Preview – The Gallery Guide – April-May 2007

Still Life Paintings
April 10 - 22
Works on Paper
April 24 - May 13
Semi-Abstract Works
May 15 - 27
Lalita Hamill, One Pit To Go (detail), pastel
Federation Gallery
1241 Cartwright Street,
Vancouver, BC
604-681-8534
www.federationgallery.ca
Tuesday-Sunday 10 am-4 pm
Margaret Elliot, A Skye Boatman, watermedia
19th century brought forth a major
shift in the hierarchy of art genres in
painting. As romantic artists turned
their focus to the ever-changing environment,
natural landscapes eventually
took over the leading role. Working
‘en plein air’, painters searched for
effective compositions that could portray
their response to the constant
changes in the atmosphere; May
Felix Francois G.P. Ziem, Alfred Pollentine,
Carlo Grubacs, Charles
Clement Calderon, Auguste Bouvard,
Antoine Bouvard, and others,
“Views of Venice”, dynamic views of
this unique city; Showing with these
exhibitions is a selection of museum
quality paintings, objects d’art and
antiques from Europe and North
America.
★ Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby St ✆604-662-4700
(24-hr info line) ✆604-662-4719
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
daily 10am-5:30pm, tues & thurs
until 9pm Admission: adults $15,
seniors $11, students $10, children
5-12 $6, children 4 and under free,
family (2 adults, 2 children) $40, tues
evenings only – by donation Apr 5-
Sep 16 Huang Yong Ping, “House of
Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective”,
explores cultural identity
and globalism. The exhibition presents
works from 1985 to the present,
many on a grand scale, including
a sculpture of a snarling tiger
clawing its way atop a life-sized elephant;
Thru May 21 Acting the Part,
photography as theatre, explores the
transformation and wide variety of
staged photographs from the 19th
century to the present. It includes
nearly seventy photographic treasures
by artists Paul Outerbridge,
O.G. Rejlander, William Mortensen,
Harold Kells, Duane Michales,
Yasumasa Morimura, Cindy Sherman,
Jeff Wall, and others; Thru Apr
29 Bertram Charles (B.C.) Binning,
drawings, paintings and mural
maquettes from the permanent collection;
Thru May 13 Fred Herzog,
“Vancouver Photographs”, first exhibition
to examine overall body of
work.
Vancouver East Cultural
Centre
1895 Venables St ✆604-251-1363
www.vecc.bc.ca
mon-fri 10am-6pm and before evening
performances Call for weekend hours
Thru Apr 10 Sakino, oil on canvas;
Liane Varnam, oil on canvas paintings
and drawings in pastel and charcoal;
Apr 30-May 15 Youth Art Exhibition,
for youth week, artists and curators
under 19 present a mixed media show;
May 18-Jun 12 Kwan S. Yu, oil on canvas
and panel and Tong Lam, oil and
watercolours.
The Vancouver Holocaust
Education Centre
50-950 W 41st Ave ✆604-264-0499
www.vhec.org
mon-thurs 9am-5pm fri 9am-4pm
Admission by donation Thru Sep 30
Vancouver’s Schindler Jews, tells
the story of Oskar Schindler’s rescue
of more than 1,000 Jews during the
Holocaust through the testimonies
and artefacts of local survivors.
Vancouver Maritime
Museum
1905 Ogden Ave (in Vanier Park)
✆604-257-8300
www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com
tues-sat 10am-5pm sun noon-4pm,
closed mon Admission: $10 adults,
$7.50 students + seniors, $25 family,
5 and under free Apr-May Featuring
exhibitions on maritime history and
traditions of the Pacific Coast including
St Roch, the RCMP Arctic
schooner, exhibitions about pirates,
shipwrecks, lighthouses, the early fur
trade, fireboats, warships named
Vancouver, deep-ocean exploration,
shipbuilding, coastal and transpacific
steamship lines, cruise ships and
more. Visit the ALCAN CHILDREN’S MAR-
ITIME DISCOVERY CENTRE and boats in
Heritage Harbour. Feature exhibit:
Tales from the Vault: Treasures and
Stories from the Museum’s collections.
Art exhibit - Arctic Quest: Voyage
to the Northwest Passage, 100
Years Later.
★ Vancouver Museum
1100 Chestnut St (in Vanier Park
✆604-736-4431
www.vanmuseum.bc.ca
Spring hours: thru Jun 30 tues-sun
10am-5pm thurs til 9pm Admission:
adults $10, seniors $8, youth under 19
$6, children 4 and under free Ongoing
Vancouver History Galleries 1900’s-
1970’s includes “Gateway to the Pacif-
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