Flight of the Medici Mamluk
Shannon Bool is an artist who typically references a wide variety of historical and monumental objects in her work, commenting on the role of decorative ar…
Past Art Installations
Brand New View (Vancouver), 2014
This is the first solo exhibition in Canada by Swedish artist Gunilla Klingberg comprising two interrelated large-scale commissions. Klingberg’s practice…
G7
This sculptural installation is based on the English phrase “don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” It deals with the concepts of desire, greed, ris…
The March Sweater Project, 2016
LEE SNELGAR – Photographer RUSSELL ALTON – Geometry The March Sweater Project is a platform designed to promote awareness in support of Vancouver&#…
Then, Now, When
These drawings are based on my life and interests in modern architecture, urban landscapes, grids, and the density of cities. While based on real cities, m…
Tight City (2014)
With the real-estate bubble expanding and gentrification in full swing, affordable housing in Vancouver has become scarce. In TIGHT CITY, the youth art col…
Boulevard
March 28 to September 7, 2014 Off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station, Canada Line For this new commission, a sequence of photographs of winter trees are g…
The Toque Project
How befitting is the toque to people who experience the winter under a whitish film, the salty mist settling not unpleasantly into our bones. Even the lack…
Pier D, 2016
On July 27, 1938, a four alarm fire broke out on CPR’s Pier D. This artwork presents this significant historic moment in the life of the port, a vital fe…
An Arrangement
Adad Hannah is perhaps best known for his tableau vivant video stills that reimagine historical paintings and sculptures with live actors. With An Arrangem…
Elk for c̓əsnaʔəm
Image shows a detail of Elk for c̓əsnaʔəm by Dana Claxton Curator Rita Beiks Dana Claxton is a Vancouver-based artist and educator working in film, vid…
Sky at Night
The Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG) presents the first solo exhibition in a public institution of work by Canadian artist Itee Pootoogook. As part of an ong…
Her Story
In 1967, Camera West, a CBC documentary series, produced Seraphine: Her own story told by Seraphine Ned, which portrayed the story of BC’s first Nati…
Fish Ladder: Salmon on the Capilano
Photo Credit: Jim Breukelman The installation consists of five large images in a grey field on the window of the station. These images emphasize the myster…
Negative Space
Mungo Thomson is known for creating diverse projects that playfully use language, culture and media. Central to his artistic proposition is that of context…
Going Forward, Moving Backward
There exists a certain kind of poetry in code for those with the right kind of eyes. The algorithm that built this maze takes three lines to define, but it…