October 2006

Gerard is currently in his London studio, preparing new projects and work for forthcoming exhibitions. He's also working on several lectures, articles and talks to be presented in the months to come. These events will be announced here as the details arise. Thank you for your interest.

Headline News: "International Group Exhibition — Traveling" Germany. 2006-2007.

Prof. Dr. med. Ralf Scherer, a Professor and Dr. of Anesthesiology at Westfälischen Wilhelms Universität Münster, is curating this group exhibition in cooperation with the Kunstmuseum Ahlen and the Kulturspeicher in Würzburg Germany in 2005/2006. Gerard has been invited to exhibit his work “Portrait of Chuck Close” 2002 – a collaboration with American artist Chuck Close.

Exhibitions:	International Exhibition - Kunst-Museum Ahlen | The Kulturspeicher
Title:	Diagnose [Kunst] Die Medizin im Spiegel der zeitgenössischen Kunst Contemporary Art Reflecting Medicine
Curated by:	Prof. Dr. med. Ralf Scherer with Mrs. Anna Lammers M.A
Location:	Kunst-Museum Ahlen, Ahlen, Germany
Address:	Weststrasse 98, 59227, Ahlen, Germany
Telephone:	International +49 (23) 82-9183-0 — Local 023-82-9183-0
Dates:	October 22, 2006 - January 14, 2007
Location:	Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany
Address:	Veitshöchheimer Strasse 5 , 97070, Würzburg, Germany
Telephone:	International +49 (931) 322250 — Local 0931-322250
Dates:	17 May - July 22, 2007
Prospectus:	"The main focus of the exhibition is to display the relationships artists have to medicine in their work. What are their points of interest (e.g. the heart, the brain, the lungs, the blood etc.) and what are the technical aspects of modern medicine artist’s use in their artistic research. What are their motivations and their goals? Another question will be how far an artist’s personal illness may affect his or her work." Dr. Ralf Scherer
Publications:	A catalogue has been printed for this exhibition as well as several scientific articles by Dr. Scherer , Ms. Lammers, Susanne Witzgall, and Erich Franz. - Diagnose [Kunst]. Die Medizin im Spiegel der zeitgenössischen Kunst. Dr. Scherer , Ms. Lammers, Susanne Witzgall, and Erich Franz. Wienand Publishing, Cologne, Germany. 2006. ISBN 3-87909-902-2
Other Details:	Featuring works by: Roy Adzak, Aziz & Cucher, Heather Barnett, Barton Lidice Benes, Joseph Beuys, Christine Borland, Jaq Chartier, Chuck Close, Wim Delvoye, Birgit Dieker, Mark Dion, Felix Droese, Bea Emsbach, Roland Flexner, Mark Francis, Marc Gilbert, Thomas Grünfeld, Friedrich Gräsel, Peter Halley, Paddy Hartley, Mona Hatoum, Saskia Hetzer, Damien Hirst, Andreas Horlitz, Via Lewandowsky, Thomas Locher, M+M, Heinz Mack, Matt Mullican, Arnold Odermatt, Marilene Oliver, Orlan, Gerard Pas, Patricia Piccinini, Jaume Plensa, Tyyne Claudia Pollmann, Marc Quinn, Susan Rankaitis, Jeanette Schulz, Andrés Serrano, Heather Sheehan, Katharina Sieverding, Daniel Spoerri, Rosemarie Trockel, Luc Tuymans, Timm Ulrichs, Annet van der Voort, Catherine Wagner, Mark Wallinger, David Webster, Lawrence Weiner, Anamaria Briede Westermeyer, Stephen Willats. To see Gerard's work for this exhibition please click here "Portrait of Chuck Close" 2001
For more info:	visit the website http://www.kunstmuseum-ahlen.de/  or by E-mail at kunstmuseum@ahlen.de
For more info:	visit the website http://www.kulturspeicher.de/  or by E-mail at musuem.kulturspeicher@stadt.wuerzburg.de

Headline News: "Canadian Veterans Memorial" designed by Gerard Pas — London, Canada. 2006.

In September of 2006, a memorial carillon and granite monument will be erected in Victoria Park, London Canada. The design of this memorial was created by Gerard Pas at the request of the Dutch Community in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It will be given as a gift to the Royal canadian Legion and the City of London, Canada.

