Preview: The Gallery Guide | June–August 2010

www.marionscottgallery.com
Andrew Owen (A01): As It Is: And/Or/Neither/Nor
MARION SCOTT GALLERY, VANCOUVER BC – May 22-Jul 4, 2010 A pioneer of Toronto’s street art
scene in the early 1980s, Andrew Owen is a conceptual artist known as A01. As It Is:
And/Or/Neither/Nor, a retrospective exhibition and his first solo show in a Vancouver gallery,
brings together more than 20 works,
including paintings, photo-based works
and pieces made from repurposed materials.
Among the most popular of the Montreal-born
artist’s works are poster hoardings
from the Downtown Eastside called
Excavations, which he peels to reveal
numerous patterns and areas of text.
Inspired by David Hockney’s large photo
assemblages, his Re-photo-cubic Portrait
Tableaux incorporate photographs from a
Andrew Owen, Photo-cubic Stoop Punks: Portrait Tableau,112 individually
framed laser & sub-dye prints on paper (2009-2010 ) [Marion Scott Gallery,
Vancouver BC, May 22-Jul 4]
multitude of locations, perspectives and
timeframes in new collages featuring street
people, residents, construction workers,
street signs and weathered surfaces. A new
collection of spray-painted flowers, Impressions,
is quickly gaining acclaim for its raw edge and strong graphic appeal. Using real flowers as
natural stencils, Owen sprays paint onto canvas to create actual-scale images of the plants.
Owen was a commercial artist before living and studying in India, Korea, Japan and Taiwan in
the 1990s. He returned to Canada in 2004 where he lives and works in both Vancouver and
Toronto. Mia Johnson
cycle’ of consumer products, globalization
and authenticity; Thru Jan 15,
2011 Brady Cranfield, Leonard J.
Paul and Anju Singh, “Open Sound
2010: play.back.work”, sound installations
that address the relationship
between work, play and sound; Jun 12-
Aug 22 Surrey Artswest Society:
Avenue of Art; Jul 3-Sep 12 Checking
in with your hotspots, group exhibition
considers the relationship between the
human body and the automobile, the
commuter and freeway landscape, and
the parallels between driving and
dream; Ongoing REMIXX.sur.RE,
youth new media project.
TSAWWASSEN
Tsawwassen Longhouse
Gallery
1710-56th St ✆604-943-3313
www.southdeltaartistsguild.com
thurs-sun 11am-4pm. Thru Jun 27
Design Works, works emphasizing
design and composition; Jul 22-Aug 28
Oil & Water, annual juried show open
to artists from the Lower Mainland.
VANCOUVER
Access Gallery
437 West Hastings St
✆604-689-2907 www.vaarc.ca
tues-sat 12-5pm. Jun 26-Jul 24
Diane Borsato, Roy Caussy, Brendan
Fernandes, Hannah Jickling and
Will Kwan, projects by Canadian
artists to foster collaboration and
exchange beyond the artist studio and
exhibition space, venturing to specific
locales, the artists develop dialogue
with amateur scientists, speech
coaches, students and passersby on
the street and present these interactions
though various media.
Appleton Galleries
1451 Hornby St ✆604-685-1715
www.appletongalleries.com
mon-fri 8am-1pm. Call for other
hours or appt. Specialists in Inuit and
First Nations art for over 40 years. We
specialize in Canadian Inuit stone
sculpture and Northwest Coast First
Nations wood carvings (Haida, Kwakiutl,
Coast Salish, masks, paddles,
talking sticks, plaques and more).
Over 2,500 original carvings featuring
works by Abraham Anghik Ruben
and Clifford Pettman.
Art Beatus (Vancouver)
Consultancy Ltd.
108-808 Nelson St ✆604-688-2633
www.artbeatus.com
mon-fri 10am-6pm. Thru Jul 2
Ramón Singley, “Streetheads”, New
York photographic artist captures
fleeting moments of life in the streets
focusing on the private moments of
people, regardless of caste; Jul 16-
Sep 10 Wuon-Gean Ho, Nam
Nguyen, Jonathan Man and Janice
Wong, “Line Up!”, focus on drawing
as art, featuring pencil crayon works
to vinyl/lithograph prints, pencil
sketches and sumi-ink paintings.
Art Emporium
2928 Granville St ✆604-738-3510
www.theartemporium.ca
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