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Preview of the Visual Arts | April–May 2009 C A G L A EN L D L A ER R Y O I F N O D P EX E - N P IN G G 7 S 4 - P G 7 8 THE GALLERY GUIDE ALBERTA I BRITISH I COLUMBIA I OREGON I WASHINGTON April/May 2009 www.preview-art.com 2 PREVIEW I APR/MAY 2009 # OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS 6 PREVIEW I APR/MAY 2009 April/May 2009 Vol. 23 No. 2 ALBERTA 8 Black Diamond, Calgary previews 11 Edmonton 12 Andrew Tong: So It Goes 14 Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Red Deer Elliott Louis Gallery BRITISH COLUMBIA 12 14 POLAROIDS: Attila Richard Lukacs 14 Burnaby & Michael Morris 18 Campbell River, Castlegar Art Gallery of Alberta 19 Chilliwack, Coquitlam 20 Courtenay, Delta 16 E. J. Hughes: The Man & His Work 21 Denman Island, Duncan, 16 Nanaimo Art Gallery Fort Langley, Gabriola Island 20 John Dennison: Tableaux Printemps 23 Grand Forks, Kamloops, Diane Farris Gallery Kaslo, Kelowna 24 Lions Bay, Maple Ridge, Nanaimo 26 Ken Wallace: Reflections 25 Nelson, New Westminster, Bau-Xi Gallery North Vancouver 34 BGL: Marshmallow + Cauldron + Fire = 27 Osoyoos, Penticton Contemporary Art Gallery 28 Port Moody, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Quadra Island, 20 38 Raphaëlle de Groot: The Burden of Objects Qualicum Beach, Richmond, 40 Southern Alberta Art Gallery Salmon Arm 40 Vermeer, Rembrandt & the Golden Age 29 Salt Spring Island, Sidney, of Dutch Art Sidney-North Saanich, Sooke Vancouver Art Gallery 30 Squamish, Summerland, Sunshine Coast, Surrey 48 Contemporary Art From India 31 Tsawwassen, Vancouver Lawrence Eng Gallery 53 Vernon 52 Antonia Hirsch: Anthropometrics 55 Victoria Republic Gallery 59 West Vancouver 61 White Rock, Williams Lake 56 Diyan Achjadi & Brendan Tang: OREGON Sugar Bombs 61 Cannon Beach Kamloops Art Gallery 62 Marylhurst, Portland 56 60 Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers II 64 Salem Winsor Gallery WASHINGTON 72 64 Bellevue, Bellingham, Friday Harbor, 62 Eric Stotik: Paintings La Conner, Longview, Port Angeles Laura Russo Gallery 66 Seattle 66 Blackfish Gallery 30th Anniversary Show 73 Spokane, Tacoma © 1986-2009 Preview Graphics Inc. ISSN 1481-2258 Blackfish Gallery Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission of the publisher is strictly forbidden. 68 Kent Lovelace: Luberon Paintings HEAD OFFICE + CANADIAN EDITORIAL + SALES contents Lisa Harris Gallery TEL 604-254-1405 FAX 604-254-1314 22 Gallery Views TOLL FREE 1-877-254-1405 72 Michael Peterson: Evolution | Revolution E-MAIL [email protected] 36 Confessions MAILING ADDRESS P.O. Box 549, Station A, Bellevue Arts Museum 54 Conservator’s Corner Vancouver, BC Canada V6C 2N3 Janice Whitehead, Publisher 67 Catalogues of Interest Shirley Lum, Listings Editor 74 Gallery Index Anne-Marie St-Laurent, Art Director 76 Art Services + Materials Directory U.S. EDITORIAL + SALES OFFICE 78 Gallery Openings + Events Allyn Cantor TEL (503)436-2869 E-MAIL [email protected] COVER: Andrew Tong, Billy Goes to War (2009), oil on canvas, detail [Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver BC, Apr 7-25] SUBSCRIPTIONS $22.05 CDN • $21 us Printed on FSA approved and recycled paper Collector’s Gallery VIRTUAL GALLERY CALGARY 1332 9th Ave SE ¥403-245-8300 www.collectorsgalleryofart.com Quails’ Nest Studio .Com # Art Gallery of Calgary tues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 10am- online only ¥(250)298-6888 117 8th Ave SW ¥403-770-1350 5pm. Thru Apr 18 John Snow, etch- www.quailsneststudio.com www.artgallerycalgary.org ings, lithographs, oils and works on online available 24-7-365. Apr-May tues-sat 10am-5pm first thurs 10am- paper including newly released works Featuring unique fibre art, handmade 9pm Admission: $5 adult, $2.50 stu- by the estate; Apr 25-May 23 F. jewellery and unusual garden art for dent/youth (with valid student ID), $5 Leonard Brooks, watercolours, oils Mother’s Day. senior (60+), children under 6 free. and collages. Thru Apr 4 IAIN BAXTER&, Jon Pylypchuk and Burnt Toast Studio, Diana Paul Galleries “Experimental Art + Culture”; Apr 24- 737 2nd St SW ¥403-262-9947 ALBERTA Jun 27 Michael Cameron, paintings; www.dianapaul.com BLACK DIAMOND Vincenzo Calli, “Sospesi tra Cielo e tues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm. Thru Apr Terra - Suspended Between Heaven Nicholas Bott; Early May Liliane Maryanne’s Eden and Earth”, paintings. Fournier; Late May Wilson Chu; Call 109 Centre Ave E ¥403-933-5524 the gallery or visit the website for www.maryanneseden.com Artfirm Gallery exhibition details. tues-sun 11am-5pm or by appt. Apr 617 11 Ave SW, Lower Level t 24-May 21 Maryanne Jespersen, ¥403-206-1344 www.artfirm.ca # Glenbow Museum S ne Pi “Retrospective”, paintings, then and tues-sat 10am-5pm or by appt. Thru 130 9th Ave SE ¥403-268-4259 now; May 22-Jun 26 Maryanne Jes- Apr 18 Dale Kirschenman, “Reclama- www.glenbow.org persen and Jacki Boss, “Gone Wild”, tion”, paintings that refer to the land- daily 9am-5pm thurs til 9pm Admis- new works. scapes and skies of Western Canada; sion: adults $14, senior $10, Apr 23-May 15 Andrew McPhail, Tim student/youth $9, family $28, children Schouten, Dionne Simpson and under 6 free, members free. Thru Apr # Identifies galleries and museums Verona Sorensen, “Poles Apart”, a 13 Hutterite Traditions: Photographs open until 8pm on the First Thursday variety of medium brought together by George Webber, photographs doc- of every month. Many galleries host for the sake of art; May 21-Jun 20 Carl ument the stark details of the Little Bow opening receptions on First Thursday White, “Millie Fiori”, series of paint- Hutterite Colony’s values of spirituality, evenings. ings with a short film on the beauty of discipline and simplicity; Thru May 31 creation with no questions asked. Joe Fafard, featuring 69 sculptures W Ave NE E N 4th d W r Prince's Island m N D l 3rd Ave NE o t a n ri Park t S o o m 2nd Ave NE n h e t M T 0 M r 1st Ave 1 em NW or Bo ial w R Dr ive N DIANA PAUL r GALLERIES McDougall Rd 4th Ave SW 6th Ave SW St. Patr ick's 7th Ave SW ART GALLERY Isla OF CALGARY nd 8th Ave SW N NEW GALLERY Stephe 9th Ave N n TREPANIER N SW N GLENBOW BAER 9th Ave SE PAUL KUHN CPR track NEWZONES N s NNWEISS r W e HERRINGERS N UDELL N 11th Ave SW NSTRIDE iv NARTFIRM t R COLLECTOR'S W CONTEMPORARYW KISS S 12 GALLERY th Ave S SW w S E r N h o t t t S W T b 13th A t ve W l SW S t 1 S E S S E S d 1 S h t S h o t t 14t e h 15th t h Ave Ave S SW t W S t r e 9 S l 8 t 2 S t h c n 1 t 1 t 6th s Ave SW N a LOCH e 6 s 1 17th Ave SW C 1 M 17th Ave SE W W S S t t Calgary Royal Ave SW S S Lindsay h h Exhibition & t t Park 5 4 Stampede 22nd Ave d Park R r e ill p CALGARY S Dr w bo El 8 PREVIEW I APR/MAY 2009 APRIL 7-25, 2009 Andrew Tong So It Goes l i a t e d , l e n a OPENING RECEPTION p : n o l i Thursday, April 9, 6:30-8:30 pm o , " 4 2 × " 6 3 , n o i t u l o v E f o t o h s p a n S MAY 5-23, 2009 Barbara Heller Future Reliquaries OPENING RECEPTION: y r t Thursday, May 7, 6:30-8:30 pm s e p a t , " 4 2 × " 7 3 , m h t i r o g l A m i l i K Elliott louis GallEry 258 East 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 1A6 604-736-3282 [email protected] www.elliottlouis.com from caricatures and portraits of family American, British and European ration of both body politics and cultur- and friends to sculptures of cows and paintings and sculpture. We represent ally accepted images of femininity; horses; CONCOURSE WINDOW Claymates, a talented group of professional con- Joseph Siddiqi, “The Night Paintings”, featuring the work of five ceramic temporary artists in addition to 19th recent work that reflects the tension of sculptors from the Glenbow Museum and 20th C. artwork of historic inter- living in the city while being a part of collection, friends, colleagues and con- est. Thru Apr 11 John McKee: the natural world; Apr 18-May 16 temporaries of Fafard; Ongoing Mod- Foothills Landscapes; Apr 16-May 2 Sophie Jodoin, “Vigils”, drawings, ernist Art from the Glenbow Collec- Philip Craig, new works. psychological portrait series where the tion, showcases the modernist era face is never seen; Timothy McDowell, from the early 20th century to 1980, The New Gallery (TNG) “New Work”, landscape painting that featuring over 80 works of art in styles 200 Barclay Parade SW continues building on the traditions which range from realism to abstrac- Main Floor, Eau Claire Market with the inclusion of contemporary ele- tion, representing modern artists from ¥403-233-2399 ments and ideas; May 23-Jun 27 Fran- all regions of Canada. www.thenewgallery.org co DeFrancesca, “New Work”, digital tues-sat 11am-5pm. Free admission. images mounted on layered plywood Herringer Kiss Gallery Apr 3-May 9 Kristen Ivey, “The Phal- support structures and enveloped in 709A 11 Ave SW lus Series”, soft sculpture construct- translucent epoxy resin uses digital NEW LOCATION ¥403-228-4889 ed from old prom dresses; May 15- imaging to navigate the territory www.herringerkissgallery.com Jun 20, Duane Linklater, Nadya between photography and painting; tues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 11am- Kwandibens and Larry Blackhorse, Evelyne Brader-Frank, “New Work”, 5pm.
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