Memorial:	Canadian Veterans Memorial - Victoria Park | London, Canada.
Name:	Canadian Veterans Memorial - Memorial Carillon and Liberation Scultpure
Location:	Victoria Park adjacent to the Veterns Garden and Cenotaph, London, Canada.
Purpose:	A gift of thanks from the Dutch Community of Canada to the Royal Canadian Legion, The Canadian Armed Forces and the City of London, Canada.
Organized by:	Veterans Memorial Committee - The Dutch Community of Southwestern Ontario, Canada.
Address:	Veterans Memorial Fund, 118 Woodrow Crescent, London, Ontario, Canada. N6E 1E8
Telephone:	International +01 (519) 657.6226 — Local 519.657.6226
Dates:	September 22, 2006 - during "Veterans Week" in Canada.
Prospectus:	In September of 2006, a memorial carillon was erected in Victoria Park, London Canada, adjacent to the Veterans’ Garden and Cenotaph. It is linked to a granite monument showing the locations of Canadian Forces cemeteries in Holland and Belgium where 6700 WW2 graves are located. This memorial was given as a gift from the Dutch Community as an expression of thanks to Canada and it's Armed Forces, for their role in the liberation of Holland and Belgium during World War II. It was presented to the WW2 War Veterans and the City of London. The design of this memorial was created by Gerard at the request of the Dutch Community in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.
Other Details:	After receiving the commission to design this Memorial, Gerard also joined the Veterans Memorial Committee in assisting them to see this project to competition. It is the purpose of this non-profit committee to organize this gift and raise the funds need to fabricate and install the memorial at the site. If you would like to help this committee by making a tax deductible charitable donation, please visit their site from the links below. To learn more of Gerard's involvement with this project please click here Memorial Carillon and Liberation Sculpture
For more info:	visit the website http://www.veteransmemorial.ca/  or by E-mail at info@veteransmemorial.ca

Gerard's project description		www.veteransmemorial.ca

Headline News: "New Book" published April 2005.

Hanna Vos-Niël and Joke ten Kate are rehabilitation doctors editing this book about the place and function of the handicapped in art, with reproductions of paintings and sculptures through the ages. Christien Oele, an art historian has written the accompanying text, as well as assisting in the selection of the works.

Headline News: Gerard to be interviewed for Radio 106.9 FM, London Canada. July, 2004.

"Please stay tuned to this channel and I will inform you of the air dates and times when I know them. If possible we will try and provide streaming media or archive of the radio interview for you to listen to on your own media player right here on our web site."

Gerard

Headline News: A web based image exchange with the Foundation BeeldCultuur of the Netherlands. June, 2004.

"In our daily life the influence of the pictures has increased enormously. New media such as television and Internet submerge us with visual information. The printed word as a medium for the transfer of knowledge now receives serious competition from visual images or pictures. This has a lot of divergent appearances. Photography, publicity, design, graffiti, visual art, video and other new media. BeeldCultuur Netherlands wants to study this change process critically and to influence it actively." BeeldCultuur The Netherlands.

Headline News: Gerard juries public exhibition, sits as a member of the board of directors for Open Air 2 - Gateways & Gardens. Summer 2004.

Gerard had previously sat as an Honourary Member of the first Open Air Board of Directors in 2001. At the request of the McIntosh Gallery, The University of Western Ontario, Gerard was asked if he would take a more active role in the continuation of this public project in it's second manifestation: Open Air Two - Gateways & Gardens. Gerard not only sat on it's Board of Directors, the Organizing Committee but also acted as a jurist selecting the various artists projects which would be realized in numerous public and corporate locations throughout the City of London, Canada.

Public Project:	Open Air Two
Title:	Gateways & Gardens
Organized by:	McIntosh Gallery - The University of Western Ontario; London, Canada.
Locations:	London, Canada. Each installation is hosted at a different site through the city.
Addresses:	Open Air Two Gateways & Gardens Head Office: 203 Dundas Street - Studio 7 London Ontario N6A 1G4 open_air2004@yahoo.ca
Telephone:	1.519.672.8367
Date and Time:	Summer of 2004 - May through to September
Prospectus:	Open Air Two: Gateways & Gardens examines issues and ideas such as how communities and neighborhoods are defined, how we interact with our environments and the relationship of built and natural environments. One part of the Open Air Two Gateways & Gardens are the sic juried site-specfic temporary public art displays, located around the city of London, Canada and on the web which are a result of a public call that asked for proposals which encouraged the creative use of natural, ephemeral, found, gathered, reused, recycled, vintage, salvaged and plant materials.
Venues and Events:	Open Air 2 - Gateways & Gardens Venues and Host Sites to view the individual artists venues at there respective host sites please click on the above link or the image below
	Avant Gardens: Private Gardens Garden Tour Fundraiser Featuring David Thomson and Richard Crossman Gardens Sunday June 20, 2004 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ONLY More than a garden tour, six private gardens and one industrial garden as well as Greg Curnoe's Studio will be open for a rare glimpse of creative green spaces.
	Original Ideas: Creative Proposals Sketch Sale Covent Garden Market -- Labatt Lounge (Mezzanine Level) June 17 to June 27, 2004 A silent auction featuring original sketches for six temporary outdoor art sites.
	Gala Opening Covent Garden Market, Mezzanine Level Opening Ceremonies and final date of Sketch Sale from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm , June 27, 2004.
	Coffee and Panel Talks Location to be announced.
Sponsors:	The University of Western Ontario, The Faculty of Engineering Western, London International Airport, Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, The Canada Council for the Arts, Heritage London, Covent Garden Market, Ontario Arts Council, Elsie Perrin Williams Estate, Fanshawe Pioneer Village, London Arts Council, Red Rhino Inc., Human Resources Development Government of Canada, McIntosh Gallery, Nexus Designs, Museum London, Scene Magazine, The City of London, CHRW Radio 94.9 FM, Grosvenor Lodge, Elmo Curtis Rose Gardens
For more info:	visit the Open Air web site http://www.openair.ca or contact: open_air2004@yahoo.ca

Headline News: Gerard will be teaching at Fanshawe College; London, Canada. January - April, 2004.

Gerard will be teaching at Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology / Art and Design in London, Canada, during the winter session: January - April, 2004.

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Headline News: Gerard's Maquette-Model published at Track-Link online. November, 2003.

Gerard has begun a small series of works which will honour and commemorate the victims and fallen soldiers of World War 2 - WWII. It's his way of saying “thank you” to those that gave their life’s so that we could live.
Gerard being handicapped and born in the Netherlands would probably have been killed by the Nazi's. Considered a burden to the National German Socialist Worker, millions of the handicapped where simply murdered as an act of euthanasia supported by a program of eugenics. The Nazi’s went so far as to say, in their propaganda of the time (i.e. film), that these pathetic individuals had not reached their full capacity in the evolutionary process. Sadly they were experimented on and used as a precursor in the development of the Gas Chambers as can be seen in the T4-file: which stands for Tannhauser Str. 4, the location of a hospital for the handicapped in Munich at the time.
After completing one section of a larger triptych: a model of a T-34/85 Red Army Tank, this recent work has just been featured on one of the top modeling web sites in the world "Track-Link.net"
We will be updating the development of this work as it proceeds.

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Headline News: "Workshop Panel Discussion" June 26th — June 29th, 2003. Boston, MA., U.S.A.

Gerard will participate in The Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA) annual conference to be held at Gordon College, MA, U.S.A. This years conference will focus on "Images of the Body: Sacred, Personal, and Public" and will attempt to focus on a possible third way of seeing the body and the world through the lense of the incarnation. Gerard has been invited to participate in a round table discussion discussing the "Broken Body" on Saturday June 28th, 2003. Gerard's thesis is entitled "The Broken Body — A Cantharis to Transfiguration". Gerard will also give a small display of his work during this workshop.

Headline News: "Panel Discussion" April 26th, 2003. Toronto, Canada.

Gerard will participate in a round table discussion on Saturday April 26th, 2003 at The Institute For Christian Studies (ICS), in Toronto Canada. This discussion will be a part of a Lecture Series given by Erica Grimm-Vance on "Beauty and Affliction: Reflections on Art and Embodiment". Gerard will be addressing the process of catharsis attached to understanding the human body from a broken perspective. This panel discussion will follow Ms. Grimm-Vance lecture to be held on the Friday night April 25th, 2003 at St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (north of Queen on McCaul).

Headline News: "Public Panel Discussion in New York City" January 2002.

Independent Curators International (ICI) together with CrossPathCulture (CPC), will host a public panel discussion to discuss CrossPathCulture, it's vision, goals and achievements at the ICI center in New York City. I will be a member of this panel. These discussions have been organized by Helen Allen, CO-Chair of ICI - Independents Steering Committee and Cannon Hersey, Executive Director of CPC, NY.

Gerard

Headline News: "New Book / Text Book" Current

"Sights of Resistance", written by Robert J. Belton and published by the The University of Calgary Press contains several sections on my works as well as some excellent articles. GP
"Few books on Canadian art provide an in-depth look at more than one art form from a variety of practical critical perspectives. Sights of Resistance offers both breadth and depth in an innovative but accessible introduction to Canadian visual culture.
Robert Belton has an impossibly ambitious goal -- to create a single-volume introduction to both visual culture and critical practice that neither creates a list of Canadian art's "greatest hits" nor promotes one way of knowing over another. Belton deliberately includes in his overview both old favourites and many unfamiliar works of art, architecture, crafts, painting, photography, sculpture, and so on, placing as much emphasis on the study of a Native blanket as on the study of a legislative building. He demonstrates how all aspects of Canadian visual art interrelate to form a cultural heritage that is as rich as it is varied. To this end, he endeavours to leave no tradition, time period, or geographical area unmentioned in the numerous case studies he inserts into a broader theoretical framework."
The broader theoretical framework is supported by the substantial glossary on CD-ROM that both explains the case studies and provides opportunities for developing radically different perspectives -- and in this way the artwork becomes a site/sight of "resistance." University of Calgary Press

Gerard

Headline News: "International Group Exhibition - New York City" November 2001 - January, 2002.

CrossPathCulture, will hold it's inaugural exhibition at their new gallery and workshop spaces in New York City with the exhibition "Identities". A virtual "who's who" of contemporary international art community have been invited to participate in this exhibition. What promises to be the event of the fall in New York City, this exhibition will also commemorate the opening of CrossPathCulture's new galleries in New York. The Galleries and Workshop Spaces are ideally located on the "Upper West Side" of New York. More information on this exhibition will be posted in the weeks to come - check out this or the CrossPathCulture web sites to keep informed of the details of this show.

Gerard

Headline News: "Poetry Reading and Book Launch - New York City" December 2001.

“When all the secret histories of the last century are finally told, Brion Gysin’s pivotal role as cultural border-crosser, psychic adventurer and aesthetic provocateur will have to be acknowledged, but Jason Weiss’s Back in No Time provides all the evidence anyone should need right now. Back in No Time makes the best case I have ever seen for Gysin’s importance as a writer and theorist continually perched on the razor’s edge of innovation.”—Timothy S. Murphy, author of Wising up the Marks: The Amodern William Burroughs

I have to say that this event is one the highlights on my year. I first met Brion Gysin with William Burroughs in 1978 in Amsterdam. I have always held such a high opinion of his work, held him in such high regard and am honoured to read in the company of such gifted readers. I'm sure they've given you a permanent 'pain pump' in hEaVEn Brion.

Gerard

Headline News: "Solo / Two Person Exhibition - New York City" November - December 2001.

At the invitation of Cannon Hersey, Executive Director of CrossPathCulture, Huang Chih-Yang and I will begin to fabricate work towards a joint "Solo" exhibition to be held in the fall of 2001 in New York.  A sort of 2 person 1 person show or is that a 1 person 2 person show?  As well as both being "artists in residence" with CrossPathCulture in New York, this exhibition has also given Huang and myself the occasion to collaborate on a few sculptural works together.  This show promises to be a very exciting endeavour on both Huang and my part!  Huang's work often deals with the wholeness of the body and life and mine with the opposite of the broken and frail.  Our collaborative project aims at dealing with these tensions and we had elected to title our exhibition "No Dialogue" to reflect just that. In light of recent developments, it was felt that we should change the name of the exhibition to "Corporeal (exchange)" as it better conveys our intent "An investigation of the vulnerability of the human body and the resilience of the human spirit."
I am greatly honoured to have this opportunity to work with an artist whose work I so greatly admire.  Huang Chih-Yang hails from Taipei City, Taiwan. He has not only represented Taiwan at the Venice and Sao Paolo Biennials but has exhibited his work in many of the worlds most prestigious Museums and Galleries: such as The Ludwig Museum in Aachen, Germany, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, the P.S. 1 Museum in New York and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco.
This exhibition will also included my collaboration piece with artist Chuck Close titled: "Portrait of Chuck Close".
To learn more about this exhibition please click here to view the works and texts dedicated to this project.

Gerard

Headline News: "Solo Exhibition"  March - May 2001

I have been invited to exhibit my new work as well as present a short survey of past works in a Solo Exhibition, at The London Regional Art and Historical Museum (LRAHM) in London Canada.  This exhibition will be the first time I have shown several new series of works, which I have been working on these last seven years.  In particular, I will be exhibiting my series "Saints" as well as several large paintings dealing with depression; such as "Sisyphus's  Descendants" (seen below).  Many of these paintings are simply acts of obsession.  Sisyphus Descendants for example was first under-painted then covered in black paint and then literally, scratched with the "head of a pin" to reveal the figures underneath.  At almost four metres tall this work took me over 1 year to complete. There are 3 more paintings of this kind.  The saints where also scraped in the same manner but at  two feet each, these twelve paintings only took one and one half to complete.  I will also be exhibiting numerous works on paper and possibly some objects for this exhibition in London. To see the entire "online catalogue" for this exhibition please click here.
This exhibition will be the first time I have held a one person exhibit at LRAHM since 1985.  I am grateful to the support and encouragement of Brian Meehan, Director of LRAHM for keeping this show on track and look forward to this forth coming show at LRAHM.

Gerard

Headline News: "New Book" Current

"Appearance & Reality", written by Stephen Hogbin and published by Cambium Press contains several sections and some critical articles on my works. GP
"This new design handbook goes beyond tired Modernism. Hogbin examines the fundamentals of line, form, color, and pattern, then moves on to investigate such broader issues as context, gender, community, region, the environment, and cultural diversity - which together govern the meaning conveyed by the made object. Essential for students and important for mature designers." Cambium Books

Gerard

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