The Colour of Silence
"Solitudes" at Petley Jones Gallery
Written by Dillon Ramsey All images courtesy the artist South Granville is always surging with a tide of shoppers. The sidewalk at Broadway is practically spilling over with passersby as I hurry north toward the Granville Street Bridge, and then, at West Sixth Avenue, I turn left. Suddenly I find myself steeped in a serene […]
The 2014 Vancouver Art/Book Fair
Enthusiastically presented by Project Space
Photographs and words by Sarah Faye Bernstein HELLO WORLD, how I long for the early days of October. That first taste of crisp but warm air, a handful of leaves turning yellow and red. On that first weekend, Project Space held it’s annual Vancouver Art/Book Fair at the beautiful Vancouver Art Gallery. Canada’s only […]
ISSUE Mag Launch and Vancouver Art/Book Fair Bring the Crowds to UNIT/PITT
Third issue coincides with The Monochrome Shop's last week of exhibition
Photography by Andi Icaza-Largaespada For their third issue launch, ISSUE mag combines forces with the Vancouver Art/Book Fair preview after party at UNIT/PITT. VANDOCUMENT’s photographer Andi Icaza-Largaespada hung out at the launch for two hours. UNIT/PITT was kept busy all night as crowds of people, from gallery goers to VA/BF previewers came and went. From […]
To Move In or Form a SWARM
Vancouver's annual 2-night festival of artist run centres kicks off it's 15th year
Photography by Ash Tanasiychuk Text pulled from SWARM 15 site, plus event pages SWARM is a 2-night event that marks the launch of Vancouver’s artist-run centre (ARC) programming season with exhibition openings, performances, screenings and special events. Artist-run Centres (ARCs) are collectives and non-profit organizations, run by artists, supporting new and innovative practices in the […]
#GVEAFUKPOPUP @ thisopenspace
friendly artists, a pretty venue, & strong, engaging work.
Photography by Sarah Faye Bernstein As a Gastown resident, I’ve always wondered about the space formerly known as the Chinatown Experiment, currently being rebranded to thisopenspace. I’m so happy I brought myself there! It’s a beautifully lit and welcoming venue. I went on Saturday, September 6th to check out work by Celine Simpson, Andrew Briggs, […]
Over Under Over Under
A Repetitive Review of a Pattern Show
Words by Brit Bachmann + Photography by Jon Vincent Ragay As the sun descended in the West, orange beams streamed through the security bars on the windows of Red Gate, casting a skewed checkerboard shadow on the gallery floor. While this was definitely happenstance, I considered it an unofficial curatorial statement for Over Under Over Under, a […]
Papergirl Strings Together Artists of All Ages and Abilities
Art exhibited at Roundhouse Community Centre before being distributed via volunteer cyclists
Photos by Alisha Weng In early July, Papergirl Vancouver celebrated their 2014 art exhibition at Roundhouse Community Centre. Photographer extraordinaire Alisha Weng was there to capture the people, the art, the event as it happened. With live music by Emily Rowed. Papergirl is a worldwide art movement that began in Berlin in 2006. It is […]
Revenge of the Art Show
Art inspired by movies released in 1984
Written and photos by Jen Kennedy It sounded cool. I like cool. I like doing something social and out of the ordinary. So I go up the steps on this chilly Friday evening into the Hot Art Wet City Gallery. It’s warm; the walls are full of iconic imagery and rehashed impressions of films from […]
SPATIAL POETICS XIII: WeMix
Vancouver’s thirteen-year tradition of artistic mash-up plays to a packed house at The Western Front.
This marks the 13th consecutive year of Spatial Poetics, a celebration of cross-disciplinary artistic collaboration that heralds the beginning of the annual Powell Street Festival. For more than a decade, this event has mashed-up local artists of diverse interests, approaches, and specializations to create new works based on the adventure inherent in the seemingly happenstance […]
Exuberant Hues: Ben Skinner Colours Back Gallery Project
Like many art galleries, Back Gallery Project has a generous display window at the front of the building. While not an unusual architectural feature, this window always seems a little special. It is a large, open portal on a particularly blank stretch of East Hastings, illuminating the otherwise forgettable streetscape in ways far more astonishing […]