The artist’s
work in painting and sculpture, often representational, tended
towards surrealism in the late 1960s.
A member of the Canadian Society of Painters
in Water Colour, the Canadian Group of Painters,
the Ontario Society of Artists, the Royal
Canadian Academy of Arts and the Canadian Society
of Graphic Artists, Ariss was later the Head
of the Art Department at Beal Technical School, London,
Ontario.
The white relief shown here achieves an effect of
textured snow, with the suggestion of a fantasy-world devoid of
gravitational pull. It is made of styrofoam and plaster coated
in white gesso.
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Herbert J. Ariss working on his piece, Untitled, during the installation, 1968
Black and white photograph
Government of Ontario Art Collection
Archives of Ontario |
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Untitled, 1966-68
Herbert J. Ariss
styrofoam, plaster, gesso, cotton cloth, on welded rods
Government of Ontario Art Collection, 619780
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