Preview – The Gallery Guide | June through August 2011

MARLEEN VERMEULENJune 2 – 16"Thormanby Island", oil and sand on canvas, 40" x 60", 2011Kurbatoff Gallery2427 Granville St. Vancouver BC 604-736-5444Exhibitions on-line: www.kurbatoffgallery.comArt Rental and Sales at theVancouver Art Gallery750 Hornby St✆604-662-4716 604-662-4746www.artrentalandsales.common-fri 10am-4pm, tues 4-9pm byappt. Specializing in the rental and saleof artworks in a wide variety of styles,media and sizes, new works added tothe collection every week. Rent worksby Angela Grossman, Gabryel Harrison,Holgar Kalberg, Jamie Evrardand more. Thru Jul 29 Chris Collacott,photography; Aug-Oct Lisa Ochowycz,abstract paintings.Art Works Gallery225 Smithe St ✆604-688-3301www.artworksbc.common-fri 9am-6pm sat 10am-6pm sun12-5pm. Jun 6-Jul 21 Paper Works,artwork on paper by nearly 50 localand international artists working in avariety of mediums including acrylic,decoupage, lithographs, etchings andlimited edition serigraphs; Jul 25-Sep8 Beautiful B.C, artwork by local andvisiting artists who have captured thebeauty of B.C. in a variety of media;Deryk Houston, depicts Muskwa-Kechika, B.C.’s northern Rockiesregion; Clay Davidson, black andwhite photographs of Shannon Falls;Robert Florian, Warren Goodmanand Steve Rayner, landscape paintings;Ken West, paintings and NansiKivisto and Brian Hemingway, photographsof Vancouver’s uniquearchitecture.Arts Off Main216 E 28th Ave ✆604-876-2785www.artsoffmain.cawed-sat 11:30am-5:30pm sun-11am-5pm. An artist-run gallery with workby B.C. artists offering original andaffordable paintings, prints, sculpture,photographs, jewellery and pottery.Artspeak233 Carrall St ✆604-688-0051www.artspeak.catues-sat 12pm-5pm. Jun 11-Jul 23Holly Ward, “Persistence of Vision”,continues Ward’s investigation intothe role of visionary practice and theutopian imaginary, and situates historical,formal and symbolic strategiesof representation in the contemporarymoment of global revolution;Jul 1-Aug 31 Tricia Middleton, “WindowProject”.ArtStarts Gallery808 Richards St ✆604-878-7144www.artstarts.comtues-fri 9am-5pm. Thru Aug 12 Grow,elementary and secondary schoolstudents across B.C. work with professionalartists to create unique artprojects that explore their relationshipto local surroundings and the topic ofsustainability.Audain Gallery149 W Hastings St, SFU Woodward’s✆778-782-9102www.audaingallery.catues-sat 12-6pm. Thru Aug 13 “Kontakt:Conceptual Art from Ex-Yugoslavia”,conceptual art that developed in the late1950s through performance, printedmatter and photography, that in the1970s expanded to include video fromthe former Yugoslavia, takes up performativeand conceptual strategies thatdeveloped alongside geo-politicalrestraints, features works by internationallyrecognized artists and collectivesincluding Sanja Ivekovi, KatalinLadik, Ne a Paripovi , Ra a Todosijeviand The Gorgona Group, marking thefirst time many of these works will beshown in Canada.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 41