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www.contemporaryartgallery.caRobert Orchardson: Endless façadeCONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, VANCOUVER BC – Nov 18-Jan 15, 2012 British sculptor RobertOrchardson earned a Fine Art MA at Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2004. He hassince exhibited his ephemeral work in London, Birmingham, Dundee, Dublin, Munich, Berlin,Rome and Chicago among othercities. Endless façade was organized inconjunction with Ikon Gallery,Birmingham.Inspired by science fiction aswell as futuristic architecture anddesign, Orchardson creates proplikesculptures that, despite thematerials – wood, resin and epoxycoatedsteel – appear to launchthemselves weightlessly through theair of the gallery spaces. Whethergrounded or suspended, they arequintessentially elegant and quitemagical, as if scaffolding or a fallingbridge was freeze-framed.Endless façade (2011) was createdin response to Isamu Noguchi’sstage sets for the 1955 RoyalRobert Orchardson, Endless façade (2011), view of installation at Ikon Gallery,Birmingham, England [Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver BC, Nov 18-Jan 15Shakespeare Company production of King Lear. Noguchi’s abstract, mobile forms created a shiftinglandscape against which the play unfolded. Revisiting Noguchi’s designs, Orchardson constructedhuge monochrome wall pieces, a jigsaw of interlocking triangular shapes, that serve asbackdrops for the highly-coloured open-work structures. Mia JohnsonPHOTO: COURTESY TREVOR MILLS, THE ARTIST VANCOUVER AND ART WILKINSON GALLERY GALLERY, LONDON/PHOTO: STUART WHIPPSHouston, the “discoverer” of Inuitart, travelled to Japan to study printmakingwith Un’ichi Hiratsuka, exhibitionorganized by the CanadianMuseum of Civilization with theassistance of the West Baffin EskimoCo-operative in Cape Dorset; Dec10-21 Shiwasu – Handmade GiftsShow and Sale, handmade crafts bylocal Japanese Canadian artists; Jan15-Mar 26 Tenugui Towels: DesignExcellence in Japanese Daily Life.Simon Fraser UniversityGalleryAQ 3004-8888 University Dr✆778-782-4266 www.sfu.ca/gallerytues-fri 10am-5pm sat 12-5pm,closed sat on holiday long weekends.Nov 5-Dec 17 Jerry Pethick,Works 1968 – 2003 from Collectionson Hornby Island, approximately30 smaller wall-mountedworks, many of which have previouslynever been seen off HornbyIsland, accompanied by a full colourcatalogue with texts by MichaelTurner, Geoffrey Farmer and Bill Jeffries;Jan 7-Feb 25 A Selection fromthe Vancouver Art Gallery Archiveof Lawrence Weiner Posters.CAMPBELL RIVERCampbell River Art Gallery1235 Shoppers Row ✆250-287-2261www.crartgallery.catues-sat 10am-5pm. MAIN GALLERYNov 10-Dec 24 Annual ChristmasRobert Horton, Miss Horton’s Cookies(2010), watercolour/gouache [Gallery110, Seattle WA, Nov 3-26]Arts and Crafts Market, fine arts andcrafts featuring work by over 90regional artisans; MAIN & DISCOVERYGALLERIES Jan 20-Mar 2 StephanieDenz, “Crawling Woman”, dreamlikefigurative paintings and wallpaperstyleworks on paper exploringthemes of feminine experience, familyand landscapes.CASTLEGARKootenay Gallery120 Heritage Way ✆250-365-3337www.kootenaygallery.comtues-sat 10am-5pm, Dec: daily 10am-5pm, Jan: gallery closed. Thru Nov 5Amy Loewan, “Illuminating Peace”,incorporates traditional Chinese artmaterials and computer-generatedtopography to illustrate Loewan’sdedication to peace building; ViviHarder, “Existence:Paint:Emotion:Beauty”, paintings using minimalistshapes with subdued colours and tex-24 PREVIEW ■ NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUARY 2011/12