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Archive for ‘Openings and Talks’

Going to openings is like eating and drinking to an artist. Sometimes it’s refreshing, and sometimes it feels downright repetitive. But, no matter what, you just have to keep on going.

Opening: Ian Wallace at Catriona Jeffries Gallery

Posted December 12th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Opening: Christie Lee Charles at UNIT/PITT Projects

Coming from the land now known as Vancouver, Christie Lee Charles is a direct descendant of the great warrior Capilano whose name you see across the lands today. His father was the first documented citizen of the city of Vancouver, whose picture hangs in city hall. This is who she is and where she is from, this is a part of Christie’s cultural protocol which she holds so dear. It is her passion to follow and share these teachings. Christie raps in her ancient Musqueam dialect, and has traveled the world and performed in China for the Olympics, for Chuck D of Public Enemy, opened WEday Vancouver with K’Nann & Hedly. She has welcomed guests to Vancouver such as the Dalia Lama and the Queen of Britain. Her passion is music and empowering aboriginal youth to stand and be proud of who you are and where you come from. Christie is a part of Vancouver’s First Ladies Crew, an all female hip hop crew of strong women with positive voices. Look out for Christie as she is here with her ancestors teachings that help her represent the past, present and future of this place we call Vancouver. This is her story.

Posted November 10th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised December 5th, 2011 at 8:54 am

Opening: Various at Western Front Gallery

Toque is the Western Front’s annual art and craft sale. The event features a curated selection of talented artists, designers and artisans, and draws an annual attendance of 1,500 to 2,000. Please join us on December 9th and 10th at this unique event.

Twenty-three invited vendors contribute to Toque this year, with wares ranging from books, cards, jewellery, textiles and ceramics, to one of a kind art objects.

Posted November 9th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised December 5th, 2011 at 8:53 am

Opening: Bill Anderson at WInsor Gallery

Posted November 8th, 2011 at 1:01 am

Opening: Federicio Herrero at Contemporary Art Gallery

This new initiative uses as its starting point Vibrantes, Federico Herrero’s vivid and dynamic new commission for the Contemporary Art Gallery’s façade. Encapsulating the social nature of Herrero’s artistic practice, rooted in the display of work in the public realm, the project allows participants to generate their own compositions, that of blocks of colour across the city’s buildings via a special program.

Posted November 3rd, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised December 5th, 2011 at 8:58 am

Opening: Eri Ishi at Ian Tan Gallery

In her new series, ”Collective Effort”, Ishii explores the process of grief. The series consists of 21 oil paintings, drawings, and mixed media works on paper. Eri Ishii strives for work that captivates while stimulating the imagination leading the viewer into a psychological response to each painting.

Posted November 3rd, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised December 5th, 2011 at 8:56 am

Opening: Bruce Turnbull at Elissa Cristall Gallery

Posted November 3rd, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised December 5th, 2011 at 8:57 am

Opening: Sonny Assu at Equinox Gallery

Posted November 2nd, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised December 5th, 2011 at 8:56 am

Opening: Made in BC at North Vancouver Museum

Design implies application of creativity, invention, innovation, production, craft and skills associated with tools and materials. Design is about function and communication. The history of BC’s design reflects the diverse cultures, needs and spirits of the province’s places and people. The works within this exhibit are both well known and obscure; some are award winning designs others are vernacular-folk design. Included are objects created by aboriginal people, early immigrants and more recent newcomers. Both academically schooled designers and self-taught designers are represented. Some works celebrate regional images and natural materials; other designs use exotic materials.

Made in BC is co-curated by Sam Carter, Professor Emeritus,
Emily Carr University of Art + Design and Patrick Gunn, Designer.

Posted October 26th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Opening: Takao Tanabe at Burnaby Art Gallery

Takao Tanabe has been an important figure in Canadian painting for over 60 years. Born in British Columbia in 1926, Tanabe studied in Europe, the United States and Japan. Following a decade as head of the art program and artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre, he returned to British Columbia in 1980 where he currently lives and works.

This will be a retrospective exhibition of Tanabe’s work and will feature drawings and watercolours by the artist from 1945 to the present day. The intent of the exhibition is to chronicle the artist’s career through his drawing practice – often the starting point for paintings. The exhibition will examine, critically, how the artist has changed, adapted and/or reflected upon his subjects and the use of media to render a sense of “place” within his artwork. The exhibition is being co-curated by Darrin Martens and Ihor Holubisky (curator at McMaster University Art Gallery). This exhibition demonstrates the BAG’s commitment to senior Canadian artists and their work.

