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www.elliottllouis.comBruce Pashak: justiFYD: Art Crimes in AmericaELLIOTT LOUIS GALLERY, VANCOUVER BC – Oct 5-Nov 3, 2010 Bruce Pashak is a Canadian artist livingin Vancouver. His work ranging in style from painterly collagesto finely rendered graphite drawings overlaid with pastiches ofpaint, has a sophisticated, graphic presence.After earning a Master of Fine Arts at The University ofCalgary (1991) with a thesis titled The Dialogical Art Form:Mutual Annexations, Pashak has continued to explore conceptsof epistemology and semantics, race, male sexualityand gender through his artwork with exhibits at the PaulKuhn Gallery in Calgary and at the Snap Gallery and ThirdAvenue Gallery in Vancouver. Obviously a skilled draftsman,Pashak seeks to imbue his paintings and drawings with additionaltheoretic justification, claiming that drawing can bean effective voice for the communication of relevant socialcriticism, art theory and philosophy.justiFYD: Art Crimes in America combines graffiti with studiopainting. Pashak collaborated with graffiti artists, who spraybombedhis artwork, in order to produce what he describes as ahybrid art form – one that combines the work of two parties aswell as different intentions. The “vandalized” paintings seek toquestion the gallery’s role in determining their value, the appropriationof art images (both his and theirs), the authorship of theworks, and the criteria that determines ownership. Mia JohnsonBruce Pashak, Kokura (2010), mixed mediaon board [Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver BC,Oct 5-Nov 3]inspired when hundreds of pairs ofblack rubber gloves were found whenemptying the house of a relative.Or Gallery555 Hamilton St ✆604-683-7395www.orgallery.orgtues-sat 12-5pm. Sep 11-Oct 23Aleesa Cohene, Alex Da Corte, JonPylypchuk and Markus Vater,“Seemed Like a Good Idea at theTime”, works focus on the concept offailed love.Panache Antiques& Objets D’art2212 Granville St ✆604-732-1206www.panacheantiques.comtues-sat 10am-5pm, sun & mon bychance. Now exhibiting 17th to 20thcentury historical and Amercian artand antiques.★ Pendulum Galleryin the Atrium885 W Georgia St, HSBC Bldg✆604-250-9682www.pendulumgallery.bc.camon-wed 9am-5pm thur-fri 9am-9pmsat 9am-5pm. Sep 12-25 Yukiko Onley,portrait photographs made over the last15 years of people in the arts from Vancouverand throughout B.C., capturingthe unique personalities behind the publicpersonas; Sep 26-Oct 9 Arts Umbrella– Splash 2010, annual exhibit forfundraising auction includes painting,sculpture, photography and craft; Oct12-23 Pivot – Hope in Shadows, community-basedphotography project utilizingdisposable cameras, presented bythe Pivot Legal Society.Pera Art Gallery413 W Hastings St✆604-689-7370 604-767-8541www.peraartgallery.common-fri 10am-6pm sat 10am-4pm.Thru Sep 11 Scott McClintock, “AztecCollection”, medium to large-sizepaintings in pen and ink studies basedon two pyramids at the venerated Aztecsite in Central America; Oct 7-20 PersianGroup, contemporary paintingsby a group of Persian artists; Oct 22-Nov 14 Phantoms in the Front Yard:Chad Krowchuk, Jay Senetchko, JeremyBirnbaum, Jordan Bent, MarcusMacleod and Morgan Jeske, “Uniform”,different styles and media(Impressionism, hyper- realism, illustration,drawing and abstraction)address the everyday socially constructedmasks or uniforms donned tomaintain societal norms and a collectiveorder/unity.Peter Kiss Studioand Gallery1327 Railspur Alley, Granville Island✆604-696-0433www.peterkiss.comSep: daily 10am-6pm, Oct: tues-sun0:30am-5:30pm. Constantly changingcollection of 2-, 2 1 /2- and 3-D artworkthat combines social commentary,wit, humour, colour and wood.Petley Jones Gallery1554 W 6th Ave ✆604-732-5353www.petleyjones.common-sat 10am-6pm. Sep 9-23 AdrianLivesley, “The Tangled Wood”, oil onlinen, a profusion of lines, colours andshapes of the deep woods inspired by a2-year sojourn in Mexico imbue WestCoast scenes with an entirely uniquefreshness; Sep 25-Oct 15 Lynda Kirbyand Ann Vandervelde, “Forces ofNature”, new abstracts which capture58 PREVIEW ■ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS