Voluntary Laughter: MacKenzie Gallery Volunteers Look at the Permanent Collection

September 30, 2006 to January 8, 2007

Organized by the MacKenzie Art Gallery with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Saskatchewan Arts Board and City of Regina Arts Commission

Humour is a theme which springs up continually in art, from the satires of William Hogarth and Honoré Daumier to the ironic commentaries of Victor Cicansky and David Thauberger. In this exhibition, which is drawn from the MacKenzie permanent collection, our very own MacKenzie Gallery Volunteers explore this subject. Since January a dedicated Study Group involving a dozen volunteers has been researching selected works from the collection, interviewing artists, and learning about the process of organizing an exhibition. This exhibition follows up on the success of the Angels in our Midst Study Group which collaborated with MacKenzie staff on a similar exhibition in 1999. This exhibition joins Situation Comedy and Wahwâ Neechi Funk! as part of the fall focus on humour at the Gallery.

Image Credit:

Victor Cicansky
Mixed Farming, 1973
1973, ceramic, wire, plastic flowers on a plywood base
51 x 39 x 37.5
Collection of the MacKenzie Art Gallery, gift of the artist

Voluntary Laughter: MacKenzie Gallery Volunteers Look at the Permanent Collection

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