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Mara Korkola: Dusk to NightDOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY, EDMONTON AB – Nov 4-18 In her first exhibition at the Douglas UdellGallery, Toronto artist Mara Korkola presents fascinating night glimpses of traffic on the outskirts oftowns. Born in 1965 in Marathon, Ontario, Korkoladescribes the margins of Canadian towns and cities: thoseindefinable stretches of telephone poles, billboards, fastfood restaurants and obscure service centres.The roads, dotted with the glow of headlights andtransport trucks, are a dominant compositional andnarrative force. But like “Patsy Cline in oils”, the tinypaintings juxtapose the thoroughfares with the heartbreakingbeauty of sunsets and evening skies. In manyimages, the lights alone create strands of jewels against thedarkness. Her paintings have been described as “… moodyminiature noctures of the highway at night, glazed withwanderlust” (Globe and Mail).Korkola holds an MFA from the University of Texas atSan Antonio, a BFA from Wichita State University (Kansas)previewwww.douglasudellgallery.comMara Korkola, No Place 140 (2006), oil on aluminum[Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton AB, Nov 4-18]and is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto). She has been the recipient ofnumerous Ontario Arts Council grants. Her work has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitionsboth nationally and internationally, including Painting as Paradox at Artists Space in New York,Synthetic Psychosis at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, and Commuter, acomprehensive solo exhibition of her No place series of paintings at the MacLaren Art Centre inBarrie, Ontario. Mia Johnsonten text, finding the overlaps betweenstrategies of design and information,expression and conceptual investigation;Coming Feb 3-Mar 10 DouglasDavis, Something Else Press, NamJune Paik, Robert Adrian X, RobertFilliou, N.E. Thing Company, and others,"Before the Internet: Networks andArt", artist network projects prior to thedevelopment of the internet.Winsor Gallery667 Howe St ✆604-681-4870www.winsorgallery.comNov-Dec 22: mon-sat 10am-6pm sun12-5pm Dec 23-Jan 1: closed ThruNov 26 John Barkley, new borealforests and abstracts in oil; Sang-Geun Cho, featuring new works in theannex; Nov 28-Dec 22 Chris Carbone,luminous, imaginary vistas in oil;introducing Shelley Mansel’s innovativeaerial landscapes in acrylic; Jan2-31 Refer to gallery website.The Wood Co-op1592 Johnston St, Granville Island✆/fax 604-408-2553www.thewoodco-op.comdaily 10am-6pm A gallery of over 13558 PREVIEWBC wood artisans, showcasing someof the province's most talented woodworkersunder one roof. We feature anextensive range of wooden objects andout-of-the-ordinary gift ideas fromone-of-a-kind furniture, turnings andhome decor pieces to kitchen accessories– from the jet of ebony to thebrilliance of purpleheart and figuredmaple see nature's spectrum of designin all it’s colours. The Emily CarrIndustrial Design student work featuringmalleable Airplane Plywood is ondisplay.VERNONVernon Public Art Gallery3228 31 Ave ✆(250)545-3173www.galleries.bc.camon-fri 10am-5pm sat 11am-4pmDec 24-Jan 8: closed. Nov 2-Dec 23Iris Hauser, “A Time for Dancing”;smallMATTERS, members exhibitionof miniature art; Curtis Smith, “ThunderingNations/Ancient Designs”; Jan11-Mar 3 A Survey of BC Printmaking;Andrea Toth, “Memories of Place”;Katie Brennan, “Persuasive Lining”.VICTORIA★ Alcheringa Gallery665 Fort St ✆(250)383-8224www.alcheringa-gallery.common-sat 9:30am-5:30pm sun 12-5pm.Opening Nov 12 Rhythms of the Garamut,a collection of major new works by20 renowned master carvers from theSepik River, including spectacularpieces by visiting artist, Teddy Balanguand local Coast Salish carver, JohnMarston. Teddy Balangu is presentlycarver-in-residence at the Museum ofAnthropology where he is creating amajor totem, the start of the museum’sOceanic collection. Announcing the film“Killerwhale and Crocodile”, documentingthe work of Alcheringa and the culturalexchange between these twoartists on BRAVO Canada, early 2007.★ Art Gallery of GreaterVictoria1040 Moss St ✆(250)384-4101www.aggv.bc.cadaily 10am-5pm, thurs 9pm Thru Dec 3Claes Oldenburg, Andrea Zittel, BrendaPelkey, Rene Francisco, Antonia★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS