Acrylique, dispersions aqueuses de pigments, popeline et bois, 2011
angle (n.): “space or difference in direction between intersecting lines,” late 14c., from Old French angle “an angle, a corner” (12c.) … a diminu- tive form [of] root *ang-/*ank- “to bend” (source also of Greek ankylos “bent, crooked,”) Latin ang(u)ere “to compress in a bend, fold, strangle”; Old Church Slavonic aglu “corner”; Lithuanian anka “loop”; Sanskrit ankah “hook, bent,” angam “limb”; Old English ancleo “ankle”; Old High German ango “hook” ...
Chris Kline lives and works in Montréal. His paintings have appeared in exhibitions at Oakville Galleries, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin in Lethbridge, and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in Kingston. Group exhibitions include the 2011 Québec Triennial The Work Ahead of Us and Projet Peinture at Galerie de l’UQAM.
Longlisted for the Sobey Art Award and the RBC Painting Competition, Kline has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts and Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. His work is held in private, corporate, and museum collections in Canada, the United States, and Europe.