Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library October 8-12, 2010
Submitted by cheryl siegel on October 12, 2010 - 12:30pm
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Vancouver
Song Dong’s mother lode: Beijing artist turns mom's hoardings into art
Scarred by poverty, Beijing artist Song Dong’s mom threw nothing away. Now he has turned her thousands of possessions into a remarkable exhibition. Globe and Mail, October 9, 2010
Straddling line between sculpture, architecture
A dark ruin suspended at the point where it is about to collapse has appeared on West Georgia amid the reflective glass walls of corporate towers in downtown Vancouver. The architectural installation was organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and is to remain in place until March 6, 2011.Vancouver Sun, October 12, 2010
Vancouver Art Gallery chairman had no choice but to dismiss union's motions at
A Vancouver Art Gallery board trustee insists the gallery’s chairman had no choice but to rule out of order two motions requesting greater financial transparency from the institution. The motions were dismissed at the VAG's annual general meeting September 29. Georgia Straight, October 9, 2010
Dana Claxton explores her ‘ acceptable edge’
After a career spanning more than two decades that has included exhibitions of works in several international biennales and in public galleries across Canada and around the world, one of the country’s leading artists of first nations descent is having her first exhibition at a commercial Gallery.
Winsor Gallery on South Granville continues to Oct. 30. Vancouver Sun, October 9, 2010
Beyond the mask and totem pole
Hirst, believed to be the wealthiest artist in the world and for years the enfant terrible of the British art world, found what he was looking for at the Douglas Reynolds Gallery on South Granville. After initially picking up a few pieces of Northwest Coast art, Hirst moved on to commissioning a sizable project from the gallery. Vancouver Sun, October 9, 2010
Canadian photographer Paul Rockett dies at 90
Paul Rockett, who some credit with changing the face of Canadian magazine photography, has died at age 90. CBC, October 10, 2010
An older woman dies, a younger woman creates
Ariel Kirk-Gushowaty’s portrait photographs are all about her late grandmother, but you will never see her directly. Captured just after 86-year-old Peggy Kirk’s passing, the series features her relatives. Exhibition at the Gallery Gachet. Vancouver Sun, October 8, 2010
Victoria
Emily Carr statue to be unveiled in Victoria
Artist’s pet dog, monkey are part of bronze sculpture. Globe and Mail, October 9, 2010
Toronto
David Hoffos’s little worlds of wonder
Review of exhibitions by David Hoffos, Fiona Ackerman and Stefan Berg. Globe and Mail, October 9, 2010
Ottawa
New documentary filters Emily Carr through a fresh lens
Ottawa filmmaker Michael Ostroff has made what could be a definitive film about the B.C. artist and the native culture that influenced her. Globe and Mail, October 9, 2010
Canada – Book Reviews
Ross King’s Group of Seven: more than just jack pines and canoe trips
Canada’s best-known artists were urban, urbane and skilled at branding, the author argues in his new book and exhibition. Globe and Mail, October 9, 2010
David M. Shribman reviews Northern Light: The Enduring Mystery of Tom Thomson and the Woman Who Loved Him, by Roy MacGregor. Globe and Mail,October 9, 2010
Los Angeles
A Fine Use for a Failed Bank: The American Museum of Ceramic Art
"The PFF Bank and Trust … in Pomona closed its doors last year, and the FDIC put its building up for sale this year. But instead of another business taking over the two-story, 51,000-square-foot building, the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) will be moving in and gaining some serious elbow room." Los Angeles Times 10/11/10
Santa Rosa, California
A New Patron of the Arts: Mary Jane
"Late this month, with some help from the sale of its first small crop, grown under California's liberal medical marijuana laws, the group [Life Is Art] plans to present an inaugural exhibition on its land, of sculpture and installation work by more than 20 visiting artists" - in the hope of "creating a kind of Marfa-meets-ganja art retreat north of San Francisco and a new economic engine for art philanthropy." New York Times 10/12/10
New York
Chaos and Classicism,’ Interwar Art, at Guggenheim
“Chaos and Classicism,” a new exhibition at the Guggenheim, explores the retreat to traditional forms for images of wholeness and harmony after World War I. New York Times, October 11, 2010
MoMA’s ‘New Photography 2010’ Features 4 Artists
Four artists — Roe Ethridge, Elad Lassry, Alex Prager and Amanda Ross-Ho — are the focus of “New Photography 2010” at MoMA. New York Times, October 8, 2010
‘Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures,’ at the Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers an extraordinary new look at Jan Gosssart’s art. New York Times, October 8, 2010
What Has the Phila. Museum's Director Spent His First Year Thinking About?
"Chiefly, it appears, [Timothy Rub] has thought about space. … The challenge involves 'being able to devote as much space as possible in the main building to art,' he said. It's not just about displaying as many objects as possible, it involves a thoughtful presentation of those objects." Philadelphia Inquirer, October 10, 2010
The architect Bing Thom has renovated the home of Arena Stage in southwest Washington, adding a third performance space to the complex. New York Times, October 10, 2010
London
Chinese artist fills Tate hall with 100 million 'seeds'
Chinese conceptual artist Ai Weiwei has filled a hallway in London's Tate Modern museum with 136 tonnes of what looks like sunflower seeds. CBC, October 11, 2010
Outsider Wins Top UK Architecture Prize
"The Royal Institute of British Architects gives its top prize to Sir David Chipperfield. His elevation to the pantheon of gold medal winners, alongside the likes of Sir Edwin Lutyens, Louis Kahn Frank Lloyd Wright and Lord Foster, carries a glimmer of irony." The Independent (UK) October 8, 2010
Beirut
Making Contemporary Art in Beirut
"For the last 20 years, however, in spite of an almost total lack of state support, without public art galleries or non-profit exhibition spaces, … a vital alternative infrastructure for the making and exhibiting of contemporary art has developed within Beirut." Financial Times, October 8, 2010
Turku, Finland
Turku, Finland, Prepares to be a European Capital of Culture
Turku, Finland, one of Nordic Europe’s best-kept secrets, has been anointed a European Cultural Capital for 2011. New York Times, October 10, 2010
Songzhuang, China
A City Where Chinese Artists Hope to Strike Gold
Songzhuang, an outlying Beijing suburb with lower rents, is the new frontier of Chinese art. New York Times, October 9, 2010
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