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AnExhibitionofWorksbyGERSHONISKOWITZPaintingsfromthe1960sand70sApril25th-May302015Thereisanoften-repeatedGershonIskowitzstoryrelatingaturningpointandbreakthroughinhispainting.HavingreceivedaCanadaCouncilgrantin1967totraveltoChurchillManitobatheconsequenceofaconversationandsuggestionbyafriendhecharteredahelicoptertoflyovertheArcticlandscape.Onhisreturntheworksnappedintoafullflightabstractionandwascelebratedforitsfreshvisionandinventiveness.Itisatemptingandsatisfyinganecdoteinlocatinganoriginforcreativeinspiration.IftherearediscerniblelandscapecuesinhisworkandsometruthtotheArcticexperiencehereturnedafewtimesletusnotrelegateIskowitztoapainterintheserviceofit.In1971hestatedpaintingisjustanextensionofmyself.ItsaplasticinterpretationofthewayIthink.COVERHIGHLANDBLUE1detail1977OilonCanvas66x72inches.167.6x182.9cm