Category Archives: Exhibitions

Ron Laufer @ Kafka’s Coffee

By rskinner | Published: February 3, 2011

“Kafka’s is pleased to welcome the work of local photographer Ron Laufer. Ron brings us a selection of his photos taken over the past decade during his time observing and administering elections in Afghanistan, Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates. Ron will be giving a short talk on February [...]

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The Community Projects Show: Navigating Ethical Representation

By rskinner | Published: February 1, 2011

Concourse Gallery Opening: Wednesday, February 9. 6 – 9 pm Navigating Ethical Representation will showcase the final projects and process works from students taking the Community Projects course CCID-200-F001; it will focus on the difficulties and successes of navigating ethical issues in representing people with HIV/AIDS. This show is consistent with Emily Carr’s mandate of [...]

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Harvard’s Remember Then: An Exhibition on the Photography of Memory

By rskinner | Published: January 31, 2011

February 3–March 15, 2011 Remember Then: An Exhibition on the Photography of Memory is based on a simple premise that photographs are used as tools by our culture to recall the past. The artists in Remember Then set out to interrogate this proposition, and memories are used as source material for recreating images in the [...]

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Dream Logic @ Darkroom Gallery

By rskinner | Published: January 31, 2011
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Submissions call for The Cheaper Show

By rskinner | Published: January 28, 2011

Via The Cheaper Show’s website: “The Cheaper Show is massive one-night art event where all works sell for a uniform, affordable price. We remove barriers between talented emerging artists, established artists, buyers, curators, gallery directors and collectors, creating new channels for engaged interaction. The shows format is unparalleled anywhere in Canada. We showcase hundreds of multi-disciplined artists, with a [...]

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CARDED 2011

By rskinner | Published: January 24, 2011

On Saturday April 30, Gallery Gachet (88 E Cordova) will heat up with some hot art trading action. The work of fifty artists will be presented on trading cards and made available for art lovers to collect and trade. These 2.5″x3.5″ cards will be displayed on the gallery wall and the audience offered the opportunity [...]

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La Marea @ Push Festival

By rskinner | Published: January 24, 2011

A man has just had a motorbike accident… An insomniac tries to get to sleep… A couple has their first kiss… A man stands on a balcony escaping the party that rages on behind him… When strangers walk past you on the street, do you ever start imagining what they are thinking? Where they come [...]

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Davida Kidd @ Burnaby Art Gallery

By rskinner | Published: January 24, 2011

Davida Kidd: Who Needs Art When You Have a View Like This Through February 6, 2011 Davida Kidd’s practice addresses themes of domination: the psyche by the dream or ideal, the conscience by guilt, the personality by passion. Working in the general realm of manipulated photography, she blurs the line between illusion and reality, cultivating [...]

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via NYR: “The Long Exposure of Francesca Woodman”

By rskinner | Published: January 24, 2011

“Her death does not simply cast a shadow on the images, but suffuses them with a strange, spectral light, in which everyone looks like Woodman—photographs of models are frequently mistaken for self-portraits—and facts resemble foresight. The artist seems always to be anticipating her own disappearance.” – Elizabeth Gumport View the full article at New York [...]

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Call for submissions extended

By rskinner | Published: January 19, 2011

“DREAM LOGIC has extended our deadline to 10pm January 23rd. This is an open call to submit photography (any kind, including digital) Send us your web versions (of photos that are in the theme, dream logic) have it juried and potentially show in our upcoming exhibit…. Tell your friends too!”

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