Posted October 24th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Opening: Mark Soo at Blanket Gallery

Posted October 24th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Talk: Juan Gaitan, Candice Hopkins, Jan Verwoert at Artspeak

Artspeak and Fillip present Intangible Economies, a three-day forum that broadens the notion of economy beyond its financial dimension. Initiated by Fillip Associate Editor Antonia Hirsch, the Intangible Economies series focuses on the multifarious forms of exchange fuelled by affect and desire and speculatively investigates the fundamental role these affective transactions play in modes of representation and, accordingly, in cultural production.

Registration is required; see event page for details.

Posted October 20th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 22nd, 2011 at 5:15 pm

Talk: Melanie Gilligan, Monika Szewczyk, Olaf Nicolai at Artspeak

Artspeak and Fillip present Intangible Economies, a three-day forum that broadens the notion of economy beyond its financial dimension. Initiated by Fillip Associate Editor Antonia Hirsch, the Intangible Economies series focuses on the multifarious forms of exchange fuelled by affect and desire and speculatively investigates the fundamental role these affective transactions play in modes of representation and, accordingly, in cultural production.

Registration is required; see event page for details.

Posted October 19th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 22nd, 2011 at 5:15 pm

Opening: Chris Charlebois at Kurbatoff Gallery

Posted October 19th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 22nd, 2011 at 5:09 pm

Talk: Antonia Hirsch, Hadley+Maxwell at Artspeak

Artspeak and Fillip present Intangible Economies, a three-day forum that broadens the notion of economy beyond its financial dimension. Initiated by Fillip Associate Editor Antonia Hirsch, the Intangible Economies series focuses on the multifarious forms of exchange fuelled by affect and desire and speculatively investigates the fundamental role these affective transactions play in modes of representation and, accordingly, in cultural production.

Registration is required; see event page for details.

Posted October 18th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 22nd, 2011 at 5:14 pm

Opening: Corin Sworn at Contemporary Art Gallery

Endless Renovation begins with a happenstance finding. Several blocks away from her home in Glasgow in a back alley Corin Sworn discovered a box of discarded slides. The odd collection of images is the bases for a poetic narrative built from found texts and the artist’s speculations on the imagesand the photographer. Most shots are of solitary and unique clocks that tell time through a vertical and horizontal crisscross. The photographer it seems is an ingenious clock-maker. This narrated slide show, constituting two projectors, the recorded narration and the transcript, is assembled into a minimal installation with glass shelving and tailored curtains. The rooms composition imposes a subtle interference, making it difficult to view both images at once and correspond the numbered transcript with each photograph. The sequence is pertinent to the story, yet it is only conjecture, fabricated by the artist like the objects are made by their documenter.

Posted October 18th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 22nd, 2011 at 5:17 pm

Opening: Group Show at Jacana

Posted October 15th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 22nd, 2011 at 5:19 pm

Opening: Colleen Flynn-Lawson at Jennifer Kostuik Gallery

Colleen’s work presents meditations on the beauty and cyclical nature of existence, representing birth, life, decay and death before being ushered back onto the path of rebirth. She is most interested in allowing a shifting universe to reveal itself: the movements in which microscopic and infinite forms are actively engaged in the process of transformation.

Posted October 10th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 22nd, 2011 at 5:09 pm

Opening: Rimi Yang at Winsor Gallery

Posted October 10th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 22nd, 2011 at 5:07 pm

Talk: Iain Baxter et al. at Artspeak

Posted October 10th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 21st, 2011 at 10:07 am

Opening: Richard Storms at Gallery Jones

Posted October 10th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 22nd, 2011 at 5:18 pm

Opening: Karin Bubas at Monte Clark Gallery

Posted October 10th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 22nd, 2011 at 5:08 pm

Talk: Bardell, Cooper, Rice-Jones at CityScape Community Art Space

The exhibition explores patterns created on hard and soft surfaces by four artists using diverse media such as fabric, canvas, clay and stoneware.

Posted October 5th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 22nd, 2011 at 5:13 pm

Opening: Levin, Lowry, Tsang at Centre A

Posted October 4th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 22nd, 2011 at 5:17 pm

Talk: Gary Warren Hubbs at 221a

Posted September 29th, 2011 at 1:00 am

Revised October 21st, 2011 at 10:07 am

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