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A guide to the best exhibitions and events in the visual arts
“The idea of what a photograph is, or can be, is in transition. Scott McFarland’s work explicitly takes up the idea of the photo as a constructed image. Digital technology allows him to layer different temporalities and subject matter into an apparently seamless single image. His Hampstead series grew out of his interest in John Constable: it will be installed in an area that features ornate Victorian architecture, and the insertion of that history into that particular space is quite deliberate.”
Grant Arnold is Audain Curator of British Columbia Art at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The exhibition “Scott McFarland” is on view at the VAG from Oct. 3 to Jan. 3, 750 Hornby St.
Herzog’s vintage photo- graphs of Vancouver, recently rediscovered by the art world, provide a rich and rewarding street-level introduction to urban life in mid- 20th-century North America. This fall he presents previously unseen photos taken between 1955 and 1981 that feature the West Coast city as well as Banff, Victoria and Mexico. On view Nov. 4 to Dec. 12. Equinox Gallery, 2321 Granville St., Vancouver.
Deis’s narratively eloquent, formally impressive photos are created with a custom-made virtual-view camera and are, remarkably, neither staged nor digitally manipu- lated. Images of Vancouver, Tokyo and the Canadian North are on view in “Shadows Cast on Imagination’s Past.” From Oct. 1 to 25. Elissa Cristall Gallery, 2245 Granville St., Vancouver.
Projects by Andrea Fraser, Evan Lee, Martha Wilson, General Idea, Rodney Graham and others make ref- erence to other cultural figures, artworks and movements, but add an element of per- formative flair in that the artists use “them- selves, their bodies or other personal items to direct attention to a line of thought or historical figure.” To Nov. 1. Contemporary Art Gallery, 555 Nelson St., Vancouver.
The veteran Canadian artists Kennedy and Busby spent four months in China on a resi- dency before, during and after the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The artworks they created during their time there (including Kennedy’s wall-painting installation I Don’t Want to Pay Full Price) address the experience of being a foreigner and bring to light cultural differen- ces both real and artificial. Through Oct. 24. Centre A, 2 W. Hastings St., Vancouver.
Tibetan art is deeply intertwined with Buddhism and that tradition’s emphasis on impermanence and compassion. A group of Indian monks renowned for their stunning, ephemeral sand mandalas will spend several weeks at the gallery as part of this show of paintings, sculptures and sacred objects. To Dec. 6. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss St.
Drawing takes a turn in the spotlight this summer as 15 commercial galleries and public spaces in Vancouver host events devoted to the medium between July 18 and Aug. 8. (See drawnfestival.ca for complete schedule.) The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery joins in by extending the run of “Underpinnings,” an unprecedented gathering of 150 drawings and sketches by the well-loved West Coast master Jack Shadbolt, to Aug. 23. (1825 Main Mall.)
The Vancouver Art Gallery cements its international status this year by hosting the largest exhibition to date of the work of the acclaimed German photographer Andreas Gursky. “Werke/Works 80–08” runs to Sept. 20. (750 Hornby St.)
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria provides a window onto historical Tokyo and showcases its rich collection of Japanese art and artifacts in the exhibition “Edo: Art of Japan’s Last Shogun Period,” on view to Aug. 2. (1040 Moss St.)
Reece Terris’s vast domestic-design project Ought Apartment debuts at the Vancouver Art Gallery to Sept. 20; related photos are at Jennifer Kostuik Gallery concurrently. (1070 Homer St., Vancouver.)
Before joining CBC Radio, David Wisdom played in the artists’ band UJ3RK5 and photographed Vancouver. Thirty of his images from 1970 to 1975 are on view until Aug. 29 at SFU Teck Gallery. (515 W. Hastings St., Vancouver.)
Gareth Moore, Kevin Schmidt and others present treatments of landscape that are critically yet undeniably rose-coloured in a group show on view to Aug. 15. (Contemporary Art Gallery, 555 Nelson St., Vancouver.)
Idiosyncratic language versus shared understanding is the subject of the Berlin-based UK artist’s drawing project “The Cant.” July 25 to Aug. 29. (Artspeak, 233 Carrall St., Vancouver.)
The Vancouver photographer both challenges and perpetuates the mystique of his trade with new images of darkrooms and other glimpses behind the scenes. To July 11. (Monte Clark Gallery, 2339 Granville St., Vancouver.)
Melanie Authier, Eric Deis, Jeroen Witvliet and three other up-andcomers fill Elissa Cristall Gallery with works in various media from July 2 to Aug. 29. (2245 Granville St., Vancouver.)
Talk to take place January 26 at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Canadian premiere of new Marina Abramović documentary to be fêted February 22 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox
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In 2010, at the age of 35, Toronto artist/DJ/promoter/activist Will Munro succumbed to brain cancer. Here, David Balzer reviews the first big survey of Munro’s work, which makes apparent how talented, prolific and perceptive this creator was.
The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s recent Group of Seven show was one of the UK museum’s biggest hits ever, drawing 41,000 visitors. The attention was deserved, writes Sarah Milroy, as the exhibition offered new insights even to seasoned Canadian-art observers.
The Occupy movement has galvanized the way we think about haves and have-nots. But where do artists fit in? As Joseph R. Wolin observes in this review of David Altmejd’s show at the Brant Foundation, context can be as powerful as content in determining the split.
What happens to identity when our relationship to land and language is disrupted? This is a key question raised in “A Stake in the Ground,” an exhibition of works by 25 First Nations artists, curated by Nadia Myre, that’s currently at Montreal gallery Art Mûr.
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