Preview â The Gallery Guide â April-May 2007
Preview â The Gallery Guide â April-May 2007
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VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, VANCOUVER BC – Apr 5-Sept 16 House of Oracles is the first<br />
retrospective of one of China’s most influential contemporary artists, Huang Yong Ping. <strong>The</strong> Chineseborn<br />
and Paris-based artist is known for his spectacular largescale<br />
installations that simultaneously entertain, shock and<br />
critique. <strong>The</strong> exhibition, a “hybrid of fun house, diorama and<br />
menagerie”, was previously shown at the Walker Art Center<br />
in Minneapolis and features more than forty of Huang Yong<br />
Ping’s works, including a monumental sculpture.<br />
Huang's sculptures and installations have been described<br />
as “highly realistic and energetic”. He draws on the legacies of<br />
western modernists like Joseph Beuys and John Cage, as well<br />
as Chinese traditions of Zen and Taoism when juxtaposing<br />
traditional images with modern references. <strong>The</strong> most amazing<br />
sculpture in this exhibit expresses “the nightmare of George<br />
V” by posing a snarling tiger on top of a life-size elephant. <strong>The</strong><br />
materials are as diverse as concrete, reinforced steel, animal<br />
skins, fabrics and plastics, wood and cane.<br />
Since his leadership, in the 1980s, of a subversive artists’<br />
collective in Xiamen, China, Huang has been described as<br />
artist, magician, fortune-teller, alchemist, healer, teacher,<br />
philosopher, and writer. In the last decade, he has created a<br />
completely original and provocative zoological realm using<br />
both live animals and animal reproductions to represent<br />
various man-made social, political and historical events.<br />
House of Oracles is accompanied by a 250-page illustrated catalogue. Mia Johnson<br />
preview<br />
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca<br />
House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective<br />
Huang Yong Ping, La Pêche (2006), fiberglass,<br />
animal hair, wood, bamboo, iron, installation view<br />
[Vancouver Art <strong>Gallery</strong> BC, Apr 5-Sept 16]<br />
COLLECTION: GALERIE ANNE DE VILLEPOIX, PARIS/PHOTO: COURTESY GALERIE ANNE DE VILLEPOIX<br />
Ignatovic, Elena Ilku, Andrew Kiss,<br />
Dongmin Lai, David Langevin, Don Li-<br />
Leger, Ed Loenen, Min Ma, Ingrid<br />
Mann-Willis, Danny McBride, Angela<br />
Morgan, Renato Muccillo, Jim Nedelak,<br />
Michael O’Toole, Emilija Pasagic,<br />
Kristine Paton, Niels Petersen,<br />
Christopher Pew, Kit Shing, Issa Shojaei,<br />
Michael Stockdale, Mike Svob,<br />
Dan Varnals, Ray Ward, Christopher<br />
Walker, Bill Wilkinson, Alan Wylie,<br />
Peter Wyse, Donna Zhang, paintings;<br />
Marilyn Armitage, Corky Hewson,<br />
Nicola Prinsen, Vance <strong>The</strong>oret, sculpture;<br />
Bill Boyd, Angela Montanti,<br />
Geoff Searle, pottery.<br />
WILLIAMS LAKE<br />
★ Station House <strong>Gallery</strong><br />
1 N MacKenzie Ave<br />
✆(250)392-6113<br />
www.stationhousegallery.com<br />
mon-sat 10am-5pm Thru Apr 28<br />
Barb Bugg, Mark Kopp, “Surviving”,<br />
explores what inspires local cancer<br />
survivors; <strong>May</strong> 4-Jun 2 Williams<br />
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Lake Senior Secondary School,<br />
“Teen Voices”, drawings, paintings,<br />
jewellery, sculpture and films express<br />
interests and points of view; Esther<br />
Darlington, “Painting the Country<br />
that Time Forgot”, oil paintings of<br />
gorges, mountain benches, townscapes<br />
and people.<br />
OREGON<br />
CANNON BEACH<br />
★ Northwest By Northwest<br />
<strong>Gallery</strong><br />
232 N Spruce<br />
Cannon Beach Spa & <strong>Gallery</strong> Bldg<br />
✆(503)436-0741 800-494-0741<br />
www.NWBYNWGALLERY.com<br />
mon-sat 11am-5pm sun 11am-4pm<br />
and by appt Apr Christopher Burkett,<br />
colour landscape photographs; Rosemary<br />
Belknap, “Beach Paintings of<br />
Summer Frolick”, oil on canvas; <strong>May</strong><br />
Wayne Chabre, “A Delicate Balance”,<br />
bronze sculpture; Philip Charette,<br />
bronze sculpture; Marvin Oliver,<br />
bronze and glass; Lillian Pitt, petroglyphs<br />
from the Columbia River region<br />
inspire stone, bronze and cast glass<br />
work; Rob Wurzer, carver of antler<br />
sheds. His work speaks of “great<br />
respect for our land and heritage”.<br />
White Bird <strong>Gallery</strong><br />
251 N Hemlock St<br />
✆/fax (503)436-2681<br />
www.whitebirdgallery.com<br />
thurs-mon and holidays 11am-5pm<br />
Thru Apr 30 Bennet Norrbo, oil paintings;<br />
Cindy Searles, functional<br />
ceramics; Heidi Kirkpatrick, botanical<br />
photograms and cyanotypes;<br />
Faryn Davis, resin paintings; Ken<br />
Grant, “Hummingbird Series”; <strong>May</strong> 4-<br />
Jun 30 Robert Petersen, oil paintings;<br />
Julie Ann Smith, landscape and<br />
still life paintings; Tania Radda, wood<br />
carved teapots and teacups; Dave<br />
Robertson, silver jewellery; <strong>May</strong> 26-<br />
Jun 30 “Beyond Boundaries”, Anne<br />
John, oil paintings and Scott Johnson,<br />
watercolours; Robin and John<br />
Gumaelius, “Story Birds”, ceramic<br />
sculpture.<br />
★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS
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