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www.orgallery.orgStudies in DecayOR GALLERY, VANCOUVER BC – Oct 29-Dec 10, 2011 Studies in Decay is a new group exhibit at theOr Gallery curated by UBC Critical and Curatorial Studies’ candidate Jonah Gray. Dark and intense,the images propose to examine realities of contemporary experience in the spirit of Walter Benjamin’stheorem that the world continuously moves towards decay.Raymond Boisjoly is an Aboriginal artist livingand working in Vancouver. His most recentseries of images, The Writing Lesson, uses visualconventions associated with black metal music tocreate logos for indigenous place names likeChilliwack, Massett, Skidegate and Nanaimo.Scolling and thorny, the Nordic-inspired logosrepresent a vernacular mode of indigenous wordmarkings, while stressing text and writing aspolitical tools. Boisjoly earned his MFA at UBCin 2008 and has since exhibited in Ottawa, Seattle,San Francisco, and Chongqing, China.Jordy Hamilton (UBC, MFA 2010) is anOntario-born Vancouver-based artist known forconceptual installations as well as for paintingscopied from images in National Geographic. HisJordy Hamilton, Freedom Machine (2011), mixed media [Or Gallery,Vancouver BC, Oct 29-Dec 10]contribution to Studies in Decay consists of a series of 4 ¥ 6 inch prints and two videos documenting anannual barbeque and trap-shooting event at the artist’s family home, which culminates in a shoot-up ofa motorcycle.Laura Piasta, a Vancouver artist currently living in Sweden and Berlin, presents Crystallized JeanJacket, a denim jacket hardened from saltwater soaking . Pinned to the wall, the jacket evokes an absentbody. Piasta is currently working towards her Master’s of Fine Arts at Umeå Academy of Fine Arts inSweden. She has shown in Berlin and Vancouver, and in 2007 received a VADA award. Mia JohnsonCOLLECTION OF THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY ACQUISITION FUND★ Jeunesse Galleryof Fine Arts2668 W 4th Ave ✆604-737-2438www.jeunessegallery.common-sun 10am-6pm. Thru Nov Withoutthe Wall, guest exhibition of Europeansculptors working in bronze;Thru Dec The single rose that madethe difference, small works of floraand fauna by gallery artists; Thru JanStefan Zeissa, “Journey in the Southof Italy”, oil paintings.Joyce Williams AntiquePrints & Maps114-1118 Homer St, Yaletown,✆604-688-7434www.jwprintsandmaps.comtues-sat 11am-5pm. Offering a largeselection of antique maps, Japanesewoodblock prints, botanical, architectural,natural history, decorativeand fine art prints from the 16th-20th centuries, ephemera and featuringCharles van Sandwyk, etchings,books and cards.Katherine McLean Studio1-1359 Cartwright St (Rear),Granville Island, in Railspur Alleyopposite Agro Cafe✆604-684-8452 604-377-6689www.katherinemclean.comthurs-sun 11am-4pm or by chance.Nov-Jan Katherine McLean, “Playingwith Fire”, encaustic paintingsand ceramic still-life sculpture.Kurbatoff Gallery2435 Granville St ✆604-736-5444www.kurbatoffgallery.comtue-sat 10:30am-5:30pm sun 12-5pm. Nov 17-Dec 1 Chris Charlebois,New Works, luxurious large-scale oilpaintings evolving into a nature-basedabstraction, inspired by the WestCoast environment; Dec-Jan “HolidaySeason Group Shows by GalleryArtists”, selection of new works byWilliam Allister, Donna Baspaly,Chris Charlebois, Elisabetta Fantone,Geoff Farnsworth, Eva Kolacz,Chris Langstroth, Gerda Marschall,Marleen Vermeulen, Ann Zielinskiand more; new bronze sculpture byAndrew Benyei, Stephen Booth,Renhard Skoracki and Trinita Waller.Lattimer Gallery1590 W 2nd Ave ✆604-732-4556www.lattimergallery.common-sat 10am-5pm sun 11am-5pmholidays 12-5pm. Offering a comprehensiveselection of original works ofart by First Nations artists including,gold and sterling silver jewellery,masks, panels, bentwood boxes,totem poles, argillite, sculptures,paintings and limited edition prints.Nov 19-Dec 3 Annual Charity BentwoodBoxes, constructed by Métisartist James Michels and designed,painted and/or carved by variousartists who generously donated theirtime and talent, each box availablethrough silent auction ending Dec 3,100% of the proceeds donated toUrban Native Youth Association; Dec3 5-8pm Annual Open House.54 PREVIEW ■ NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUARY 2011/12 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS