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  • The McMichael Gallery in Kleinberg is dubbed "the spiritual home of the Group of Seven" and that really gives you an idea of what this place is all about. The gallery is as impressive as the plot on which it lies. It is a real experience going to this place. You have to make your way down a long road covered by trees to the parking area. Once you are there, you have to leave your car and walk through the grounds to the gallery which is nestled next to a cliff that leads down to the Humber River. There are different buildings around the area which you can explore and, as you walk, there are different installations that line the surrounding area. The burial ground of some of the Group of Seven is also on this site, such as the grave of A.Y. Jackson. The feel of the ground is almost that of a sanctuary, as it should be. Many of the Group lived out there old age at the McMichael. Now for the gallery. The lobby is a big open wooden and stone space with a modern take on a totem pole rising over everything. Most of the museum has a lush wood interior and it creates a very warm environment. The gallery is very impressive. When you enter the gallery you are immediately presented with powerful works by the Group. The journey through the career of these Canadian painters' work is inspiring. Little details are offered such as the pallet that Thom Thompson used to original printings of rare stencil works. There is also a theater that you can pop into and see old National Film Board movies on the Group with interviews and footage of them at work. As you make your way up a wooden rap that looks out on the woods, you move to the next level of the gallery. This level houses an enormous collection of Native and Inuit Art. There is a mix of old and contemporary Native Art which, it has been argued, directly influenced the group. Regardless, you are faced with the reality that the Group's work was inspired by the same elements that inspired the Native Art on the second level. The third level houses a collection of contemporary Canadian Art. More than a gallery that is just the spiritual home of the Group of Seven, it is almost a sanctuary of all Canadian art, showing what came before and after the artists who brought art to life in this country.
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