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Jerry Grey's Rare Spirits celebrates the resilience, determination, and spirit that characterize the fifteen accomplished Canadians listed at left, affirming the value, not merely of their public achievements, but of what they teach us about growing old. Their lives have spanned most of the twentieth century, a period shaped by remarkable social and technological change. They serve as touchstones for those of us looking forward, with trepidation, to living our own twilight years in this new century.
"Grey
uses her sitters' age and venerable status to splash cold water
into the face of our youth-obsessed, goal-driven culture, underscoring
the value of a life well-lived – well experienced." From
the inaugural exhibition of Rare Spirits at the Ottawa Art
Gallery,
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"The compelling impact of their gazes seems to stand for the
impact of their lives on the world, and gives the intense sensation
of fathoming unmediated character."
