Preview | The Gallery Guide | April
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Preview | The Gallery Guide | April
ww w. pr ev THE GALLERY GUIDE ALBERTA ■ BRITISH COLUMBIA ■ OREGON ■ WASHINGTON April/May 2011 COURTESY PREVIEW GRAPHICS iew -ar t.c om 4 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS 6 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Apr/May 2011 previews 48 10 Jay Senetchko Ian Tan Gallery Pera Art Gallery 12 Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait Glenbow Museum 70 16 The Art of Norman Rockwell Tacoma Art Museum 20 Arnold Shives Burnaby Art Gallery 30 Brian Jungen Art Gallery of Alberta 46 Heather Passmore: Form Letters The New Gallery 48 Glory of Kings: Ethiopian Christian Art Hallie Ford Museum of Art 18 50 Kristin Bjornerud: New Paintings Gallery Jones 52 Sharon Hayes: In the Near Future 9 Contemporary Art Gallery 60 Jamasie Pitseolak Marion Scott Gallery 66 Laurie Herrick Museum of Contemporary Craft 70 Carl Beam Museum of Anthropology 63 72 Nick Cave Seattle Art Museum 30 CONTENTS 24 Gallery Views 36 Confessions 71 Catalogues of Interest vignettes 9 18, 19 63 69 Alberta British Columbia Oregon Washington Vol. 25 No.2 ALBERTA 8 Black Diamond, Calgary 14 Edmonton 16 Lethbridge 17 Medicine Hat BRITISH COLUMBIA 17 Abbotsford, Burnaby 20 Campbell River 22 Castlegar, Chemainus, Chilliwack, Coquitlam 23 Courtenay, Fort Langley, Gibsons, Grand Forks 25 Kamloops, Kaslo, Kelowna, Nelson, New Westminster, North Vancouver 26 Maple Ridge, Nanaimo 28 Osoyoos, Penticton, Port Moody, Prince George, Prince Rupert 29 Qualicum Beach, Richmond, Salmon Arm, Salt Spring Island 30 Sidney, Sooke, Squamish 31 Sunshine Coast, Surrey 34 Tsawwassen, Vancouver 54 Vernon, Victoria 59 West Vancouver 60 Whistler, White Rock OREGON 61 Cannon Beach, Marylhurst, Portland 62 Salem WASHINGTON 62 Bellevue, Bellingham 64 Ellensburg, Friday Harbor, La Conner, Longview, Port Angeles 65 Seattle 70 Spokane, Tacoma © 1986-2011 Preview Graphics Inc. ISSN 1481-2258 Member of Tourism Vancouver, Tourism Victoria and the Seattle’s Convention and Visitors’ Bureau. Reproduction in whole or in part is strictly forbidden. HEAD OFFICE + CANADIAN EDITORIAL + SALES TEL 604-254-1405 FAX 604-254-1314 TOLL FREE 1-877-254-1405 E-MAIL preview@portal.ca 73 Art Services + Materials 76 Gallery Index 78 Gallery Openings + Events Conservator’s Corner – on holiday MAILING ADDRESS P.O. Box 549, Station A, Vancouver, BC Canada V6C 2N3 Janice Whitehead, Publisher Shirley Lum, Listings Editor Anne-Marie St-Laurent, Art Director U.S. EDITORIAL + SALES OFFICE COVER: Jay Senetchko, Language Games (2010), oil on canvas [Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver BC, Apr 30-May 21; Pera Art Gallery, Vancouver BC, Mar 22-Apr 21] Printed on FSA approved and recycled paper Allyn Cantor TEL 415-971-8279 E-MAIL allync@pacifier.com ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS $22 ALBERTA first Thurs of every month Art Central’s retailers stay open late and offer a mix of special activities, many of them free or discounted, including gallery openings, meet-the-artist events, theatre, dance, readings, talks, tours, street happenings and food and wine tastings. First Thurs goers can sample any number of events, start as early as breakfast and stay as late as 9pm. BLACK DIAMOND Bluerock Gallery 110 Centre Ave W ✆403-933-5047 www.bluerockgallery.ca mon wed fri-sun 11am-5pm, thurs 11am-8pm. Apr 9-May 9 Susan Kristoferson, “Northern Perceptions”, paper and mixed media; May 12-Jun 15 Diane Williamson, “Equine Art”, oil on canvas. 117 8th Ave SW ✆403-770-1350 www.artgallerycalgary.org tues-sat 10am-5pm first thurs 4pm9pm. Admission: $5 adult, $2.50 student/youth (with valid student ID), $5 senior (60+), children under 6 free. Thru Apr 9 Katherine L. Lannin, “The Pile Project”, photographs; d. bradley muir, “Dream Home and Swimmers”, photographs; Min Hyung, paintings and sculptures; David Clark, “88 Constellations for Wittgenstein”, interactive video installation; MAIN, TOP, TALL AND MEDIA GALLERIES Apr 29-Aug 27 John Hall, Joice M. Hall, Janine Hall and Jarvis Hall, “Traditions Illuminated: Celebrating The Halls”, extensive body of work by one of Alberta’s most established and active family of artists working within the stylistic approach of Realism, including paintings and drawings and the highly regarded frame-making practice of Jarvis Hall. 109 Centre Ave E ✆403-933-5524 www.maryanneseden.com wed-sun 11am-5pm or by appt. Ongoing Maryanne Jespersen, paintings. CALGARY ★ Art Central 295-100 7th Ave ✆403-543-9900 www.artcentral.ca daily 10am-6pm. Apr 7, May 5 On the ★ Identifies galleries and museums open until 8pm on the First Thursday of each month. Many galleries host opening receptions. 10th St NW 737 2nd St SW ✆403-262-9947 www.dianapaul.com tues-sat 11am-5pm. Opens Apr 16 Simon Camping, tempera on paper; May Contact the gallery for exhibition information. ★ Glenbow Museum 130 9th Ave SE ✆403-268-4100 www.glenbow.org mon-sat 9am-5pm sun 12-5pm. Admission: adults $14, seniors $10, students/youth $9, family $28, children Tr Me mo ria Bow Diana Paul Galleries n 4th Ave NE 3rd Ave NE 2nd Ave NE Princeʼs Island Park 1332 9th Ave SE ✆403-245-8300 www.collectorsgalleryofart.com tues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 14 John Snow RCA (19112004): A Centenary Exhibition, prints, paintings, watercolours and sculptures; Apr 16-May 14 Collectors’ Choice, newly acquired historical works and works from the gallery vault. to on m Ed Trans−Canada Hwy KERR, NW ◆ILLINGWORTH ACAD r ◆GLENBOW rial D o m e M 14th St NW ✆403-206-1344 www.artfirm.ca Online and by appt. Presenting an expanding group of artists working in a full range of media including painting, sculpture, printmaking and innovative media, committed to the sale of exceptional, contemporary artwork by Canadian and international artists. The Collectors’ Gallery of Art ★ Art Gallery of Calgary Maryanne’s Eden 1st Ave NW Artfirm Gallery l Riv Dr er McDougall Rd 4th Ave SW DIANA PAUL GALLERIES 9th Ave SE 12 th 17th Ave SE d Calgary Exhibition & Stampede Park Sp CALGARY ow Elb 8 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Dr COLLECTORʼS GALLERY OF ART St SE bo w ◆ STRIDE R Lindsay Park 22nd Ave CPR tracks land El 11th Ave SW 12th Ave SW ◆ ʼs Is Ri ve r ◆ TRIANGLE ille r Royal Ave SW 4th St SW 6th St SW 9th St SW 16th Ave SW Stephen GLENBOW 14th Ave SW 5th St SW 1th St SW 17th Ave SW 8th St SW 15th Ave SW 10th St SW TREPANIER ◆ BAER NEWZONES PAUL KUHN ◆ ◆◆ WEISS ◆ ARTFIRM HERRINGER 13th Ave SW KISS trick ◆ Centre St 9th Ave SW ART GALLERY OF CALGARY ◆ 1st St SW 8th Ave SW St. P a ART CENTRAL, SWIRL, NEW GALLERY ◆ Macleod Tr 7th Ave SW 1st St SE 6th Ave SW ◆ VIGNETTES • April/May 2011 Alberta ROBIN LAURENCE LAWREN HARRIS: ABSTRACTIONS Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, through September 11 Best known for his 1920s landscapes of the Canadian wilderness, Group of Seven leader Lawren Harris made a significant commitment to abstraction in the 1930s. This small exhibition of non-objective paintings demonstrates, among other things, the impact of his theosophical beliefs on his art. Through colour, light, and simplified form, Harris sought to express "the spiritual essence of nature". YOUSUF KARSH, REGARDING HEROES Glenbow Museum, Calgary, April 2-June 15 Armenian-Canadian Yousuf Karsh was one of the 20th century's most famous portrait photographers. If he had not shot a single other image, his world-famous 1941 portrait of a defiant Winston Churchill would have forever secured his reputation. This exhibition, which includes images of Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway, Audrey Hepburn, and Pierre Elliott Trudeau, reveals how our conception of greatness has been shaped by one man's vision. IAN JOHNSTON: ARCHAEOLOGY OF PROCESS Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, April 9-May 7 Nelson-based artist Ian Johnston is showing a collection of sculptures, in stoneware and porcelain, based on everyday objects. From cell phones to plastic bags to brooms, these forms symbolize the archaeological remains of the future. Johnston spins narratives off them, suggesting how our culture may some day be interpreted based on the evidence of our consumption and waste. Lawren Harris Yousuf Karsh Ian Johnston TRADITIONS ILLUMINATED: CELEBRATING THE HALLS The Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, April 29-August 27 Art is clearly in the blood of the Hall family. John, Joice, and their daughter Janine all pursue highly keyed variations on contemporary realism, their subjects ranging from still life to landscape to portraiture. Son and brother Jarvis specializes in hand-crafted picture frames, themselves works of art in their carving and gilding. JEREMY DRUMMOND: 65-POINT PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING The New Gallery, Calgary, May 5-June 11 This exhibition by Jeremy Drummond, a Canadian artist based in Richmond, Virginia, consists of 65 aerial photographs of subdivisions from every Canadian province and US state. Each subdivision image has been digitally reconstructed to represent an enclosed geographical space, with no roads leading in or out. Taken as a whole, the installation evokes notions around security and sustainability, from feudal fiefdoms to contemporary gated communities. Janine Hall Jeremy Drummond www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 9 Jay Senetchko: Systems www.iantangallery.com www.peraartgallery.com IAN TAN GALLERY, VANCOUVER, BC – Apr 30-May 21, 2011 Jay Senetchko: Apologia PERA ART GALLERY, VANCOUVER, BC – Mar 22-Apr 23, 2011 Jay Senetchko is a primarily self-taught Vancouver painter. Born in Edmonton, he began painting in 2000. He has taught life drawing and composition privately and at the Vancouver Film School since 2002. In March 2011, he showed a series of perfect little still life paintings at Vancouver’s Jacana Gallery. Apologia, at Pera Gallery until April 23, showcases works based on various art historical moments, philosophies and painters. Systems at Ian Tan Gallery features portraits of people, elegantly painted and without pretence. Senetchko's style can be refreshingly straight-forward and guileless. With an eye for the three-dimensional heft of sheer, physical volume and the transient effects of light, he is able to paint with the apparent ease of Edward Hopper and the simplicty of Ralph Goings. Although he seems to hide his gift in a great deal of his work, the paintings in Apologia and Systems show a clear, mature understanding of his capacity. Jay Senetchko, Game Theory (2010), oil on canvas [Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver Jay Senetchko graduated from BC, Apr 30-May 21; Pera Art Gallery, Vancouver BC, Mar 22-Apr 23] the University of Alberta in 1997 with a Bachelor of Commerce, then spent several years as a professional soccer player. He earned a Classical Animation Diploma from the Vancouver Film School in 2001. Mia Johnson ARTIST TALK: Saturday, April 30, 3 pm. Ian Tan Gallery. under 6 free, members free. Apr 2-Jun 5 Yousuf Karsh, Regarding Heroes, prints drawn from a selection of Karsh’s personal favourites drawn from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, augmented with additions from the collection of former curator of photography David Travis; Apr 2-Jul 3 Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, “Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait”, this contemporary portrait of Zinédine Zidane was filmed during a championship match – 17 cameras placed throughout Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu stadium followed the French soccer star throughout the entire match. Herringer Kiss Gallery 709A 11 Ave SW ✆403-228-4889 www.herringerkissgallery.com tues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 11am5pm. Apr 9-May 7 Ben Van Netten, 10 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 new work focuses on altered landscapes and the medium of oil paint; May 14-Jun 11 Fiona Ackerman, the paintings embody the new Canadian school of extreme abstraction. Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art + Design 1407 14th Ave NW ✆403-284-7680 403-284-7656 www.acad.ca tues-sat 10am-6pm. Thru Apr 16 2011 All Faculty Exhibition, gives students a glimpse of the issues their instructors are currently exploring in their own practices, from illustration, sculpture, graphic design, advertising, photography, ceramics, fibre, glass, print media, media art, digital technology, to painting and drawing; curated selections of ACAD alumni work marks the 25th anniversary of ACAD’s seces- sion and celebrates its autonomy as an institution; May 18-31 ACAD Graduating Student Exhibition, work of over 200 graduating students installed throughout ACAD providing access to classrooms, workshop spaces, hallways, windows and many other spaces not traditionally open to the public. ★ The New Gallery (TNG) Unit 212, 100 7th Ave SW ✆403-233-2399 www.thenewgallery.org tues-fri 11am-5pm sat 12pm-6pm. Free admission. Thru Apr 23 Heather Passmore, “Form Letters”, intricate mixed-media drawings executed on gallery proposal rejection letters; May 5-Jun 11 Jeremy Drummond, “65Point Plan for Sustainable Living”, 65 aerial images of every Canadian province and U.S. state, each depicting ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS www.glenbow.org Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait GLENBOW MUSEUM, CALGARY AB – Apr 2-Jul 3, 2011 Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait is an art documentary using sound and image to follow every move of French-born soccer player Zinédine Zidane at an April 23, 2005 match in Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu stadium. Turner Prize-winning Glasgow-born artist and filmmaker Douglas Gordon, in conjunction with French-Algerian artist Philippe Parreno, trained 17 cameras on Zidane then mixed the cuts to create macro shots interspersed with distance views. The film has been described as “the ultimate time and motion study” since its debut at Cannes in 2006. The attractive Zidane, with his French-Algerian heritage, carries the film superbly with his own complete focus on the ball. Dark, shaved and intense, he is the perfect subject for a study of an athlete, which the filmmaker has called “an exercise in solitude”. The film combines Gordon’s interest in time-motion studies and traditional portraiture. His work, which writer Dan Hill terms “pitched half way between Still from Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, film film and art”, often employs mul- still [Glenbow Museum, Calgary AB, Apr 2-Jul 3] tiple monitors and performancebased videos. Zidane was named European Player of the year (1998) and was three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. He has been a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador since 2001. Zidane retired from professional soccer after the 2006 World Cup. Mia Johnson a single housing subdivision digitally reconstructed into an enclosed geographical space, with no roads leading either in or out. NEWZONES Gallery of Contemporary Art 730 11th Ave SW ✆403-266-1972 www.newzones.com tues-fri 10:30am-5:30pm sat 11am5pm. Thru Apr 9 Cathy Daley, works in black oil pastel on white vellum explore body politics and culturally accepted images of femininity; Don Maynard, “Conditional Atmospheres”, series of propositional environments – snow, rain, waves, clouds, thunderheads and wind are represented in large encaustic paintings and works on paper; Apr 16-May 7 Franco DeFrancesca, digital imaging is used to navigate between photography and painting, mixing references of photography, painting and display technology; Virginia Mak, “Of One’s Own”, interior portraits where the woman is engaged in a quiet act, or looking at the world outside. 12 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Paul Kuhn Gallery 724 11th Ave SW ✆403-263-1162 www.paulkuhngallery.com tues-sat 10am-5:30pm and by appt. Apr 9-30 Ian Johnston; May 7-Jun 4 Otto Rogers. Stride Art Gallery Association 1004 MacLeod Trail SE ✆403-262-8507 www.stride.ab.ca tues-sat 11am-5pm. Admission is free. +15 Window, The Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts, 205 8th Ave SE. Apr 15-May 27 Laura Moore, “Kernel Memory”, combination of carved marble sculptures and square drawings, both of fictitious forms, create tension between two worlds of understanding; PROJECT ROOM Apr 15-May 13 Library Launch, public access presentation of Stride’s collection of artist publications and catalogues and a launch of our online, searchable database; +15 WINDOW Apr 1-May 31 Jack Bride, “Unseen Scene”, Bride’s practice functions within the realms of the numinous, esoteric, transcendental and ecstatic, developing a visual language to create an experience which reflects a sense of the sacred and mysterious. ★ Swirl Fine Art & Design Unit 104-100 7th Ave SW ✆403-266-5337 www.swirlfineart.com tues-fri 10am-5pm & sat 11am-4pm first thurs 10am-9pm. Apr 7-25 Tracy Proctor, “Playing with Fire”, new work in encaustics by artist/owner Proctor; May 5-27 Tammy Olsson, “On the Edge of the Forest”, new work. TrépanierBaer 105-999 8th St SW ✆403-244-2066 www.trepanierbaer.com tues-sat 10:30am-5pm. Thru Apr 23 The Durable Idiom: Eric Cameron, Christian Eckart, Stéphane La Rue; Apr-May Ron Moppett. ★ Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts 104-800 Macleod Trail SE ✆403-262-1737 www.trianglegallery.com tues-fri 11am-5pm sat 12-4pm. ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS EDMONTON Exhibitions April 14 – May 29, 2011 Opening Reception April 14, 7-9pm Betty Goodwin: Darkness and Memory Organized by Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal Beyond Chaos No. 7, 1998 Collection Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal Photo: Richard-Max Tremblay Our Communities Our Stories: Sikh Pioneers – 100 Years of Immigration, Integration and Identity Photo: The Reach N294 Man Turned to Stone: T’xwelatse 32388 Veterans Way Abbotsford, BC t 604 864 8087 thereach.ca Admission to exhibitions is free Admission: adults $4, seniors/students $2, family $5. gallery members free, thurs free. Thru Apr 27 THE LOWER GALLERY Connections to Collections Artists’ Circle of Calgary: Works from the Contemporary Art Collection; THE UPPER GALLERY, New Alberta Art Series Studio 403: Graduate Students from the Faculty of Jewellery + Metal of the Alberta College of Art + Design; May 6-18 ARTiculations: 24th Annual Exhibition of Children’s Art, work by young artists (4-17 yrs old) from the visual arts program at Northmount Pleasant and Wildflower Art Centres; May 2714 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 12310 Jasper Ave NW ✆780-482-2854 www.agnesbugeragallery.com tues-sat 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 9 Jamie Evrard, “Voluptuary Sweetness: Four Seasons in the Studio”, large floral oils on canvas and linen; Apr 16-30 Ken Wallace, “Undercurrents”, aquatic paintings on canvas; May 7-20 Lorenzo Dupuis, “Prairie Landscapes”; May 21-Jun 4 Sheila Norgate and Meghan Hildebrand, “Storytelling”. Alberta Craft Council Gallery 10186 106 St NW ✆780-488-6611 www.albertacraft.ab.ca mon-sat 10am-5pm. FEATURE GALLERY Thru Jul 5 In the Red: creation from deficit, explores the impact of Alberta’s recent budgetary cuts on an artist’s ability to create; DISCOVERY GALLERY Thru Apr 2 Karen Cantine, “Culinary Collection”, silversmith Cantine’s work with Culinary Team Alberta; Apr 9-May 21 Connie Pike, “Flourish”, decorative claywork; Sharon Rubuliak, “Strength and Stillness”, textile artist Rubuliak’s reflection of her yoga practice; May 28Jul 9 Coming Up Next, contemporary fine craft by emerging artists. Art Gallery of Alberta Photo: David Campion HOURS Tue, Wed, Fri 10am-5pm Thurs 10am-9pm Sat & Sun 12-5pm Closed Monday and Statutory Holidays Agnes Bugera Gallery Jun 22 In the Stillness: Sculpture, Viewer, Environment, rarely exhibited sculptural works from the University of Lethbridge Art Collection. The Weiss Gallery 1021 6th St SW ✆403-262-1880 www.theweissgallery.com tues-sat 10am-5pm or by appt. Apr 16-May 14 Brad Woodfin, “Playful Contemporary”, fauna genre paintings from the Montreal-based artist; May 19-Jun 25 Madeleine Lamont, graphic, energetic and boldly-hued floral paintings by the Toronto-based artist. 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square ✆780-422-6223 www.youraga.ca tues-fri 11am-7pm sat & sun 11am5pm. Admission: members free, adults $12.50, seniors (65+)/students $8.50, children under 6 free, children 7-17 $8.50, family (up to 2 adults + 4 children) $26.50. Thru May 8 Brian Jungen, three sculptural installations of transformative re-workings of everyday manufactured goods into works, rich with cultural and social meaning; Thru Jun 5 Walter J. Phillips: Water & Woods, watercolours and woodcut prints represent the exploration of place; Haida Art: Mapping an Ancient Language, over 80 historic Haida masterpieces dating from the 18th and 19th centuries; Nature and Spirit: Emily Carr’s Coastal Landscapes, 35 works span the career of Canadian icon Emily Carr, organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery; Thru Sep 11 Lawren Harris Abstractions, a pioneer of abstraction in Canadian painting, covers over a 20year period; May 28-Aug 21 Andy Dean Drever Black and White April 30 – May 21, 2011 White Klan paper, 7' x 26" x 21" 2011 D O U G L A S 1566 West 6 th U D E L L Ave G A L L E R Y V a n c o u v e r, B C V6J 1R2 w w w. d o u g l a s u d e l l g a l l e r y. c o m • 6 0 4 - 7 3 6 - 8 9 0 0 www.tacomaartmuseum.org American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell TACOMA ART MUSEUM, TACOMA WA – Feb 26-May 30, 2011 American Chronicles is a major exhi- bition of Norman Rockwell’s art which is touring nationally. It provides a rare opportunity to see an extensive collection of original paintings, illustrations and archival studio material from the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Best known for his magazine covers, especially those he created for The Saturday Evening Post, Rockwell (1894-1978) painted nostalgic images of American life in the 20th century. His pictures represent feelings of innocence, hope, courage and change. With a career that spanned 65 years, Rockwell illustrated pivotal moments in American history – including scenes from World War II and documentation of the Civil Rights movement – and created loving scenarios of everyday life. The exhibit includes such iconic works as Triple Self-Portrait (1959), and the famous suite of four paintNorman Rockwell, The Problem We All Live With (1964), oil on canvas (illustration for ings inspired by Franklin RooLook, January 14, 1964) [Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA, Feb 26-May 30] Collection: sevelt’s 1941 State of the Union Norman Rockwell Museum, Licensed by Norman Rockwell Licensing, Niles IL Address, Four Freedoms (1943). Later in Rockwell’s career, he captured the serious realities of desegregation in the American south in works like The Problem We All Live With (1964), which depicted a young African-American girl walking to school among white federal marshals past a wall defaced by racist graffiti. As a visual storyteller and commercial illustrator, Rockwell was not regarded as a fine artist in his lifetime by critics of the world of modern art. His work took place within an era of rapidly developing mass media, deeming his artwork synonymous with the popular visual culture of the 20th century. Allyn Cantor Warhol Manufactured, works span each decade of Warhol’s career; Thru May 15 Sherri Chaba: The Silence of Chaos, installation of lines of wire strung throughout the space, create an immersive physical experience; May 28-Aug 7 Sarah Fuller: My Banff, Fuller will create a scale diorama of Banff including structures made from photographs of actual buildings. Douglas Udell Gallery 10332 124 St NW ✆780-488-4445 www.douglasudellgallery.com tues-sat 10am-5:30pm. Apr 16-30 Robert Scott; May 28-Jun 4 Spring Show, new work by gallery artists and collector items. West End Gallery 12308 Jasper Ave NW ✆780-488-4892 www.westendgalleryltd.com tues-sat 10am-5pm. Apr 2-14 Paul 16 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Jorgensen, works with a strong visual energy combine fantasy, bold colour and an interesting take on perspective; Apr 30-May 12 Brent Laycock, loose lyrical brushwork depicts gentle, yet powerful portraits of nature’s majesty; May 14-26 Robert Savignac, floral works saturated with effervescent colour, sun-drenched surfaces, shadows and forms. LETHBRIDGE Southern Alberta Art Gallery 601 Third Ave S ✆403-327-8770 www.saag.ca tues-sat 10am-5pm sun 1-5pm. Admission: general $5, students/ seniors $4, groups $3 per person, members & children under 12 free. Thru May 1 Billy J. McCarroll, “How to Play a Winning Game Your Natural Way”, revisits McCarroll’s practice from early 1970s to today, key examples from McCarroll’s most significant bodies of work reveal how many of the strategies and interests he explores remain evident, albeit reconfigured, transformed or quoted with each new shift; May 8-Jun 19 A Not Always Reverent Journey, considers the path of an object from the hands of a collector into the collection of a public institution. University of Lethbridge Art Gallery 4401 University Dr, W600 Centre for the Arts ✆403-329-2666 www.uleth.ca/artgallery mon-fri 10am-4:30pm thurs 10am8:30pm. MAIN GALLERY Thru Apr 15 Annual Curated Student Exhibition; Apr 28-Jun 16 Spectramatic Geometry; HELEN CHRISTOU GALLERY Thru Apr 8 Billy McCarroll, “He Reigns for Now”; Apr 15-Jun 3 The 1950s. ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS MEDICINE HAT ★ Cultural Centre Gallery 299 College Dr SE ✆403-529-3806 403-502-9006 sushel@medicinehat.ca daily 9am-8pm. Apr 4-29 Poster Design, work by 2nd-year students enrolled in the Visual Communications Faculty at Medicine Hat College; May 4-29 Jim Hauser: Past and Present, drawings, paintings and bronze sculptures by Western artist Hauser. Esplanade Art Gallery 401 First St SE ✆403-502-8786 www.esplanade.ca mon-fri 10am-5pm sat sun & holidays 12-5pm. Thru Apr 17 Rodney Konopaki and Rhonda Neufeld, “Chance Operations“, prints and drawings from their collaboration in which they take turns responding, guiding and interfering with each other’s work; School Art 2011, features hundreds of works from students in the Medicine Hat region; Apr 30-Jun 19 Les Manning: Common/Opposites, new sculptures in clay take their forms, textures and colours from the distinctive landscape and geological formations of Alberta; Hat Art Club and Potters Association Exhibition, features the creative talents and imaginative interests of Medicine Hat’s own artists and artisans. BRITISH COLUMBIA ABBOTSFORD The Reach Gallery Museum 32388 Veterans Way ✆604-864-8087 www.thereach.ca tues wed fri 10am-5pm thurs 10am9pm sat & sun 12-5pm. Apr 14-May 29 Man Turned to Stone: T’xwelatse, an ancestor of the Chilliwack (Ts’elxweyeqw) and part of the Stó:loTribal Nation who was born thousands of years ago was transformed into a four-foot-high granite statue as punishment for mistreating his wife. Through his transformation T’xwelatse was to give lessons to the people on how to live together, in a good way, for the Stó:lo- – the stone is considered to contain his living soul. David Campion, large-scale photographic installation depicting the human and geographic context of T’xwelatse; Betty Goodwin: www.preview-art.com Darkness and Memory (1923-2008), more than 30 works – prints, drawings, sculptures and monumental tarp pieces by Goodwin, a constant presence on the Montréal art scene since the late 1960s; Our Communities Our Stories: Sikh Pioneers – 100 Years of Immigration, Integration and Identity, historic photos document the establishment of Abbotsford’s Sikh community and family artifacts illustrate the stories told by pioneers and give a glimpse into the Sikh faith providing a fascinating background for the community-wide Gur Sikh Temple centennial celebrations. BURNABY Burnaby Art Gallery 6344 Deer Lake Ave ✆604-297-4422 www.burnabyartgallery.ca tues-fri 10am-4:30pm sat-sun 125pm. Admission is free. Apr 14-Jun 19 UPPER GALLERY Alistair Bell’s Animals: Portraits of the Wild, Allan Bell donated prints and preliminary sketches of some of the most notable works by his father, Alistair Bell from the early beginnings until his death in 1997, Bell travelled to the world’s famous zoos sketching PREVIEW 17 VIGNETTES • April/May 2011 British Columbia ROBIN LAURENCE TED SMITH AND A.Y. JACKSON: FAMILIAR TERRITORY Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, through May 28 Bringing together the landscape paintings of Ted Smith, a contemporary local artist, and A.Y. Jackson, a member of the iconic Group of Seven, this exhibition explores ideas of place and the ways in which landscape speaks to our sense of identity. The show looks particularly at how each artist has portrayed the Interior of British Columbia, and includes Jackson's acclaimed painting of Mount Paul, one of the defining features of the Kamloops horizon. DOWN THE GARDEN PATH Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, through June 5 In different yet complementary ways, Yedda Morrison's mixed-media installation, Mark Lewis's video projection, and Scott McFarland's photographs address the complexity of the nature/culture interface. Their work asks us to consider many things, from our use of private gardens and public parks to our failed environmental policies. REVISITING THE SILENCE Bill Reid Gallery, Vancouver, through June 5 New York photographer Adelaide de Menil made a number of trips to the Northwest Coast in the 1960s, 70s and 80s to shoot the area's totem poles in situ. Often accompanied by Haida artist Bill Reid, she recorded many poles in their last standing place, before they were removed to museums or subsided into the earth and forest. This selection of de Menil's black-andwhite photographs inspires us to think, again, about conflicting ideas of salvage, collection, and truthfulness to indigenous cultural practices. HADLEY+MAXWELL: WHO THAT HAPPENS Or Gallery, Vancouver, April 2-May 7 Working across a range of media, this collaborative duo folds a complicated rethinking of the world into all that they undertake. In their sculptural installation at the Or, they reinvent found antique figurative sculptures and furniture. Cutting parts away and refurbishing the surfaces, they combine these altered objects with other custom-made elements to create what they call "three-dimensional grotesques". New meanings emerge, as do the words of the show's evolving title. A.Y. Jackson Yedda Morrison Adelaide de Menil Hadley+Maxwell DWELLING: THREE EXHIBITIONS ABOUT HOUSE + HOME Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Exhibit 1: through June 4, Exhibits 2+3: April 9June 12 Opening April 2, the first of these thematically linked shows is Yam Lau's Room: An Extension, a video self-portrait that promises to "unfold like architectural origami". The second is Sitely Premises, a group show that focuses on the creative possibilities of the exterior spaces of the single family detached home on the West Coast, and the third, Domestic Lives: Works from the Permanent Collection, explores the multifaceted relationships we have with the places in which we reside. David Ostrem 18 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 VIGNETTES • April/May 2011 British Columbia BRIAN HOWELL Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, April 7-30 Awardwinning photographer Brian Howell is well known for his black-and-white images of celebrity impersonators and minor league wrestling. In this show, he takes on a defining feature of street life: the binner's shopping cart. Howell's documentary approach to this subject included walking the city streets and buying the carts and their contents (including everything from window frames to bike parts) before photographing them. Expect revelations both personal and cultural. Brian Howell SYLVIA TAIT: A CLASSICAL SPIRIT West Vancouver Museum, West Vancouver, April 13-May 21 One of the West Coast's most enduring abstract painters, Sylvia Tait studied art in Montreal and lived for a spell in Mexico before landing on Vancouver's North Shore. Working in the mid-century Modernist tradition of expressive brushwork and vibrant colour, often organizing her painting field into organic blocks, strands or ladders, she infuses her practice with passion and energy. This show surveys her art from the early 1960s to the present. Sylvia Tait BRAD PHILLIPS: SOMEONE WRITE ME Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, April 28-May 28 Whether working in oil, watercolour, graphite or photography, Phillips uses black humour and extreme technical facility to skewer the role of the artist. In his new show of paintings, he marches the cultural cliché of the male artist "as a mentally ill, alcoholism-prone, sexually voracious" person through the labyrinthine reaches of his mind. BARBARA ASTMAN: DANCING WITH CHE: ENTER THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, May 7-July 31 The national debut of Barbara Astman's ambitious installation will see part of the gallery converted into a faux gift shop. The usual souvenirs – from key chains to T-shirts – will be on display, featuring the famous face of the martyred Marxist revolutionary Ché Guevara. Paradoxes abound in the choice of this anti-capitalist icon within a retail context, including the fact that none of the merchandise will be for sale. WEIZHI ZHANG Art Beatus, Vancouver, April 29-June 24 Chinese artist Weizhi Zhang has made a long and careful study of the historic courtyard gates of his native city, Beijing. His lovingly detailed watercolours, in demand around the world, document his years of research of and devotion to these endangered architectural features, which are otherwise falling into ruin or being demolished to make way for modern development. Brad Phillips Barbara Astman Weizhi Zhang www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 19 www.burnabyartgallery.ca Arnold Shives BURNABY ART GALLERY, BURNABY BC – May 24-Jun 26, 2011 British Columbia artist Arnold Shives is an experienced mountain climber who derives much of his subject matter for painting, assemblage and printmaking from photographs taken during expeditions. As with the works of Toni Onley, Gordon Smith and Richard Diebenkorn, Shives adopted a modernist approach to picture making that has continued to inform his paintings and prints of landscapes over the past fifty years. His imagery reveals his background as a master printmaker and his love of the wilderness. With layered shapes, simple colours and a strong use of line, he creates assemblages of scenes in nature. His materials have included watercolour, linocuts, pastels, monotypes, etchings and experimentations with grounds like plywood, board and perforated steel. Shives’s work has been exhibited across Canada, the United States, South Africa, Europe and Japan, and is in numerous major collections including the National Gallery of Canada and the San Francisco Art Museum. He studied at the University of British Columbia, earned a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute during the Arnold Shives, Rays of Sun (1994), linocut on paper [Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby BC, May 24-Jun 26] City 1960s, and received an MA in Painting from Stanford of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection, gift of David Hui University in 1967. After a lifetime of receiving many awards and distinctions, including Canada Council grants, he was appointed a member of the Royal Canadian Academy (RCA) in 2006. Arnold Shives lives and works in North Vancouver. Mia Johnson exotic birds and animals; Apr 14May 15 MAIN GALLERY Arts Alive 2011: Animal Planet, artwork by elementary students from kindergarten through Grade 7 from Burnaby School District 41, inspired by prints and drawings of animals by Alistair Bell; May 24-Jun 26 The Artwork of Arnold Shives. Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel 6501 Deer Lake Ave ✆604-297-4565 www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca tues-sun & holiday mon 11am4:30pm. S TRIDE S TUDIO Thru Sep 5 “CPR Magic Lantern Slides, 18851930”, prints from historical magic lantern slides produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway to promote tourism and immigration to Canada, the slides were converted to prints by Vancouver artist and lantern slide collector Michael Lawlor, includes original magic lantern slides and projectors. 20 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Japanese Canadian National Museum 6688 Southoaks Cres ✆604-777-7000 www.jcnm.ca tues-sat 11am-5pm. Apr 9-30 Bloom – Asian Canadian Artist Showcase & Art Auction, exhibition and auction to raise funds and to promote Asian Canadian artists in the community; May 28Oct 1 Monogatari – Tales of Powell Street (1920-1942), Powell Street was the pre-war business centre of the Japanese community in Vancouver, vibrant and busy, filled with people, vegetable markets, baseball games at Oppenheimer Park and businesses. Simon Fraser University Gallery AQ 3004, 8888 University Dr ✆778-782-4266 www.sfu.ca/gallery tues-fri 10am-5pm sat 12-5pm. Thru Apr 23 Joan Balzar: Vancouver Orbital, re-examines West Coast hardedge abstraction seen through the lens of Balzar’s paintings of orbits, arcs and horizon lines; Apr 30-Jun 11 Solange Fabião, “Amazônia (Projecting on Black)”, room-size projection showing the image on a black screen, recapturing the effect of light falling onto the world, takes viewers into the rainforest in real time – the changing daily scene unfolds before us, but in the seeming absence of humanity. CAMPBELL RIVER Campbell River Art Gallery 1235 Shoppers Row ✆250-287-2261 www.crartgallery.ca tues-sat 12-5pm. MAIN GALLERY & DISCOVERY GALLERY Thru Apr 8 29th Annual Members Exhibition, showcases the work of visual artists of the North Vancouver Island region; MAIN GALLERY Apr 15-May 20 Linda Findlay (Nanaimo), “Passive Aggressive”, explores our relationship with viruses and bacteria through acrylic on panel paintings, microscopic images onto a CHEMAINUS JIM RAMSAY The Pottery Store APRIL 12-30, 2011 OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, April 14, 6:30-8:30 PM 9745 Willow St ✆250-246-2594 250-416-1411 www.thepotterystore.ca daily 10am-5pm. Apr John Charnetski, large-scale raku vessels with West Coast scenes by featured guest artist Charnetski, former pottery and ceramics instructor at Vancouver Island University and curator at the Nanaimo Art Gallery. The Grudge: Random Miseries (in collaboration with Pat Keck), paper and mixed media,11" x 12.5" x 8.5" Secret Satisfaction: Paper Sculptures ELLIOTT LOUIS GALLERY 258 East 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 1A6 604-736-3282 gallery@elliottlouis.com www.elliottlouis.com Download free QR Code app and scan on Smartphone large format, providing metaphors for the unwelcome ‘unseen’ in our lives; DISCOVERY GALLERY Apr 15-Jul 1 Marijo Swick (London, ON), “Information System”, alternating identities of science and faith form the undercurrent of Swick’s work, questions of faith, destiny and choice are presented through text and metaphoric figures or themes; MAIN GALLERY May 26-Aug 6 Maralyn Chapman (Victoria, BC), “Fragile Entanglements”, an organic interpretation of nature and a closeup of complex life systems, explore the intricacies and relationships of ecosystems in acrylic paintings. 22 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 CASTLEGAR Kootenay Gallery 120 Heritage Way ✆250-365-3337 www.kootenaygallery.com tues-sat 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 23 Connections Materialized, work by the Faculty and Staff of the Kootenay School of the Arts at Selkirk College in Nelson, celebrating craft and art which explore the act of making as connective; Apr 28-May 28 Young Visions 2011, paintings and sculptures by grade 8-12 students and teachers. CHILLIWACK Chilliwack Visual Artists Association Art Gallery (at Chilliwack Cultural Centre): 9201 Corbould St Museum: 45820 Spadina Ave ✆604-392-8000 604-795-5210 www.chilliwackvisualartists.ca Chilliwack Art Gallery (at Chilliwack Cultural Centre): wed-sat 12-5pm, Phone 604-392-8000; Chilliwack Museum: mon-fri 9am-4:30pm, Phone 604-795-5210 for sat hours, closed except when openings are scheduled. CHILLIWACK ART GALLERY Apr 9-May 12 Art 33, Annual District 33 High School Art Exhibition by grade 10-12 students from Sardis, Chilliwack and G.W. Graham, artwork in various media; May 18-Jun 23 Fibre, Earth & Fire, innovative art pieces in both fibre and clay feature 12 Lower Mainland textile artists and potters; CHILLIWACK MUSEUM Thru May 12 Rick Blacklaws, “A Fraser River Journey”, a collection of photographs that show the Fraser River in all its beauty and complexity; May 24-Jul 14 Shadows, Chilliwack Visual Artists Association work in a wide variety of media using different techniques. COQUITLAM Evergreen Cultural Centre Art Gallery 1205 Pinetree Way ✆604-927-6550 www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca mon-sat 12-5pm. Admission is free. Apr 1-Jun 3 Bettina Matzkuhn: Mappa, textile works combine cartography and fabric with an emphasis on embroidery and fabric collage, the ‘maps’ describe both personal and imaginary journey in fine detail. Place des Arts 1120 Brunette Ave ✆604-664-1636 www.placedesarts.ca mon-fri 9am-9pm sat 9am-5pm sun 15pm, call ahead for gallery availability. Thru Apr 9 ATRIUM GALLERY Joy Kirkwood, “Stories to Tell”, 2-D and 3-D mixed media; MEZZANINE GALLERY Rose Eysmond, “Windows”, oil on canvas; Apr 14-May 7 ATRIUM GALLERY Fraser Valley Chapter of the Canadian Federation of Artists, “The Earth is Ours”, multimedia; LEONORE PEYTON SALON Doris J. Paterson, “A Renaissance Woman Artist”, acrylics; MEZZANINE GALLERY Lili Masborough, “Birds of Paradise”, oil and crayon on canvas. COURTENAY ALAN FULLE Stripes and Dots MAY 10-JUNE 4, 2011 OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, MAY 12, 6:30-8:30 PM Clear Passion, detail, oil, acrylic, archival epoxy resin on panel, 24" x 96" x 3" Brian Scott Studio and Gallery 8269 North Island Hwy ✆250-337-1941 www.brianscottfineart.com fri-mon 11am-4pm or by appt. Brian Scott, Expressionist oil paintings of West Coast themes. Comox Valley Art Gallery 580 Duncan Ave ✆250-338-6211 www.comoxvalleyartgallery.com mon-sat 10am-5pm. PUBLIC GALLERY AND ARTS & CRAFT GALLERY Thru Apr 16 2011 CVAG Members Show, open call fundraising exhibition of artwork by the CVAG community; ARTS & CRAFT GALLERY Apr 23-May 31 Ramona Gregory, “Dimpled Creatures from Unknown Places”, ceramic forms and paintings based on shapes from nature’s flora, fauna and ponderings of science and technology; PUBLIC GALLERY Apr 23-Jun 4 NIC/Emily Carr University BFA Grads, exploratory and experimental works in a variety of media. FORT LANGLEY Barbara Boldt Original Art Studio 25340 84th Ave ✆604-888-5490 www.barbaraboldt.com May 28-29 11am-4pm Spring Open House; otherwise by appt or watch for “Open” sign at road. In-home studio gallery of Barbara Boldt located 5 km outside of Fort Langley. Featuring local landscapes, forest and garden scenes in oil and soft pastel and her signature “Earth/Patterns” paintings of sandstone formations found on Galiano Island. www.preview-art.com Excite, detail, oil, acrylic, archival epoxy resin on panel, 8" x 48" x 2" ELLIOTT LOUIS GALLERY 258 East 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 1A6 604-736-3282 gallery@elliottlouis.com www.elliottlouis.com Download free QR Code app and scan on Smartphone The Fort Gallery 9048 Glover Rd ✆604-888-7411 www.fortgallery.ca wed-sun 12-5pm. Thru Apr 17 Bette Laughy and Olga Khodyreva; Apr 20May 8 Jo-Ann Sheen and Diana Durrand; May 11-29 Susan Falk. GIBSONS Landing Gallery Artists’ Co-op 436 Marine Dr ✆604-886-0099 jheyer@telus.net daily 10am-5pm. Opens Mar 30 Here Comes The Sun, eclectic selection of paintings, pottery, fibre, glass, jewellery and more created by members of this artists’ co-operative. GRAND FORKS Gallery 2, Grand Forks and District Art and Heritage Centre 524 Central Ave ✆250-442-2211 www.grandforksartgallery.ca tues-fri 10am-4pm sat 10am-3pm. Thru Apr 9 Alexandra Haeseker and John Hall, “Pendulum Pendula”; Artists Collecting Artists, from the PREVIEW 23 GALLERY VIEWS GALLERY VIEWS BY ANN ROSENBERG Education for the Eye, Soul & Mind Six decades ago in Toronto, a single visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario was a curriculum requirement for sixth grade pupils. A pencil thin lady led the tour. I remember nothing she said, but the AGO’s Group of Seven landscapes were unforgettable. It was Diego Rivera’s art, however, that invaded my soul. Before that day, graphic expressions of oppression and murder were unknown to me. This requisite gallery trip directed the future course of my life. When I was Assistant Curator (Education) at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1965, like my AGO forebear, I introduced whole busloads of children to the gallery’s purpose and talked about a few highlights in the VAG’s then-small collection. By that decade most galleries had docents trained in art history, art appreciation and question-and-answer techniques. These volunteers discussed specific artworks with smaller clusters of pupils. When employed at Surrey Art Gallery in the late 1980s, I observed that this basic system was still followed by Ingrid Kolt, the institution’s Art Education specialist. Here, however, the SAG’s docents were mainly taught about contemporary art and art issues, since the permanent collection at that time held only late-20th century works. By the beginning of the 21st Courtesy: Art Gallery of Ontario century the majority of important art institutions (big or small) anywhere in the world were becoming familiar with new technologies like video and computer-generated art, new materials such as polyester resin, and art movements and their attendant philosophies that were in constant flux; but the traditional school tour was by no means dead. It amused me that the internet promo for “Gallery Visits for Schools 2010-2011” at the AGO includes a photo of seated children listening to a guide talk about the same Group of Seven canvases I saw sixty years ago. According to this brief article, the AGO’s current school programs connect “students to art and art to your classroom” utilizing resources from the wide-ranging collection. Like its Canadian peer, Portland Art Museum in Oregon is now also in possession of vast holdings. PAM is famous for its special collections of Native American and Northwest art and its permanent exhibitions of Asian art. Despite this specialized wealth, PAM’s educational philosophy as expressed on the web seems uninspired. Seattle Art Gallery’s educational resources and philosophy appears to be far more exciting. On the internet, we learn that unique learning opportunities can be accessed at all three SAM locations. Among other aims, SAM wants students and teachers “to develop critical understandings of art and culture”. Courtesy: Vancouver Art Gallery School groups are also catered to at Seattle’s Frye Museum which, since 1952, has operated in the bequeathed Frye mansion with a 250-piece start-up collection that Wikipedia describes as being full of dark, dramatic, realistic narratives. After recent expansion and the employment of curators who know how to mount interesting shows, the Frye remains a special place for children to learn through lectures, events and hands-on experiences. Kevin Griffin’s February 6, 2009 Vancouver Sun article summarizes the strategy behind this city’s most bustling art education program in its headline: “Vancouver Art Gallery gets them young, tells them lots”. This implies that art will catch, inform, then hold their attention forever, as it has mine. 24 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAY Richard and Beverley Reid Collection; Bio Diversity, selections from the Permanent Collection; Apr 11-23 Boundary Showcase, BC Arts And Culture Week; May 14-Aug 6 Rick Cepella, “In, Above, and Around”; Boundary Artisans Association, “Magnus Opus”; Heather Aston, “Above and Below”. Riopelle – Mémoires d’Ateliers Bronze sculptures and charcoal drawings May 14 – June 18, 2011 KAMLOOPS ★ Kamloops Art Gallery 101-465 Victoria St ✆250-377-2400 www.kag.bc.ca mon-wed, fri-sat 10am-5pm thurs 10am-9pm sun 12-4pm closed stat holidays. Thru May 28 William Perehudoff, “The Optimism of Colour”, retrospective chronicles Perehudoff’s career from his studies in the 1940s and early 1950s, with Amédée Ozenfant and French/Mexican muralist Louis Henry Jean Charlot in New York and Colorado, to his work in the late 1990s; Ted Smith and A.Y Jackson, “Familiar Territory”, brings together two Canadian artists inspired by Canada’s natural beauty – the landscape paintings are a rich investigation of the aesthetics of line, shape, form, space, texture, light and colour; Karla Griffin, “Almost Everything”, large-scale drawings of consumer objects. KASLO Langham Cultural Centre Gallery 447 A Ave ✆250-353-2661 www.thelangham.ca thurs-sun 1-4pm. Admission by donation. Thru Apr 17 Sergio Raffo, “Embodiment”, Raffo pushes the boundaries of ceramics with his humanesque life-sized sculptures; Apr 22-Jun 5 Ron Zheng (Japan), “Poetography”. KELOWNA ★ Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art 103-421 Cawston Ave Rotary Centre for the Arts ✆250-868-2298 www.alternatorgallery.com tues, wed, sat 11am-5pm thurs & fri 19pm. Apr 8-May 21 Traditions and Transitions, explores and pushes the boundaries and attitudes towards con- ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAY 2447 Granville St. Vancouver 604.266.6010 www.granvillefineart.com info@granvillefineart.com temporary printmaking, addresses current debates in printmaking affected by technological advances and a concurrent desire to honour traditional practices, curated by Briar Craig, Associate Professor, UBC Okanagan Campus. Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens and Gallery 250 Reynolds Rd ✆250-860-7012 www.geertmaas.org irregular hours. Internationally acclaimed artist Geert Maas invites the public to visit his sculpture gardens and indoor gallery with one of the largest collections of bronze sculpture in Cana- da; changing exhibitions, Maas creates distinctive, rounded, semi-abstract figures, architectural structures as well as installations in a wide variety of materials including bronze, stainless steel, aluminum, wood, stoneware and multimedia. The great diversity of outdoor art is complemented in the gallery by an overwhelming number of paintings, serigraphs, medals, reliefs and sculpture in various media. ★ Kelowna Art Gallery 1315 Water St ✆250-762-2226 www.kelownaartgallery.com tues-sat 10am-5pm thurs 10am-9pm PREVIEW 25 sun 1-4pm. Thru Apr 30 Reel Roots 2011 Indigenous Media Arts Exhibition, annual collaborative project celebrating its 10th year, between the Gallery and the En’owkin Centre in Penticton, showcasing short films made by emerging First Nations artists; Thru May 8 John Kissick: A Nervous Decade, 10-year survey of paintings by Ontario-based artist of large-scale work is zany and colourful; May 7-Jul 31 Barbara Astman, “Dancing With Ché: Enter through the Gift Shop”, national debut of key chains, playing cards, coffee mugs, t-shirts and other souvenirs, by Toronto-based artist Astman, features the recognizable face of revolutionary Ché Guevara will be on display in the ‘gift shop’ but nothing is actually for sale; May 14-Aug 14 Gabor Szilasi: The Eloquence of the Everyday, work by Montreal-based senior photographic artist is accompanied by a major publication by curator David Harris; Thru Jun 12 Jasmine Reimer: 1000 lbs. 3 Days, explores the virtual colonization of the corpulent, strained body by the standard office chair – part of the Dysfunctional Chairs series; Thru Jun 8 Art in Action: Time Frame, featuring over 100 works by middle and high school students; SATELLITE GALLERY AT THE KELOWNA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Thru May 9 John Hall: Sweetness and Light, two large paintings depicting delectable doughnuts and licorice allsorts candies; May 16-Nov 14 Renay Egami: Piece by Piece, explores the intersections among language, translation, labour and identity in a large, curtain-like work. Tutt Street Gallery 9-3045 Tutt St ✆250-861-4992 www.tuttartgalleries.com tues-fri 10am-5pm sat 10am-4pm. Est. 1984 Tutt Street Gallery represents original work by some of the finest contemporary Canadian and international artists. MAPLE RIDGE Maple Ridge Art Gallery 11944 Haney Pl ✆604-467-5855 604-476-4240 www.theactmapleridge.org tues-sat 11am-4pm. Apr 9-May 7 The Fraser Valley Potters Group, “Clay 2011”, annual juried exhibition; May 14-Jun 18 Pamela Cambiazo, paintings. 26 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History Gigi Hoeller, Eagle [Halfmoon Bay, Sunshine Coast, gigi@gigibutterfly.com www.gigibutterfly.com, 604-885-6650] NANAIMO 502 Vernon St ✆250-352-9813 www.touchstonesnelson.ca tues wed fri sat 10am-5pm sun 124pm, thurs 10am-5pm, 5-8pm by donation. Apr 2-Jun 12 Alf Crossley, “Spirit of the Land”, selection of paintings and works on paper spanning the career of long time Kootenay artist Crossley; Thru Apr 10 Max Liboiron, “Trashscapes and Rubbish Topographies”, ongoing investigation and research of the revaluing of our trash through process-oriented environmental installations which offer the viewer an opportunity for reflection and participation; Apr 16-May 29 Kootenay School of the Arts at Selkirk College, “Graduation Exhibition”, features the work of graduating students. NEW WESTMINSTER AllMarquetry Studio Gallery 5251 Hammond Bay Rd ✆250-729-7415 www.allmarquetry.com by appt only. Permanent collection of unconventional marquetry works. Call for an appt to watch a work in progress, learn about the technique or see finished pictures. Amelia Douglas Gallery, Douglas College Nanaimo Art Gallery Arts Council Gallery of New Westminster Campus Gallery: 900 Fifth St 2nd location, Downtown Gallery: 150 Commercial St ✆250-740-6350 250-754-1750 www.nanaimoartgallery.com Campus: mon-fri 10am-5pm sat 124pm, Downtown: tues-sat 10am-5pm. C AMPUS Thru Apr 10 Swan Song: Richard A. Conroy Retrospective; Apr 15-May 7 Progressions 2011: Art and Design Student Exhibition; May 13Aug 20 Charles Breth, “Body of Evidence”; DOWNTOWN Thru Apr 24 ARTS 486 Graduation Student Exhibition, “Explorations”; Apr 27-May 17 VIU Interior Design; May 5-21 Helen Webster, Barbara Scott and Carmen Mongeau; May 26-Jun 18 Harbour City Photography Club, “Photo Salon 2011”. NELSON 700 Royal Ave ✆604-527-5723 www.douglascollege.ca/artscomm mon-fri 10am-7:30pm sat 11am4pm. Apr 14-May 27 Steve Amsden, paintings; Robert Parkes, glass work. Queens Park, 6th Ave & McBride Blvd ✆604-525-3244 www.artscouncilnewwest.org tues-sun 1-5pm. Apr 1-30 Gerhard Lietz, “Dreamscape”, acrylics; May 328 Jerry McLaughlin, “Jazz Greats, Scenic and Portraits”, acrylics and oils. NORTH VANCOUVER Artists for Kids Gallery 810 W 21st St ✆604-903-3798 www.artists4kids.com mon-fri 10am-5pm sat & sun 124pm. Closed Easter weekend and Mother’s Day. Admission by donation. Apr 12-May 11 Ross Penhall, “Penhall’s Studio”, retrospective showcasing over 50 paintings, photographs and print works, a new print will be available. Craft Connection/Gallery 378 378 Baker St ✆250-352-3006 www.craftconnection.org mon-sat 9:30am-5:30pm. Apr-Jun Busting into Blossom, garden art for your yard or home. ★ Caroun Art Gallery 1403 Bewicke Ave. ✆778-372-0765 www.Caroun.net tues-sun 12-8pm. Thru Apr TwoDimension Art: Art of Ancient Era, ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAY works from China, Egypt, Europe, India, Iran, Mexico ...; Thru May Group Painting Exhibition. CityScape Community Art Space North Vancouver Community Arts Council, 335 Lonsdale Ave ✆604-988-6844 www.nvartscouncil.ca Cityscape tues-sat 12-5pm, District Foyer Gallery, District Hall of North Vancouver mon-fri 8am-4:30pm, District Library Gallery, Lynn Valley Main Library mon-fri 9am-9pm sat 9am5pm sun 12-5pm. CITYSCAPE Apr 8-23 Big Ideas – Responding to Public Art, artworks by North Vancouver high school students in response to the Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale explore current topics such as homelessness, cultural identity, science and technology, societal norms and the environment; Apr 29May 28 “Man’s Best Friend”, work that captures the ideal of peaceful cohabitation amongst creatures and the human species, embracing the ideals of equitable cohabitation, includes work by David Camisa and others; DISTRICT FOYER GALLERY, DISTRICT HALL OF NORTH VANCOUVER, 355 W www.preview-art.com Queens Rd, North Van May 18-Jul 13 Iza Radinsky, still life oil paintings glorify nature together with beautiful objects produced by the human hand. Graffiti Co. Art Studio/Gallery 171 E 1st St, 2nd Flr ✆604-980-1699 www.graffiticoart.com tues-fri 1-6pm or by appt. A small studio gallery offering original fine art located on the scenic North Shore close to Lonsdale Quay. Apr-May Reyhaneh Bakhtiari, Vange Brossard, A.J. Brown, Fariba Dashtaray, Gordon Davis, Lucy Godwin, Gabriele Maurus, Meg Troy, Sian Woodward and Marina Yanen, mixed-media works by local North Shore artists. native, Mrs. Hurley was a strong advocate for aboriginal rights, the first woman admitted to the Native Brotherhood of BC, and founder and editor of the Native Voice newspaper – the many gifts she received from First Nation leaders in recognition of her advocacy work form the basis of the Museum’s Maisie Hurley Collection. Presentation House Gallery 333 Chesterfield Ave ✆604-986-1351 www.presentationhousegallery.org wed-sun 12-5pm. Thru May 1 Anetta Mona Chisa & Lucia Tkácová, Tobias Zielony and Artur Zmijewski, “Models for Taking Part”, curated by Juan A. Gaitán. North Vancouver Museum Seymour Art Gallery 209 W 4th St ✆604-987-5612 604-990-3700 Ext 8016 www.northvanmuseum.ca tues-sun 12-5pm. Thru Nov 6 Entwined Histories: Gifts from the Maisie Hurley Collection, Txwnch7ám’new’as kwis eslhílhkw’iws, examines the entwined histories of native and non-native activists in B.C. through the life of Maisie Hurley (1887-1962) and the Squamish Nation community – a non- 4360 Gallant Ave ✆604-924-1378 www.seymourartgallery.com daily 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 3 Gone Hooking Rug Group, “Incredible Treadables”, hooked rugs; Apr 5-26 Elizabeth Dancoes and Eleanor Hannan, “1001 Funny Things You Can Do with a Skirt”, original stories in poetic form by writer Dancoes accompany related drawings, paintings, embroideries and digital art by Hannan; Apr PREVIEW 27 28-May 1 Spring Gift Gallery, a unique selection of gifts by local artists; May 3-8 Seycove and Windsor Secondary Students, “Bricolage”, artwork by secondary students; May 10-22 Start with Art, annual exhibition of low-priced artwork by established artists only available for purchase by people age 16 and younger is aimed at cultivating the love of art among children; May 24-Jun 5 Artists for Kids Academy, 28 student artists show artwork ranging from prints and paintings to sculpture. 10am-4pm, fri 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 10 MAIN, PLUM AND 3D GALLERIES Wearable Art Awards, various artists and medium; SCOTIABANK GALLERY Linzy Arnott, “Colour of the Mind”, acrylic on canvas; Apr 21-May 29 MAIN GALLERY Kathy Zhang, oil paintings which explore decorative interior spaces, recipient of Port Moody Arts Centre 2011 Kwi Am Choi Scholarship; 3D GALLERY Carlyn Yandle, “Labour of Love”, mixed media and acrylic on canvas paintings, the delicate and fractal forms of the doily and its symbolism of a gentler age; PLUM DISPLAY CASE Amanda Maxwell, jewellery using beachcombed finds from the artist’s childhood home in Scotland. OSOYOOS Osoyoos Art Gallery 8711 Main St ✆250-495-2800 250-495-7968 www.osoyoosarts.com/ tues-sat 12-4pm. Thru Apr 16 Kena and Lawrence Cormier, original art from metal; Apr 19-30 Joe Plaskett, “Scenes of Osoyoos”, pastel paintings from the collection of the Osoyoos Museum; May 14-Sep 3 Summer Season Show, original artwork by area artists. PENTICTON The Lloyd Gallery 18 Front St ✆250-492-4484 www.lloydgallery.com Jan-May: tues-sat 9:30am-5:30pm. Exhibiting gallery artists Irvine Adams, Yasuo Araki, Alan Boileau, Laila Campbell, Rod Charlesworth, Connor Charlesworth, Glenn Clark, Sharon Clarke-Haugli, Peter Corbett, Jan Crawford, Josette De Roussy, Karel Doruyter, Serge Dubé, Valerie Eibner, Charlotte Glattstein, Jim Glenn, Perry Haddock, Julia Hargreaves, Frances Harris, Michael Hermesh, Beverley Inkster, Terri Isaac, Therese Johnston, Bob Kebic, Dongmin Lai, Robyn Lake, Gerda Lattey, Min Ma, Debbie Milner, Dominic Modlinski, Faigee Niebow, Daphne Odjig seriegraphs (Grandfather Series), Toni Onley, Diane Paton Peel, Graham Pettman, Lance Regan, John Revill, Bonnie Roberts, Anita Skinner, Theo Tobiasse, Olga Tomlinson, Roy Tomlinson, Marla Wilson, Nel Witteman, Annette Witteman, Marjolein Witteman, William Watt and Robert Wood. Penticton Art Gallery 199 Marina Way ✆250-493-2928 www.pentictonartgallery.com tues-fri 10am-6pm sat & sun 12-5pm. 28 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 PRINCE GEORGE Pari Azarm Motamedi, Pond of Music (2009), watercolour and acrylic [Bellevue Gallery, West Vancouver, BC, www.bellevuegallery.ca, May 12-Jun 11] Thru May 15 MAIN GALLERY Duke and Battersby: Lesser Apes, new video work tells the story of a love affair between a human woman and the alpha female bonobo, incorporating animation, liveaction video, narration and song, accompanied by two dioramas; TONI ONLEY GALLERY AND PROJECT ROOM Art Is..., showcase of student art from Princess Margaret, Summerland Secondary and Pen High; May 20-Jul 3 MAIN GALLERY Srdjan Segan, drawings by refugee from Croatia and former medical student, dissected human figures with the organs replaced by different animal shapes signifying essential libidinal drives in constant tension with the rational human element; TONI ONLEY GALLERY Laure Wilson Neish, bird photography has provided opportunities for more hours of observation, and understanding of bird behaviour; PROJECT ROOM Early May Penticton en Plein air, 24 artists invited to paint en plein air on Naramata Beach – completed works will be offered at the gallery’s annual art auction, Starry, Starry Night, held on July 7. PORT MOODY Port Moody Arts Centre 2425 St Johns St ✆604-931-2008 www.pomoartscentre.ca Port Moody Arts Centre: mon-thurs 10am-8pm fri-sat 10am-5pm sun 124pm, closed holidays, Scotiabank Gallery: 2501 St John St, mon-thurs Two Rivers Gallery 725 Civic Plaza ✆250-614-7800 www.tworiversgallery.ca wed-sat 10am-5pm thurs 10am-9pm sun 12-5pm. Apr 14-Jul 3 Clint Neufeld: Grandpa Used to Wash My Hands with Gasoline, sculptures that transform a grease monkey’s love of car parts into something precious; Apr 15Jul 3 Us: Keith Carlson; Jean Chisholm; Judith DesBrisay; Melanie Desjardines; Edward Epp; Andrea Fredeen; Vanessa Funk; Monique Germaine; Michele Jensen; Trevor Lloyd Jones; Betty Kovacic; Marc Lacaille; Hugh Perkins; Gerda Volz; Joanna Smythe; Kiano Zamini, explore the theme of ‘Us’, as a collection of individuals, homogenous or disparate, offering a range of perspectives through recent work by artists from across the central interior of B.C. PRINCE RUPERT Museum of Northern B.C. 100 First Ave W ✆250-624-3207 www.museumofnorthernbc.com tues-sat 9am-5pm. Admission: adults $6, students $2, children under 12 $1, children under 5 free, members free. Thru Apr Bridging Two Nations: Prince Rupert’s Chinese Canadian Community, explores the regions in China where ancestors of many Prince Rupert Chinese-Canadians came from and cultural and other ties that they maintained with modern China; Thru May Prints Rupert Camera Club Annual Exhibition, photographs by amateur and professional photographers; Ongoing Permanent exhibits of Northwest Coast history, art and culture in several galleries; the KWINITSA RAILWAY STATION MUSEUM and the TSIMSHIAN DANCE LONGHOUSE, exhibits, art and performance. QUALICUM BEACH The Old School House Arts Centre 122 Fern Rd W ✆250-752-6133 www.theoldschoolhouse.org mon-sat 10am-4:30pm. Apr 4-30 Kathy Barnson and Colin Spencer, paintings; Mid-Island Surface Design, fabric paintings; Elizabeth Wellburn, glass art; May 2-21 Sherry Mitchell, Regina Seib and Rob Miller, paintings; May 23-Jun 18 Sally Laidlaw, Laura Hilts and Gillian Beales, paintings; Mary Leigh Campbell, printmaking and Lenore Hellum, poetry. RICHMOND Richmond Art Gallery 7700 Minoru Gate ✆604-247-8300 604-247-8312 www.richmondartgallery.org mon-fri 10am-6pm sat & sun 10amwww.preview-art.com 5pm. Apr 15-Jun 12 Brenda Joy Lem, “Homage to the Heart”, work addresses themes of memory, oral history, spirituality and ‘the enduring heart’, as she explores her family history and the threads that connect generations, through multi-media work, silkscreen prints, digital video projections and a sound installation – Lem recounts fragments from the history of her family’s immigration from China and the handlaundry business they operated in the 1930s, layered over family and archival images. Rufus Lin Gallery of Japanese Art 415-5811 Cooney Rd ✆604-303-6330 www.rufuslingallery.com mon-fri 10am-5pm, closed holidays. Admission free. Thru Apr 30 “Japanese New Year Exhibition – Spring Has Come”, paintings of Japanese traditions and customs from New Year’s to Spring, “Family Crest of Facing Rabbits and Snow Pine” by Orochi Ichijyo and “Balmy and Fresh” by Syunran, feature pine trees, the symbol of longevity and happiness; “From Yokohama” by KAORIKO and “Blooming in Rural Area” by Takahisa Kubo, portray the Japanese aesthetic of rustic beauty through plum trees; “MARIKA” by Michiko Mayanagi, a lady wearing a kimono, the Japanese traditional garment for New Year’s and various early spring festivals in contemporary Japan; Ongoing Contemporary Japanese Art Collection, about 80 Japanese paintings. SALMON ARM SAGA Public Art Gallery 70 Hudson Ave NE ✆250-832-1170 www.sagapublicartgallery.ca tues-sat 11am-4pm. Apr 2-23 Ingrid McMillan, “Slow Movement”, paintings; May 2-20 Gallery closed for renovations. SALT SPRING ISLAND Morley Myers Gallery & Studio 7-315 Upper Ganges Rd ✆250-537-4898 www.morleymyersgallery.com daily 11am-5pm or by appt. Apr-May Gillian O’Connell, 2-D work; Morley Myers, new works in plaster, wood and bronze. PREVIEW 29 www.youraga.ca/ BRIAN JUNGEN ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA, EDMONTON AB – Jan 29-May 8, 2011 Brian Jungen, an artist with Swiss and Dunne-za First Nations ancestry, was born in Fort St. John, BC. In his practice, he uses consumer items like Nike shoes, lawn chairs and leather couches to construct installations that imitate such “authentic” First Nations artifacts as masks and tents. His more elaborate conceptual artworks combine video and audio. Jungen’s interest in sports equipment like catchers mitts, baseball bats and basketball jerseys has been motivated, in part, by the sports world’s appropriation of Aboriginal culture in team names like the Chiefs, Indians, Redskins and Braves. Brian Jungen, an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Alberta, features three massive structures: Shapeshifter (2000), Cetology (2002) and Carapace (2009). White plastic lawn chairs and green trash bins have been cut into pieces and Brian Jungen, Cetology (2002), plastic chairs [Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton AB, reassembled into the shapes of Jan 29-May 8] Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery a geodesic dome, a dinosaur and a turtle. The latter are hung from the ceiling using an overhead installation style typical of natural history museums. Despite their humble origins, the sculptures manage to overwhelm the spectator with their scale and compositional complexity. Jungen lives and works in Vancouver. Since earning a diploma from Emily Carr College of Art and Design in 1992, he has been invited to participate in more than 100 solo and group exhibitions in such prestigious locations as the Tate and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. He was the winner of the Sobey Art Award (2002) and the 2010 Gershon Iskowitz Prize. With a practice that is at once accessible and provocative, Brian Jungen may well be one of the most reviewed artists of the past decade. Mia Johnson Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art 1-104 Fulford Ganges Rd ✆250-537-2421 www.pegasusgallery.ca wed-sat 10am-5pm, mon & tues by appt. Established in 1972, Pegasus Gallery is a well-known destination gallery in the Gulf Islands offering a wide selection of investment-quality historical and contemporary Canadian art as well as rare Northwest Coast native carvings, artifacts and baskets. See our website for more information and dates of upcoming exhibitions. Starfish Gallery & Studio 115-1108 Grace Point Sq ✆250-537-4425 778-918-4940 www.starfishgalleryandstudio.com tues-sat 11am-4pm or by appt. Featuring a large selection of West Coast contemporary art, specializing in 30 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 landscape and wildlife paintings, photography and sculpture. SIDNEY Peninsula Gallery 100-2506 Beacon Ave ✆250-655-1282 877-787-1896 250-655-1722 www.pengal.com mon-fri 9am-5:30pm sat 9am-5pm. Apr 1-30 Mickie Acierno, still life, oils; W. Allan Hancock, wildlife, acrylics; Ron Parker, landscapes, acryl gouache; Janice Robertson, landscapes and still life, acrylic; Douglas Fisher, sculpture, maple; May 14-21 “Highlights”, Mickie Acierno, Philip Buytendorp, Carol Evans, Douglas Fisher, W Allan Hancock, Gail Johnson, Clement Kwan, Catherine Moffat, Nancy O’Toole, Michael O’Toole and other gallery artists. SOOKE South Shore Gallery 2046 Otter Point Rd ✆250-642-2058 www.sooke.org/southshoregallery mon-sat 10am-5pm. Apr 1-May 31 Paintings, sculptures, ceramics, glass and wearables by gallery artists. SQUAMISH Foyer Gallery at the Squamish Public Library 37907 2nd Ave ✆604-892-3110 604-898-1895 www.squamish.bclibrary.ca/servicesprograms/foyer-gallery mon-thurs 12-8pm fri-sun 10am4pm. Thru Apr 4 WALLS Angela Percival, “Chamonix Mountains”, photography; CASES Jenny Smack, “Still ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAY Dreaming”, clay, glass and the female figure sculptures; Apr 5-May 9 WALLS Laurel Terleskey, “We love this stuff so much…”, acrylic, aerosol and oil paintings; CASES Friends of Foyer Fundraiser, mixed media; May 10-Jun 6 WALLS Shakun Jhangiani, “Illusions in Reality”, acrylic and mixed media on canvas; CASES Kay Austen, “Serendipity”, saggar-fired forms. Eva Kolacz May 5 – 19 SUNSHINE COAST Goldmoss Gallery 2840 Lower Rd ✆603-886-1968 www.goldmoss.com sat & sun 12-4pm or by appt. Thru Jun 5 Una Bachinski, Bon Roberts, Nadina Tandy, Heather Gatz and Lee Roberts, “Autonomy of Love”, five Sunshine Coast artists’ interpretation of the words ‘Autonomy of Love’. Sunshine Coast Arts Council + Arts Centre 5714 Medusa St ✆604-885-5412 www.scartscouncil.com wed-sat 11am-4pm sun 1-4pm. Thru Apr 17 Young Peoples’ Own Show – Elementary; Apr 20-May 1 Young Peoples’ Own Show – Secondary; May 429 Julia Dodge, “Old & Rotten”; Pat Collier, “Flowers: Playing wth Light”. SURREY "Sunrise", acrylic on canvas, 48" x 36" ★ Arnold Mikelson Mind & Matter Art Gallery 13743 16th Ave ✆604-536-6460 mindandmatterart@aol.com daily 12-6pm. Thru Apr Arnold Mikelson, wood sculpture; Millie Meerheimb, watercolour; David Kilpatrick, soapstone carvings; Pauline Dutkowsky, textile art; Marie Zaron, raku; Betty Hurd, oil; Teresa Hotel, ceramics; Robert Parker, glass and Jack Olive, pottery; Thru May Sheila Symington, mixed medium; Mary Mikelson, oil; Roxane Taylor, pottery; Judith Copeland, oil; Bob Gonzales, woodturning; Ilse Quast, pastel; Darrel Hancock, pottery; Arnold Mikelson, wood sculpture and Teri White, clay painting. ★ Kwantlen Art Gallery and Arbutus Gallery at Coast Capital Savings Library Atrium Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey Campus, D126-12666 72nd Ave www.preview-art.com Kurbatoff Gallery 2427 Granville St. Vancouver BC 604-736-5444 Exhibitions on-line: www.kurbatoffgallery.com ✆604-599-2219 www.kwantlen.ca/fine-arts Check the website for hours. AprMay KWANTLEN ART GALLERY AND ARBUTUS GALLERY Ongoing exhibitions of student work. ★ Surrey Art Gallery 13750 88 Ave, (at King George Hwy) ✆604-501-5566 www.surrey.ca/arts mon & fri 9am-5pm tues-thurs 9am9pm sat 10am-5pm sun 12-5pm. Admission by donation. Apr 2-Jun 4 Yam Lau: Room, a video self-portrait; Apr 9-Jun 12 Sitely Premises, group exhibition examining how exterior spaces of detached homes are important sites for art production and exhibition on Canada’s West Coast; Domestic Lives: Works from the Permanent Collection, paintings, prints and photographs representing the relationships people have with their residences; Thru Apr 29 Art by Surrey Elementary School Students; Thru Jun 5 Ensemble Sisyphe, “Open Sound 2011: Clang Clagan Installation”; Ongoing REMIXX.sur.RE, youth new media project; Outreach Thru Apr 30 SURREY URBAN SCREEN, sundown until midnight, CHUCK BAILEY RECREATION CENTRE, 13458 – 107A Ave, PREVIEW 31 an de rS t. w el lS t a ilw Ra Po Ale x No rth Van cou ver Se aB us to vd ◆ Granville St Drake St Burrard St Davie St YALETOWN ◆ Ex po Beatty St COASTAL PEOPLES #1 to downtown Vancouver Cr ee k Fa lse ge id Br Helmcken St Pendrell St JENNIFER KOSTUIK ◆ e bi m Comox St Ca CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY ◆ − ART BEA TUS ◆ Nelson St Smithe St Mainland St ART WORKS ◆ Pacific Bl vd ◆ GM Place BC Place Stadium Hamilton St ARTSTARTS Homer St ◆ Richards St Seymour St Granville St Howe St Hornby St Burrard St REPUBLIC Cambie St ◆ ◆ PENDULUM Bl OR GALLERY Q.E. 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St BARON ◆ GALLERY ◆ GACHET SPIRIT ◆ WRESTLER INUIT◆ Cordova St r ou rb Ha ll St l a a a Co eaw ov S ord C St gs tin s St Ha er nd Pe M ai n ◆CHOBOTER l al e Plac ada Can Way Cl ar FIREHALL ARTS CENTRE ◆ rr Ca CANADA PLACE t ◆TRENCH Burrard Inlet DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER yS 1s ve tA W 5th Ave UNO LANGMANN ◆ to airport W 6th Ave DOUGLAS◆◆PETLEY JONES UDELL ◆ IAN TAN ◆ CHALI−ROSSO ◆ ELISSA CRISTALL HEFFEL◆ W 7th Ave Beach Av e Waterfall Bldg. Fir St W 6th Ave Granville Island SOUTH GRANVILLE Granville St GALLERY ROW GALLERY JONES ◆ LATTIMER◆ Pine St W 4th Ave BURRARD SLOPES DOUGLAS REYNOLDS ◆ MONTE CLARK ◆ ◆ MARILYN S. MYLREA VANART ◆ KURBATOFF ◆ JACANA ◆ MARION SCOTT ◆ GRANVILLE FINE ART ◆ Broadway (9th Ave) W 13th Ave ◆ ART EMPORIUM W 14th Ave WINSOR ◆ BAU−XI ◆ W 15th Ave SOUTH GRANVILLE to airport 32 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 W 8th Ave Granville St W 2nd Ave W 3rd Ave Burrard St W 1st Ave Cypress St Cornwall York Chestnut St Burrard Bridge to Vanier Park Downtown Vancouver EQUINOX ◆ Granville St Granville Bridge DIANE FARRIS ◆ Pacific St d 2n e Av Public Market Street nS t. Railspu r Alley ◆ STUDIO 13 ◆PETER KISS MCLEAN ◆ KATHERINE ◆ GALLERY OF B.C. CERAMICS t St ◆ CRAFT COUNCIL Cartwrigh OF B.C. GALLERY SEYMOUR ◆ ART GALLERY Gallant Ave. DeepcoveRd ◆◆ Ed ge m on t ARTISTS ◆ Lonsdale WEST VAN. MUSEUM Capilano Road BELLEVUE EAGLE e SPIRIT ◆ itim ar s M ew M 15 14 th S th t St Av e GRANVILLE ISLAND 1 Chesterfield ll Russe Way ◆◆ ◆ SUN SPIRIT Qu ee ns CHARLES H. SCOTT ◆ BECKER Johnston St ridge Old B An de rso CIRCLE CRAFT ◆ DUNDARAVE ◆ PRINTMAKERS D ur an le au S t TO SQUAMISH, WHISTLER, BOWEN IS., and the SUNSHINE COAST BUCKLAND SOUTHERST ◆ENGLISH BAY E. 23rd St ◆ FOR KIDS Marine Dr CAROUN 15th St ART GALLERY PRESENTATION HOUSE/ SILK PURSE ◆ ◆ FERRY BUILDING ◆ NORTH VANCOUVER MUSEUM ◆ ◆ CITYSCAPE Mt Seymour Parkway ◆GRAFFITI CO. E.1st W. Esplanade 3rd n Hwy Dollarto Se a Bu s Fell Li Br o n s idg G a e te GALLERY JONES GRANVILLE ISLAND BURNABY ART GALLERY Willingdon Scotia Clark Commercial 1st Ave E 2nd Ave Great Northern Way ◆ WESTERN FRONT St George ◆ EASTWOOD 5th Ave ONLEY 6th Ave Fraser Steveston Hwy www.preview-art.com ◆ ◆ GRUNT Main St Granville Ave Prior St e Falseek ELLIOTT Terminal Cr Ave 1st Ave E LOUIS CATRIONA ◆ JEFFRIES 2nd Ave ➜ MINORU PARK RICHMOND ◆ART GALLERY . Blvd Quebec ◆ RUFUS LIN JAPANESE CANADIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM in Burnaby r Ontario Mi nor Westminster Hwy ic Pacif Cambie Rd. 99 ine D Manitoba Sea Is. 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M Main St 57th Ave W VILLAGE Deer Lake Ave ◆◆ BURNABY MUSEUM Royal Oak ◆SIDNEY & GERTRUDE ZACK GALLERY ◆LANGARA COLLEGE S ➜ Boundary Rd ng sw ay TO EV CULT ERGREEN PLAC URAL CEN in Co E DES ART TRE, quitla m S 1 Canada Way UNITARIAN ◆ CHURCH 49th Ave St Ki ◆ ARTS OFF MAIN 7 Grandview Hwy 41st Ave SOUTH GRANVILLE Richmond King Edward Lougheed Hwy 1 St. eR d 33rd Ave ➜ SIMON FRASER ◆ UNIVERSITY GALLERY, BURNABY ◆DOCTOR VIGARI Joy c GALLERY ◆ AT HYCROFT (on McRae) TO PORT MOODY ARTS CENTRE in Port Moody,TO MAPLE RIDGE ART GALLERY in Maple Ridge ◆ HAVANA Columbia Dunbar OMEGA◆ 12th Ave ◆ FRAMAGRAPHIC Oak St W 16th Ave BREWERY CREEK Granville GREENERY GALLERY Commercial ◆ JEUNESSE ◆MONNY© S Broadway Arbutus Alma St MORRIS & ◆ HELEN BELKIN 4th Ave University 10th Ave ◆ Blvd 7A Prior St Venables St. ◆ ◆ BRITANNIA ART GALLERY MARITIME MUSEUM ◆ ur ille MUSEUM OF ◆ B anv ROBINSON STUDIO/ VANCOUVER r G HFA CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM OF ◆ ANTHROPOLOGY Westbrook i Br rd ra Barnet Hwy Hastings St. Nanaimo English Bay BURRARD SLOPES Burrard Inlet 2nd Narrows Bridge BUSCHLEN ◆ an MOWATT G m eo en r ge g D id geia Union St Br d 15th Ave Kin gs wa y 8th Ave Broadway 10th Ave 12th Ave BREWERY CREEK PREVIEW 33 Surrey, B.C. Aleksandra Dulic and Kenneth Newby, “Transience”, images are projected onto the wall. TSAWWASSEN Tsawwassen Longhouse Gallery 1710-56th St ✆604-943-3313 www.southdeltaartistsguild.com thurs-sun 11am-4pm. Thru Apr 24 April Wine, show highlights wine, grapes, food, etc.; Apr 28-May 22 For the Birds, yearly fundraiser with this year’s proceeds going to Orphan Wildlife Society (OWL). VANCOUVER Appleton Galleries 1646 W 75th Ave ✆604-685-1715 www.appletongalleries.com call for hours or appt. New Location Specialists in Inuit and First Nations Art for over 40 years. We specialize in Canadian Inuit stone sculpture and Northwest Coast First Nations wood carvings (Haida, Kwakiutl, Coast Salish, masks, paddles, talking sticks, plaques and more). Over 2,500 original carvings featuring works by Abraham Anghik Ruben and Clifford Pettman. Art Beatus (Vancouver) Consultancy Gina ‘Waadlux–an Tluu, The Everything Canoe offers insights from carvers, elders, artists, and voices from the past on the great cedar canoes, a central icon of Haida culture. This book is a community resource guide designed to inspire new ways of seeing and thinking about the Haida canoe. Compiled and edited by Heather Ramsay & Kwiaahwah Jones Available at Wendy Berry Custom Framing inside Doctor Vigari Gallery, 1816 Commercial Drive, Vancouver 604-568-7616, berryframing@shaw.ca 34 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 108-808 Nelson St ✆604-688-2633 www.artbeatus.com mon-fri 10am-6pm. Thru Apr 8 Tomoyo Ihaya, “On The Edge Of Water”, mixed media and drawings, themes of water and food are the primary focus of new works created during her stay in India, then later completed in Canada; Apr 29-Jun 24 Weizhi Zhang, “Gates: Spirit of a City”, watercolour paintings of courtyard gates – as part of China’s urbanization, many historical Hutong courtyard gates were rapidly replaced by highrise buildings and facilities in Beijing. Art Emporium 2928 Granville St ✆604-738-3510 www.theartemporium.ca mon-sat 10am-6pm. Inventory of paintings by major Canadian, American and French masters of the 20th C., featuring Emily Carr and all members of the Group of Seven and several contemporaries, C. Krieghoff, David Milne, J.W. Morrice, Tom Thomson; Paintings by Karel Appel, A. Calder, E. Cortez, Montague Dawson, Jean and Raoul Dufy, A. Hambourg, J. Hervé, Picasso, Utrillo, A. Volti, Andrew Wyeth, and Canadians Max Bates, Donald Flather, H.G. Glyde, E.J. Hughes, F. Lansdowne, John Little, Henri Masson, Rudolph Messner, Hugh Monahan, Riopelle, Goodridge Roberts, Jack Shadbolt and Andrew Wong. Art Rental and Sales at the Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby St ✆604-662-4716 www.artrentalandsales.com mon-fri 10am-4pm, tues 4-9pm by appt. Specializing in the rental and sale of artworks in a wide variety of styles, media and sizes, with new works continually added to the collection, also available, works by Angela Grossman, Jack Shadbolt, Toni Onley, Jamie Evrard and more. Thru Apr 28 Nurieh Mozaffari, abstract paintings by Iranian-born Canadian; May 4-Jul 29 Chris Collacott, black and white photographs. Art Works Gallery 225 Smithe St ✆604-688-3301 www.artworksbc.com mon-fri 9am-6pm sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm. Thru Apr 15 Marie-Danielle LeBlanc and David Graff, “Mystère”, paintings by LeBlanc and Graff focus on the mystery and complexity behind artists’ techniques by experimenting with raw pigments, painting mediums, other materials and factors, like heat; Apr 18-Jun 3 “Pistils and Stamens”, group exhibition of floral paintings – Wayne Leidenfrost, Impressionistic landscapes; Sharon Quirke, brilliant coloured florals; Steve Fortier, high realism close-ups and other approaches by Leslie Poole, Victoria Kelsey, Miriam Freitag and David Patterson. Arts Off Main 216 E 28th Ave ✆604-876-2785 www.artsoffmain.ca wed-sat 11:30am-5:30pm sun-11am5pm. An artist-run gallery with work by B.C. artists offering original and affordable paintings, prints, sculpture, photographs, jewellery and pottery. Artspeak 233 Carrall St ✆604-688-0051 www.artspeak.ca tues-sat 12pm-5pm. Apr 9-May 28 Jason Dodge, Hadley+Maxwell, Allison Hrabluik, Aaron Flint Jamison, Sam Lewitt, Heather and Ivan Morison, Avigail Moss, Pamela Rosenkranz, Dexter Sinister, Matt Sheridan Smith and Oscar Tuazon, “Poste Restante”, artworks sent via national postal systems addressed to the gallery as ‘Poste Restante’, a request for a post office to hold a letter or package until picked up by its recipient, are exhibited as received, in unopened envelopes or parcels, accompanied by any paperwork generated during transit, including customs forms and bills of lading – delivery is deferred as the packages wait, held by the gallery for a recipient whose identity is unknown. ArtStarts Gallery 808 Richards St ✆604-878-7144 604-878-7144 ext.2 www.artstarts.com tues-fri 9am-5pm. Thru Aug 12 Grow, elementary and secondary students across B.C. work with professional artists to create unique art projects that explore their relationship to local surroundings and the topic of sustainability. Audain Gallery 149 W Hastings St, SFU Woodward’s ✆778-782-9102 www.audaingallery.ca tues-sat 12-6pm. May 12-Jul 30 Goran Djordjevic, The Gorgona Group, Sanja Ivekovic, Katalin L a d i k , Nesa Paripovic and Rasa Todosijevic, “Kontakt: Conceptual Art from ex-Yugoslavia”, works that react to modernism and that mark the emergence of conceptualisms originating from previously communist countries exposing convergent and divergent relations between these works, highlights key movements from the 1960s and 1970s and marks the first time these important works will be shown in Canada, from the collection of the Erste Bank Group, Vienna. Baron Gallery and Studio 293 Columbia St, Gastown ✆604-682-1114 www.barongallery.ca wed-sat 12-6pm. Thru Apr 30 Katherine Surridge, “Taking Note”, new paintings in oil on canvas and multimedia on paper; May 10-Jul 29 Tom Carter, “Intersections”, paintings evoke the history of Vancouver through historic, architectural and organic form in celebration of the city’s 125th anniversary. www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 35 Practical Art History or Confessions of a Fine Art Appraiser Chapter 26. The Case of the Silent Song Silent Song is a wall mounted, site specific sculpture located in a small chapel in Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver. The sculpture, commissioned by the Church to coincide with the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, was blessed and dedicated on February 13, 2010. A wall-mounted text accompanied the piece and is placed on the chapel wall adjacent to the sculpture which is approximately 8 x 4 feet in size. The text reads in part: “Silent Song is intended to evoke rememberedorimaginedsoundsandcanbeconsideredametaphorformanydiverseindividualvoicesconjoined together in musical patterns. The artists have used the retired organ parts of the Casavant & Frere organ installed in Christ Church cathedral in 1949 which had incorporated pipes from the previous organ. The Casavant organ served the congregation for 54 years and now 1,700 of its pipes live on in the new Kenneth Jones tracker action pipe organ installed in Christ Church cathedral in 2004.” My involvement began when I was asked by the Church to appraise the sculpture, as the artists desired to donate the piece to the Church in return for a tax receipt. I undertook the assignment cognisant of the fact that standard appraisal protocol would require a methodology based on cost approach, rather than a cost-comparison approach, for evaluation. This approach relies on the artist or manufacturer to supply a statement of cost of labour and materials to include a reasonable expectation of profit. The number of hours involved in production and the hourly labour cost is accepted uncontested, in good faith and no attempt is made to verify that information. The appraisal is therefore based on the wholesale price of the sculpture and does not reflect additional price anomalies associated with a retail environSilent Song sculpture, located in Christ Church ment. Intangibles associated with artistic merit and those of Cathedral in Vancouver site specificity and uniqueness are not taken into consideration, however the commitment of the artist, as evidenced by previous works and critical peer review in the art world is considered. For income tax purposes, donations of art assets are known as gifts in kind and are identified as listed personal property, however a donation by an artist of his/her work is considered to be from inventory. Donations can be made to a variety of charitable organizations ranging from those that support arts and culture, religious activities, the environment and sports and recreation. Upon receipt of the donation, the receiving institution issues a tax receipt for the appraised fair market value of the artwork. Usually an artwork with a value below $1000 does not require a written appraisal as the receiving institution’s in-house staff performs the evaluation. However for items over $1000, the receiving institution requires a written appraisal by an independent qualified appraiser. The cost of appraisal is usually paid for by the receiving institution. The difference between the original purchased price and the appraised value is subject to 50% capital gain. Charitable donations of artworks of significant cultural property as determined by The Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board are not subject to capital gains. However, charities receiving gifts of cultural property are subject to a penalty tax in certain circumstances if they dispose of the property within 10 years. The tax receipt is issued for the appraised fair market value. Next issue: The Case of Edgar Heap of Birds 36 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Bau-Xi Gallery 3045 Granville St ✆604-733-7011 www.bau-xi.com mon-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 12-4pm. Apr 9-23 Andre Petterson, new series of mixed media works; UPPER GALLERY Heidi Leverty, photography depicting the life-cycle of every day objects; Apr 28-May 13 Brent Boechler, urbanized abstract landcapes; UPPER GALLERY Anthony Redpath, photography with themes of allusion and paradox; May 14-28 Karen Yurkovich, organic forms float, fading in and out of complex surfaces; UPPER GALLERY Elliott Wilcox, British photographer captures racquet, squash and traditional tennis courts. Becker Galleries 210-1333 Johnston St, Pier 32, Granville Island ✆604-681-7677 www.beckergalleries.com wed-fri 10am-5pm sat 11am-3pm or by appt. Thru Apr 29 Jim Gislason, “Nocturne”, new work; May 2-28 Jolinda Linden, “Method 11”, new work. Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Art 639 Hornby St ✆604-682-3455 www.billreidgallery.ca www.preview-art.com wed-sun 11am-5pm. Admission: adults $10, seniors/students $7, youth/child 5-17 $5, kids 4 and under free, family (2 adults + children) $25. Group rates and guided tours available when booked in advance. Admission subject to tax. Showcasing the permanent collection of Bill Reid alongside changing exhibitions of contemporary Northwest Coast art. Thru Jun 5 Adelaide de Menil, “Revisiting the Silence”, black and white photographs taken in the late 1960s follow the tradition of travelling to see the totem poles along the Northwest Coast. Blanket Contemporary Art Inc. 560 Seymour St, 2nd Flr ✆604-709-6100 www.blanketgallery.com wed-sat 12-6pm and by appt. AprMay Neil Campbell. Britannia Art Gallery 1661 Napier St, Britannia Library ✆604-718-5800 www.britanniacentre.org mon, thurs, fri 8:30am-5pm tues, wed 8:30am-9pm sat 9:30am-5pm sun 15pm. Thru Apr 8 Creating Resistance: Youth Art/Work from the Purple This- tle Centre; Apr 20-Jun 3 Laiwan, “PDA for your PDA: ode to an oceanic turn”, a public participation installation using cellular phones and poetic texts. Buschlen Mowatt Gallery 1445 W Georgia St, Main Flr ✆604-682-1234 www.buschlenmowatt.com mon-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm. Gallery closing Apr 24. Thru Apr 15 Gallery artists. After 25 successful years of business at 1445 W Georgia St, the gallery is moving on. We will be available for private viewings by appt only. Contact bmg@buschlenmowatt.com. Catriona Jeffries Gallery 274 E 1st Ave ✆604-736-1554 www.catrionajeffries.com tues-sat 11am-5pm. Thru Apr 30 Arabella Campbell; May 13-Jun 25 Robert Kleyn, Works 1969 – 1983. Centre A, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art 2 W Hastings St ✆604-683-8326 www.centrea.org tues-sat 11am-6pm. Apr 21-May 6 PREVIEW 37 Kyohei Sakaguchi, “Drawings 20002010”, in conjunction with the 12th Anniversary Fundraising Gala & Art Auction; Apr 22-25 Gallery closed; Apr 29 Japan Relief Fundraiser, evening of performance, collaboration and experimental readings, visit the website for information; May 28-Jul 2 Howie Tsui, “Celestials of Saltwater City”. ★ Chali-Rosso Art Gallery 2250 Granville St ✆604-733-3594 www.chalirosso.com tues-sun 10:30am-6pm or by appt. Original drawings, engravings and lithographs by European Masters Picasso, Chagall, Miro, Dali, Matisse, Braque, Renoir, Degas, Manet, Signac, Rembrandt. Ongoing Chagall, “Jerusalem Windows” suite, Dali, “Retrospectives”, Miro,” Melodie Acide” and Picasso, early etchings from the 1930s. Charles H. Scott Gallery Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 1399 Johnston St, Granville Island ✆604-844-3809 www.chscott.ecuad.ca mon-fri 12-5pm sat-sun 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 17 Ron Tran, “It Knows Not What It Is”, site-specific installation where the use or value of an everyday object is shifted from obscurity to veneration. Choboter Fine Art 23 Alexander St ✆604-688-0145 604-779-7050 www.choboter.com mon-sat 12-6pm. Unique figurative abstract paintings by Vancouver artist Don Choboter. ★ Circle Craft Gallery 1-1666 Johnston St, Granville Island ✆604-669-8021 www.circlecraft.net daily 10am-7pm. Apr 8-May 3 Jason Marlow, “Storytellers”, turned wood, sculpted and decorated wall pieces, vessels and decorated bowls reflect Marlow’s observations from his studio in Qualicum Bay; May 6-31 Miran Elbakyan, “New Work”, B.C.-made wrought iron work. Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery 1024 Mainland St, Yaletown, 2nd location: 312 Water St, Gastown ✆604-685-9298 604-684-9222 www.coastalpeoples.com Yaletown mon-sat 10am-7pm sun & 38 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS holidays 11am-6pm, Gastown monsat 10am-6pm sun & holidays 11am5pm. GASTOWN AND YALETOWN GALLERIES Thru May 30 Contemporary Pacific Northwest Coast, an ongoing group exhibition illustrating a blend of styles, various communities and mediums featuring significant and emerging aboriginal artisans who push the boundaries of this ancient art form. Contemporary Art Gallery 555 Nelson St ✆604-681-2700 www.contemporaryartgallery.ca wed-sun 12-6pm. Apr 8-Jun 5 Ruti Sela and Maayan Amir, “Beyond Guilt”, video trilogy produced from 2003 and 2008 shows a complex and mischievous, yet prosaic, portrayal of sex and politics; Sharon Hayes, “In the Near Future”, installation that takes protest as its subject – over four years, Hayes staged actions in six different cities and documented her performances, of which she collected nearly 250 images, presenting them on slide projectors. Craft Council of BC Gallery 1386 Cartwright St, Granville Island ✆604-687-7270 888-687-6511 www.preview-art.com www.craftcouncilbc.ca Gallery: daily 10.30am-5.30pm, Office: tues-thurs 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 7 Stefanie Dueck, “Segments”, hand-forged original metal sculptures, an exploration into the parallels between metal fabrication and the constructs of nature, whose theme revolves around arthropods, invertebrates with a segmented body and jointed limbs; Apr 14-May 26 Deb Dumka and Sylvie Mazerolle, “Water on Stone, Fiber, Memory and Muscle”, explores in handmade felt an observation that people respond to elements of nature in a way that seems to draw on ancient knowledge. Diane Farris Gallery 1590 W 7th Ave ✆604-737-2629 www.dianefarrisgallery.com tues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 10am-5pm and by appt. Thru Apr 9 “Inventory Sale”, rotation of works by gallery artists and from The Seymour Collection including Roberta Bondar, Judith Currelly, Angela Grossmann, Neil Wedman, Nick Lepard and Attila Richard Lukacs, also available various works on paper, books, catalogues and posters; After April 9 By appointment. Doctor Vigari Gallery 1816 Commercial Dr. ✆604-255-9513 www.doctorvigarigallery.com mon-sat 11am-6pm sun 12am-5pm. New and Larger Location, more artists, going back to roots of signature designer furniture, home accessories, jewellery, glass, pottery and fine art; Wendy Berry Custom Framing on the premises. Dorian Rae Collection 410 Howe St ✆604-874-6100 www.dorianraecollection.com mon-fri 10:30am-5:30pm sat 10:30am5pm sun by appt. Longest established Asian and African ethnographic gallery in Vancouver, featuring exceptional Asian and African artifacts, statues, masks, ritual items, Buddhas, beads, tribal jewellery, textiles and antique furniture. Currently featuring rare and beautiful Southeast Asian and Himalayan Buddhas and ritual items. Douglas Reynolds Gallery 2335 Granville St ✆604-731-9292 www.douglasreynoldsgallery.com mon-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm. Specializing in museum-quality Northwest Coast art and offering a wide PREVIEW 39 Thank you for 28years Stay tuned, exciting times ahead... After 28 years, Diane Farris Gallery is closing its physical doors and opening a wider gateway into the virtual world. The gallery’s website is being enhanced to feature new components. We will remain a major destination for Dale Chihuly, hold occasional exhibitions and spotlight new talent. We look forward to continuing to enrich our vibrant online community in exciting new ways. Follow us online. April – Inventory + 2nd Market Sales After April 9 by appointment only – 604-737-2629 Continuing online at dia ne fa r r is ga lle r y.c om 1590 W. 7th Avenue Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6J 1S2 Tel. 604-737-2629 www.dianefarrisgallery.com art@dianefarrisgallery.com 5 minutes to D OW N TOW N W 5 AV 01 W 6 AV 02 03 04 (2nd Flr) 05 06 W 7 AV 07 08 09 W 8 AV 10 11 12 13 16 14 H E M LO C K ST F I R ST 15 G RA N V I L L E ST W B ROADWAY W 14 AV W 15 1 5 AV 15 minutes to AI R PORT The number one destination for ART 01 Uno Lan gmann 604.736.8825 09 Monte Clark 604.730.5000 02 Douglas Udell 604.736.8900 10 Kurbato ff kur batoffgaller y.com 03 Petley Jones 604.732 .5353 11 JACANA 604.879.9306 04 Ian Tan 604.738.1077 12 Marion Scott 604.685.1934 05 Heffel 604.732.6505 13 Granville Fine Ar t 604.266.6010 06 Diane Farris 604.737.2629 14 Ar t Emporium 604.738.3510 07 Equinox 604.736.2405 15 Winsor Galler y 604.681.4870 08 Douglas Reynolds 604.731.9292 16 Bau-Xi 604.733.7 011 VICTORIA GALLERIES ALCHERINGA GALLERY ART GALLERY OF GREATER VICTORIA Contemporary Aboriginal Art: Canadian Northwest Coast, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Torres Strait Beauty, serenity, immortality, folly. Four new exhibitions await your discovery. 665 FORT STREET 250-383-8224 1040 MOSS STREET 250-384-4171 OPEN 7 DAYS TUES – SAT 10-5, THURS 10-9, SUN 12-5 www.alcheringa-gallery.com www.aggv.ca SHELLEY MILLER, SUGAR MURAL (DETAIL) JEFF MOLLOY RICHARD SUMNER SCOTT MCFARLAND The Artist’s Garden – Through Jun 5 OPEN SPACE WINCHESTER GALLERIES Shelley Miller Stained – sugar mural April through May, or until it disintegrates Jeff Molloy: Fachado Cubana (The Cuban Façade) Jamie Drouin and Trudi Lynn Smith May 7 – 28 Conduit – multimedia installation Apr 16-30 510 FORT STREET 250-383-8833 www.openspace.ca 2260 OAK BAY AVENUE 250-595-2777 TUES-SAT 10AM-5:30PM www.winchestergalleriesltd.com VICTORIA GALLERIES THE AVENUE GALLERY VIEW ART GALLERY Angela Morgan Wild Things Jennifer Davis & Dave Barnes New Paintings Through April 16 Immense Cheryl Taves & Yuri Arajs April 21 – May 21 104-860 VIEW STREET 250-213-1162 www.viewartgallery.ca ARTISTIC STATEMENT ECLECTIC GALLERY JOAN HILL PAT MARTIN BATES CHERYL TAVES ANGELA MORGAN 2184 OAK BAY AVENUE 250-598-2184 info@theavenuegallery.com www.theavenuegallery.com Gallery and School of Fine Art Pat Martin Bates Artist/Instructor: Joan Hill Timeless: Mandalas, Mandorlas and other Mighty Little Inscapes 107 - 2250 OAK BAY AVENUE (Monterey Mews, lower level) 250-383-0566 www.artisticstatementgalleryandschool.com April 17 – May 31 2170 OAK BAY AVENUE 250-590-8095 www.eclecticgallery.ca a group show of works in a variety of media on the subject of heartbreak and brokenness; May 18-Jun 19 Merrell Gerber, “A Light Touch”, meditative mixed media sculptural works; Lawrence Lowe, fine ink drawings on panel and aboriginal drums. DOUGLAS REYNOLDS GALLERY, VANCOUVER, CONT’D selection of works by leading Native artists including Bill Reid, Robert Davidson, Don Yeomans and Beau Dick, featuring carved wood masks, bentwood boxes, totem poles, panels, hand crafted gold and silver jewellery and carrying a wide variety of prints, baskets and bronze and glass edition works. Apr-May Selected works by gallery artists. Peter Aspell, Wall X-Ray, oil on board [Gallery Jones, Vancouver BC, Apr 5-28] Douglas Udell Gallery 1566 W 6th Ave, 2nd Flr ✆604-736-8900 www.douglasudellgallery.com tues-sat 10am-6pm. Apr 2-16 25th Anniversary – Part 2, secondary market works and new acquisitions; Apr 30-May 21 Dean Drever, “Black & White”, explores reciprocal functions of cultural identification – variations between individual freedom and social oppression. by delicate but gracefully constructed birds’ nests. Elissa Cristall Gallery 2245 Granville St ✆604-730-9611 www.CristallGallery.com tues-fri 11am-6pm sat 11am5:30pm. Apr 14-May 21 Paul Bernhardt, Eric Deis, Anda Kubis and guest artists, “Spring Exhibition”. Elliott Louis Gallery Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery 1640 Johnston St, Granville Island ✆604-689-1650 www.dundaraveprintworkshop.ca wed-sun 11am-5pm. Thru Apr 24 New Works by Sabina Sutherland and Mikolaj Smolinski, etchings, silkscreen and mixed media work; Apr 25-May 22 Vahid Dastpak, “The Parable of the Flying Cow and other fabricated stories...”, etchings; May 23-Jun 19 40th Anniversary Show, juried exhibition of past and present members’ work. Eagle Spirit Gallery 1803 Maritime Mews, Granville Island ✆604-801-5205 www.eaglespiritgallery.com wed-mon 11am-5pm or by appt. Specializing in Northwest Coast and Inuit First Nations art and features museum quality hand-carved masks, panels, bentwood boxes, totem poles, argillite, button blankets, glass sculpture and Inuit stone works. 258 E 1st Ave ✆604-736-3282 www.elliottlouis.com tues-sat 10am-6pm. Apr 12-30 Jim Ramsay, “Secret Satisfaction”, collaborative paper sculptures conceived and created by Ramsay and enhanced by a wide range of artists; May 10-Jun 4 Alan Fulle, “Stripes and Dots”, large and medium-scale expressive abstract works done in layers of paint and resin. 2075 Alberta St ✆604-739-0429 604-889-2504 www.eastwoodonleygallery.com see hours below and by appt. Apr 210 12-6pm Rick Legal, “Underneath”, stark, edgy and striking black and white nude photographs; May 27-Jun 2 12-6pm Shirley Williams, “Graceful Line”, oil paintings inspired 44 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 1116 W Broadway ✆604-738-0017 www.framagraphic.com mon-fri 9:30am-6pm sat 10am-5pm. Specializing in contemporary Canadian and international limited edition prints and posters. Works available by Alvar, Boulanger, Clarke, Delacroix, Dojer, Forsythe, Harrison, Hiscock, Isaac, Klar, Lively, McKnight, Munoz, Otsuka, Pradzynski, Michael Robinson, Sugiura, Tickner and Barb Wood. Gallery at Hycroft, University Women’s Club of Vancouver 1489 McRae Ave ✆604-731-4661 www.uwcvancouver.ca Opening receptions: See Gallery Openings + Events, public welcome, phone for gallery viewing. Apr 3-28 Full Circle Art Collective, “Passage of Time...”; Rudi Diesvelt, jewellery, Celtic designs; May 1-Jun 1 The Quilt Squad; Irit Sorokin, jewellery, wearable art. Gallery Gachet ★ English Bay Gallery 101-1551 Johnston St, Granville Island ✆604-688-3006 www.EnglishBayGallery.com daily 10am-6pm. Ongoing Yoshi Yamamoto, photography; Bill Frampton, painting and photo collage. Equinox Gallery 2321 Granville St ✆604-736-2405 www.equinoxgallery.com tues-sat 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 9 Jack Shadbolt: The Isman Collection; Apr 13-May 7 Greg Murdock: New Paintings; May 14-Jun 4 Mary Pratt. Firehall Arts Centre Eastwood Onley Gallery Framagraphic Framing Gallery 280 E Cordova St ✆604-689-0691 www.firehallartscentre.ca wed-sat 1-5pm and before evening performances. Thru Apr 9 Ilsoo Kyung MacLaurin and Tony Yin Tak Chu, “Two Landscapes”, bucolic landscapes collide with the realities of urban life through photographs and paintings; Apr 13-May 15 “Heartbreak Hotel”, Bernadine Fox leads in 88 E Cordova St ✆604-687-2468 www.gachet.org wed-sun 12-6pm. Apr 8-28 Grant Mercs, “For All our Entropic States”, explores the breakdown and disorganization of process, including the systems that Mercs had previously used to create art; Branko Djuras, “Black and White With(out) the Grey”, Djuras lost his short- and long-term memory and spent a month in hospital reforming his identity where he created this series of photocopied parts of his human body; May 13-Jun 26 Frederick Cummings, “Margins”, uses homoerotic and sexually charged imagery to deal with mental illness and its stigmatization within our culture features painting, drawing, photography and video work; Quin Martins, “The Mentally Ill as Simulacra”, seeks a more wryly humorous approach with conceptual, tongue-incheek artmaking,where the mentally ill person in society is seen as a lesser version of a normal person, so the entrenched stigmatization of the mentally ill person is reified. ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS ★ Gallery Jones 1725 W 3rd Ave ✆604-714-2216 www.galleryjones.com tues-fri 11am-6pm sat 12-5pm and by appt. Apr 5-28 Peter Aspell, “Gods and Machines”, works from the estate including the monumental ‘March of the Machines’; May 5-28 Kristin Bjornerud, delicate and highly detailed gouache and watercolour paintings by Ontario artist Bjornerud. Gallery of B.C. Ceramics 1359 Cartwright St, Granville Island ✆604-669-3606 www.galleryofbcceramics.com daily 10am-6pm. Apr 30-May 29 Spottery, various artists explore, experiment and play with a spot-dot theme. Granville Fine Art 2447 Granville St ✆604-266-6010 www.granvillefineart.com tues-fri 10am-6pm sat 10am-5pm sun & mon 12-5pm. Top quality Canadian and European masterworks as well as paintings by Monika Aebischer, Kathryn Amisson, Coral Barclay, Rachel Berman, Joe Coffey, Leonard Cohen, Dene Croft, Jane Everett, Elene Gamache, Michael Den Hertog, Susan www.preview-art.com Hetherington, Wanda Koop, LoriAnn Latremouille, Lissi Legge, Rita Letendre, Brent Lynch, Morley Myers, Janice Mason Steeves, Suzanne Northcott, Janice Robertson, Ernestine Tahedl, Takao Tanabe, Deborah Worsfold, Sean Yelland, Shyh-Charng Lo, Scott Pattinson, Peter Wyse, Alan Wylie, Hashim Hannoon, Toni Onley and more. May 14-Jun 18 Jean-Paul Riopelle, “Riopelle: Mémoires d’Ateliers”, bronze sculptures and charcoal drawings. Greenery Gallery 3735 W 10th Ave ✆604-688-2832 www.greenerynativeartgallery.com mon-fri 10am-5pm sat 12-4pm or by appt. Displays the vibrant colours of the woodland style of Ojibway art against a lush background of fresh flowers and orchid plants. Featuring original works by Mark Anthony Jacobson and Jim Oskineegish. grunt gallery Unit 116-350 E 2nd Ave ✆604-875-9516 www.grunt.ca tues-sat 12-5pm. Apr 14 5-8pm Grunt Media Lab Opening, recent renovation modifying its kitchen area into a high tech media lab entitled ‘gruntKitchen’, represents the culmination of two months of renovation and several years of fundraising and planning; Apr 22-May 21 Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, “Old Growth”, 30+-year selection of published works and previously unseen drawings and sketches, combines traditional Haida form-line with the conventions of Asian graphic novels known as ‘manga’ in a distinct style he calls ‘Haida Manga’, also the release of his latest publication, a retrospective collection of his graphic work, produced in conjunction with grunt gallery. Havana Gallery 1212 Commercial Dr ✆604-253-9119 www.havanarestaurant.ca mon-thurs 11am-11pm fri 11am-midnight sat 10am-midnight sun 10am11pm. Apr 3-16 Heather Adair, “Signs of Life”, photography; Apr 17-30 William P. Stock; May 1-14 Roger Fidler, “Photographs, Photo-etchings, Photoworks”; May 15-28 Katherine McTavish, “Saudade”, mixed media on wood. PREVIEW 45 www.thenewgallery.org Heather Passmore: Form Letters THE NEW GALLERY, CALGARY AB – Mar 18-Apr 23, 2011 The most interesting thing about Vancouver artist Heather Passmore’s practice may be the rejection letters she has received in response to her applications to art galleries, granting agencies and artist residencies. Her Form Letters series (2008-ongoing) is a body of work using rejection letters, literally, as the basis for drawing and painting. Passmore has invited “patrons” of her work to sponsor a piece through a $50 donation. After drawing and painting around, between and beside the passages of text in each letter, she prints and distributes copies of the completed work. Many of the images are decorated with adorable animals, bucolic landscapes and imaginative weather conditions reminiscent of the light touch of the 19th-century French artist Honoré Daumier, or the children’s illustrators Beatrix Potter and Kate Greenaway. Other works – much less comforting and more in the spirit of feeling rejected – have a dark, urban realism. Heather Passmore is actually an accomplished artist who combines painting, drawing and photography with used materials such as linoleum, mattresses, plywood, and T-shirts. For the past ten years she has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions across Canada and Heather Passmore, Form Letters 2009 (2010), mixed media internationally. She earned a BFA from the University of [The New Gallery, Calgary AB, Mar 18-Apr 23] British Columbia in 2000 and an MFA in 2004. Despite her rejections, she has had nine solo shows and four two-person exhibits in the past six years, and has been the recipient of 16 awards, scholarships and grants. Following the Calgary exhibit, she will be in residence in Iceland during the month of May. Mia Johnson Heffel Fine Art Auction House 2247 Granville St ✆604-732-6505 800-528-9608 www.heffel.com mon-sat 10am-6pm. Apr 7-28 Online Auction Fine International Art/Important Estate and Corporate Collections; May 5-26 Online Auction Fine Canadian Art; Live Auction VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE WEST May 17 4pm, Post-War & Contemporary Art; 7pm, Fine Canadian Art. Helen Pitt Gallery ✆604-681-6740 www.helenpittgallery.org Re-opening in a new location in spring 2011. Howe Street Gallery of Fine Art & The Soul of Africa Collection 555 Howe St ✆604-681-5777 www.howestreetgallery.com daily 10am-6pm. The gallery has the North American exclusive for limited edition bronzes by Richard L. Minns, themes are from Biblical and Greek mythology, new additions include ‘Icarus’ Ascent’, ‘Samson and Delilah’ and ‘Achilles’ Final Moment’. Also featuring Bill Higginson, new graphite drawings; Andrew McDermott, fresh pastels by the president of the Federation of Canadian Artists. 320-1000 Parker St ✆604-876-7606 604-349-7606 www.hodnettfineart.com by appt only. Apr-May Noel Hodnett, “Studio Paintings”. 46 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Ian Tan Gallery 2202 Granville St ✆604-738-1077 www.iantangallery.com mon-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm. Apr 2-21 “Gallery Artists Group Show”, introducing Peter Harris; Apr 30-May 21 Jay Senetchko, paintings. International Arts Gallery ★ Hunter Bisset Gallery hfa contemporary over the world making anonymous wishes, apologies and declarations, also showing related art; May 13-Jun 11 Tony Yin Tak Chu, multi-media artist whose work crosses boundaries and expands perceptions, blending the traditional with the truly unique. 2035-88 W Pender St, International Village Mall ✆778-373-9165 604-715-5608 www.hunterbisset.com wed-sun 12-6pm mon & tues by appt. Apr 7-30 Epistolary, interactive installation with handwritten letters from all 2083-2091, 88 W Pender St, International Village Mall ✆604-569-1886 416-231-4091 www.internationalartsgallerybc.ca mon-fri 12-6pm and by appt. Apr 23May 1 John Chen, “Follow My Heart”, classical Chinese ink paintings and ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS calligraphy; May 13-15 John Chen, Chang Shin-Cheng, Lam Pak-Leung and several SongZhuang artists from Beijing, “Opening Night at the International Village Mall”, classical Chinese ink paintings and calligraphy, oil on canvas and contemporary Chinese ink paintings. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver 206 Cambie St, Gastown ✆604-688-7323 888-615-8399 www.inuit.com mon-sat 10am-6pm sun 11am-5pm. Thru Apr 15 Samonie Toonoo, Kooyoo Peter, Pudlalik Shaa, Jutai Toonoo, Padlaya Qiatsuq, Ningeosiak Ashoona, Toonoo Sharky and Isacie Etidloie, “Continuum”, showcases diverse and unique work with a contemporary view of life in the Arctic, follows exhibitions in 2000 and 2005 of the same promising, emerging carvers in Cape Dorset; Apr 16-May 6 Linus Woods, Dakota/Ojibway from the Long Plain First Nation in Southern Manitoba, paintings in acrylic, oil and collage on canvas are expressions and extensions of his spiritual journey. JACANA Gallery 2435 Granville St ✆604-879-9306 www.jacanagallery.com tues-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm. Apr-May Spring Group Show, rotating exhibitions of recent works by gallery artists and a few guest artists. ★ Jennifer Kostuik Gallery 1070 Homer St ✆604-737-3969 www.kostuikgallery.com mon-wed and fri-sat 10am-6pm thurs 10am-8pm sun 1-5pm. Opens Apr 14 David Burdeny, “Ancora”, new photographic works of France, Italy, Japan and Southeast Asia. ★ Jeunesse Gallery of Fine Arts 2668 W 4th Ave ✆604-737-2438 www.jeunessegallery.com mon-sun 10am-6pm. Thru Apr Stefan Natchkov, “Seasons”, recent works in bronze; Thru May Iv. Drou, “North American Birds”, realistic paintings, tempera on paper. Katherine McLean Studio 1-1359 Cartwright St (Rear), Granville Island. Find the studio in Railspur Alley opposite Agro Cafe ✆604-684-8452 604-377-6689 www.katherinemclean.com www.preview-art.com wed-sun 11am-5pm or by chance. Apr-May Katherine McLean, encaustic paintings of Gardens in the Wild, a new series of still life ceramics is underway, see the work in progress. Kurbatoff Art Gallery 2427 Granville St ✆604-736-5444 www.kurbatoffgallery.com tue-sat 10:30am-5:30pm sun 12-5pm. Thru Apr “New Works by Gallery Artists”, new artists Gerda Marschall, paintings and Trinita Waller, bronze sculptures; also showing Donna Baspaly, Chris Charlebois, Geoff Farnsworth, Brittani Faulkes, Jutta Kaiser, Eva Kolacz, Chris Langstroth, Gerda Marschall, Joel Masewich, Jennifer Seymour, Andries Veerman, Marleen Vermeulen, Verna Vogel, Kathleen Weich and Ann Zielinski and bronze sculptures by Reinhard Skoracki; May 5-19 Eva Kolacz, “New Works”, Toronto-based artist showing acrylic on canvas three-dimensional paintings of semi-abstract landscapes. Langara College Fine Arts Dept 100 W 49th Ave, Main Foyer, A Bldg ✆604-323-5316 www.langara.bc.ca mon-fri 8am-9pm sat & sun 9am7pm. Apr 20-28 2011 Fine Arts StuPREVIEW 47 www.willamette.edu/museum_of_art PHOTO: FRANK MILLER Glory of Kings: Ethiopian Christian Art from Oregon Collections HALLIE FORD MUSEUM OF ART, SALEM OR – Mar 19-Jun 12, 2011 Christianity in Ethiopia emerged in the fourth-century CE (AD) during the reign of Emperor Ezana, ruler of the ancient Aksumite kingdom. Located on an trade route running along the Red Sea between India and the Roman Empire, the near-east African region of Ethiopia likely adopted Christianity as a result of trade relationships with merchants of the Roman Empire. After Ezana’s religious conversion, an Eastern Orthodox form of Christianity spread. By the 15th century, the followers had developed a strong tradition of icon painting. The provincial sect of Christianity traces its imperial lines back to the union of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheeba of Aksum (Axum). The popular national story, which is often the subject of religious artwork in the 20th century, credits their son Menelik with bringing the Ark of the Covenant to Ethiopia. Glory of Kings was organized by Willamette University art history professor Ann Nicgorski and A. Dean McKenzie, professor emeritus of art history at Double-sided, two-tiered triptych (Saints and Scenes from the the University of Oregon. The exhibit draws from Life of Christ), Orthodox Christian (20th C.), carved wood and several Oregon collections and presents a range of tempera on wood [Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem OR, Mar Ethiopian icons, magic scrolls, pendants and other objects of faith and ritual practice. Some of the finer 19-Jun 12] Collection: Father Tom Yurchak, Eugene, Oregon examples on exhibit include ornate processional crosses carved from wood and embellished with silver, and parchment manuscripts illuminated with colourful narratives in tempera and ink. Allyn Cantor dents’ Exhibition, new generation of artists in painting, sculpture, drawing, design, ceramics, printmaking and new media. Lattimer Gallery 1590 W 2nd Ave ✆604-732-4556 www.lattimergallery.com mon-sat 10am-5pm sun 11am-5pm holidays 12-5pm. Celebrating 24 years as a gallery specializing in Northwest Coast Native art, the gallery offers a comprehensive selection of original works of art by First Nations artists, including gold and sterling silver jewellery, masks, panels, bentwood boxes, totem poles, argillite, sculptures, paintings and limited edition prints. ★ Marilyn S. Mylrea Gallery 2341 Granville St ✆604-736-2450 www.marilynmylrea.com 48 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 wed-sun 12-5pm or by appt. Thru Jun 23 “Harmony of Hues”, featuring the magnificence of colour with rich reds, golden tones, deep blues, soft shades with subtle variations and brilliant luminosity showcasing tranquil landscape abstracts by Marilyn S. Mylrea, beautiful shimmering landscapes by Robert Jess Marshall and wonderful realism paintings and vivid abstracts by Jane Bronsch. Marion Scott Gallery 2423 Granville St ✆604-685-1934 www.marionscottgallery.com tues-sat 10am-6pm sun 11am-5pm. Thru Apr 10 Itee Pootoogook, drawings of contemporary Inuit life from Cape Dorset; Apr 16-May 8 “Gallery Artists”, featuring Edward Epp, Oviloo Tunnnillie, Nick Sikkuark, Hazel Wilson and Jutai Toonoo; May 12-Jun 12 Jamasie Pitseolak, “Sculptures, Drawings, Prints”, first solo exhibition by one of northern Canada’s most innovative artists featuring ingeniously crafted images of motorcycles, electric guitars and machinery. Monny’s Art Gallery 2675 W 4th Ave ✆604-733-2082 www.envisionoptical.ca mon-sat 11am-6pm. This gallery of long-time collector Monny has a permanent collection of artwork as well as rotating exhibitions of local artists: Andrea Gower, Kerensa Haynes, Ted Hesketh, Sonia Kobrahel and Stanimir Stoylov. Monte Clark Gallery 2339 Granville St ✆604-730-5000 www.monteclarkgallery.com tues-sat 10am-6pm. Apr 28-May 28 Brad Phillips, “Someone Write Me”. ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery University of British Columbia 1825 Main Mall ✆604-822-2759 604-822-3640 www.belkin.ubc.ca tues-fri 10am-5pm sat & sun 12-5pm closed holidays. Thru Jun 5 Faces: Works From The Permanent Collection, explores the diverse ways faces are represented and how ideas about gender, race and class affect our understanding of them; Thru Apr 30 WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY, 1958 MAIN MALL, UBC, Faces, selection of official portraits of men and women who have been a part of the history of the University of British Columbia. Museum of Anthropology University of British Columbia 6393 NW Marine Dr ✆604-822-5087 www.moa.ubc.ca tues 10am-9pm wed-sun 10am-5 pm. Admission: adults $14 students & seniors 65+ $12 UBC staff, students & faculty free with ID, family $35, children under 6 free, tues 59pm $7, groups included. Book in advance for group rates and guided tours. Apr 8-May 29 Carl Beam, curated by Greg Hill; Thru Sep 30 Signed Without Signature – Works by Charles & Isabella Edenshaw. Museum of Vancouver 1100 Chestnut St, Vanier Park ✆604-736-4431 www.museumofvancouver.ca tues-sun 10am-5pm, thurs 10am-8pm. Admission: adults $12, seniors & students $10, youth 5-17 $8, children 4 and under free, family (2 adults & 2 youth) $35. Thru May 1 SweaterLodge, suspended in the museum, a mammoth polarfleece sweater becomes a soft lodge, an exhibit that is uniquely Vancouver; Opens May 4 Bhangra.me: Vancouver’s Bhangra Story, interactive exhibit showcasing Vancouver’s vibrant Bhangra music and dance scene from the 1970s to 2011 – dance in the Performers’ Lounge, attend an unplugged concert, listen to local DJ-curated playlists and hear about Bhangra’s social, political and anti-racism history; Ongoing Vancouver History Galleries tells Vancouver’s stories from the early 1900s to the late 1970s. Omega Gallery 4290 Dunbar St ✆604-732-6778 www.omegagallery.ca mon-sat 10am-6pm. Apr 2-30 “Spring www.preview-art.com Group Show”, the beauty of nature featuring Leonard Matte, Jim Charles and others; May 2-12 Moms in Our Midst, featuring artists who are also mothers; May 16-Jun 3 Capilano University Grad Show. Dana Claxton; May 16 Michael Turner, “10 Seconds”, a year-long series, Vancouver artists have created 10-second media artworks being released crossplatform on Facebook, YouTube and the Canada Line commuter digital network, curated by Paul Wong. ON MAIN Gallery ✆604-872-7713 www.youtube.com/offonmain OFF MAIN AT THE WALDORF HOTEL, 1031489 E Hastings St, 604-253-7141 daily 5-9pm. Apr 1-30 Paul Wong, “Sally”, “Perfect Day” and “Chelsea Hotel”, three video portraits; CANADA LINE SUBWAY VIDEO SCREENS Launching Apr 18 Or Gallery 555 Hamilton St ✆604-683-7395 www.orgallery.org tues-sat 12-5pm. Apr 2-May 7 Hadley+Maxwell, “Who That Happens”, the cut, from the Latin root of the word decision, is used as a formal device to bring together a series of PREVIEW 49 www.galleryjones.com Kristin Bjornerud: New Paintings GALLERY JONES, VANCOUVER BC – May 5-28, 2011 Kristin Bjornerud creates delicate, fanciful and introspective images resembling illustrations for children’s books or fables. With titles like Memorial and Sanctuary, her watercolour paintings explore themes of politics, ecology and mythology through placement of small people and animals on isolated grounds. The expanses of white space surrounding the mythical encounters between people and animals give the images a slightly surrealist or dreamlike quality. At the same time, the pictures have a surprisingly strong sense of period and place that addresses, in particular, moral and ecological concerns about species protection. New works include a fresh focus on more formal compositional devices for presenting visual narratives. These works have no specific theme other Kristin Bjornerud, Sanctuary (2010), watercolour and gouache [Gallery Jones, than “the lens of folktales, dreams, and Vancouver BC, May 5-28] magical realism”, as Bjornerud puts it. She experiments with placement, scale and groupings as well as the temporal and cinematographic qualities of her narratives in these slightly more complex scenes. Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, Kristin Bjornerud earned her MFA at the University of Saskatchewan (2005), her BFA from the University of Lethbridge (2002), and is the recipient of several grants from the Saskatchewan Arts Board. Her work is included in the collections of the Canada Council Art Bank, the Saskatchewan Arts Board and Citibank Canada. She currently lives and works in Hamilton, Ontario. Mia Johnson works that focus on the undecidable status of the human, the emphasis is on the wandering nature of human subjectivity, expressed not only in the arbitrary nature of the placement of the cuts, the multiplication of surfaces, but also the mobile character of the materials used (objects from flea markets). ★ Pendulum Gallery in the Atrium 885 W Georgia St, HSBC Bldg ✆604-250-9682 www.pendulumgallery.bc.ca mon-wed 9am-5pm thur-fri 9am-9pm sat 9am-5pm. Apr 4-16 Waves of Light, curated group show exploring the material and spiritual nature of light, showcasing the visual culture of the Ismaili Community; Apr 18-30 Ross Kelly, large format panorama images of New York, Chicago, Vancouver, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai, each utilize up to 1,000 separate images taken over the course of several weeks; May 2-14 Kwantlen University: Graphic Design Exhibition, graduate show from the Graphic Design for 50 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Marketing program at Kwantlen Polytechnic University explores visual communication across multiple formats including publications, websites, packaging and publicity. ★ Pera Gallery 413 West Hastings St ✆604-689-7370 604-689-7372 www.peraartgallery.com mon-fri 10am-6pm sat 11am-4pm. Thru Apr 23 Jay Senetchko, “Apologia”, paintings using elements of iconic visual and literary works of art to invoke a contemplative ‘old-world’ feel with elements from various art historical moments, philosophies, periods and painters; May 5-26 Marcus Mcleod, “That, Them and Me”, recent series of figurative works chronicle observations, aspirations and reflections of the past year. Peter Kiss Studio and Gallery 1327 Railspur Alley, Granville Island ✆604-696-0433 www.peterkiss.com Apr: tues-sun 10:30am-5:30pm, May: daily 10am-6pm. A constantly chang- ing collection of 2, 2 1/2, and 3-D artwork that combines social commentary, wit, humour, colour and wood. Petley Jones Gallery 1554 West 6th Ave ✆604-732-5353 www.petleyjones.com mon-sat 10am-6pm. Thru Apr 14 Duncan Regehr RCA: A Four Part Series of New Works, works in oil, collection comprised of four luminous sub-series – Doppelganger, Apparition, Revenant and Omniscience – explore facets of human states of being; May 5-19 Pilar Mehlis: Metanoia, new works in oil are dynamic compositions utilizing symbols drawn from historical visual language as well as Greek mythology. Queen Elizabeth Theatre Mezzanine Gallery Emily Carr University Alumni Association, Queen Elizabeth Theatre (between Georgia and Dunsmuir) ✆604-630-4562 www.ecuad.ca/people/alumni Open during theatre performances or by ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS appt. Thru May 23 Jeremy Green, “Common Ground”, paintings catalogue, explore and translate childhood memories inspired by movies, hockey cards, comic books and music videos; Zarah Ackerman, “Fancy Chews”, sculptural works explore dualities such as comfort/discomfort and attraction/ repulsion, often using humour as a point of entry, which is influenced by art history and myth and draws inspiration from childhood and pop culture. Rendezvous Art Gallery 323 Howe St ✆604-687-7466 www.rendezvousartgallery.com mon-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 11am5pm. Ongoing Ever-changing display in various mediums featuring some of the finest artists in the Lower Mainland including Craig Yeats, Ron Hedrick, Rod Charlesworth, Amanda Jones, Paul Paquette, Shirley Thompson, Maya Eventov, Jane Armstrong, Sharon Danhelka, Berge Missakian, Greta Guzek, Danuta Rogula, Min Ma, Luciana Alvarez, Shirley Elias, Slava Tch, Angelica Montero, Jessica Hedrick, Dale Dumas and others, new artists include Krista Eaton, Mark Pytlos, Philippe Gadenne, Bev Beresh, Marion Webber, Sabina and Aleksandra, sculptures in various mediums by David Clancy, Betty Sager, Greg Metz, Shannon Ravenhall, Kevin Peters and Drissia Abid. Rennie Collection 51 E Pender St ✆604-682-2088 www.renniecollection.org Reservation is required. Bookings must be made through the form on the website. No charge for admission. Thru Apr 16 Thomas Houseago, masks and figurative sculptures; Amy Bessone, paintings and drawings of nudes or that allude to the nude; May 21-Oct 22 Martin Creed, British artist and 2001 Turner Prize winner, works and performances. Republic Gallery 732 Richards St, 3rd Flr ✆604-632-1590 www.republicgallery.com wed-sat 11am-5pm and by appt. Apr 15-May 21 Mike Andrew McLean, “Range: Mountain National Park Photographs”. Robinson Studio Gallery 440-1000 Parker St ✆604-254-8744 www.robinsonstudio.com tues & fri 10am-5pm and by appt. www.preview-art.com The gallery will be an ongoing local venue where consultants, art dealers and individual collectors may view the work of Canadian sculptor David Robinson. The gallery is also available for artwork and location rental. family heirlooms, a talking basket and cups of tea, artist Morin sets the idea of the museum on the kitchen table, a series of performances and an evolving installation to create a space in which to share Tahltan knowledge. Satellite Gallery ★ Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery 560 Seymour St, 2nd Flr ✆604-681-8425 wed-sat 12-6pm sun 12-5pm. Thru Apr 10 Rebecca Belmore, “The Named and the Unnamed”, installation incorporating a video of Vigil that Belmore performed at the corner of Gore and Cordova Streets on Jun 23, 2002, in polemical commemoration of the women who have gone missing in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver; Apr 20-Jul 3 Peter Morin’s Museum, through singing drums, Jewish Community Centre 950 W 41st Ave ✆604-638-7277 604-257-5111 ext. 244 www.jccgv.com/home/cultural_art.htm mon-thurs 8:30am-10:30pm fri 8:30amShabbat Closing (varies throughout the year) sun 9am-9pm. Thru Apr 3 Melanie Fogell, “Safe Space”, mixed media paintings on handmade papers combined with acrylic paint on heavy watercolour paper or canvas reflect many layers of Jewish history and her life PREVIEW 51 www.contemporaryartgallery.ca Sharon Hayes: In the Near Future CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, VANCOUVER BC – Apr 8-Jun 5, 2011 New York-based artist Sharon Hayes works in the areas of performance, video, and installation. The majority of her work utilizes and analyzes public modes of activism, from protest movements to letterwriting. Not an agitator per se, Hayes is interested in the strategies used by activists and protesters, the ways people come together in unified fronts at a specific time and place, and in the sociology of protest signs. As part of her own strategies, she has organized demonstrations that invite collaborators to analyze and define their roles, behaviour and actions. In her first solo Canadian exhibit, the CAG presents a multi-dimensional installation entitled In the Near Future (2005-ongoing). Incorporating 13 slide projectors and 354 images, In the Near Future features photos collected from audience members over the past four years of Hayes’s work in different cities in the U.S. and Europe, including New York, London, Warsaw, and Vienna. Her work has been shown throughout Europe and the United States, in Australia, Turkey, Japan and Colombia. Prestigious exhibits have included the Tate Modern in London, Museum Moderner Kunst and Generali Founda- Sharon Hayes, In the Near Future (2009), multipleslide-projection installation [Contemporary Art tion in Vienna, the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, the Gallery, Vancouver BC, Apr 8-Jun 5] 2010 Whitney Biennial, Istanbul Biennial (2009), Yokohama Triennale (2008), Guangzhou Triennial (2008), PERFORMA05, and Documenta XII in Kassel, Germany. Mia Johnson experiences, in particular, Jewish life in the Diaspora; Apr 7-May 8 Robyn Michele Levy, “Go Figure!”, collection of digital drawings/limited edition prints featuring evocative gesture drawings, recently diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s Disease and breast cancer, Robyn’s creativity and heightened appreciation for the human body have led to these whimsical artworks, 25% of the proceeds will go to Parkinson Society of BC; May 12-Jun 12 It’s All About Love, a juried group art exhibit. Spirit Wrestler Gallery 47 Water St, Gastown ✆604-669-8813 www.spiritwrestler.com mon-sat 10am-6pm sun & holidays 12-5pm. Representing master Northwest Coast, Inuit and Maori artists with a focus on exhibitions that showcase contemporary directions in Aboriginal art. Thru Apr 16 Mini Masterworks IV, cross-cultural group exhibition of small treasures; May 28-Jun 18 North52 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 ern Exposure 2011, work by graduates of the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art and their instructors. unexplored potential of the manifesto in a contemporary context. Toni Onley Estate Studio 13 Fine Art 1315 Railspur Alley, Granville Island ✆604-731-0068 604-307-9664 www.studio13fineart.com, www.alice rich.com and www.veronicafoster.com wed-mon 11am-5:30pm or by appt. Contemporary paintings and mixed media artworks by Alice Rich and guest artist Veronica Foster. Visit the artists in their unique working studio and gallery. Teck Gallery 515 W Hastings St ✆778-782-4266 www.sfu.ca/gallery open daily during campus hours. Thru May 27 Manifestos Now!, selected from 30 contemporary manifestos appearing in a special issue of The Capilano Review, published simultaneously with the show explore, revisit and revive the untapped and ✆604-324-2931 604-454-1928 www.tonionley.com by appt. Toni Onley The documentary “Landscape Revealed: The Art of Toni Onley” can be viewed on the website. For information about the Estate check the website. Trench Contemporary Art 102-148 Alexander St ✆604-681-2577 www.trenchgallery.com tues-fri 12-6pm sat 12-5pm or by appt. Thru Apr 9 Nicholas Galanin, “New Culture”, conceptual work from the last 5 years that pushes the boundaries of Northwest Coast cultural representation; Apr 16-May 21 Sara Robichaud, “The Milk is Opaque”, paintings which challenge us with the use of materials, unconventional methods and ambitious tendencies, her approach to abstraction ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS comforts us with historical references while at the same time sensuously pushing us to the edge of what’s new in painting. Unitarian Church of Vancouver 949 W 49th Ave ✆604-261-7204 www.vcn.bc.ca/unitarian/ sun 10am-1:30pm or call 604-2617204 for hours. Thru Apr 24 Haisla Collins, “The Living Universe”, Expressionistic paintings and drawings; Apr 24-May 29 Vancouver Coastal Health Art Studios, “Vision Melodies”, mixed media; May 29-Jun 26 Judy Villet, “Oh Canada”, fabric arts. Uno Langmann Limited 2117 Granville St ✆604-736-8825 800-730-8825 www.langmann.com tues-sat 10am-5pm or by appt. Apr “Northern Light”, paintings of the Danish countryside, a richly varied landscape of rolling hills, steep cliffs, lush forests and scenic coastlines, includes works by Peder M. Monsted, Borge Nyrop and Carl Frederic Aagaard; May “West of the Great Divide”, highlights the variety and richness of artistic visions of B.C. before the advancewww.preview-art.com ment of photography, with works by George Henry Burgess, Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, Frederick Simpson Coburn, Charles H. Scott and John A. Hammond; Ongoing A rotating selection of museum-quality paintings, objets d’art, and antiques from Europe and North America. Vanart Gallery & Studio 201-1587 W 8th Ave ✆778-898-8959 www.vanartgallerystudio.com wed and sat 12-6pm or by appt. Ongoing Group exhibition featuring paintings in oil, acrylic and mixed media by gallery artists including Jun Jung Mi, Paik Sae Hyun, Ingeburg Borowski, Stephania Schwartz and Young Song. ★ Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby St ✆604-662-4719 (24-hr info line) www.vanartgallery.bc.ca daily 10am-5pm, tues 10am-9pm. Special admission (incl tax): adults $19.50, seniors (65+) $14, students $13, children 5-12 $7, children 4 and uder free, family (maximum 2 adults, 2 children) $50, members free. Reference Library wed-fri 1-5pm. Thru May 1 We: Van- couver – 12 Manifestos for the City, artists, architects, designers, writers, filmmakers, activists and citizens-atlarge examine the city of Vancouver through the extraordinary range of practices, actions and ideas that shape and activate it; OFFSITE (the gallery’s public art space at Georgia and Thurlow) Heather and Ivan Morison, site-specific project, a pavilion which hovers between sculpture and architecture; Thru Sep 5 “Unreal”, works from the permanent collection, over 60 modern and contemporary artists including Jock Macdonald, Jack Shadbolt and Sandra Meigs to Francis Bacon, Cindy Sherman and Paul McCarthy who explore beyond the realm of the real and open our eyes to the marvelous, the fantastical, the weird, even the monstrous; Thru Sep 25 Ken Lum, first large-scale solo survey exploring themes of identity and public/private space, includes photography, sculpture and installations; Apr 2-Sep 5 Walking + Falling: Jim Campbell, Chris Marker and Eadweard Muybridge, works of three notable artists who have utilized new media to explore and represent complex notions of time, movement and memory; May 28-Sep 25 The Colour of My Dreams: PREVIEW 53 Cris Alvarez Magliano Winner 2010 Colin Graham Award www.allmarquetry.com Studio/salon in Nanaimo by appt. (250) 729 7415 the Surrealist Revolution in Art, approximately 300 works from leading museums and private collections, including Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Man Ray and Yves Tanguy, examines the indigenous art of the Pacific Northwest by Surrealist artists such as André Breton, Robert Lebel and Kurt Seligmann, guest curated by renowned scholar Dawn Ades. Vancouver Maritime Museum 1905 Ogden Ave (in Vanier Park) ✆604-257-8300 www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com tues-sat 10am-5pm sun 12-5pm. Admission: $11 adults, $8.50 students, seniors, youth, $30 family, 5 and under free. HST extra. Thru Apr The Golden Age of Steamships – Voyages of Immigration that Changed Canada, artifacts such as rare early 20th century steamship posters and a model of the “Empress of Japan” from the Chung collection; Thru Sep 15 Cold Recall – Reflections of a Polar Explorer, marks the 100th anniversary of Roald Amundsen reaching the South Pole and the role his experiences with the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic played in his success; May-Sep I Am Vancouver, Capt George Vancouver and his epic voyage of discovery and stories of contemporary Vancouverites. Western Front Gallery 303 E 8th Ave ✆604-876-9343 www.front.bc.ca tues-sat 12-5pm. Thru Apr 16 Vector Association at Western Front, new sculpture and video works by Roman54 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 ian art collective Vector; Apr 21-May 6 Recess Project: Lars Laumann and Goldin+Senneby; May 20-Jul 16 Sophie Bélair Clément. Winsor Gallery 3025 Granville St ✆604-681-4870 www.winsorgallery.com mon-sat 10am-6pm. Apr 7-30 Brian Howell, new series of large-scale photographs of shopping carts and their contents; May 12-Jun 11 Attila Richard Lukacs, new work. VERNON Ashpa Naira Gallery & Studio 9492 Houghton Rd ✆250-549-4249 www.ashpanairagallery.com open May 1-Oct 15 fri-sun 10am-6pm or by appt. Located in Killiney on the west side of Okanagan Lake, this contemporary art gallery and studio, owned by artist Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante features original art in a home and garden setting. Discover a diverse group of emerging and established Okanagan and Canadian artists in painting, textiles, sculptures and ceramics. Vernon Public Art Gallery 3228 31st Ave ✆250-545-3173 www.vernonpublicartgallery.com mon-fri 10am-5pm sat 11am-4pm. Thru Apr 14 SD #22 Elementary Schools, Art from the Heart, elementary students portray the world that surrounds them and reference their experiences; Apr 21-May 29 SD #22 Secondary Schools, Art and Soul, artworks in various media demonstrate strong conceptual thinking referencing ecological and political concerns, relationships and daily lives; Thru May 19 Byron Johnson, “Music...Audience...Youse”, site-specific installation transforms the gallery into a sculptural environment for navigation by viewers; May 26-Jul 28 UBC Okanagan BFA Graduation Exhibition, paintings, drawings, sculptural installations, printmaking and video by emerging artists that reference tendencies, concepts and strategies in contemporary artmaking; David Newkirk, “Fault Lines and Fantasies”, abstract paintings; Susan Bizecki, “Windows”, installation comments on social undertones based on video interviews with people from a variety of cultural and economic backgrounds about the meaning of ‘home ownership’ and the challenges of a capitalist marketplace. VICTORIA ★ Alcheringa Gallery 665 Fort St ✆250-383-8224 www.alcheringa-gallery.com mon-sat 9:30am-5:30pm sun 12-5pm. Thru Apr 12 Gallery artists; Isabel Rorick, new work; Apr 14-May 9 “Spirits of the Sea”, treasures inspired by the sea including a seal bowl by Tony Hunt Jr. and a bentwood tackle box by Richard Sumner, featured amongst two-dimensional depictions of the supernatural world below the surface; Angela Marston, Chris Paul and Rod Smith, new works; May 12-Jun 9 “Masks: The Linda Heller Collection”, ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAY ★ Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 1040 Moss St ✆250-384-4171 www.aggv.ca tues wed fri-sun 10am-5pm. thurs 10am-9pm. Open Mondays: May 23. Thru Jun 5 Mark Lewis, Scott McFarland and Yedda Morrison, “Down the Garden Path”, leads us through an experience that hovers between reality and artifice, each artist reveals new perspectives and provides an opportunity to question how we use, alter and manipulate public and private spaces; Flora: The Garden in Historical Art from the Permanent Collection, a blend of garden imagery and music that reflects an exploration of growth, fertility and renewal in the life cycle as expressed in art throughout the centuries; Lynda Gammon, Matt Harle and Elspeth Pratt, “Silent as Glue”, contemplative exploration of the relationships between architecture and space, handmade processes, the vernacular and humble everyday materials; Thru Jun 26 The Immortal Garden, explores the ways in which artists and craftsmen have translated the beauty of the garden into objects to delight the eye of the collector; Thru Jul 2 Serenity: The Asian Garden, examines the Asian garden and its artistic portrayal, includes objects designed for the Asian garden, landscape paintings and woodblock prints illustrating the garden and flora and fauna scenes on ceramics, many from the AGGV’s Asian collection; Apr 22Jul 3 THE LAB Blair Taylor, “You Blew It”, the lab is transformed into an archive of Taylor’s subconscious illustrating the eerie and absurd narratives that play out night after night in his dreams; Thru Jun 30, 2013 Emily Carr: On the Edge of Nowhere, an historical survey of Carr’s artwork in all media and styles which focuses on her influences and inspirations. Artistic Statement Gallery and School of Fine Art 107-2250 Oak Bay Ave ✆250-383-0566 888-383-0566 www.artisticstatementgalleryandschool.com Ongoing Joan Hill, original drawing, painting and sculpture including her latest series, West Coast Dreaming in www.preview-art.com Sara robichaud THE MILK IS OPAQUE April 16 - May 21, 2011 Sinister Virtues, 74"x48", acrylic on canvas including works by Pat Amos, Ken Mowatt, Mark Porter, Ron Telek and Norman Tait. OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday April 16th. 2pm – 5pm artist in attendance 102-148 Alexander St Vancouver BC 