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COLLECTION OF MARGARET PETHICKwww.sfu.ca/galleryJerry PethickSIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY GALLERY, BURNABY BC – Nov 5-Dec 17, 2011 SFU Gallery has mounteda show of the fascinating, inexplicable artworkof Hornby Island artist Jerry Pethicksubtitled Works 1968-2003 from Collections onHornby Island. The exhibition is accompaniedby a catalogue with essays by curatorBill Jeffries, Geoffrey Farmer and MichaelTurner.While Pethick’s art has been called “profoundlyidiosyncratic and uncategorizable”and Pethick himself a “junkyard visionary”,Scott Watson considered the terms postphotographicsculpture, Concrete Conceptualsculpture and Neo-Cubo-Futurism todescribe it. A combination of photography,Jerry Pethick, Duchamp Theatre (2000-2002), mixed media [SimonFraser University Gallery, Burnaby BC, Nov 5-Dec 17]Jerry Pethick (1935-2003) was born in London, Ontario andspent three years studying at the Chelsea College of Art, London.After working and travelling in Europe for a year, he returned toLondon where he became an associate of the Royal College of Art.In 1968, he moved to the United States to study holography thenreturned to Canada in 1975. As a sculptor and multimedia artist, hefocused on holography and optic phenomena. His work has beenwidely exhibited in Europe, the USA and Canada, including theNational Gallery of Canada. Mia Johnsondrawing, sculpture, assemblage, collage,installation and optical devices, Pethick’ssculptural montages address optics and illusoryspace.Jerry PethickLUNCHTIME TALKS WITH BILLJEFFRIES – SIX SESSIONSTuesday to Thursday, Nov. 8-1012:05 and 12:35pmSFU Gallery,Academic Quadrangle 3004,SFU Burnaby CampusArt Beatus (Vancouver)Consultancy Ltd.108-808 Nelson St ✆604-688-2633www.artbeatus.common-fri 10am-6pm. Thru Dec 2Taiga Chiba, “River of Spirit”, newand playful works using natural,hand-made dyes in ink wash drawingson paper and collage on woodpanels, also showing a video installationof photographs from a recenttrip to the Amazon; Dec 5-Jan 31Contact the gallery for exhibitioninformation.Art Emporium2928 Granville St ✆604-738-3510www.theartemporium.camon-sat 10am-6pm. Exceptionalinventory of paintings by majorCanadian, American and Frenchmasters of the 20th C., featuringEmily Carr and all members of theGroup of Seven and several of theircontemporaries, C. Krieghoff, DavidMilne, J.W. Morrice, Tom Thomson;Paintings by Karel Appel, A.Calder, E. Cortez, Montague Dawson,Jean and Raoul Dufy, A. Hambourg,J. Hervé, Picasso, Utrillo, A.Volti, Andrew Wyeth, and CanadiansMax Bates, Donald Flather, H.G.Glyde, E.J. Hughes, F. Lansdowne,John Little, Henri Masson, RudolphMessner, Hugh Monahan, Riopelle,Goodridge Roberts, Jack Shadboltand Andrew Wong.Art Rental and Sales at theVancouver Art Gallery750 Hornby St✆604-662-4746 604-662-4716www.artrentalandsales.common-fri 10am-5pm, tues 5-9pm byappt. Specializing in the rental andsale of artworks in a wide variety ofstyles, media and sizes, smallmonthly rental fees for over 1,000artworks by 200 notable artists suchas Angela Grossman, Gabryel Harrison,David Wilson, Jamie Evrard,Martha Sturdy and more. Thru Jan30 Cam Andrews, lithographs.Art Works Gallery225 Smithe St ✆604-688-3301www.artworksbc.common-fri 9am-6pm sat 10am-6pmsun 12-5pm. Thru Nov 24 “FrenchConnection”, explores the dynamicworks of our French Canadian artistsincluding, Marie Danielle Leblanc,luminescent pieces are rich in texture,colour and detail through theuse of tar, resin and raw pigment;Jean-Gabriel Lambert, abstractsare vibrantly colourful, expressivestudies in movement, the multiplelayers of paint are applied with apalette knife; Alexandre Zerbe,through the use of bold and studiedbrushstrokes Zerbe creates brightly42 PREVIEW ■ NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUARY 2011/12