VICTORIA — “A Brush With War: Military Art from Korea to Afghanistan” opens today at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss St., in the Canadian city across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The exhibition, featuring more than 40 works created over the past six decades, includes paintings by members of the Canadian Armed Forces Civilian Artists Program, as well as works by some of Canada’s most celebrated artists, including Alex Colville, A.Y. Jackson and Pegi Nicol MacLeod.
The exhibition offers glimpses of the tension and horror of combat along with daily life for Canadians, peacekeeping and the lives of civilians affected by conflict in their homelands, said Jon Tupper, the gallery’s director.
A walking tour is slated for 1 p.m. Saturday with Laura Brandon, the Canadian War Museum historian who curated the show.
“‘A Brush With War’ provides a unique artistic insight into military conflict,” Tupper said, “that is not often found in standard media coverage.”
The exhibit will be on display through Sept. 5.
Summer hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Admission to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is $13 for adults, $11 for seniors 65 and older and for students, $2.50 for children ages 6 to 17 and free for children 5 and younger. A family ticket for two adults and two children costs $28.
For more information about “A Brush With War” and related tours and lectures, visit www.aggv.ca or phone 250-384-4171.