604.681.2577 acrylic stain; Jean Birnie, paintings and prints by the late Alberta artist, Jean Birnie. The Avenue Gallery 2184 Oak Bay Ave ✆250-598-2184 www.theavenuegallery.com mon-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 12-4pm, open most holidays 12-4pm. AprMay New collectors’ corner paintings by Anne Savage, Marian Dean Scott, Margaret Shelton and Vicky Marshall; new contemporary work by painters Blu Smith, Rob Elphinstone, Karna Bonwick, Dawn stoffer, Brent Lynch and Dawn Stofer. Toll-free 1.877.681.2577 www.trenchgallery.com Collective Works Gallery 1311 Gladstone Ave ✆250-590-1345 250-595-8837 www.collectiveworks.ca tues-sun 12-6pm. Apr 1-7 Victoria High School Graduating Class, “Reflections”, work by graduating art students; Apr 8-28 Harumi Ota, “Clay Works 2011”, new ceramics; Apr 29May 19 Jason Grondin, “Linear Transformations”, new works in acrylics; May 10-Jun 9 Chiarina Loggia, “The Body Speaks”, photopolymer gravure etchings. Community Arts Council of PREVIEW 55 attl e Freeway e Av Occidental Greater Victoria King E Aloha Hw Bl an B ch ell ar d St ew E. Broadway ar tS t y 99 E. 15th Ave. work investigates landscape, memory Art Exhibit, various mediums; Apr 4TO PROGRAPHICA various mediums. G6-1001 Douglas St ✆250-381-2787 and anachronistic styles of abstraction, Jun 1 Ice Bear, ➜ www.cacgv.ca a ‘felt-sense’ of places she has known, Denny Way without fidelity to any source imagery; Gallery in the Oak Bay Village tues-sat 12-5pm. ThruStApr 6 Joanne 6t 5t ad 4t h AJillh Av Apr 29-May 128 1t Michelle Allard, “Can2223A Oak Bay Ave ✆250-598-9890 Barnard, Linda Carswell-Bland, o h ve h r e 9t OLYMPIC A ay Av B h a landscape”, dy Floss Pink: neweinstalCroft,SCULPTURE Alison Kermack, SAlison thegallery@shaw.ca t ve W Playfield e Av v l i e amassing many PARK Dale MacEwan lation using and mon-fri 10am-5pm sat 10am-3pm. Kobyinyk, W Ol thoualand Judi es W Pike St original artwork by leading te – A sands of rolls of recyclable light pink E.Featuring MacLeod, “FibreAti Hundred rn Av the web2n multi-purpose office paper organized local artists Kathryn Amisson, Joan Thousand Threads 2”; visit St to e e d El Av present a landscape thatStsuggests Pik the lio 1s Baron, Andres Bohaker, Jeffery Boron, site for exhibition information. tA e e t Pin ve display of both undulating data and Janice Bridgman, Ardath Davis, Eileen formations, part of Allard’s Fong, Robert Genn, Caren Heine, HarDales Gallery HARRIS ◆ LISAspeleologic n ty Office Paper Series: on-going projects 537 Fisgard St ✆250-383-1552 ry Heine, dKeith Hiscock, Evguenia n iso rsi a nio ve i U M using large quantities of printer paper. www.dalesgallery.ca Ioganov, Shawn A. Jackson, Brian R. n VETRI GLASS U −SEATTLE Johnson, a David Ladmore, Ernst mon-fri 10am-5pm sat 11am-4pm. ◆ St bi Apr 7-May 3 April Ponsford, “Transieclectic◆TRAVER Marza,lum Joane Moran, Allan Myndzak, ca t e S n Co rryPearce, Natasha Perks, ✆250-590-8095 tions”, large, abstract paintings in 2170 Oak Bay Ave Se SEATTLE ion Nicholas r e a h ◆ ART MUSEUM s C M e Marke and Linny D. Vine. acrylic; May 5-Jun 7 “Common www.eclecticgallery.ca ◆ Simmons m Ja Threads”, group show highlighting mon-sat 10am-5:30pm. Thru Apr 16 FRYE Art Gallery and Café Louise Harding, expressive figurative Wendy Skog; Apr 17-May 31 Pat Legacy ART MUSEUM line drawings on paper; Janis Woode, Martin Bates, “Timeless: Mandalas, 630 Yates St ✆250-381-7670 Mandorlas and other Mighty Little www.legacygallery.ca/ reassigned old metal objects depictClosed for renovations, re-opening Inscapes”. ing profound human experiences and Elliot Bay Yesler Way Summer 2011. Sharon Thompson, abstract oil paintTO MUSEUM OF GLASS, PIONEER ◆ ings ‘transforming human passions Gallery at the Mac PRATT TACOMA ART MUSEUM, SQUARE Play-GALLERY Lúz Gallery for into space, light and energy’. SEATTLE 3 Centennial Sq, McPherson TRAVER, VETRI GLASS (see inset) ± TACOMA Arts house Lobby ✆250-361-0800 S JacksonPhotographic Deluge Contemporary Art www.rmts.bc.ca 1844 Oak Bay Ave ✆250-590-7557 S King St. www.luzgallery.com 636 Yates St ✆250-385-3327 View during performances or by TO appt. WESTERN TO BROADWAY BRIDGE GALLERY www.deluge.ws UPPER AND LOWER SPACE Thru Apr 4 Distues-fri IN 11am-5pm sat 11am-4pm. LONGVIEW Apr 7-May 6 Liz Bailly, “New Horiwed-sat 12-5pm. Thru Apr 9 Stephanie covering the Promise in Ourselves, zons”, new series of fine art prints Aitken, “New Land Paintings”, new St. Michaels University School Student e ac Pl t ke ke Pi Mar h ay nW e Av ka ay rry ew e Te re Av le F h t 9t at Se 5t as Al Fernwood Rd Fo Begb ie S rt St t Oak Bay Ave Hu◆ m WINCHESTER Fair bo fiel dR ld d ◆ ROYAL B.C. t MUSEUM Superior Chapman St VICTORIA 56 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Monterey Ave Joan C r Rockland Moss St ◆ WINCHESTER ◆ ◆ GALLERY ARTISTIC STATEMENT IN THE OAK BAY . d R n VILLAGE Leighto Foul ➜ Quadra ARTS COUNCIL Cook St Gordon rnme Gove W nt t fS har Belleville St Blanshard Broad St ➜ Bastion Sq OPEN SPACE ◆ COLLECTIVE L Z ECLECTIC AVENUE ◆◆◆ WINCHESTER ◆ ◆WORKS ◆ LEGACY Yates St ◆DELUGE View St ◆ WEST END VIEW ◆ ◆ POLYCHROME Fort St ◆ ART GALLERY OF ALCHERINGA ◆ Broughton GREATER VICTORIA COMMUNITY ◆ s ◆ North Park St Gladstone St Fisgard St ◆ Cormorant St MARTIN Pandora BATCHELOR St Bank MADRONA Doug la Johnson St ➜ ➜ or St ‘CHOSIN POTTERY MALTWOOD PRINTS & DRAWINGS GALLERY, UNIV. OF VICTORIA TO TO SLIDE ROOM GALLERY Bay Rd ➜ Alle y Fan tan t eS ns TO MORRIS id GALLERY e Rd Herald GALLERY AT THE MAC ◆ DALES ◆ TO TO PENINSULA IN SIDNEY ➜ Bu r ➜ 7th Ave S ➜ TO XCHANGES April 2 – 16 Sparklehaus Meghan Hildebrand & Colin Macrae Hildebrand, “See you there”, 36 x 36, Mixed media on board which explores the convergence of painterly approaches with digital photography; May 12-Jun 30 David Pollock and Jamie Drouin, “Tracings”, Pollock’s large-scale photographs present the highly transformed and layered surfaces of farming topology; Drouin directs our vision towards the macroscopic intersections of landscape within urban environments and the use of the photograph as a tool with small worn prints where surface blemishes mimic the interruptions of the subjects presented. Madrona Gallery 606 View St ✆250-380-4660 www.madronagallery.com tues-sat 10am-6pm sun & mon 125pm. Apr 2-16 Meghan Hildebrand and Colin Macrae, “Sparklehaus”; May 7-21 Corrinne Wolcoski, “After the Storm”. May 7 – 21 After the Storm Corrinne Wolcoski B1155-3800 Finnerty Rd, University Centre Bldg ✆250-721-6562 www.uvac.uvic.ca Located in the McPherson Library (adjacent to Special Collections on the ground level. Call 250-721-6673 for library hours. Thru May 2 The Emergence of Architectural Modernism in Victoria: Gordon Head Campus and Centennial Square, Seminal Projects, one of a series of exhibitions which will explore the emergence of the architectural modernism in Victoria; May 6-Jul 4 Agnes Ananachuk and Sylvain Tanguay, “Familiar Strangers/Les etrangers familiers”, the result of a long process between two artists of different cultures, languages and ages who have not met except by way of the internet. Martin Batchelor Gallery 712 Cormorant St ✆250-385-7919 mon-sat 10am-5pm. Opens Apr 2 Miles Hunter, “A Trail of Flowers”, paintings and assemblage; Opens Apr 30 Annual Exhibition of HandPulled Prints by The Watermark Printmakers; Opens May 28 Hinda Avery, “The Rosen Women”, paintings. Morris Gallery 428 Burnside Rd E (on Alpha St) ✆250-388-6652 www.morrisgallery.ca mon-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 10am4pm. Apr Joanne Thomson, waterwww.preview-art.com Wolcoski, “After the Storm”, 36 x 72 Maltwood Prints and Drawings Gallery, University of Victoria Contemporary and Historic Canadian Art 606 View Street • Victoria, BC • 250-380-4660 colours on canvas; Tetiana Zakharova (new to the gallery), oil on canvas; May Pauline Olesen, glass art and jewellery; Deborah Czernecky, acrylics and new work. (Victoria), “Conduit”, perform the structure of 510 Fort St with light and sound waves; May Visit the website for program listings. Polychrome Fine Arts Open Space Arts Society 510 Fort St ✆250-383-8833 www.openspace.ca tues-sat 12-5pm. Thru May Shelley Miller (Montreal), “Stained”, sugartile mural on view in Waddington Alley until it dissolves; Early Apr VERTICAL GALLERY projects activate different parts of the gallery; Apr 16-30 Trudi Lynn Smith and Jamie Drouin 1113 Fort St ✆250-382-2787 www.polychromefinearts.com wed-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-6pm. Apr 3-28 Lance Olsen, “The Road To Esperance”, paintings and drypoints; May 1-26 Caite Dheere, “Thicket”, wax encaustic paintings; May 29-Jun 16 Robert Randall, “Unfamiliar Landscapes”, recent paintings. PREVIEW 57 Royal BC Museum 675 Belleville St ✆250-356-7226 888-447-7977 www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca daily 10am-5pm. Admission: $14.29 adults, $9.06 seniors, students and youths, free for children 5 and under, $37.63 families (2 adults & 2 youths). Prices subject to 12% HST. Take a fascinating journey through the cultural and environmental history of B.C. THE FIRST PEOPLES GALLERY features Haida argillite carving, a traditional Big House, totem poles and masks; Opens Mar 2 The Other Emily: Redefining Emily Carr, multi-faceted exhibition tells Carr’s story through our vast collection of her journals, sketches, paintings, historical photographs and contemporary works by Manon Elder. Slide Room Gallery 2549 Quadra St ✆250-380-3500 www.slideroomgallery.com mon-fri 9am-5pm or by appt. Thru Apr 4 Barrie Szekely, “YardSquare”, paintings are a result of the barrage of natural images the artist encounters on his day-to-day walks combined with a compost of ideas, playfulness and memory; Apr 10-May 2 Irma 58 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Argyriou and Maureen Calkins, paintings as part of their Independent Studio Exhibition; May 9-30 “Buffet”, sculptures around the theme of ‘food’, artists include David Gifford (Victoria), Kathryn Ellis (Vancouver) and Lisa Benschop (Calgary), curated by Tyler Hodgins (Victoria). 5pm. Apr 9-21 Phyllis Anderson: West Coast Expressions, by examining the familiar in changing light – scenes of everyday beauty to the canvas using photographs and first hand experiences; May 21-Jun 2 Steven Armstrong, the West Coast is brought to life with canvases steeped in colour, light and space. View Art Gallery 104-860 View St ✆250-213-1162 www.viewartgallery.ca tues-sat 11am-5pm or by appt. The gallery offers a wide variety of contemporary art from painting to sculpture, ceramics, prints and gift cards. Visit our website to view the work available by our artists. Thru Apr 16 Dave Barnes and Jennifer Davis , “Wild Thing”; Apr 21-May 21 Yuri Arajs and Cheryl Taves, “Immense”; May 27-Sep 24 “The Annual Summer Salon”, a variety of work by gallery artists and guests, featuring the ceramics of Laurie Rolland. West End Gallery 1203 Broad St ✆250-388-0009 877-388-0009 www.westendgalleryltd.com tues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 10am- Winchester Galleries 2260 Oak Bay Ave 2nd location: 796 Humboldt St 3rd location: Winchester Galleries Modern 758 Humboldt St ✆250-595-2777 250-386-2773 www.winchestergalleriesltd.com 2260 Oak Bay Ave: tues-sat 10am5:30pm, 758 Humboldt St: tues-sat 10am-5:30pm, 796 Humboldt St: tuessat 10am-5:30pm. AT 2260 OAK BAY AVE Apr 3-30 John Horton, “Selected Work”, oil on panel by marine artist Horton; P.K. Page Irwin (1916-2010), “Selected Work”, mixed media, first exhibition since the death of Irwin; May 7-28 Jeff Molloy, “Fachada Cubano (The Cuban Façade)”, new paintings, mixed media work; The SampsonMatthews Prints, silkscreen collection printed by the Sampson-Matthews Company of Toronto; AT 796 HUMBOLDT ST Thru May The Sampson-Matthews Prints (concurrent show with the one at 2260 Oak Bay Ave); AT 758 HUMBOLDT ST Apr 2-30 William Perehudoff, “Masterpieces from the 1980s”; May 7-28 Toni Onley, “Varied Works from 1962-2004”. “Flight of the Raven”, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches by Brian Scott Xchanges Gallery 6E-2333 Government St ✆250-382-0442 www.xchangesgallery.org sat & sun 12-4pm. Apr 8-24 Rachel Hellner, “OCD: Obsessive Collecting Disorder”, a self-proclaimed ‘packrat’, Hellner’s intimate view of saving, collecting and obsession is revealed through her latest drawings and mixed media work; May 6-29 Ashley Culver, “Study of a Membrane”, work focuses on transformation of common everyday objects, such as food, to the state of unrecognizability. WEST VANCOUVER Bellevue Gallery 2475 Bellevue Ave ✆604-922-2304 www.bellevuegallery.ca tues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 11am-5pm or by appt. Apr 7-May 7 Rose-Marie Goodwin, “Across the Jordan”, paintings influenced by travels in Israel; May 12-Jun 11 Pari Azarm Motamedi, “Painted Literature”, 20 paintings based on the poetry of two contemporary Persian master poets, Shafii Kadkani and Sohrab Sepehri. Buckland Southerst Gallery 2460 Marine Dr ✆604-922-1915 www.bucklandsoutherst.com mon-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 12-4pm. Introducing the work of Iola Scott, Adam Noonan, Ken Faulks and Tatjana Mirkov-Popovicki; also featuring open landscapes by Ieva Baklane; still life and landscapes by Alessandra Bitelli; intimate interiors by Larry Bracegirdle; European market and garden scenes by Wilson Chu; street scenes and cityscapes by Morgan Dunnet; Tibetan scenes by Fu Gu; still life and streets by Brian Harvey; wildlife and landscapes by Sun Lin; Tuscan and Sicilian landscapes by Rita Monaco; landscapes by Iola Scott; European scenes by Henry Huai Xu and glimpses of life by Lorena Ziraldo. www.preview-art.com brianscottfineart.com studio on Vancouver Island Address: 8269 North Island Hwy, Black Creek, B.C. 250-337-1941 Ferry Building Gallery West Vancouver Cultural Services 1414 Argyle Ave, Ambleside Landing ✆604-925-7290 www.westvancouver.net tues-sun 11am-5pm. Thru Apr 17 “Body and Soul”, Mario Armitano, sculpture and Georgina Farah, oil on canvas; Apr 19-May 2 Reflections 2012, IDEA Program Capilano University calendar launch and original paintings; May 3-15 Grad Show 2011, mixed media art from students of West Vancouver secondary schools; May 17-29 Capilano University Textile Arts Grad Show, texiles. Gallery Jones 1531 Marine Dr ✆604-926-2233 www.galleryjones.com tues-fri 11am-6pm sat 12-5pm and by appt. Apr-May Rotating selection of gallery artists including Peter Aspell, Michael Abraham, James Nizam, Bryan Ryley, Danny Singer and Chris Woods. Silk Purse Arts Centre West Vancouver Community Arts Council, 1570 Argyle Ave ✆604-925-7292 www.silkpurse.ca tues-sun 12-5pm. Apr 5-17 fibre Essence Textle Group, “A Textile PREVIEW 59 http://marionscottgallery.com Jamasie Pitseolak: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints MARION SCOTT GALLERY, VANCOUVER BC – Apr 9-May 14, 2011 Born in 1968, Jamasie Pitseolak is the son of Oopik and Mark Pitseolak, both classic Inuit artists from the Cape Dorset area. Although Jamasie also carves from traditional materials like serpentine and basalt stone, sometimes garnishing his pieces with details made from bits of antler, bone and copper wire, his work is completely different in form and content. The tongue-in-cheek carvings are assembled from small pieces of rock rather than cut from single blocks, and the subject matter is light-hearted. His modern-day objects include sewing machines, motorcycles, tanks, cars, tools, golf clubs, electric guitars, sunglasses, vases filled with flowers and domestic objects – even a small toilet. Many of their parts are moveable. While his sassy work is inspired by television, magazines, current events and daily life, it occasionally incorporates Inuit motifs and symbols such as Sedna on a motorcycle. Other carvings, like a pair of sneakers riding a skateboard and a set of Minnie Mouse-like high heels, are whimsical to the extreme. Jamasie Pitseolak, Nunavut Chopper (2006), stone, caribou In the first solo exhibition of Jamasie Pitseolak’s antler and animal tooth [Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver artwork in a southern commercial gallery, Marion BC, Apr 9-May 14] Scott Gallery presents 30 sculptures produced in the last four years as well as a series of charcoal drawings and prints. His carvings last appeared in a group show at Marion Scott in 2006, and are in the collection of the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Mia Johnson Translation”, works in a range of techniques from indigo to sashiko dyeing to fusing real blossom petals to quilted and painted surfaces by this Vancouver collective of 14 textile artists; Apr 19-May 1 “Blossoming”, Maryam Geesings, vivid colour and bold compositions in the style of Fauvist contemporary; Jennifer Lambs, bright macro photographs which reveal minute details or offer only a gesture of the bloom; May 3-15 Gordon Davis, “Happiness Reigns”, colourful paintings, plein air verging towards Expressionism, pushing a little away from reality; May 17-29 Jacquie Manning, “Swans and Other People”, multi-media explorations and documentations of unusual encounters with animals while trekking through Europe. West Vancouver Museum Sun Spirit Gallery Jenkins Showler Gallery 2444 Marine Dr ✆778-279-5052 www.sunspirit.ca tues-sat 10am-5pm. Sun Spirit Gallery offers a superior collection of West Coast Native and Inuit art from renowned and emerging artists alike. 1539 Johnston Rd ✆604-535-7445 www.jenkinsshowlergallery.com tue-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 12-5pm. Change of address May 1: The Shops @ Morgan Crossing 101-15735 Croydon Dr, Surrey. Gallery artists Jane 60 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 680 17th St ✆604-925-7295 www.westvancouvermuseum.ca tues-sat 11am-5pm. Apr 13-May 21 Sylvia Tait: A Classical Spirit, broad survey of abstract painter Tait’s work from the early 1960s to the present. WHISTLER Hayden Beck Gallery 122-4293 Mountain Sq ✆604-962-7711 www.haydenbeckgallery.com open daily. Ever-changing group exhibitions representative of the diversity of the artists whose works we promote. WHITE ROCK Armstrong, Arnt Arntzen, Kathi Bond, Rick Bond, Mer v Brandel, Rod Charlesworth, Denis Chiasson, Toller Cranston, George Culley, Peter Daniels, Robert Davidson, George Demmer, Chantal De Serres, Marc Eliuk, Colette Falardeau, Adrienne Godbout, Curtis Golomb, Ron Hedrick, Amanda Jones, Paul Jorgensen, Ken Kirkby, H.E. Kuckien (resales), David Ladmore, Louise Lauzon, Richard Long, Dennis Magnusson, Sharon Mark, Andrew McDermott, Debbie Milner, Pieter Molenaar, Lynn Onley, Toni Onley, Lynn Onley, Karen Rieger, Zoe Sava, Mike Savage, Peter Shostak, Jocelyne Tremblay, Chrissandra Unger, Andree Vezina, Henry Xu, and Rudy Zator. White Rock Gallery 1247 Johnston Rd ✆604-538-4452 www.whiterockgallery.com tues-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 12-5pm, closed holiday long weekends. Gallery artists Mickie Acierno, Pietro Adamo, Constance Bachmann, Beverley Binfet, Nicholas Bott, Larry Bracegirdle, Phil Buytendorp, Gilles Charest, Steve ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS Photolucida – Portland – April 2011 www.photolucida.org Photolucida is an arts non-profit whose mission is to increase the understanding of the world through photography by promoting the work of emerging and midcareer photographers. By providing a venue for in-depth, informed, and supportive dialogue between photographers, gallery owners, curators, publishers, editors, and consultants, Photolucida promotes the culture of photography locally, nationally and internationally. Coffey, Michael den Hertog, Carol Evans, Susan Flaig, Mark Fletcher, Robert Genn, Sara Genn, Terry Gilecki, Laura Harris, Heather Haynes, Mark Heine, Vladan Ignatovic, Elena Ilku, H.E. Kuckein, Dongmin Lai, David Langevin, Raynald Leclerc, Don Li-Leger, Ed Loenen, Min Ma, Ingrid Mann-Willis, Danny McBride, Angela Morgan, Renato Muccillo, Jim Nedelak, Michael O’Toole, Emilija Pasagic, Jean Pederson, Niels Petersen, Bill Saunders, Kit Shing, Issa Shojaei, Michael Stockdale, Mike Svob, Linda Thompson, Ray Ward, Christopher Walker, Alan Wylie, Peter Wyse and Donna Zhang, paintings; Marilyn Armitage, Michael Hermesh, Nicola Prinsen and Vance Theoret, sculpture; Bill Boyd, Laurie Rolland and Geoff Searle, pottery. OREGON CANNON BEACH Cannon Beach Gallery Group www.cbgallerygroup.com Apr Perry Haddock, “Oregon Outlook”, coastal studies, member of the Federation of Canadian Artists; Under 18: Regional Art Show; Georgia Gerber, new bronze sculpture; Melinda Cowdery and Lynn Bishop, collaborative mixed media works combining wood, fused glass, metal and paint; Sonya Paz, pop art-inspired watches and canvases; George Vetter, “Sizzling Sunsets”, photography; Apr 29-May 1 “11th Annual Spring Unveiling”, art festival includes demonstrations, receptions and unveilings of new artists and exhibitions at all 13 member galleries, offering art and craft from contemporary to classical, playful to sublime, visit the website for schedule, featured artists Cary Henrie, Jacques and Mary Regat, David Crawford, Nikki McClure, Sophia Pfaff Shalmiyev, Liz Haley, Nancy Norman, Andrew Holmberg, Catherine Foster, George Vetter, Jeff Zigulis, Scott J. www.preview-art.com Morgan, Pat Lambrecht-Hould, Cassandra Barney, Jim Kingwell, Suzanne Kindland, Pam Juett, Jeffrey Hull, David Jonathan Marshall, Alan Boileau, David Wight, Christopher Burkett, Eric Jacobsen, Sheila M Evans, Andrew Annenberg, Gary Fenske, Michael Parkes, Sharon Amber, Anne John and Lisa Lamoreaux. ★ Northwest By Northwest Gallery 232 N Spruce (downtown across from city park and info centre) ✆503-436-0741 800-494-0741 www.nwbynwgallery.com daily 11am-6pm and by appt. Apr 29 “11th Annual Spring Unveiling Art Festival”, Lillian Pitt, icon of Northwest art and cullture, Sculpture Without Walls, ‘Salmon Sculpture’, basalt and steel; Christopher Burkett, fine art colour landscape photographer; Phillip Charette, Alaskan Native American sculptor; Apr 30 Eric Jacobsen, plein air oil painter; Nelson Davis, assemblage sculptor; Ann Fleming, figurative bronze sculptor, ‘Cliffs of Moher’; May 1 Ruth Brockmann, kiln-formed glass, ‘Unity Spirit Bowl’; Sheila Evans, pastels; Georgia Gerber, new work by bronze sculptor, ‘Country Dance’. White Bird Gallery 251 N Hemlock St ✆503-436-2681 www.whitebirdgallery.com Apr: fri-sun 11am-5pm or by appt, May: thurs-mon 11am-5pm. Thru Apr 25 “Spring Ceramics Invitational”, Mike Moran, sculptures and drawings; Karl Yost, vessels and wall plaques; Robin and John Gumaelius, clay and metal bird sculptures; Jan Rentenaar, figurative and animal sculptures; Barry McAlister, elegant vessels; Larry Halvorsen, wall relief, sculpture and pottery; Cindy Searles, tiles and functional wares and new gallery artist Aimee Herring, pottery; Apr 29-May 31 “Animal Instinct”, artists who use iconography of both wild and domestic animals in their work to express things like environmental impacts, individual personality, human emotion and sense of place, includes works by Anne John, new paintings; Steve Eichenberger, clay sculpture; Faryn Davis, resin paintings; Karen Croner, mixed media sculpture and Lisa Lamoreaux, Charles Schweigert and Charlie White, mixed media paintings. MARYLHURST The Art Gym at Marylhurst University 17600 Pacific Hwy ✆503-699-6243 800-634-9982 www.marylhurst.edu tues-sun 12-4pm. Admission is free. Apr 3-May 15 Linda Austin, Susan Banyas, Tahni Holt and Linda K. Johnson, “Dance: before, after, during”, preparatory materials, documentation and performances; Gallery 2: past moves, selected archival footage of Portland dance performances in the 1970s and 80s. PORTLAND ★ Blackfish Gallery 420 NW 9th Ave ✆503-224-2634 www.blackfish.com tues-sat 11am-5pm. Apr 5-30 Kentree Speirs, “Departures”, oil paintings rendered on both canvas and birch panels; May 3-28 Palmarin Merge, “Concentra”, mixed media; Sue Tower, “Hats & Headdresses Through the Ages”, oil on canvas. ★ Blue Sky Gallery Oregon Center for Photographic Arts 122 NW 8th Ave ✆503-225-0210 www.blueskygallery.org tues-sun 12-5pm. Thru Apr Mitch Dobrowner, “Storms”; Michael Light, “Some Dry Space: An Inhabited West”; Thru May Evzen Sobek, “Life in Blue”; Vanessa Winship, “Sweet Nothings”. PREVIEW 61 ★ Chambers@916 916 NW Flanders ✆503-227-9398 www.chambersgallery.com tues-sat 11am-5:30pm. Thru Apr 23 James Pustorino, “Universechild”, works on paper; Allen Maertz, “Encyclopedia: Videos”; May 5-Jun 25 Sang-ah Choi, paintings. ★ Charles A. Hartman Fine Art 134 NW 8th Ave ✆503-287-3886 www.hartmanfineart.net tues-sat 11am-6pm. Apr 6-May 14 Holly Andres, ”The Fall of Spring Hill”. ★ Elizabeth Leach Gallery 417 NW 9th Ave (at Flanders) ✆503-224-0521 www.elizabethleach.com tues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm. Apr 7May 28 Sean Healy, “Upstate”, new sculptural installation examining the cultural and economic decimation of his home town in upstate New York; Isaac Layman, “Selections”, largescale photographs, exclusively of the objects within his household, the works are many different images shot on a high-resolution digital 4x5 camera and knitted together with Photoshop, combining many different perspectives into one final hyperreal artwork; Allen Ginsberg, “Portraits”, photographs by renowned beat poet Ginsberg feature candid images of many of his peers, such as William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. ★ Froelick Gallery 714 NW Davis St ✆503-222-1142 www.froelickgallery.com tues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm or by appt. Apr 5-30 Ron van Dongen, “Proof”; Susan Seubert, <r e s t r a i n t>; Theresa Wingert, “Cinema Deconstructed”, three photography exhibitions concurrent with the biennial Photolucida conference; May 3-28 Gabriel Manca; Robert Yoder. two nationally recognized photographers are featured in conjunction with Photolucida and Portland Photo Month; May 528 Jay Backstrand, “New Paintings”; Tom Cramer, “Recent Woodcarvings and Paintings”. ★ Museum of Contemporary Craft 724 NW Davis St ✆503-223-2654 www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org tues-sat 11am-6pm and by appt. First thurs 11am-8pm. Thru Jul 9 Era Messages: Selections by Garth Johnson, focus on works from the 1960s to 1980s that exemplify particular moments in the history of craft, exhibition will be part performance and part exhibition, curated by Garth Johnson; Thru Jul 30 Laurie Herrick, “Weaving Yesterday Today and Tomorrow”, retrospective exhibition. Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Ave ✆503-226-2811 www.portlandartmuseum.org tues, wed, sat 10am-5pm; thurs, fri 10am-8pm sun 12-5pm. Admission: members free, adults $12, seniors (55+) and students (18+ with ID) $9 children (17 and younger) free. Thru May 15 Geraldine Ondrizek, art magnifies, informs, and is informed by science in Ondrizek’s haunting recent work, scientific processes are made both visually and aurally articulate in these restrained multi-sensory installation works; Thru May 22 “Riches of a City: Portland Collects”, celebration of arts patronage presents more than 100 works of art selected by the Museum’s curators from the city’s private collections, includes works by Durer, Lautrec, Picasso, Warhol, among others; Thru Jun 12 Peter Shelton, three recent large-scale sculptures and a selection of drawings by Los Angeles-based sculptor Shelton. SALEM ★ Laura Russo Gallery 805 NW 21st Ave ✆503-226-2754 www.laurarusso.com tues-fri 11am-5:30pm sat 11am-5pm. Apr 7-30 Mary Josephson, “Work+=Play (Rites and Rituals)”, paintings, glass mosaic and embroidery are used to explore images of work and play and the ways in which those experiences intersect in daily life; Julie Blackmon and Eirik Johnson, “Recent Photography”, 62 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Hallie Ford Museum of Art 700 State St ✆503-370-6855 www.willamette.edu/museum_of_art/ tues-sat 10am-5pm sun 1-5pm. Thru Jun 12 Glory of Kings: Ethiopian Christian Art from Oregon Collections, a range of Ethiopian icons, illuminated manuscripts, magic scrolls, icon and cross pendants, and handheld and processional crosses that serve as visual expressions of the Ethiopian Christian faith and ritual practice; Apr 9-May 15 Senior Art Majors, work by senior art students at Willamette University; Alexandra Opie: Mirrored Landscape, 12 largescale photographs created by the artist over the past few years. WASHINGTON . BELLEVUE Bellevue Arts Museum 510 Bellevue Way NE ✆425-519-0770 www.bellevuearts.org tues-sun 11am-5pm, free first fri 11am8pm. Thru May 15 Master of Deception: The Furniture of John Cederquist; April Surgent: Into the Surface; Thru Jun 26 The Mysterious Content of Softness; Thru Aug 9 Wanxin Zhang: A Ten Year Survey. BELLINGHAM Western Gallery Fine Arts Complex, Western Washington University ✆360-650-3963 www.westerngallery.wwu.edu/ mon-fri 10am-4pm wed 10am-8pm sat 12-4pm. Apr 11-May 21 The Washington Art Consortium/Safeco Insurance Collection of Northwest Art on Paper; Ongoing Visit the Western Washington University Outdoor Sculpture Collection. Whatcom Museum 121 Prospect St ✆360-778-8930 museuminfo@cob.org tues-sun 12-5pm. Admission: general $10, students (with ID) and seniors (62+) $8, children 5 and under $4.50, members free. Thru May 15 The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest, details the rich legacy of arts and crafts in Washington and Oregon during the first quarter of the 20th C. with over 100 objects drawn from public and private collections; Opens May 7 Ries Neimi’s Big Purse: Monuments to the Everyday; Opens May 21 The Harbor was Crowned by a Forest of Masts, photo essay; Thru Jun 5 “New Gifts and Acquisitions: Collection Selections/Two”, selection of artworks that transformed the museum’s collection in 2010, from Chihuly to Tsutakawa. ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAY VIGNETTES • April/May 2011 Oregon ALLYN CANTOR HOLLY ANDRES: THE FALL OF SPRING HILL Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, April 6-May 14 Through lush, large-scale colour images, Portland photographer Holly Andres draws on her childhood memories as the youngest of ten siblings by using authentic props and thrift store clothing to recreate a stylized feeling of the era when she came of age. In The Fall of Spring Hill, Andres recalls heroic acts performed by mothers striving to protect their children. These attractive images blend fact and fiction to capture threshold moments of ongoing melodramas, and seem to depict scenes from a larger story. Holly Andres TOM CRAMER: OREGON LANDMARKS Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, May 5-28 Known for his meticulously carved, painted and gilded wood reliefs, Tom Cramer, a native Oregonian, uses iconic locales throughout the state as subjects for a dual exploration of painting and woodcarving. Cramer’s paintings are rendered in a pointillist style brought to life with a brilliant palette. The intricate carvings reveal nuances of imagery within highly activated surfaces filled with dense patterning. Tom Cramer SEAN HEALY: UPSTATE Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, April 7-May 28 Through a series of sculptural installations, Sean Healy reflects upon the history of his hometown, Brasher Falls, located in upstate New York near the St. Lawrence Seaway on the Canadian border. Brasher Falls was once the thriving site of several manufacturing plants – including General Motors and Alcoa aluminum – before they were down-sized or relocated. Healy sees the transformation as a metaphor for personal aging and changes in professional identity, and shows how communities can become intertwined with local industry. KENTREE SPEIRS: DEPARTURES Blackfish Gallery, Portland, April 5May 1 Kentree Speirs, who creates abstract landscapes as a method of expressing his deep relationship to the natural world, is inspired by the raw beauty and drama of untamed wilderness. The Portland artist spent 16 years immersed in mountaineering and wilderness backpacking travels before completing a BFA in 2006. He balances an expressive handling of paint with subtle organic forms that reflect Alpine environments, and seeks to capture stillness and movement and the tangible and intangible. His provocative assemblage of rich, vibrant colours creates a heightened sense of reality. MITCH DOBROWNER: STORMS Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, April 7-May 1 Inspired by classic photographers like Ansel Adams and Minor White, Mitch Dobrowner highlights scenes in nature in his dramatic black-and-white photographs. For Storms, Dobrowner travelled more than 19,000 miles through fourteen states in pursuit of extreme weather conditions. The series began while he was shooting thunderstorms across the Great Plains in an area known as Tornado Alley, and records looming clouds, fiercely beautiful thunderstorms, stark bolts of lightning, pounding hail and gusting winds. www.preview-art.com Sean Healy Kentree Speirs Mitch Dobrowner PREVIEW 63 lse Fa Br ◆ CHALI−ROSSO Granville St ★ Broadway Gallery ◆ ELISSA CRISTALL Granville St Granville Bridge ◆ 1418 Commerce HEFFEL St ✆360-577-0544 W 7th Ave FARRIS ◆ DIANE www.the-broadway-gallery.com EQUINOX ◆ mon-sat 10am-5:30pm, first thurs with DOUGLAS REYNOLDS ◆ featured artists 5:30-7:30pm. Co-operMONTE CLARK ◆ ◆ MARILYN S. MYLREA VANART ◆ ative gallery featuring original artwork W 8th Ave KURBATOFF ◆ and crafts produced by◆SW WashingJACANA MARION SCOTT ◆ FINE ART ◆ oils, waterton GRANVILLE artists, including Broadway (9th Av colours, acrylics, mixed media, photographs, decorative and functional potW 13th Ave EMPORIUM ◆ ART weartery, fused glass, intaglio prints, able art and jewellery. A featured artist W 14th Ave WINSOR ◆ display from the membership is preBAU−XI ◆ sented monthly. Granville St Pine St W 6th Ave ◆ IAN TAN Granville St Fir St LONGVIEW DOUGLAS◆◆PETLEY JONES UDELL SOUTH GRANVILLE GALLERY ROW Burrard St ge id Burrard St 408 N Pearl St ✆509-925-2670 Davie St www.gallery-one.org Drake St Apr: mon-fri 11am-5pm sat 11am-4pm LA CONNER sun 12-4pm, May: mon-fri 11am-5pm sat 10am-4pm sun 12-4pm. Apr 1-30 MAIN GALLERY Line Dance: Richard NickMuseum of Northwest Art Pacific St stic; MEZZANINE GALLERY Cooper: Photog121 S First St ✆360-466-4446 Beach Av e rapher Cat, famous well-known cat fitwww.museumofnwart.org ted with a camera on his head that takes Galleries and museum store: sun-mon Bridge to Vanier Granville pictures every 3 minutes theBurrard bestVancouver of 12-5pm tues-sat 10am-5pm. AdmisPark –Downtown Island which are printed and framed; EVELETH sion: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 students, Cornwall BURRARD York GREEN GALLERY Annual Art After School; SLOPES members and youth under 12 free. W 1st Ave May 6-28 MAIN GALLERY AND MEZZANINE Thru Jun 12 Act 2: The Next Track, W 2nd Ave LATTIMER◆ group show of kilnformed glass created JONES ◆Jones, GALLERYWFaye JonesGALLERY and Robert 3rd Ave painting andAve printmaking; Ryan Bris- Waterfall during two summer residencies at W 4th Bldg. lawn, wood-fired ceramics. Pilchuck Glass School by artists in the W 6th Ave second stage of their careers; BENAROYA GLASS GALLERY James B. Thompson, FRIDAY HARBOR “The Vanishing Landscape”, paintings and prints that explore the transformaWaterworks Gallery tion of the rural western United States, 315 Argyle St ✆360-378-3060 accompanied by a full-colour, 52-page www.waterworksgallery.com monograph; Jay Steensma from the Apr: thurs-sun 11am-5pm, May: wed- Permanent Collection (1941-1994), sun 11am-6pm. Apr 8-24 Leslie Cain, stark landscapes with isolated houses Cypress St Cr e Mainland St Ri Bute Jervi Nicola Brough Carde Denm Thurl landscape pastels; May 1-10 Michael orCOASTAL figuresPEOPLES with chalices, fish, birds and Ave #1 ◆ t JENNIFER KOSTUIK ◆ Becker, “Sometimes Things Are Not snakes, includes paintings, ink draw- 1s Helmcken St to downtown Vancouver What They Seem”, photographs; May ings and recentWacquisitions. 5th Ave UNO LANGMANN ◆ 21-Jun 18 Dana Roberts, paintings; YALETOWN to airport Matthew Gray Palmer, sculptures. Pendrell St Chestnut St e bi m Ca ◆ ART BEATUS Comox St ELLENSBURG Gallery One CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY ◆ − Nelson St W 15th Ave PORT ANGELES to airport SOUTH GRANVILLE Port Angeles Fine Arts Center 1203 E Lauridsen Blvd ✆360-457-3532 www.pafac.org Mar-Oct wed-sun 11am-5pm, Nov-Feb NW Johnson Davis NW 8th NW 7th NW Couch nt Fro W Burnside SW 5th el B Ste g rid e Burnside Bridge As h SW Downtown SW Pin e SW Oak e dg Bri NW NW Glisan NW Flanders NW Everett CHARLES A. NW HARTMAN ◆ FROELICK ◆ ◆ BLUE SKY NW 9th NW 11th NW 10th NW 12th NW 13th ◆ ELIZABETH LEACH SW 12t h SW 11t h SW 10t h NW 16th NW 19th NW 21st BLACKFISH ◆ CHAMBERS@916 ◆ NW Hoyt NW 1st NW Broadway Pearl District NW 2nd TO NORTHWEST BY NORTHWEST, WHITE BIRD in Cannon Beach y wa ad Bro NW 3rd ➜ ◆ LAURA RUSSO NW 5th NW Marshall NW Lovejoy SW Haw t Inte rsta te PORTLAND I−5 t 1st d 2n SW SW SW 3rd SW Ma diso SW n Jef fers on SW Cla y Ma rke t Mo ntg om ery TO MUSEUM OF Mo rris on Brid ge Fro n ◆ Bro ad wa y PORTLAND ART MUSEUM Mo rris on Yam hill SW Tay l o SW r Sal mo SW n Ma in SW SW 9 SW th Par k SW SW hor ne Brid ge CONTEMPORARY CRAFT 64 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS wed-sun 10am-4pm. Webster’s Woods Art Park: open all daylight hours. Admission is free. Thru May 15 Strait Art: Slivers of Silver, annual local exhibition in honour of the Center’s 25th Anniversary, 44 artists from Clallam and Jefferson counties weave silver through the gallery in obvious and subtle ways; May 6-8 Art in Bloom, 10 Olympic Peninsula floral designers fashion floral responses to specific works in the Strait Art exhibition for Mother’s Day weekend; May 22-Jul ArtPaths: Portfolio 2011, 24 of Clallam County’s most promising high school student artists display a suite of personal style developed through the Center’s ArtPaths education program; Ongoing Art Outside, Webster’s Woods Art Park, outdoor art, season 12 opens June 18. SEATTLE ★ Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Univ. of Washington, 17th Ave NE @ NE 45th ✆206-543-5590 www.burkemuseum.org daily 10am-5pm. Thru Aug 7 Paul Bannick, “The Owl and the Woodpecker”, conservation photography based on the book by this acclaimed nature photographer and environmental conservationist; Ongoing Pacific Voices and Life and Times of Washington State, art, ceremonies and stories of 17 different cultures from around the Pacific; LOBBY Thru Apr 3 Archaeology on the UW Campus. ★ Catherine Person Gallery 319 Third Ave S ✆206-763-5565 www.catherineperson.com wed-fri 12-6pm sat 12-5pm and by appt. Apr 7-30 “Persona”, Maura Donegan, textiles; Kensuke Yamada, ceramic sculptures. ★ Davidson Galleries 313 Occidental Ave S, Pioneer Square ✆206-624-6938 www.davidsongalleries.com tues-sat 10am-5:30pm. Apr 7-30 Camille Patha, “Recent Paintings”; May 5-28 Gabrielle Bakker, “New Paintings”. ★ Foster/White Gallery 220 3rd Ave S, Pioneer Sq ✆206-622-2833 www.fosterwhite.com tues-sat 10am-6pm. Apr 7-30 Cameron Anne Mason, “Soft Earth”, fibre sculp- ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAY tures in lively textures and colours; May 5-28 Sheri Bakes, “Arrangements”, paintings take on a new life force as Bakes explores her limits in paint; Darlene Cole, “from the circus for love”, captures the safety found in private moments of love. Historical Society”; Apr 21-May 28 Beverly Rayner, “Illusionistic Devices”; Counterflux: Defensive Ornament, group exhibit curated by Suzanne Ramiljak in conjunction with the 2011 SNAG Conference in Seattle. ★ Frye Art Museum 110 3rd Ave S ✆206-624-9336 www.gallery110.com wed-sat 12-5pm. Apr 7-30 MAIN GALLERY Monika Dalkin and Sarah Dillon, “A Place to Call Home”, through repetitive patterns and lively colour, these artists present a playful, almost iconic reflection of the typical American household; SMALL SPACE Sonya Stockton, “Repetition”, explores repetition within the concept and process as studied within the philosophies of such scholars as Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, also investigates it within herself and her surroundings; May 5-28 MAIN GALLERY Li Turner, Sue Wren, Becky Frehse and Maylee Noah, “Women with Passports”, new works – paintings, photographs and assemblages demonstrate a unique world view born of travelling with an ‘artistic eye’, the topsyturvy impressions of foreign lands; SMALL SPACE Joan Kimura, “Line into ★ Gallery 110 704 Terry Ave ✆206-622-9250 206-432-8269 www.fryemuseum.org tues-sun 11am-5pm thurs 11am7pm. Admission is free. Thru Jun 19 Degenerate Art Ensemble, groundbreaking performance company featuring sound works, sculpture, props, costumes, films, photo and video documentation, video projections and artworks created for a museum context; Thru Jan 15, 2012 Tête-à-tête, paintings from the Frye Founding Collection hung salon-style, floor-to-ceiling in the museum’s largest gallery. ★ G. Gibson Gallery 300 S Washington St ✆206-587-4033 www.ggibsongallery.com wed-sat 11am-5pm and tues by appt. Thru Apr 16 Thomas Allen, “Endnotes”; Jonah Samson, “Paintings from the Archives of the Pleasantville PREVIEW 65 www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org Laurie Herrick: Weaving Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow COLLECTION OF CAROL SMITH-LARSON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFT, PORTLAND OR – Mar 17-Jul 30, 2011 The late Portland artist and master weaver Laurie Herrick (1908-1995) is the subject of a major exhibition that celebrates her life’s work and highlights weaving as a relevant contemporary craft and applied art. The exhibit highlights Herrick’s inventive woven structures in both abstract art pieces and loom-controlled “wearables”. Studio notes and thread samples provide insight into her practice. Interested in the physical motion of weaving, Herrick applied process-oriented techniques that echo grid-like mathematics. Her many Op Art designs are precise and immaculate while her open warp pieces are multi-layered expressionistic artworks. As a mid-century designer/craftsperson, Herrick worked at Martha Pollack’s Pasadena design studio in the 1940s before moving to Portland where she taught at Oregon College of Art and Craft for more than 20 years. Herrick is known for creating original textile designs for churches and synagogues in the region. Most notably, her three-panel Tree of Life tapestry (1970), which still hangs at the First Unitarian Church of Portland, was created with a traditional early American weave structure known as Summer and Winter. The orderly geometric structure produces double-sided designs that are exact opposites in tonality. Herrick’s neutral – tree on a warm-hued background is meant to be reversed with the seasons to reveal a warm-hued tree on a Laurie Herrick, Purple Polychrome (1975), wool [Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland neutral background. OR, Mar 17-Jul 30] The exhibition also includes a series of five artist-in-residencies. Each resident will create a work inspired by Herrick’s design principles. Allyn Cantor Image”, uses the human figure to express her feelings and experiences, past and present beginning with a drawing and then following the creative process. ★ Henry Art Gallery University of Washington ✆206-543-2281 www.henryart.org wed 11am-4pm thurs-fri 11am-9pm sat-sun 11am-4pm. Admission: adults $10, seniors (62 and older) $6, members, children under 14, UW students, faculty, staff, high school and college students with ID free, thurs 11am-8pm free. NORTH GALLERIES Thru May 8 Shadows of a Fleeting World: Pictorial Photography and Seattle Camera Club, over 200 works by Seattle Camera Club photographers and others in the region who worked in the pictorial style during the movement’s heyday that was founded in 1924 by Japanese immigrants to the Pacific Northwest; Uta Barth, photographs from the permanent collection; 66 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 EAST GALLERY Thru Jun 26 Lucy Pullen: The Cloud Chamber and Related Works, working with engineers and astrophysicists, Pullen created a sculpture that detects cosmic rays as they pass through our earthly environments; MEZZANINE Thru Jun 26 Inspiring Vision, photographs that correspond to a curriculum guide the Henry has developed for K-12 teachers; STROUM GALLERY May 7-Aug 21 The Talent Show, ‘reality’ shows and talent competitions, along with Web-based social media, have pioneered new models of cultural participation, this show examines a range of complicated relationships that have emerged between artists, audiences and participants; Permanent Installation SCULPTURE COURT Light Reign, James Turrell Skyspace. 4pm. Apr 7-May 1 Catherine Cook, “Object Lessons”, shapes taken from photographs are traced, expanded and incorporated into highly abstracted compositions that may appear as landscape or figurative elements; Mitchell Albala, intentional landscapes convey the illusion of sunlight over mountainsides, especially snowfields or water; May 5-29 Karen Kosoglad, “Figure and Landscape”, paintings and collages of landscapes cradle the figure and figures that reflect the landscape; Ed Kamuda, “New Paintings”, painting with oil and working only with a palette knife, Kamuda exhibits a mystical bent and a reverence of nature, which link him to the Northwest School of painters such as Morris Graves and Kenneth Callahan. ★ Lisa Harris Gallery ★ Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan Studios 1922 Pike Place ✆206-443-3315 www.lisaharrisgallery.com mon-sat 10:30am-5:30pm sun 11am- 312 S. Washington, Studio 1A ✆206-328-2200 ext 260 www.pratt.org fri and sat 12-5pm, 1st thurs 6-8pm and ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS by appt. Apr 7-30 Dan Loewenstein, “Guiltboys, Leatherbirds, Boneheads and Other Bits”, printmaking processes that draw attention to the small and unseen by combining disparate graphic elements, and sculpture comprised of cast found objects which draw attention to their hyper-real physicality. Motifs in East Asian Art, works from the Chinese, Japanese and Korean collections include paintings, lacquerware, jade, textiles and porcelain; “Looking West, Finding East”, modern Japanese prints from the 50s and 60s, with sculptures and paintings by Northwest masters George Tsutakawa and Paul Horiuchi, and modern and contemporary ceramics by Yanagihara Mutsuo. Prographica/fine works on paper 3419 E Denny Way ✆206-322-3851 206.850.9422 www.prographicadrawings.com thurs-sat 11am-5pm sun 12-5pm. Apr 2-May 14 Three Photographers: Marsha Burns, Ellen Garvens, and Kathy Vargas; May 21-Jul 9 Small Works Show. ★ Seattle Art Museum 1300 First Ave ✆206-654-3100 www.seattleartmuseum.org Olympic Sculpture Park, 2901 Western Ave hours: open daily, opens 30 min prior to sunrise, closes 30 min after sunset. Free to the public. SAM hours: wedsun 10am-5pm, thurs & fri 10am-9pm. Suggested admission: adults $15, seniors (62 and over) and military (with ID) $12, students $9, children 12 & under free, SAM members free. Apr 2-Nov 6 Picturing the Artist, photographic portraits of and by some of the 20th century’s most important and celebrated artists; Thru Apr 24 Rineke Dijkstra: Ruth Drawing Picasso, Tate Liverpool, Dutch photographer Dijkstra’s recent film examines the artist’s uncanny ability of capturing the nuances of human behaviour on film; Thru Jun 5 Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth, sculpture combines high fashion, surface design, recycling, dance and sound from secondhand or vintage materials , the first major assembly of art by Nick Cave to tour museums; Thru Jul 3 Jacob Lawrence, “Freeing the Figure”, Lawrence’s free and anatomical approach to the human figure is shown in context with the work of his predecessors and peers; SAM NEXT Cris Brodahl, new paintings incorporate special frames that shape and manipulate the gallery space; Thru Aug 14 Behind the Scenes: The Real Story of the Quileute Wolves, 30 objects focus on the ceremonies and artworks pertaining to the wolf (and other beliefs), in collaboration with the Quileute people; Save the Indian and Kill the Man: New Photographs by Matika Wilbur, installation of 12 photographic prints; Thru Aug 28 Order www.preview-art.com Joan Kimura, Untitled (2010), watercolour and gouache on canvas, 7 x 8 inches, from the exhibit Joan Kimura: Line into Image on view in the Small Space [Gallery 110, Seattle WA, May 5-28] and Border, examines how stripes decorate and structure objects, bodies and spaces; Thru Oct 3 Ellen Lesperance: 2010 Betty Bowen Award Winner, paintings that draw upon archival activist footage of women’s political demonstrations, extracting motifs imbedded in the women’s sweaters and creates paintings that are, in effect, knitting patterns; Thru Oct 16 Alden Mason, now in his 91st year, installation explores his varied career and how he continually reinvented himself over the decades; Ongoing Light in the Darkness, six paintings in the European art galleries; OLYMPIC SCULPTURE PARK Ongoing Features 22 sculptures on 9 acres including Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Mark Dion, Mark Di Suvero, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy McMakin, Richard Serra, Anthony Caro and Tony Smith; Thru Mar 4, 2012 Trenton Doyle Hancock, “A Better Promise”, site-specific, immersive installation telling his dramatic story through text and images including wall drawings and some sculptural elements. ★ Seattle Asian Art Museum 1400 E Prospect St, Volunteer Park ✆206-654-3100 www.seattleartmuseum.org wed-sun 10am-5pm thurs 10am-9pm. Suggested admission: adults $7, seniors (62 and over), students and military $5, children 12 & under free, SAM members free. First thurs free admission. First fri seniors free. First sat families free. Thru Apr 10 Wang Huaiqing: A Painter’s Painter in Contemporary China, 26 paintings demonstrate that contemporary art in China is not limited to the expression of cultural revolution and post-Mao era remorse; Ongoing Live Long and Prosper: Auspicious ★ Shift Studio 105-306 S Washington St, Tashiro Kaplan Bldg info@shiftstudio.org www.shiftstudio.org fri & sat 12-5pm or by appt. Apr 1-30 Jo Moniz, “Oceania”, new work in encaustic inspired by vibrant oceanic life forms and island flora; May 5-28 Johanna Ringertz and Jean Ploteau, Stockholm-based artists use text, photography and performance art to comment on our common belief systems and modern human existence, often with humour and great insight. SPAC Gallery Seattle Pacific University 3 W Cremona ✆206-281-2079 www.spu.edu/depts/viscom/page/ community/cgallery.asp "Annual Senior Shows in Studio Art and Illustration", Apr 4-8 Evan Adams, large-scale abstract paintings; Apr 1115 Ben Rowe, Rani Ban and Hannah Pietila, three approaches to narrative paintings, drawings, embroidery and soft sculpture; Apr 18-22 Moriah Westrick and Melissa Ergo, three approaches to metaphor – painting, drawings, photography and multimedia; Apr 26-30 NW AIGA Student Show; May 9-13 Lexie Hoffman, Naomi Trego and Emily Lowenberg, "Mapping and Memory", sculpture and multimedia; May 16-20 Jessica Vanderpol, visual storytelling; May 23-27 Kiersten Holine and Nicole Berger, "Art and Autobiography", photography and painting; May 28-29 Visual Communication Design Senior Show. ★ Traver Gallery 200-110 Union St ✆206-587-6501 www.travergallery.com tues-fri 10am-6pm sat 10am-5pm sun 12-5pm Open 1st Thurs Artwalks 58pm. Apr 7-May 28 John Marshall, “New Works in Silver”, new body of small, intimate silver sculptures, characterized by subtle layering and rich complexity; Kait Rhoads, “Physis”, new series of vessels, wall-mounted glass PREVIEW 67 SEATTLE A RT EVENT Henry Art Gallery presents Fri. Apr. 15, 7-8:30 pm Artist Talk: Lucy Pullen Henry Auditorium Join visiting artist Lucy Pullen as she talks about her most recent exhibition at $10 general admission the Henry, Lucy Pullen: The Cloud Chamber and Related Works. Introduction FREE for members by Henry Curator Sara Krajewski. Pullen melds science, philosophy and visual and Students art in two sculptures that play with cosmic rays entering our atmosphere. 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Combining elements of music, dance, narrative, costume, sculpture, props and video projections, the all-sensory inventions of DAE are filled with fantastic scenes. Exhibit-related events include four site-specific performances of DAE's latest work, Red Shoes, based on the horrific classic tale of a girl who, when wearing the red shoes, cannot stop dancing. WANXIN ZHANG: A TEN YEAR SURVEY Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, through August 9 Wanxin Zhang’s massive ceramic figures are inspired by the soldiers of the Qin Terracotta Army – guards of the tomb of the First Emperor of China unearthed in Xi’an in 1974. His compelling and witty large scale figurative sculptures reference the ancient culture of his native China but are blended with certain distinctly Western attributes. His work draws on the self-portraits of Robert Arneson, originator of the 1960s California Clay Funk Revolution, and Peter Voulkos, in whose foundry Zhang worked. CATHERINE COOK: OBJECT LESSONS Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, April 7-May 1 In her sense-stimulating oil paintings, Catherine Cook uses colour, mood and repetition in subtly sculpted surfaces and layered washes. Although the images are distilled from photographs, the act of painting itself determines the final outcome of each piece. Many of Cook’s works seem to reference the landscape, which is not necessarily the intention of the artist. Cook’s formalist attitude leaves the interpretation of each piece up to the viewers. Degenerate Art Ensemble Wanxin Zhang Catherine Cook CAMERON ANNE MASON: SOFT EARTH Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, April 7-30 Shape and surface are primary elements in the organic sculptures of Cameron Anne Mason. Building on the culture of our agrarian past, Mason creates elegant pod-like forms which are handsewn from uniquely dyed, printed and embroidered fabric. In her first solo show at Foster/White, Mason is exhibiting two bodies of work: the Blade series, which serves as a metaphor for human interaction with the natural world, and the Cotyledons series, which examines growth, fertility and seeds as essential building blocks of culture. THREE PHOTOGRAPHERS: MARSHA BURNS, ELLEN GARVENS, KATHY VARGAS Prographica/Fine Works on Paper, Seattle, April 2-May 14 Three artists with different stylistic approaches create complementary works of high order and formal excellence. Using images of her own hands and feet as well as domestic objects, Ellen Garvens's Castings series are eerie documentaries of the process of creating prosthetics. Hand-coloured, multiple-exposure photographs from Kathy Vargas depict objects of innocence in a mysterious light, continuing her interest in family and cultural memory. Marsha Burns, a Seattle veteran, presents silver gelatin prints and new unique archival digital prints. Cameron Anne Mason Kathy Vargas www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 69 www.moa.ubc.ca Carl Beam MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY, VANCOUVER BC – Apr 8-May 29, 2011 Ojibway artist Carl Beam (1943-2005) is considered to have been an influential force in the development of contemporary First Nations art in Canada. Beam’s watercolours, etchings, photographs, photo transfers, installations and ceramics have a painterly, fluid style that – like Rauschenberg’s silkscreens of the early 1960s – combines photo transfers and posterized imagery with fragments of stencilled and handwritten text. The mixedmedia collages on canvas, paper or plexiglass integrate multiple photographic images on single picture planes. This retrospective exhibition at Vancouver’s Museum of AnthroCarl Beam, The North American Iceberg (1985), acrylic, photo-serigraph, and pology includes a selection of more graphite on plexiglas [Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver BC, Apr 8-May 29] than fifty artworks from Beam’s Collection: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Photo © NGC thirty-year career. The exhibit was at the National Gallery in Ottawa until January 2011 and will continue to tour to Winnipeg, Regina, Thunder Bay, and the National Museum of the American Indian, New York. Mia Johnson TWO TALKS AT MOA: Sunday, April 10, 1 pm & Tuesday, April 12, 7 pm. Greg Hill, curator of the exhibition offers two different perspectives on his role as curator of the exhibition. TWO FILM SCREENINGS AT MOA: Saturday, April 16, 1 pm & Tuesday, April 26, 7 pm. Documentary film, Aakideh, explores Beam’s early years that not only impacted his life but also his art. Screening time: 65 minutes. ‘paintings’, and woven glass and copper sculptures; Nancy Worden, “Protection”, wearable sculptures address the idea of the amulet as a good luck charm; Dual: The Private Life of Sculpture, individual works exist successfully in both realms, as sculpture and as objects relating to and interacting with the body. ★ Vetri Glass – Seattle 1404 1st Ave ✆206-667-9608 www.vetriglass.com mon-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm. Vetri showcases emerging talent in art glass as well as production work by internationally renowned artists such as Dale Chihuly, Martin Blank and Davide Salvadore. Vetri represents the work of over 100 artists. May 1-29 Courtney Branam, “Soft Geometry”, intricately cane-worked brightly coloured transparent cubes and pyramids. Western Bridge 3412 4th Ave S ✆206-838-7444 www.westernbridge.org thurs-sat 12-6pm and by appt. Admission is free. Thru Apr 30 Benjamin 70 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Bergmann, Andy Coolquitt, Martin Creed, Jason Dodge, Olafur Eliasson, Spencer Finch, Hadley+Maxwell, Eli Hansen and Oscar Tuazon, Jeppe Hein, Alicja Kwade, Euan Macdonald, Roy McMakin, João Penalva, Will Rogan, Michael Sailstorfer, Crispin Spaeth, Mungo Thomson and Claude Zervas, “Light in Darkness”, works using light as a primary medium, will make one another visible in the darkened galleries of Western Bridge. SPOKANE Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W First Ave ✆24-hr hotline: 509-456-3931 509-363-5344 www.northwestmuseum.org wed-sat 10am-6pm. Admission: adults $7, seniors and students $5, children under 5 and Museum members free, Family MACFest Days $15, 1st fridays by donation 5-8pm. Thru Apr 16 Timothy C. Ely: Line of Sight, exquisitely bound books integrate Western and Eastern religious and mystical traditions, Ely will create an enormous graphic work, up to 25 ft wide and 10 ft tall; Thru Apr 23 Living Legacy: The American Indian Collection, explore the legacy of ‘Victorian’ collecting and the period during which Native American cultural objects were institutionalized in glass cases with a focus on the Columbia River Plateau tribes; Thru Apr 30 Dress Code, highlights how fashion interplays with women’s domestic, professional, social and political lives; Thru May 7 Women’s Voices, Women’s Votes, Washington State celebrates its centennial of permanent women’s suffrage with a look at the struggle to attain women’s right to vote and how it influenced territorial and state history; TACOMA ★ Museum of Glass 1801 Dock St ✆253-284-4750 www.museumofglass.org wed-sat 10am-5pm sun 12-5pm 3rd thurs 10am-8pm (free admission 5- ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS Exhibition Catalogues of Interest SHADOWS OF A FLEETING WORLD: PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE SEATTLE CAMERA CLUB is a handsome volume with over 100 illustrations representing regional Pictorialist photographers from the era between the two World Wars. The sepia and black-and-white imagery of the Seattle Camera Club emerged from an interest in transient light and Japanese compositional elements. Gorgeous moody reproductions are complemented by scholarly insight from art historian David F. Martin and Nicolette Bromberg, visual materials curator for Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries. Selections from the collection are on exhibit at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, WA until May 8th. Softcover, 160 pages, $45 USD. Available from University of Washington Press, toll-free 1.800.537.5487, www.washington.edu/uwpress. Canadian customers contact UBC Press, 604.822.5959, toll-free 1-877-377-9378, www.ubcpress.ca RIOPELLE: MEMOIRES D'ATELIERS/STUDIO MEMORIES with text by Yseult Riopelle and Gilles Daigneault was published for the exhibition by the same name. In 2010, the work travelled from Paris to Winnipeg and Calgary, and will be exhibited during 2011 in Montreal, Toronto, Québec and Vancouver. A serious and intense catalogue, it features the work of Québec painter and sculptor JeanPaul Riopelle (1923- 2002), who treated oil, wax and bronze alike as sculptural materials. Charcoal preliminary sketches are juxtaposed with photographs of finished sculptural works from the late 1960s to the late 1980s. Softcover, 132 pages. $40 CDN. Available from TrépanierBaer, Calgary, 403-244-2066 or info@tbg1.com MAN RAY, AFRICAN ART AND THE MODERNIST LENS by Wendy Grossman accompanied the recent exhibit at Vancouver's Museum of Anthropology. The exhibit positioned 100 photographs by the early 20th-century artist Man Ray and his contemporaries alongside 20 African objects. The catalogue is an academic treatise of painstakingly detailed historical information and footnotes about the period, and includes illustrated entries by African art scholars, an essay by Ian Walker and contributions by several additional writers and art historians. Softcover, 183 pages. $39.95 CDN. Available from the Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, 604-822-3440 or shop@moa.ubc.ca PORTRAIT is the third in a series of small books published by the Contemporary Art Gallery, completing their petit genre series with Landscape (2009) and Still Life (2010). Enhanced by several essays and interviews, the publication presents portraits in their myriad artistic genres: videos, photographs, drawings, installations, screenprints, paintings and digital prints. Highlights include a description of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun’s portraits by Glenn Alteen and an interview with Jenifer Papararo and Elizabeth Zvonar. Softcover, 128 pages. $33 CDN. Available as a group of three for $66. Available from the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, 604-681-2700 or info@contemporaryartgallery.ca HENK PANDER: MEMORY AND MODERN LIFE was published in conjunction with a major retrospective at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art earlier this year. Written by the exhibition’s curator Roger Hull, the monograph delves into Pander’s artwork of the past 50 years with examples of every facet of his career. His work in drawing, portraiture, murals, city scenes, memories of war, and still-life painting are all elaborated upon in Hull’s text. Pander’s paintings documenting the New Carissa oil spill and his evocative pieces of the last decade round out this thoughtful volume. Softcover, 136 pages, $29.95 USD; hardcover, $39.95. Available from Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem OR, 503-370-6855 Please note: Prices may be subject to additional charges for postage, handling and taxes. www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 71 www.seattleartmuseum.org/ SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, SEATTLE WA – Mar 10-Jun 5, 2011 Chicago designer Nick Cave’s innovative artwork is featured in his first major nationally touring museum exhibition, Meet Me at the Center of the Earth. The sculptural works can be described as something between static assemblage art and adornment for performance, while succeeding as both. Cave dubs his ongoing thematic constructions Soundsuits. In these labour-intensive costume-like works, Cave sews ephemera like toys and other found materials inside the inner structures. Based on the nature of the found objects, the interior matter resonates with sounds with the movement of the wearer. In pieces created from dyed human hair, various sounds can be soft and supple; in others created from objects like toys and buttons, they are louder and more percussive. The wonderful fusion of fashion, fibre art, and performance is just the surface of these spirited artworks. Many reference African ceremonial costumes and masks. A deeper aspect emerges from the design elements which obscure the wearer’s identity thereby dissolving racial or ethnic boundaries in a playful and jovial manner. Nick Cave studied modern dance with Alvin Ailey. Currently he is the chairman of the Fashion Design Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Cave, with local art stu- Nick Cave, Soundsuit (2009), human hair, metal dents and dancers, is planning a series of impromptu site-specific armature [Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA, Mar 10-Jun 5] performances including at the Olympic Sculpture Park Earth Day event on April 16. These Soundsuit Invasions should prove to be as witty as Cave’s stand-alone sculptures. Allyn Cantor 8pm). Admission: free for members, $12 adults, $10 seniors, military and students (13+ with ID), $10 groups of 10+, $5 children (6-12 yrs), children under 6 free, admission is free every 3rd thurs from 5-8pm. Thru Jun 19 Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Craig Meitner; Thru Sep 6 Glimmering Gone: Ingalena Klenell and Beth Lipman; Thru Oct 16 Fertile Ground: Recent Masterworks from the Visiting Artist Residency Program; Thru Oct 30 Kids Design Glass, 52 glass sculptures designed by children and crafted by professional glass artists in the Museum of Glass Hot Shop; Ongoing MAIN PLAZA REFLECTING POOL Martin Blank: Fluent Steps, monumental glass sculpture spans the entire length of the 210 foot-long reflecting pool and rises from water level to 15 feet in height; Cappy Thompson, “Gathering the Light”, installation of reversepainted stories on glass in the grisaille technique of gray-tonal painting used for stained glass since the Middle Ages. Tacoma Art Museum 1701 Pacific Ave ✆253-272-4258 www.TacomaArtMuseum.org wed-sun 10am-5pm, 3rd Thurs 10am-8pm, free from 5-8pm. Admission: members free, adults $9, students/military/seniors (65+) $8, family $25 (2 adults + up to 4 children under 18), children 5 and under free. Thru Apr 24 Mighty Tacoma: Photographic Portrait 2010, interactive celebration and creative exercise in commemoration of Tacoma Art Museum’s 75th Anniversary Year; Thru May 30 American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell, a rare exhibition of iconic artworks, 44 paintings and 323 original Saturday Evening Post covers, makes its only stop in the Pacific Northwest; Ongoing Chihuly: Gifts from the Artist, permanent collection of Chihuly glass. Traver Gallery 100-1821 E Dock St ✆253-383-3685 www.travergallery.com wed-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm Open 3rd Thurs Artwalk 5-8pm. Thru 72 PREVIEW ■ FEBRUARY/MARCH 2011 COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth Apr 23 Preston Singletary, “Contents of a Dream”, new works reference the artist’s Tlingit heritage and themes of transformation, animal spirits and shamanism with intricately sandcarved surfaces of baskets and sculptural forms utilizing whale, raven, eagle and human form; May 7-Jul 24 Dale Chihuly, “Cylinders”, focus on patterned surface is highlighted by understated forms in black, white and silver, glowing, spare vessels underscore the curving canvases upon which the artist ‘draws’ in glass. Vetri Glass – Tacoma 101-1821 E Dock St ✆253-383-3692 www.vetriglass.com wed-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm, closed mon and tues. 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Wendy Berry Custom Framing is now at Doctor Vigari Gallery 1816 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC Alpha listing of galleries in this issue Agnes Bugera Gallery 14 Alberta Craft Council Gallery 14 Alcheringa Gallery 54 AllMarquetry Studio Gallery 26 Alternator Centre 25 Amelia Douglas Gallery, Douglas College 26 Appleton Galleries 34 Arnold Mikelson Mind & Matter Gallery 31 Art Beatus 34 Art Central 8 Art Emporium 34 Art Gallery of Alberta 14 Art Gallery of Calgary 8 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 55 The Art Gym at Marylhurst University 61 Art Rental & Sales at the Vancouver Art Gallery 34 Art Works Gallery 34 Artfirm Gallery 8 Artistic Statement Gallery 55 Artists for Kids Gallery 26 Arts Council Gallery of New Westminster 26 Arts Off Main 34 Artspeak 34 ArtStarts Gallery 35 Ashpa Naira Gallery 54 Audain Gallery 35 The Avenue Gallery 55 Barbara Boldt Original Art Studio 23 Baron Gallery and Studio 35 Bau-Xi Gallery 37 Becker Galleries 37 Bellevue Arts Museum 62 Bellevue Gallery 59 Bill Reid Gallery 37 Blackfish Gallery 61 Blanket Contemporary Art 37 Blue Sky Gallery 61 Bluerock Gallery 8 Brian Scott Studio and Gallery 23 Britannia Art Gallery 37 The Broadway Gallery 64 Buckland Southerst Gallery 59 Burke Museum 65 Burnaby Art Gallery 16 Burnaby Village Museum 20 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery 37 76 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 Campbell River Art Gallery 20 Cannon Beach Gallery Group 61 Caroun Art Gallery 26 Catherine Person Gallery 65 Catriona Jeffries Gallery 37 Centre A, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art 37 Chali-Rosso Art Gallery 38 Chambers@916 62 Charles A. Hartman Fine Art 62 Charles H. Scott Gallery 38 Chilliwack Visual Artists Association 22 Choboter Fine Art 38 Circle Craft Gallery 38 CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver Community Arts Council 27 Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery 38 Collective Works Gallery 55 The Collector’s Gallery of Art 8 Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria 56 Comox Valley Art Gallery 23 Contemporary Art Gallery 39 Craft Connection/Gallery 26 Craft Council of BC 39 Cultural Centre Gallery 17 Dales Gallery 56 Davidson Galleries 65 Deluge Contemporary Art 56 Diana Paul Galleries 8 Diane Farris Gallery 39 Doctor Vigari Gallery 39 Dorian Rae Collection 39 Douglas Reynolds Gallery 39 Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton 16 Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver 44 Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery 44 Eagle Spirit Gallery 44 Eastwood Onley Gallery 44 eclectic 56 Elissa Cristall Gallery 44 Elizabeth Leach Gallery 62 Elliott Louis Gallery 44 English Bay Gallery 44 Equinox Gallery 44 Esplanade Art Gallery 17 Evergreen Cultural Centre Art Gallery 22 Ferry Building Gallery 59 Firehall Arts Centre 44 The Fort Gallery 23 Foster/White Gallery 65 Foyer Gallery, Squamish Public Library 30 Framagraphic Framing Gallery 44 Froelick Gallery 62 Frye Art Museum 65 G. Gibson Gallery 65 Gallery 2, Grand Forks and District Art and Heritage Centre 23 Gallery 110 65 Gallery at Hycroft, University Women's Club of Vancouver 44 Gallery at the Mac 56 Gallery Gachet 44 Gallery in the Oak Bay Village 56 Gallery Jones, Vancouver 45 Gallery Jones, West Vancouver 59 Gallery of B.C. Ceramics 45 Gallery One 64 Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens and Gallery 25 Glenbow Museum 8 Goldmoss Gallery 31 Graffiti Co. Art Studio/Gallery 27 Granville Fine Art 45 Greenery Gallery 45 grunt gallery 45 Hallie Ford Museum of Art 62 Havana Gallery 45 Hayden Beck Gallery 60 Heffel Fine Art Auction House 46 Helen Pitt Gallery Artist-Run Centre 46 Henry Art Gallery 66 Herringer Kiss Gallery 10 hfa contemporary 46 Howe Street Gallery of Fine Art & The Soul of Africa Collection 46 Hunter Bisset Gallery 46 Ian Tan Gallery 46 Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art + Design 10 International Arts Gallery 46 Inuit Gallery of Vancouver 47 JACANA Gallery 47 Alpha listing of galleries in this issue Japanese Canadian National Museum 20 Jenkins Showler Gallery 60 Jennifer Kostuik Gallery 47 Jeunesse Gallery of Fine Arts 47 Kamloops Art Gallery 25 Katherine McLean Studio 47 Kelowna Art Gallery 25 Kootenay Gallery 22 Kurbatoff Art Gallery 47 Kwantlen Art Gallery 31 The Landing Gallery Artists’ Co-op 23 Langara College Fine Arts Dept 47 Langham Cultural Centre Gallery 25 Lattimer Gallery 48 Laura Russo Gallery 62 Legacy Art Gallery & Cafe 56 Lisa Harris Gallery 66 Lloyd Gallery 28 Lúz Gallery 56 Madrona Gallery 57 Maltwood Prints and Drawings Gallery 57 Maple Ridge Art Gallery 26 Marilyn S. Mylrea Art Gallery 48 Marion Scott Gallery 48 Martin Batchelor Gallery 57 Maryanne’s Eden 8 Monny's Art Gallery 48 Monte Clark Gallery 48 Morley Myers Gallery & Studio 29 Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery 49 Morris Gallery 57 Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia 49 Museum of Contemporary Craft 62 Museum of Glass 70 Museum of Northern BC 28 Museum of Northwest Art 64 Museum of Vancouver 49 Nanaimo Art Gallery 26 The New Gallery (TNG) 10 NEWZONES Gallery 12 North Vancouver Museum 27 Northwest By Northwest Gallery 61 Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 70 The Old School House Arts Centre 29 Omega Gallery 49 www.preview-art.com ON MAIN 49 Open Space 57 Or Gallery 49 Osoyoos Art Gallery 28 Paul Kuhn Gallery 12 Pegasus Gallery 30 Pendulum Gallery in the Atrium 50 Peninsula Gallery 30 Penticton Art Gallery 28 Pera Gallery 50 Peter Kiss Studio and Gallery 50 Petley Jones Gallery 50 Place des Arts 23 Polychrome Fine Arts 57 Port Angeles Fine Arts Center 64 Port Moody Arts Centre 28 Portland Art Museum 62 The Pottery Store 22 Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan Studios 66 Presentation House Gallery 27 Prographica/fine works on paper 67 Queen Elizabeth Theatre Mezzanine Gallery 50 The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford 17 Rendezvous Art Gallery 51 Rennie Collection 51 Republic Gallery 51 Richmond Art Gallery 29 Robinson Studio Gallery 51 Royal BC Museum 58 Rufus Lin Gallery of Japanese Art 29 SAGA Public Art Gallery 29 Satellite Gallery 51 Seattle Art Museum 67 Seattle Asian Art Museum 67 Seymour Art Gallery 27 Shift Studio 67 Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Jewish Community Centre 51 Silk Purse Arts Centre 59 Simon Fraser University Gallery 20 Slide Room Gallery 58 South Shore Gallery 30 Southern Alberta Art Gallery 16 SPAC Gallery 67 Spirit Wrestler Gallery 52 Starfish Gallery & Studio 30 The Stride Art Gallery Association 12 Studio 13 Fine Art 52 Sun Spirit Gallery 60 Sunshine Coast Arts Council + Arts Centre 31 Surrey Art Gallery 31 Swirl Fine Art & Design 12 Tacoma Art Museum 72 Teck Gallery 52 Toni Onley Estate 52 Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History 26 Traver Gallery, Seattle 67 Traver Gallery, Tacoma 72 Trench Contemporary Art 52 TrépanierBaer 12 Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts 12 Tsawwassen Longhouse Gallery 34 Tutt Street Gallery 26 Two Rivers Gallery 28 Unitarian Church of Vancouver 53 University of Lethbridge Art Gallery 16 Uno Langmann Limited 53 Vanart Gallery & Studio 53 Vancouver Art Gallery 53 Vancouver Maritime Museum 54 Vernon Public Art Gallery 54 Vetri Glass - Seattle 70 Vetri Glass - Tacoma 72 View Art Gallery 58 waterworks gallery 64 The Weiss Gallery 14 West End Gallery, Edmonton 16 West End Gallery, Victoria 58 West Vancouver Museum 60 Western Bridge 70 Western Front Gallery 54 Western Gallery 62 Whatcom Museum of History and Art 62 White Bird Gallery 61 White Rock Gallery 60 Winchester Galleries 58 Winsor Gallery 54 Xchanges Gallery 59 PREVIEW 77 GALLERY OPENINGS + EVENTS April 3 Sunday April 14 Thursday (cont’d) 2-3:30pm Opening reception: Full Circle Art Collective, Passage of Time...; Rudi Diesvelt, jewellery, Celtic designs. GALLERY AT HYCROFT, UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S CLUB OF VANCOUVER, 1489 McRae Ave, Vancouver BC. 4-6pm Opening reception: Bettina Matzkuhn: Mappa, textile works. EVERGREEN CULTURAL CENTRE ART GALLERY, 1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam BC. 5pm Opening reception: Alistair Bell’s Animals: Portraits of the Wild, prints and sketches. BURNABY ART GALLERY, 6344 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby BC. 5-8pm Opening reception: Grunt Media Lab Opening, recent renovation modifying its kitchen area into a high tech media lab entitled ‘gruntKitchen’. GRUNT GALLERY, Unit 116-350 E 2nd Ave, Vancouver BC 6:30-8:30pm Opening reception: Jim Ramsay, Secret Satisfaction, collaborative paper sculptures. ELLIOTT LOUIS GALLERY, 258 E 1st Ave, Vancouver BC. 7-9pm Opening reception: Man Turned to Stone: Tíxwelatse; Betty Goodwin: Darkness and Memory; Our Communities Our Stories: Sikh Pioneers –100 Years of Immigration. The Semoya Dance Group performs ‘The Tíxwelatse Story’. THE REACH GALLERY MUSEUM ABBOTSFORD, 32388 Veterans Way, Abbotsford BC. 7-9pm Opening reception: Brenda Joy Lem, Homage to the Heart, the work addresses themes of memory, oral history, spirituality and ‘the enduring heart’. RICHMOND ART GALLERY, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond BC. April 5 Tuesday 6-8pm Opening reception: fibreEssence Textle Group, A Textile Translation, works in a range of techniques. SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE AT THE WEST VANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL, 1570 Argyle Ave, West Vancouver BC. April 7 Thursday 5-8pm Opening reception: Jo Moniz, Oceania, new work in encaustic inspired by oceanic life forms and island flora. SHIFT STUDIO, 105-306 S Washington St, Seattle WA. 5-9pm Opening reception: Tracy Proctor, Playing with Fire, new work; encaustic demonstrations at 6pm and 8pm. SWIRL FINE ART & DESIGN, Unit 104-100 7th Ave SW, Calgary AB. 6-9pm Opening reception: Ruti Sela and Maayan Amir, Beyond Guilt, video trilogy; Sharon Hayes, In the Near Future, installation that takes protest as its subject. CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, 555 Nelson St, Vancouver BC. 6-9pm Opening reception: Peter Aspell, Gods and Machines, works from the estate. GALLERY JONES, 1725 W 3rd Ave, Vancouver BC. 7-9pm Opening reception: Big Ideas – Responding to Public Art, artwork by North Vancouver high school students in response to the Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale. CITYSCAPE COMMUNITY ART SPACE, NORTH VANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL, 335 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver BC. April 15 Friday 6-9pm Opening reception: Jim Gislason, Nocturne, new work. BECKER GALLERIES, 210-1333 Johnston St, Pier 32, Vancouver BC. April 16 Saturday 1pm Dance & Panel Discussion: The Semoya Dance Group will perform ‘The Tíxwelatse Story’. A panel discussion: How to Live Together in a Good Way will follow. THE REACH GALLERY MUSEUM ABBOTSFORD, 32388 Veterans Way, Abbotsford BC. 2-5pm Opening reception: Sara Robichaud, The Milk is Opaque, paintings. TRENCH CONTEMPORARY ART, 102-148 Alexander St, Vancouver BC. April 9-10 Saturday and Sunday April 16-17 Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm Event: Artists of Kerrisdale, Art Show and Sale, artwork in a variety of media, artists in attendance. www.artistsofkerrisdale.com. ARTISTS OF KERRISDALE, Kerrisdale Community Centre, 5851 W Boulevard, Vancouver BC. 11am-5pm Open House: North Shore Art Crawl, www.nsartcrawl.ca. GRAFFITI CO. ART STUDIO/GALLERY, 171 E 1st St, 2nd Flr, North Vancouver BC. April 12 Tuesday 7-9pm Opening reception: Sylvia Tait: A Classical Spirit, survey of work from the early 1960s to the present. WEST VANCOUVER MUSEUM, 680 17th St, West Vancouver BC. April 14 Thursday 4:30-7:30pm Opening reception: Steve Amsden, paintings; Robert Parkes, glass works. AMELIA DOUGLAS GALLERY, DOUGLAS COLLEGE, 700 Royal Ave, New Westminster BC. 78 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2011 April 17 Sunday 7-9pm Lecture: The Curator’s Role, John R. Taylor will address the curator’s role and responsibilities. PERA GALLERY, 413 West Hastings St, Vancouver BC. April 21 Thursday 6-8pm Opening reception: Kathy Zhang, oil paintings; Carlyn Yandle, mixed media and acrylic on canvas paintings; Amanda Maxwell, jewellery. PORT MOODY ARTS CENTRE, 2425 St Johns St, Port Moody BC. 7:30-11pm Opening reception: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Old Growth, 30+-year selection of works, also the release of a retrospective collection of his graphic work. GRUNT GALLERY, Unit 116-350 E 2nd Ave, Vancouver BC. ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS GALLERY OPENINGS + EVENTS April 23 Saturday May 12 Thursday (cont’d) 7-9pm Opening reception: NIC/Emily Carr University BFA Grads, exploratory and experimental works; Ramona Gregory, Dimpled Creatures from Unknown Places, ceramic forms and paintings. COMOX VALLEY ART GALLERY, 580 Duncan Ave, Courtenay BC. 6:30-8:30pm Opening reception: Alan Fulle, large-scale expressive abstract works. ELLIOTT LOUIS GALLERY, 258 E 1st Ave, Vancouver BC. April 28 Thursday 7-9pm Opening reception: Man’s Best Friend, work that captures the ideal of peaceful cohabitation amongst creatures and the human species. CITYSCAPE COMMUNITY ART SPACE, 335 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver BC. May 13 Friday 7-11pm Opening Night at the International Village Mall – 5 Galleries – 5 Openings: International Arts Gallery, Lumen Gallery, Ayden Gallery, Hunter Bisset Gallery and Revival Arts. Enquiries: 604-569-1886, info@internationalartsgallerybc.ca. INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE MALL, 88 W Pender St, Vancouver, BC. April 29 Friday May 18 Wednesday 7pm Opening reception: Dan Bernyk, Dickson Bou, Laura Dutton, Emilio Portal and Megan Press, Eviction, UVic MFA Thesis Exhibition. UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, VISUAL ARTS BUILDING, 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria BC. 6pm Opening reception: ACAD Graduating Student Exhibition, work of over 200 of our graduating class. ILLINGWORTH KERR GALLERY, ALBERTA COLLEGE OF ART + DESIGN, 1407 14th Ave NW, Calgary AB. April 30 Saturday May 19 Thursday 3pm Artist Talk: Jay Senetchko. IAN TAN GALLERY, 2202 Granville St, Vancouver BC. 3-5pm Opening reception: Solange Fabião, Amazônia (Projecting on Black), room-size projection takes viewers into the rainforest in real time. SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY GALLERY, AQ 3004, 8888 University Dr, Burnaby BC. 6:30-9pm Opening reception: Bloom – Asian Canadian Artist Showcase & Art Auction, exhibition and fundraising auction. JAPANESE CANADIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, 6688 Southoaks Cres, Burnaby BC. 6:30-8:30pm Opening reception: Iza Radinsky, still life oil paintings. DISTRICT FOYER GALLERY, District Hall of North Vancouver, 355 W Queens Rd, North Vancouver, BC. May 1 Sunday 2-3:30pm Opening reception: The Quilt Squad; Irit Sorokin, jewellery, wearable art. GALLERY AT HYCROFT, UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S CLUB OF VANCOUVER, 1489 McRae Ave, Vancouver BC. May 3 Tuesday 6-9pm Opening reception: Marcus Macleod, That, Them and Me, recent series of figurative works. PERA GALLERY, 413 West Hastings St, Vancouver BC. May 5 Thursday 5-9pm Opening reception: Tammy Olsson, On the Edge of the Forest, new work. SWIRL FINE ART & DESIGN, Unit 104-100 7th Ave SW, Calgary AB. 6-8pm Opening reception: Pilar Mehlis: Metanoia, new works in oil. PETLEY JONES GALLERY, 1554 West 6th Ave, Vancouver BC. 6-9pm Opening reception: Kristin Bjornerud, gouache and watercolour paintings. GALLERY JONES, 1725 W 3rd Ave, Vancouver BC. May 20 Friday 6-9pm Opening reception: Jolinda Linden, Method 11, new work. BECKER GALLERIES, 210-1333 Johnston St, Pier 32, Vancouver BC. May 22-23 Sunday and Monday 11am-5pm Artisans Spring Market. ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY OF NEW WESTMINSTER, Queen’s Park, 6th Ave & McBride Blvd, New Westminster BC. May 26 Thursday 6:30-8:30pm Preview reception for collectors: Shirley Williams, Graceful Line, oil paintings. EASTWOOD ONLEY GALLERY, 2075 Alberta St, Vancouver BC. 6-9pm Opening reception: UBC Okanagan BFA Graduation Exhibition, artwork by emerging artists; David Newkirk, Fault Lines and Fantasies, abstract paintings; Susan Bizecki, Windows, video installation. VERNON PUBLIC ART GALLERY, 3228 31st Ave, Vernon BC. May 27 Friday 7-9pm Opening reception: Monogatari – Tales of Powell Street (1920-1942), Powell Street was the prewar business centre of the Japanese community in Vancouver. JAPANESE CANADIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, 6688 Southoaks Cres, Burnaby BC. May 28 Saturday 2-4pm Opening reception with live music: Shirley Williams, Graceful Line, oil paintings. EASTWOOD ONLEY GALLERY, 2075 Alberta St, Vancouver BC. May 12 Thursday 6-9 pm Opening reception: Tom Carter, Intersections, paintings. BARON GALLERY AND STUDIO, 293 Columbia St, Gastown, Vancouver BC. www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 79