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From the press release:
"Everyone steals - the important thing is to do it brilliantly", said Johannes Brahms.
The Ripoff Artists, a south Okanagan group named for their annual pilfering of a famous dead artist's masterpiece, are showing a retrospective of their works. For the past four years, these artists have challenged themselves and each other to complete a recreation of an original masterpiece in a week of open studio.
The 10 members, headed by ringleader, fibre artist Terry Irvine, each work in their own medium. The other gang members are: quilter and painter Enid Baker, quilter Dianne Birnie, encaustic artist Thea Haubrich, 3-D artist Kurt Hutterli, weaver Barbara Levant, woodworker Leo Pedersen, collage artist Marion Trimble, fine artist JoAnn Turner, and digital photographer Russell Work.
The first year, the talented artists stole a landscape from Van Gogh. The following year, a portrait by Gustav Klimt was pilfered. Next, a tulip by Georgia O'Keeffe was deftly plucked. Last year the group hoisted one of Lawren Harris's mountain vistas. Each year the popularity of this larcenous group has grown. They have been wowing a large following of art lovers with their skill and ingenuity at poaching great works of art.
The Ripoff Artists Retrospective Show is the first exhibit of the entire body of work produced by the group. Leir House cultural Centre
220 Manor Park Avenue, Penticton.
May 12 to June 23, Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm.
Opening Reception: May 12th, 7 to 9 pm.
http://www.ripoffartists.ca.
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