Vancouver Art Gallery

Vancouver Gallery Exhibits Golden Age Of Photography

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:32:27 -0500

TruthBeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845-1945 presents a fascinating look at the artistic movement that transformed photography from a tool of documentation to one of the most exciting means of visual expression of the twentieth century.

Kutlug Ataman Presents Video Installations At Vancouver Gallery

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:23 -0500

The Vancouver Art Gallery will provide a fascinating look into the innovative artistic practice of Turkish artist Kutlug Ataman through May 19, 2008. Kutlug Ataman: Paradise and Küba presents two large-scale video installations that give voice to two distinctly different communities – Orange County, California and a neighbourhood in Istanbul, Turkey – each describing their ideas of utopia.

Vancouver Gallery Presents 'Anime, Comics, Video Games, Art'

ruzik_tuzik — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:49:02 -0500

For the first time, the Vancouver Art Gallery will bring the worlds of anime, comics, cartoons, video games, manga, graphic novels and contemporary art together in one exhibition. Offering an innovative and dynamic survey, KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art reveals the uniqueness of each medium, while uncovering their histories, interrelations and future trajectories.

Kutlug Ataman To Present Two Video Installations

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:31:34 -0600

The Vancouver Art Gallery will provide a fascinating look into the innovative artistic practice of Turkish artist Kutlug Ataman through May 19, 2008. Kutlug Ataman: Paradise and Kuba presents two large-scale video installations that give voice to two distinctly different communities – Orange County, California and a neighbourhood in Istanbul, Turkey – each describing their ideas of utopia.

Exhibition To Illuminate Golden Age Of Photography

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:03:24 -0600

Works By Andrea Zittel At Vancouver Gallery

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:56:18 -0500

The Vancouver Art Gallery is the only Canadian venue to present Andrea Zittel: Critical Space, the first comprehensive solo exhibition of the artist's work in North America. One of the most unique American artists of the past two decades, Zittel explores contemporary Western society by drawing on elements of architecture, geography and consumer culture to illuminate the underpinnings of modern domestic life.

Historical European Art At Vancouver Gallery

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:29:34 -0500

The Vancouver Art Gallery will present the most comprehensive showing of European painting and sculpture in Canada with the exhibition Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. On view through September 16, 2007, the exhibition includes paintings by such masters as Cézanne, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, Picasso, Seurat and van Gogh, representing the largest showing of European art ever presented in Vancouver.

Vancouver Gallery Removes Insects, Reptiles From Sculpture

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:05:52 -0500

In order to maintain the integrity of the artwork, officials at the Vancouver Art Gallery will remove the insects and reptiles contained in Huang Yong Ping's sculpture, Theater of the World rather than comply with a new BC SPCA order to make further modifications.