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Otto Rogers
Canadian RCA [b. 1935]
UNITY OF SPIRIT AND MATERIAL, QUADRAT SERIES #23;
1979
acrylic, wood and paper construction
28 x 24 in.
Sold @ $ 3,910
(Fall 2009)
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Otto Rogers
Canadian RCA [b. 1935]
FRAGRANCE OF SUMMER EARTH; 1978
acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in.
Sold @ $ 9,775
(Fall 2009)
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Otto Rogers was
born in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan in 1935. He received his
Master of Science in Fine Art from the University of
Wisconsin 1959. In the same year, he began teaching at the
University of Saskatchewan, where he served as department
head from 1975 - 1988. In 1988, he was called to Haifa,
Israel, where he served two, five-year terms as a
Counselor member of the International Teaching Center of
the Bahai faith. He returned to Canada in the summer of
1998. Currently, the artist lives in southern Ontario.
Otto Rogers has been an artist and teacher for more than
forty-five years. Throughout this time, certain themes
consistently inspire his work: questions of theology, of
the relationship between art and nature, language and
consciousness and diversity to unity.
Through Rogers study of the teachings of Baha u llah,
founder of the Bahai faith, the artist has come to accept
the concept of the fundamental oneness of reality. To be
attracted to such a belief is to enter into the world of
faith. In the artist’s view, this faith is a prerequisite
to the creation of enduring art. This spiritual artistic
journey is at the core of Otto Rogers paintings,
sculptures and constructions. While this quest is both
real and passionate, there is not always a direct relation
between the art object and what has been described as
spiritual realities. However, the aesthetic experience of
his work affirms the power of intuitional faculties and
informs the viewer of spiritual realities through the
experience of art.
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