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He was not exclusively working in ceramics at the time. Gilhooly experimented with a variety of sculpture media including paper machê, and fake fur. His interest in biology was evident in his full-size sculptures of animals, his naugahyde elephant foot stools...and later his frogs. In 1969 Regina's Hone-James Studio held a workshop featuring California funk artist, James Mechert. The MacKenzie Art Gallery, at the same time, held an exhibition showing the work of leading funk artists, including Gilhooly. A short time later he was hired by the art department at the University of Saskatchewan. There he had influence on a developing Regina ceramic art scene. His irreverent approach to ceramics, caused fellow U of S instructor, Joe Fafard, to rethink his recent forays into minimalism and kinetic sculpture. Fafard's appreciation of Gilhooly's "Frog World" sculptures helped to free him to define his own figurative iconography. Gilhooly's sojurn in Regina was cut short, when in 1971, he named two ceramic baboons after the department chairman and his wife. He moved to Toronto and began teaching at York University. While in Ontario he had a touring exhibition entitled "With David Gilhooly in the Frog World", and was featured on the cover of Arts Canada. He didn't move back to California until 1975, when he returned to teaching at UCD full-time. Back in California, the Hansen-Fuller and Candy Store Galleries feature the first of his "Bake Sale" exhibitions. He moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1978,exhibiting with the Downstairs Gallery in Edmonton. His sculpture, "Thepreadwall" was installed in the government buildings in Calgary. While living in Calgary, he traveled regularly to California to teach and exhibit. His work was widely-shown, across the U.S. and Canada. He returned to California in 1982 and turned away from his figurative frog ceramics. His new medium of choice was plexiglass. The following year, he completed his giant Dagwood Sandwiches, which were then considered to be his last ceramic works. Over the years, he continued to create sculpture in plexiglass but returned to clay as well. More recently, his creative repetoire expanded to include engravings on paper and shadow box assemblage sculpture. He continues to be a creative force to be reckoned with. |
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