Preview – The Gallery Guide | June through August 2011

www.richmondartgallery.orgFibred OpticsRICHMOND ART GALLERY, RICHMOND BC – Jun 24-Aug 28, 2011 Previously shown at the Ottawa ArtGallery last winter, Fibred Optics presents the unique work of four Eastern Canada-based artists:Frances Dorsey (Halifax), Jérôme Havre (Montréal), Ed Pien (Toronto) and Michèle Provost(Gatineau). Using both natural and synthetic materials, each artist variously combines traditional andcontemporary techniques with their own inventive use of materials and themes.The fascinating pieces in this exhibition share a passion for narrative. Frances Dorsey prints sectionsof linen, cotton and rayon fabrics withdyes and silver leaf, then stitches and assemblesthem in layers to form gorgeous wallpieces. The colours and motifs reflect memoriesfrom childhood days in pre-AmericanwarVietnam. Ed Pien’s installation – a dramatic,spidery network of knotted ropecombined with a large projection – invitesvisitors to walk inside the floor-to-ceilinglabyrinth. Born in Taiwan and educated inCanada, Pien has exhibited his eerie work atnumerous prestigious venues in NorthAmerica and Europe.Jérôme Havre’s figures explore France’scolonial history on the African continentand in the Caribbean. His soft nylon sculptures seem part toys and part aliens, reflecting a fine linebetween humour and terror. Suspended, they have a dark, shamanistic presence with overtones ofsuturing and hybridity. Ottawa artist Michèle Provost has drawn from magazines, films, the Internetand comic strips in her hand-embroidered pieces. Her recent stitched images in Fibred Opticshumourously convert writing from art magazines and curatorial texts into visual art. Mia JohnsonIMAGE: COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND PIERRE-FRANÇOIS OUELLETTE ART CONTEMPORAIN, MONTRÉAL, VIDEO EDITING BY JOHANNES ZITSEd Pien, Corridor (2009), 2-panel installation of rope, hardware andvideo [Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond BC, Jun 24-Aug 28]by appt or watch for “Open” sign at theroad. In-home studio gallery of BarbaraBoldt located 5 km outside of FortLangley. Featuring local landscapes,forest and garden scenes in oil and softpastel and her signature “Earth/Patterns”paintings of sandstone formationsfound on Galiano Island. Fordirections see map on website or call.The Fort Gallery9048 Glover Rd ✆604-888-7411www.fortgallery.cawed-sun 12-5pm. Jun 1-19 KristinKrimmel, “Construction/Destruction”,acrylic paintings; Jun 22-Jul 10 “InTransition”, Fiona Moes, embroideredpaintings; Bruce Giesbrecht, recentoil and acrylic paintings on canvas;Jul 13-31 Leanne Sjodin and BobWakefield; Aug 3-21 “These Days”,Claire Moore, new work on paper andother surfaces; Lesley Garratt, newseries, gouache and ink drawings onpaper and acrylic/vellum collage oncanvas.GIBSONSLanding Gallery Artists’ Co-op436 Marine Dr ✆604-886-0099jheyer@telus.netdaily 10am-5pm. Opens Jun 29 AWestcoast State of Mind, eclecticselection of paintings, pottery, fibre,glass, jewellery and more created bymembers of this artists’ co-operative.GRAND FORKSGallery 2, Grand Forksand District Art and HeritageCentre524 Central Ave ✆250-442-2211www.grandforksartgallery.catues-fri 10am-4pm sat 10am-3pm.Thru Aug 6 Rick Cepella: In, Above,and Around; Boundary Artisan Association,“Magnus Opus – HocusPocus”; Heather Aston: Above andBelow, monotypes and etchings; Jun13-Sep 12 Shashin: Japanese CanadianStudio Photography to 1942,Japanese Canadian National Museum;Opens Jul 1 Grand Forks HeritageGallery.KAMLOOPS★ Kamloops Art Gallery101-465 Victoria St ✆250-377-2400www.kag.bc.camon-wed, fri-sat 10am-5pm thurs10am-9pm sun 12-4pm closed statholidays. Jun 11-Sep 3 Yousuf Karshand Edward Steichen, “The Art of theCelebrity Portrait”, 35 prints illustratethe connection and distinctiveness oftwo of the world’s most fascinatingcelebrity portraitists; Sarah AnneJohnson and Lorraine Gilbert, “GlobalNature”, photographs explore the relationshipbetween photography andissues related to the environment, ecotourismand the ecology movement;Victor Hamm, “Sublime Moments”,28 PREVIEW ■ JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2011 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAY