A big Koop for the WAG
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WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Art Gallery has acquired a large-scale Wanda Koop painting for its permanent collection.
The untitled 3 x 4-metre acrylic on canvas, part of the veteran Winnipeg artist’s Hybrid Human series, will be included on the gallery’s forthcoming Koop autumn survey exhibition, On the Edge of Experience, WAG officials said in a statement.
The piece dates from the early ’90s and depicts a solitary figure against a blue background looking at a screen. It was donated to the WAG by the BMO Financial Group, which purchased it from Koop.
Neither the WAG nor BMO would divulge the purchase price.
BMO also made a $25,000 donation to Art City, the non-profit West Broadway community art centre founded by Koop.
WAG director Stephen Borys thanked BMO for its donation.
"It is always a pleasure to work with community leaders like BMO to celebrate and preserve art," he said.
"As the official repository and guardian of art for the province of Manitoba, it is the WAG’s honour to be the recipient of this important art work."
Koop, 58, is one of Manitoba’s best-known artists. She has won numerous awards, and her work has been featured in at least 50 solo shows during her long career.
On the Edge of Experience will travel to the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa after it closes in Winnipeg.