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Ken Danby
At the Crease (1973)
by Ken Danby
Gordon Lightfoot (1988)
by Ken Danby
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As Danby's life story is told, the program
charts preparations for his first exhibition in 13 years featuring
over 80 paintings. We see Danby working in his studio,
packing up the paintings for the show, and setting up in the
gallery. Viewers will see the two nights of private
exhibitions for celebrities and dealers before the official
opening on October 24, 1998 at Toronto's Carrier Gallery.
One of his paintings, with an asking price of a quarter of
a million dollars, was sold on the first preview night.
In Ken Danby: Behind the Mask friends discuss his early years
as a 'starving artist', in Toronto's Yorkville area.
Later Danby would paint canvases like the fabled 'At the Crease'
featuring a goalie crouched at the net and many other paintings
of sports figures, including Bobby Orr.
Although Danby hasn't had an exhibit in 13 years, he has
been very active - fighting a proposed garbage dump near his
home, taking on the Canada Council and National Gallery, and
standing up for the often maligned school of realist painting.
Rounding out an intimate portrait are interviews with Danby's
brother, his wife, and two of his children from a previous
marriage.
Original Air Date - November 2, 1998
Links
Ken
Danby Official Web site
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