Jack Bush

  • Jack Bush occupies a central position in the history of postwar Canadian abstraction. Although his early artistic formation included study...

    Jack Bush occupies a central position in the history of postwar Canadian abstraction. Although his early artistic formation included study with J.E.H. MacDonald of the Group of Seven, Bush ultimately moved beyond the conventions of landscape painting, pursuing an increasingly autonomous visual language grounded in colour, scale, and formal clarity.  As a member of Painters Eleven, he contributed to the emergence of abstract painting in Canada while engaging with the innovations of American Abstract Expressionism. The encouragement of critic Clement Greenberg proved especially significant, prompting Bush to simplify his compositions and intensify his attention to the expressive capacity of colour.

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    • Ten Variations on a Theme

      Ten Variations on a Theme

      Group Exhibition 5 Juin - 31 Juillet 2025
      Rukaj Gallery is pleased to present Ten Paintings - an exhibition focusing on large-scale work. The emergence of Abstract Expressionism in the late 1940s marked a turning point in the...
    • The Picture Plane

      The Picture Plane

      Kenneth Noland, Robert Mangold, Jo Baer & Roy Kiyooka 6 - 27 Février 2025
      Rukaj Gallery is pleased to present Less | Minimalist Aesthetics, a survey of painting and drawing circa 1960-70 that investigate minimalist forms and composition. The show includes works by Ken Noland, Robert Mangold, Burgoyne Diller, Géneviéve Claisse and Roy Kiyooka.