Saturday, September 1, 2007

Rebecca Donald, Evan Lee and Ben Reeves: WORKS ON PAINTING


14 September 2007 through 14 October 2007
Reception Thursday September 13 2007, 7-9pm
Curated by Adam Harrison

Works on Painting features three artists that deal with the physical and visual aspects of paint through the utilization of three different mediums - painting, sculpture and photography.

Ben Reeves' paintings of people smoking utilize a relatively flat surface to depict the figures, while the smoke they are producing is represented by almost sculpturally thick blobs of paint, protruding from the canvas. Here the fleeting, ethereal nature of smoke is replaced by a dense, physical mass of oil paint.

Rebecca Donald's "towels" are sculptures created by thickly pouring oil paint mixed with oil onto canvas. When dried, the paint creates a tactile surface that strongly resembles terrycloth towels. Folded or strewn on the floor, the sculptures eschew the illusionistic space of painting in favour of the emulative nature of representational sculpture, albeit through the use of processes and materials inextricably linked to the medium of painting.

A Palette from the Artist's Studio by Evan Lee, shows the underside of a transparent palette used by the artist for his own paintings. "Photographed" by a desktop scanner, the picture shows the accidental traces made while mixing paints for actual paintings. Though the picture resembles an abstract painting - the paint marks recall the gestural brushwork of Robert Rauschenberg or Cy Twombly - it is indeed an accurate representation of physical traces of the painting process.

Though working is different mediums, all three artists engage with the act of applying paint to a surface, highlighting this action's relationship to depiction and considering it in relation to the
production of art in general.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Mike Grill: RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS


13 July 2007 through 26 August 2007
Opening reception Friday July 13 2007, 7–9:30pm
Curated by Steven Tong and Christopher Brayshaw

A selection of Mike Grill's photographs can be viewed here.

Mike Grill is represented by Jeffrey Boone Gallery, Vancouver.

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Jennifer McMackon: NOW AND NEXT MINUTE


5 May 2007 through 3 June 2007
Opening reception on Sunday 13 May 2007 from 11am-2pm
Curated by Christopher Brayshaw

Jennifer McMackon's website

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Jamie Tolagson: ONGOING


23 March 2007 through 22 April, 2007
Opening Friday 23 March, 2007, 6-9pm
Curated by Christopher Brayshaw

Jamie Tolagson's website

Jamie Tolagson is represented by Jeffrey Boone Gallery, Vancouver

Friday, January 12, 2007

Owen Kydd: MISSION


January 12 2007 through February 11 2007
Reception Friday January 12, 6 - 9 pm
Curated by Christopher Brayshaw

Owen Kydd is represented by Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver

Owen Kydd's website