Sept–October 2007 - Preview

Carl Forup, Ole Ring, Janus La Cour,Peder Monsted, Axel Jacobsen, ViggoPedersen, Hans Andersen Brendekilde,Borge Nyrop, Mogens Vantore,“Reflecting the ScandinavianLandscape”, 19th and 20th centuryartists recreate the landscape on canvasin a search for a portrayal of theirnational identity; Oct Philip Alexius deLaszlo, John William Beatty, FredericDufaux II, Frederik Vermehren,Andre-Paul Leroux, Bertha Wegmann,Jules Frederic Ballavoine,“Portrait of a Woman”, 17th to 20thcentury paintings depict middle andupper class women as a symbol of culture,refinement and idealized femininebeauty. Also on exhibit, museum qualitypaintings, objets d’art and antiquesfrom Europe and North America.★ Vancouver Art Gallery750 Hornby St ✆604-662-4719(24-hr info line)www.vanartgallery.bc.cadaily 10am-5:30pm, tues & thurs until9pm Admission: adults $19.50, seniors$15, students $14, children 5-12 $6.50,children 4 and under free, family (2adults, 2 children) $49, tues eveningsonly by donation. Thru Sep 16 Monet toDalí: Modern Masters from the ClevelandMuseum of Art, the most comprehensiveexhibition of European paintingand sculpture in Canada this summer,this show includes works by such mastersas Cézanne, Gauguin, Manet,Monet, Picasso, Seurat and van Gogh;Thru Sep 16 Huang Young Ping, “Houseof Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective”,showcases a diverse range ofartworks by the provocative contemporaryChinese artist; Thru Sep 30 AndreaZittel, “Critical Space”, survey of workexplores public and private space, fashion,shelter, food consumption andrefuge illuminating fundamental aspectsof contemporary life; Oct 6-Jan 13,2008 Georgia O’Keeffe, “Nature andAbstraction”, spans O’Keeffe’s careerfrom 1918 to 1977 and includes photographsof O’Keeffe as a young womantaken by her husband Alfred Stieglitzand photographs of O’Keeffe later in lifetaken by Todd Webb. Oct 13-Jan 6,2008 Mark Lewis, London-based artistfocuses on the history of cinema byincorporating the production values ofmainstream Hollywood and how thevocabulary of cinema works upon itsaudience; Oct 20-Jan 20, 2008 RoyTHEAVENUEGALLERY2184 OAK BAY AVENUE, VICTORIA 250-598-2184www.theavenuegallery.comArden, mid-career overview from theearly 1980s to the present includes hiswork with archival images from the late1980s, recent photographs of the contemporaryurban environment, videoworks and a recent web-based project;Thru Apr 6, 2008 Emily Carr and theGroup of Seven.Vancouver East CulturalCentre1895 Venables St ✆604-251-1363www.vecc.bc.camon-fri 10am-6pm and before eveningperformancesCall for weekend hours Thru Sep 18Windswept CoastRON PARKERSeasonsOctober 14-27, 2007Opening, artist’s presentation and receptionOct 14th, 12:00-4:00pmEcho Sun, Jennifer Sarkar, KatrinaThorsen; Sep 21-Oct 16 Ron Zheng,Jane Barker, Biliana Velkova; Oct19-Nov 13 Eastside Culture Crawlpreview.Vancouver MaritimeMuseum1905 Ogden Ave (in Vanier Park)✆604-257-8300www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.comTues-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun noon to 5pm; closed MondaysAdmission: $10 adults, $7.50 students+ seniors, $25 family, 5 andunder free Tales from the Vault:www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 59