Preview of the Visual Arts | April-May 2010

tation in contemporary Oaxacan art,
explores the seismic shift in contemporary
art practice in Oaxaca, Mexico over
the last two decades and is accompanied
by a bilingual catalogue with essays
from both Mexican and Canadian contributors;
May 21-Jun 24 Alison Pebworth,
“Beautiful Possibility”; May 27-
Jul 3 Tracey Nelson “Walls of Intrigue
and Cabinets of Curiousity”.
Polychrome Fine Arts
1113 Fort St ✆250-382-2787
www.polychromefinearts.com
wed-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-6pm. Thru
Apr 8 Roy Green, “Stoically Bedazzled”,
alchemy and animals in a colourful
world of dripping, swooshy, smudged
and sometimes glitter-sprinkled paintings;
Apr 11-29 Thomas Anfield, Caite
Dheere, DRFR, Dorothy Field, Cody
Haight, PJ Kelly, Cam Kidd, Lance
Olsen, Mark Schmiedl, Shawn Shepherd,
Willie Seo and Grant Watson,
“Rotator”, abstract works; May 2-20 Lissa
Calvert, “Trees”, fine paintings of
trees with intuitive brushstrokes; May
23-Jun 10 Philip Robinson, “Glass,
Bees & Bone”, austere still lifes with delicate
application of paint.
Royal BC Museum
675 Belleville St
✆250-356-7226 1-888-447-7977
www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
daily 10am-5pm. Admission: $15 adults,
$9.50 seniors, students with ID and
youth age 6-18, children 5 and under are
free, $39.50 family (2 adult, 2 youth).
Take a fascinating journey through the
cultural and environmental history of BC
Slide Room Gallery
2549 Quadra St ✆250-380-3500
www.slideroomgallery.com
mon-fri 9am-5pm or by appt. Thru Apr
5 Anne Marie McPartlin, “Altered
States”, with an emphasis on architecture
and discarded items, the work
highlights ideas of deterioration, abandonment
and eccentricity; Apr 11-26
Jillian Player, Kumiko Fujinami and
Irma Argyriou, “Independent Studio
Program Exhibition”; Apr 30-May 1
Spring Ahead Fundraiser, small works
(6” x 6”) by over 100 artists on sale for
$50 each; May 7-31 Pedestrian Colour,
seeks to treat Rauschenberg’s term
‘pedestrian colour’ as the starting point
for an investigation into broader social
implications of such an aesthetic.
Curated by John Luna.
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