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1964-74
White on White
Introduced here are three early painting periods, the murals of 1967-69, small maquettes from 1969-74 and the pen and ink drawings from 1964-68. Also here is an introduction to Bloore's single significant sculpture series, the Sploores of 1970-74.
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In 1962 Bloore received a Senior Arts Fellowship Grant to live and work for one year on the Greek island Lesbos amongst his beloved Byzantine destinations. Towards the end of this sojurn, after a visit to Egypt, he destroyed all the work he had done there, then went back to Regina and eliminated almost all the paintings he had done before the trip.
If Bloore “broke the sound barrier” in 1958, he broke the speed of light in 1963. He had always known why he wanted to paint. Art had been a kind of religion to him since he was five years old. In Regina he had worked out how he, himself, could be a painter. In the mosques of Istanbul and the temples of Egypt he found WHAT he needed to paint. And it was white.
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Murals, 1966-68
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Murals in Quebec and Prince Edward Island and...
1968, Mural, oil on masonite, Dorval Airport Montreal
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1967-70
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1971, 43x96", 109x244cm, oil on masonite
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Small Maquettes
1967-74
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Facture Facture
Paint Paint
1969, April No.1, 143 x 140mm, oil on masonite, Private Collection, click to see larger
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1970-74
After the Arctic
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Beyond Symbology
White Painting,
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Drawings, 1964-68
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The Last Pen and Inks
c.1966, ink on paper, about 22x30cm
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Sploores, 1970-74
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Spoons Turned into Bloores
In 1970, the artist began idly fiddling with some wooden spoons he had picked up during his travels. This quickly evolved into a surprising sculptural series called Sploores completely unconnected to his work as a painter.
1971, painted hardwood, 29 x 16 x 8cm, Private collection Toronto
A classic Sploore flanked by a couple of improvised doggies made from window blind mounts.