Preview of the Visual Arts | April-May 2010
Preview of the Visual Arts | April-May 2010
Preview of the Visual Arts | April-May 2010
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Tanya Slingsby<br />
Gallery Atelier<br />
117 E 2nd Ave ✆604-874-1274 778-<br />
889-4240 www.tanyaslingsby.com<br />
by appt. Tanya Slingsby Atelier is a<br />
2,000-sq-ft studio-gallery exhibiting<br />
abstract paintings and sculptures. Exhibitions,<br />
receptions and art related<br />
events are by invitation.<br />
Teck Gallery<br />
515 W Hastings St ✆778-782-4266<br />
www.sfu.ca/gallery<br />
open daily during campus hours. Thru<br />
Jun 25 Leonard Frank and Otto Landauer,<br />
“Bridge City: Links for a Fragile<br />
Peninsula 1895-1980”, 30 photographs<br />
document <strong>the</strong> construction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
bridges that hundreds <strong>of</strong> thousands <strong>of</strong><br />
Vancouver-area commuters drive over<br />
every day, photographs are from <strong>the</strong><br />
Jewish Museum and Archives <strong>of</strong> British<br />
Columbia.<br />
Toni Onley Estate<br />
✆604-324-2931 604-454-1928<br />
www.tonionley.com<br />
by appt. Toni Onley, The documentary<br />
Landscape Revealed: The Art <strong>of</strong> Toni<br />
Onley can be viewed on <strong>the</strong> website. For<br />
information about <strong>the</strong> Estate check <strong>the</strong><br />
website.<br />
Unitarian Church <strong>of</strong><br />
Vancouver<br />
949 W 49th Ave ✆604-261-7204<br />
www.vcn.bc.ca/unitarian/<br />
sun 10am-1:30pm or call 604-261-7204<br />
for hours. Apr 4-<strong>May</strong> 2 Sharon Christian<br />
“Sanctuary”, paintings accompanied by<br />
whimsical painted sculptures: <strong>the</strong> core<br />
made out <strong>of</strong> recycled styr<strong>of</strong>oam; FIRESIDE<br />
ROOM, HEWITT HALL Julie McIntyre,<br />
“Paper Construction: Final Viewing”,<br />
paper constructions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Vancouver<br />
area made with recycled pieces from<br />
excess print work; SANCTUARY <strong>May</strong> 4–30<br />
Suzy Birstein, “MYTHO MUSE: Paintings<br />
Portray Sculptures”, merging <strong>the</strong> ancient<br />
power <strong>of</strong> Queen Nefertiti with <strong>the</strong> song<br />
and dance spirit <strong>of</strong> Carmen Miranda.<br />
Artist in attendance: <strong>May</strong> 9, 16 and 23,<br />
12:15 pm or by appt, THE FIRESIDE ROOM,<br />
HEWITT HALL MAY2-30 Kirsten Chursin<strong>of</strong>f,<br />
“Garden Stories”, inspired by <strong>the</strong> tradition<br />
<strong>of</strong> botanical illustration, art pieces<br />
www.westvancouvermuseum.ca<br />
Monster<br />
WEST VANCOUVER MUSEUM, WEST VANCOUVER BC – through <strong>May</strong> 8, <strong>2010</strong> Monster is a group<br />
show <strong>of</strong> contemporary artworks that brings toge<strong>the</strong>r myths and legends from many cultures — Inuit,<br />
Kwakwaka'wakw and Chinese, among o<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />
Artists have long used graphic depictions <strong>of</strong> anthropomorphic<br />
and animal forms as metaphors to address<br />
social, sexual and political issues. In fields as diverse<br />
as applied design, film, literature and art, “monsters”<br />
make concrete <strong>the</strong> battle between good and evil.<br />
Darrin Morrison, curator <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> West Vancouver<br />
Museum, appeals to <strong>the</strong> collective mind with a selection<br />
<strong>of</strong> artworks that play on our fears <strong>of</strong> both <strong>the</strong><br />
known and <strong>the</strong> unknown. The images confront our<br />
anxieties and doubts; our belief in ghosts, spirits and<br />
aliens; and underscore <strong>the</strong> realities <strong>of</strong> torture, murder<br />
and bestiality. From comical to surreal, from fantastic<br />
to atrocious, <strong>the</strong> paintings and masks in <strong>the</strong> exhibit<br />
have been described as abounding with “man-eating<br />
demons, hair-pulling ghosts, wart-covered witches<br />
and black-tongued sea creatures”.<br />
Monster showcases paintings and masks by Cana-<br />
dian and international artists Shuvinai Ashoona,<br />
Shary Boyle, Lutz Braun, Beau Dick, Marcel Dzama,<br />
Alexandra Flood, Sandra Meigs, Nick Sikkuark, Corin<br />
Shuvinai Ashoona, Scary Dream (2006), lithograph [West<br />
Vancouver Museum, West Vancouver BC, through <strong>May</strong> 8]<br />
Sworn, Joseph Tisiga, Howie Tsui and Nicola Tyson. The exhibit is presented by <strong>the</strong> Vancouver <strong>2010</strong><br />
Cultural Olympiad and <strong>the</strong> Audain Foundation. Mia Johnson<br />
sewn and embroidered to resemble<br />
paintings.<br />
Uno Langmann Limited<br />
2117 Granville St. ✆604-736-8825<br />
800-730-8825 www.langmann.com<br />
tues-sat 10am-5pm or by appt. Apr-<br />
<strong>May</strong> Genaro Befani, Peder M. Monsted,<br />
Børge Nyrop, Alfred de Breanski,<br />
Joseph Clark and Danish artist Ole<br />
Ring (1902-1972), “Salon Show”; John<br />
Eric Riordon, Rene Richard, Spencer<br />
Percival Judge, Peleg Franklin<br />
Brownell, Charles Jones Way, Frederic<br />
Marlett Bell-Smith, Frederick Alexcee,<br />
and John Hammond, how Canadian<br />
artists chose to express national<br />
identity through urban and rural subject<br />
matter during <strong>the</strong> 20th C.<br />
★ Vancouver Art Gallery<br />
750 Hornby St<br />
✆604-662-4719 (24-hr info line)<br />
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca<br />
daily 10am-5:30pm, tues & thurs 10am-<br />
9pm. Special admission (incl tax): adults<br />
$19.50, seniors (65+) $14, students $13,<br />
children 5-12 $7, children 4 and under<br />
56 PREVIEW ■ APR/MAY <strong>2010</strong> ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS
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