Preview of the Visual Arts | April-May 2010

Yuxweluptun refers to his drawings as
‘preliminary studies’ serving as ‘background
work’ and the ‘measuring-stick’
for developing the forms and ideas that
have come to identify his style and
reveal his pictorial inventiveness. Guest
curated by Petra Watson.
★ Craft Council of BC Gallery
1386 Cartwright St, Granville Island
✆604-687-7270 888-687-6511
www.craftcouncilbc.ca
Gallery: daily 10:30am-5:30pm, Office:
tues-thurs 10am-5pm. Apr 1-May 2
Greater Vancouver Weavers’ and
Spinners’ Guild (GVWSG), “Celebrating
Interlacement”, celebrates its 75th
anniversary, weaving, spinning, tapestry,
basketry and surface design, and
dyeing; May 6-Jun 13, Susan Cain,
“Loose Associations”, mixed media figures
and animals that explore the relationships
between the physical, emotional
and seasonal qualities of containment
and expansion.
Diane Farris Gallery
1590 W 7th Ave ✆604-737-2629
www.dianefarrisgallery.com
tues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 10am-5pm.
Apr 1-May 1 Twitter/Art+Social Media, a
juried exhibition of work in various media
by artists using social media to share
feedback and promote their artwork,
organize shows and produce art collaboratively,
introducing online features
including a forum hosted on the gallery’s
blog: www.dianefarrisgallery.com/blog;
May 6-29 Sara Genn, “White”, oil on
canvas, the colour white is explored as a
starting point for a gradual shift to colour.
Doctor Vigari Gallery
1312 Commercial Dr ✆604-255-9513
www.doctorvigarigallery.com
mon-sat 11am-6pm sun 12am-5pm.
Local and Canadian designed custommade
contemporary furniture, home
accessories, jewellery, glass, pottery
and fine art.
Dorian Rae Collection
410 Howe St ✆604-874-6100
www.dorianraecollection.com
mon-sat 10:30am-6pm sun 12-4pm or
by appt. The longest established Asian
and African ethnographic gallery in
Vancouver, featuring exceptional Asian
and African artefacts, statues, masks,
ritual items, Buddhas, beads, tribal jewellery,
textiles and antique furniture.
Currently featuring a rare and beautiful
collection of 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, the Gallery offers wide 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 and hand crafted
gold and silver jewellery and carries a
wide variety of prints, baskets, bronze
and glass edition works.
Douglas Udell Gallery
1558 W 6th Ave ✆604-736-8900
www.douglasudellgallery.com
tues-sat 10am-6pm. Thru Apr 3
Michael Nicol Yahgulanaas, “Solo”;
Apr 10-24 Spring Show, annual group
show; May 8-22 Surprise Show.
Dundarave Print Workshop
and Gallery
1640 Johnston St, Granville Island
Granville Island ✆604-689-1650
www.dundaraveprintworkshop.ca
tues-sun 10-5pm. Thru Apr 18 Andrea
Taylor and Robert Prince, “Marked”,
new work, drawn from portraiture, figure
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