448338828889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-22888492399959121832011-02-02T09:15:06.712-05:002011-02-02T09:15:06.712-05:00Hi Mark,
I'm on the go right now and can'...Hi Mark,<br /><br />I'm on the go right now and can't recall where I found an image of those paintings at the moment.<br /><br />I remember basically combing a lot of Kurelek pages for info and just coming across one of them there--a surprise for me as I had no idea they existed.<br /><br />If I'm able to dig up a source tonight, I'll let you know.<br /><br />Otherwise, good luck with your search!Leah Sandalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586221448338828889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-29145369432814967322011-02-02T02:10:52.367-05:002011-02-02T02:10:52.367-05:00Are any of those paintings of the abortions online...Are any of those paintings of the abortions online... Can't find them.Mark Venemanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-75982702467659826742010-02-06T22:31:36.614-05:002010-02-06T22:31:36.614-05:00Just came across this blog while looking for image...Just came across this blog while looking for images of Kurelek paintings to use for a class I'll be teaching on Kurelek. I'm a bit late on joining the discussion, however, I found it interesting that you identify him as "conservative." If you really want to know about Kurelek as an artist, and be able to understand his work, you should read his autobiography, Someone With Me. I've never thought of him as conservative, but he certainly was a devout Catholic. After his conversion he saw it as his mission to serve God, and use his talent and his art to evangelize--to show the truth, and bring people to it, through art. You can't separate his Catholic faith and evangelical zeal from his work. His anti-abortion paintings are social commentaries, and are supposed to be disturbing. Murdering babies is rather disturbing. Pro-choicers usually prefer out of sight, out of mind though. By the way, his conversion story--the healing he found in the Catholic faith--is quite beautiful. "Conservative" is a political term. Kurelek was not political, he was a Christian artist.Carolynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-46837902371117351132009-09-25T21:56:02.727-04:002009-09-25T21:56:02.727-04:00Thanks for the clarification, Anthony. I look forw...Thanks for the clarification, Anthony. I look forward to seeing the show!Leah Sandalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586221448338828889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-22489636180679070252009-08-13T12:10:41.175-04:002009-08-13T12:10:41.175-04:00Thank-you for the link to Easton's piece. I am...Thank-you for the link to Easton's piece. I am currently involved in curating a major Kurelek exhibition for 2010 and 2011 with the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Easton provides some wonderful food for thought.<br /><br /> One error: while he did write about Kurelek, Ramsay Cook, it should be noted, is neither an artist nor a poet. He's a Canadian historian (The Regenerators: Social Criticism in late Victorian Canada I hightly recommend). I think Easton means Brian Dedora, who was a framer with Kurelek at Isaacs and wrote a memoir about his time at the gallery, working with Kurelek.andrew knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-39681016664372721502009-07-21T21:51:42.678-04:002009-07-21T21:51:42.678-04:00Uh... yeah. That's the conservative part. Big ...Uh... yeah. That's the conservative part. Big time. That story in Anthony's essay about Kurelek painting a politician putting feotuses through a wood chipper = also disturbing.<br /><br />However, I grew up part devout Catholic, so maybe I'm just inured to loving folks who I strongly differ with on the abortion issue. Sad but true.Leah Sandalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586221448338828889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-38776479389177764042009-07-21T12:09:21.817-04:002009-07-21T12:09:21.817-04:00I like Kurelek too but his crazy anti-abortion pai...I like Kurelek too but his crazy anti-abortion painting with dead babies outside a hospital is just disturbing.Hraghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777822271789999167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-12359190275423532652009-07-18T16:48:00.255-04:002009-07-18T16:48:00.255-04:00Hey Anthony... Thanks for the tip! And for writing...Hey Anthony... Thanks for the tip! And for writing that great essay. I think I did see that bloody brimstone one at the AGO the other day, but I'll take your tip on City Museum.Leah Sandalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586221448338828889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-21829153118997666602009-07-18T13:01:19.299-04:002009-07-18T13:01:19.299-04:00There is a room of them in the AGO, including the ...There is a room of them in the AGO, including the ocean of blood one, and if you get to the City Musuem, there is the David Crosbie portrait.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07196770365237279809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-3416555980205688842009-07-18T11:10:07.527-04:002009-07-18T11:10:07.527-04:00Just finished reading the Easton essay you linked ...Just finished reading the Easton essay you linked to LM -- wow, a lot to learn from in there! I knew about that darker <br />"Maze" work (again, the prairie grassland he chose to submerge it in just gets me) but not about the other ones.<br />Thanks for that. I hope to see them in person sometime!Leah Sandalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586221448338828889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-22641983249977245972009-07-18T10:59:36.627-04:002009-07-18T10:59:36.627-04:00Hey LM,
Thanks for your link... I look forward to...Hey LM,<br /><br />Thanks for your link... I look forward to reading Easton's essay.<br /><br />Yes, I agree with you that the Breugel thing seems to be confined maybe to compositions than to content. <br /><br />That's probably while I feel unrestrained nostalgia about it rather than some soupcon of dread! : - )Leah Sandalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586221448338828889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-50291476396412259592009-07-17T23:17:35.217-04:002009-07-17T23:17:35.217-04:00Anthony Easton wrote a great essay on Kurelek a fe...<a href="http://www.pinkmoose.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Anthony Easton</a> wrote a great <a href="http://www.digitalmediatree.com/sallymckay/comment/41170/" rel="nofollow">essay</a> on Kurelek a few years ago. (The Tom Thomson Gallery has a few of his good <a href="http://www.digitalmediatree.com/library/image/179/kurelek_1_2.jpg" rel="nofollow">dark ones</a>.) Kurelek missed the point with Breughel, he never learned to mix the dark and the light in the same painting.L.M.http://www.digitalmediatree.com/sallymckay/noreply@blogger.com