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…
Past Art Installations
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…
On Translation: Warning
On Translation: Warning A pioneer in the fields of conceptual and media art, Antoni Muntadas’ practice includes performance, video, photography, multimed…
Here Comes
Here Comes is a new work by Vancouver-based artist Erdem Taşdelen. Borrowing titles of existing songs that begin with this phrase, Here Comes couples the …
Garlands
Text: Portions From a Wine-Stained Notebook – C. Bukowski Courtesy of Paul Wong Projects – On Main Gallery “Trees. I make ceramic garlands to…
Hair Piece
Hair Piece is a series of three hanging sculptures suspended from the ceiling. Each sculpture is comprised of a multiplicity of synthetic hair pieces such …
Bear Hunt (Heads) 2009
Dean Drever is a member of the Haida nation and born in Edmonton in 1970. He received a BFA in 1997 from the Alberta College of Art and Design where he stu…
Tread Lightly
Tread Lightly was designed for the Langara/49th Avenue Station by students in the Fine Arts Program at Langara College. The sculpture reflects the points a…
Anticipation, Perfection, Ascension
Beyond the homage to the motto of the Olympics that have marked the City of Vancouver, these three sculptures celebrate mankind’s quest for a better futu…