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www.deluge.wsGreg Snider, Project for a Holocaust Memorial (2004), mixed media [DelugeContemporary Art, Victoria BC, Jan 27-Feb 25]Greg SniderDELUGE CONTEMPORARY ART, VICTORIA BC – Jan 27-Feb 25, 2012 The exhibition, Models for thePublic Sphere: Tar Sands, Aircraft, Holocausts, showcases models for projects by this Vancouver sculptorand installation artist. Snider has made significant contributions to contemporary art practice in Canada.From 1981-2009 he taught visual artstudio, critical theory, technical theatreand social art history in the School for theContemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University,and is currently a ProfessorEmeritus. He served as Curator of ContemporaryArt for the Art Gallery ofGreater Victoria, and for Open SpaceGallery, Victoria, BC. He is well-knownas a writer of art criticism.Snider’s artwork has included sculpture,performance design, models, drawingsand videos. His models may be hismost popular pieces. Snider began creatingscale models early in his career toaccompany formal proposals for larger,site-specific artworks. During these years,he began to recognize their potential as conceptual prototypes addressing issues in the public sphere.While the full-scale public art projects represented by these models are often unreasonable and evenimpossible, the models themselves serve to illustrate and underscore issues of global concern.Greg Snider has been the recipient of numerous grants, including Canada Council Senior ArtsGrants. He is represented in a number of public and private collections in Canada, including the ArtGallery of Greater Victoria and the National Gallery of Canada. Mia JohnsonGALLERY OF BC CERAMICS, VANCOUVER, CONT’Dand exploratory ceramic works in aminiature format; Dec 3-28 Hot-Tea-Pot, a collection of functional anddecorative teapots paired withmatching mugs by various artistsinspire Christmas cheer and capturethe warmth of the holiday season;Jan 5-28 Best of B.C., our province’smost prestigious ceramic artistscapture the spirit of ocean, mountainand forest.Granville Fine Art2447 Granville St ✆604-266-6010www.granvillefineart.comtues-fri 10am-6pm sat 10am-5pmsun & mon 12-5pm. Nov 26-Dec 10Ray Mead (1921-1998), member ofPainters Eleven, works from the collectionof Carolynn Lund-Mead; Dec13-31 Leonard Cohen Artworks, avisual record of 40 years with worksfrom Leonard Cohen’s archive ofdrawings and journals.Greenery Gallery3735 W 10th Ave ✆604-688-2832www.greenerynativeartgallery.common-fri 10am-5pm sat 12-4pm orby appt. Displays the vibrant coloursof the woodland style of Ojibway artagainst a lush background of freshflowers and orchid plants, featuringoriginal works by Mark AnthonyJacobson and Jim Oskineegish.grunt galleryUnit 116-350 E 2nd Ave✆604-875-9516 www.grunt.catues-sat 12-5pm. Thru Dec 3 ColetteUrban, “Pin-Up”, video and digitalstills of works by Newfoundlandbasedartist Urban; Jan 6-Feb 11Christoph Runné, “The SymbolicMeaning of Tree”, installation withmultiple screen projections of asparse virtual forest in which a solitaryfigure both remains rooted, and circles,simultaneously casting shadowsas it passes.Havana Gallery1212 Commercial Dr ✆604-253-9119www.havanarestaurant.camon-thurs 11am-11pm fri 11am-midnightsat 10am-midnight sun 10am-11pm. Thru Nov 12 Dave Stevens,Laura Stevens and Andrea Pratt,“Mysterioso Imaginatio”, paintings;Nov 13-26 Margaret Lawther, “Shadows”,landscapes; Nov 27-Dec 10 JimFinlay, “The End of History”, mixedmedia works; Dec 11-Jan 6 Hope inShadows Calendar, group show ofphotographic works; Jan 8-21 WendyMeades, “Joy in the Midst of Darkness”,paintings; Jan 22-Feb 4 TiaShuster, photography.Heffel Fine Art Auction House2247 Granville St ✆604-732-6505800-528-9608 www.heffel.common-sat 10am-6pm. Nov 3-26Online Auction Fine Canadian Art;Jan 5-26 Online Auction Fine Canadianand International Art.52 PREVIEW ■ NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUARY 2011/12 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS