Vancouver Art Gallery

2002-2012

Across the Province

Across the Province is the Vancouver Art Gallery�s provincial touring program, which circulates exhibitions drawn from the Gallery�s permanent collection to partner institutions throughout British Columbia. Partners include: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam; Kamloops Art Gallery; Kelowna Art Gallery; Surrey Art Gallery; The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford; and Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George.

Leon Golub The Heretic�s Fork, 1985-1994 acrylic on canvas Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund	Bearing Witness Bearing Witness presents art that reflects a number of social and political conditions, from the effects of war, government action and industrial exploitation, to the social dynamics of society, especially in relation to gender and identity politics. Featuring work by 27 twentieth century artists, including Ed Burtynsky, Magdalena Campos-Pons, Leon Golub and Nancy Spero, the works in the exhibition bear witness to the powerful forces that shape our lives and the world. Kamloops Art Gallery January 15�March 12, 2012 The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford April 12�June 10, 2012 Kelowna Art Gallery June 30�August 26, 2012 Bearing Witness is organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery with generous support from The Killy Foundation and Odlum Brown Limited. Bearing Witness is curated by Ian Thom, senior curator, historical.

Robert Davidson Sara�s Birth Announcement, 1973 screenprint on paper Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery,Gift of Joan Lowndes Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery	Eagle Transforming: The Prints of Robert Davidson Surrey Art Gallery April 17�June 21, 2010 Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George January 20�April 3, 2011 Eagle Transforming: The Prints of Robert Davidson is organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery with the generous support of Odlum Brown Limited.

Richard Hamilton Adonis in Y Fronts, 1963 screenprint on paper Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of J. Ron and Jacqueline Longstaffe Photo: Henri Robideau, Vancouver Art Gallery	Pop Prints Kelowna Art Gallery May 10�July 27, 2008 Kamloops Art Gallery January 18�March 22, 2009 Surrey Art Gallery April 4�June 14, 2009 Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George November 19, 2009�February 7, 2010 Pop Prints is organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery with the generous support of Spectra Energy.

B.C. Binning Convoy at Rendezvous, 1948 oil on canvas Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Bequest of C.S. Band Photo: Jim Gorman, Vancouver Art Gallery	B.C. Binning Vancouver Art Gallery January 13�April 29, 2007 Kelowna Art Gallery June 16�September 9, 2007 Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George September 27�November 25, 2007 B.C. Binning was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery with the generous support of RBC Foundation.

Frederick Horsman Varley Dawn, c. 1929 oil on wood panel Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisitions Fund Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery Image reproduced courtesy of the estate of Kathleen G. McKay	Dawn: Sketches by the Group of Seven Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George March 30�June 18, 2006 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria July 7�September 24, 2006 Kelowna Art Gallery December 2, 2006�February 18, 2007 Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam July 10�October 7, 2008 Dawn: Sketches by the Group of Seven was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery with the generous support of The Rix Family Foundation. Dawn was the inaugural exhibition in the Vancouver Art Gallery's provincial touring program Across the Province, which circulates exhibitions drawn from the Gallery's permanent collection to communities in British Columbia.

National/International

The Vancouver Art Gallery presents approximately 15 temporary exhibitions annually, from which it selects major in-house curated exhibitions to travel to museums and galleries across Canada and around the world.

Emily Carr Old Time Coast Village, 1929-1930 oil on canvas Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery	Nature and Spirit: Emily Carr�s Coastal Landscapes Nature and Spirit: Emily Carr�s Coastal Landscapes features 35 paintings spanning from Carr�s early experiments with European modernism, to her powerful first encounters with Canadian aboriginal art and culture, her mature landscape work, and a final series of works from the period 1940-1942 when she returned to First Nations subjects. This exhibition presents a survey of work by one of Canada�s most important artists. Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton March 5�June 5, 2011 Art Gallery of Hamilton May 12�October 28, 2012 Nature and Spirit: Emily Carr�s Coastal Landscapes is organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Ian Thom, senior curator, historical.

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Clear Cut to the Last Tree, 1993 screenprint on paper Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery	The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social Vancouver Art Gallery [full exhibition] February 2�April 20, 2008 Kamloops Art Gallery June 7�September 6, 2009 Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam October 23�November 28, 2009 Kelowna Art Gallery July 24�September 26, 2010 The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford June 16�October 9, 2011 The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg January 28�April 22, 2012 The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social is organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Daina Augaitis, chief curator/associate director, with Emmy Lee, assistant curator.

Fiona Tan The Changeling, 2006 video still Courtesy of the Artist	Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland January 30�April 18, 2010 Vancouver Art Gallery May 8�September 6, 2010 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC September 25, 2010�January 21, 2011 Galerie de l�UQAM, Montreal February 25�April 2, 2011 Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall is organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Aargauer Kunsthaus.

Emily Carr Loggers� Culls, 1935 oil on canvas Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Miss I. Parkyn Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery Jack Shadbolt Break-Up, 1977-79 acrylic and latex on watercolour board Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of J. Ron Longstaffe Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery	Two Visions: Emily Carr and Jack Shadbolt Vancouver Art Gallery [full exhibition] May 30�November 8, 2009 Kamloops Art Gallery January 23�March 21, 2010 Two Visions: Emily Carr and Jack Shadbolt is organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery.

KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art (book cover) Douglas & McIntyre, the University of California Press and the Vancouver Art Gallery, 2008, 272 pages	KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video Games Vancouver Art Gallery May 17�September 7, 2008 Japan Society Gallery, New York March 12�June 14, 2009 KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video Games was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Emily Carr Totem Poles, Kitseukla, 1912 oil on canvas Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Founders' Fund Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery	Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa June 2�September 3, 2006 Vancouver Art Gallery October 7, 2006�January 7, 2007 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto March 3�May 20, 2007 Mus�e des beaux arts, Montr�al June 21�September 23, 2007 Glenbow Museum, Calgary October 25, 2007�January 26, 2008 Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Canada.

Takao Tanabe Tennis, 1961 oil on canvas Collection of the artist Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery	Takao Tanabe Art Gallery of Greater Victoria October 7, 2005�January 2, 2006 Vancouver Art Gallery January 21�April 17, 2006 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax May 27�August 27, 2006 McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg January 27�May 27, 2007 Takao Tanabe was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.

Brian Jungen Prototype for New Understanding #8, 1999 Nike athletic footwear Collection of Colin Griffiths, Vancouver Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery	Brian Jungen New Museum, New York September 29�December 31, 2005 Vancouver Art Gallery January 28�April 30, 2006 Mus�e d�art contemporain de Montr�al May 25�September 4, 2006 Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam December 2, 2006�February 11, 2007 Museum Villa Stuck, Munich March 8�May 20, 2007 Brian Jungen was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery, with the support of The Audain Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and Foreign Affairs Canada (US venues only).

Body: New Art From the UK Vancouver Art Gallery installation view, 2005 Photo: Tomas Svab, Vancouver Art Gallery	Body: New Art from the UK Vancouver Art Gallery May 28�September 5, 2005 The Ottawa Art Gallery November 25, 2005�February 5, 2006 Oakville Galleries April 8�June 4, 2006 Edmonton Art Gallery / Art Gallery of Alberta June 23�September 3, 2006 Body: New Art from the UK was a joint project of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the British Council.

Massive Change: The Future of Global Design Vancouver Art Gallery installation view, 2005 Photo: Tomas Svab, Vancouver Art Gallery	Massive Change: The Future of Global Design Vancouver Art Gallery October 2, 2004�January 3, 2005 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto March 11�May 29, 2005 The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago September 16�December 31, 2006 Massive Change: The Future of Global Design was a project by Bruce Mau Design and the Institute without Boundaries, commissioned and organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Lawrence Weiner Then Now & Then, 1997 offset lithograph on paper Collection of Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Moved Pictures Archive Photo: Tim Bonham, Vancouver Art Gallery	Lawrence Weiner Poster Archive Bury Art Gallery and Museum, Bury, UK June 25�September 4, 2005 Lawrence Weiner Poster Archive was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Rodney Graham Camera Obscura, 1979 chromogenic print, cibachrome print, model Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund Photo: Jim Gorman, Vancouver Art Gallery	Rodney Graham: A Little Thought Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto March 31�June 27, 2004 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles July 25�November 29, 2004 Vancouver Art Gallery February 5�May 8, 2005 Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia September 10�December 23, 2005 Rodney Graham: A Little Thought was organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Sharon Oksanen & Scott Livingstone Vanishing Point, 2001 DVD, approximately 4 minutes Courtesy of the artists	Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art Seattle Art Museum October 9, 2003�January 4, 2004 Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego January 18�May 16, 2004 Vancouver Art Gallery June 5�August 29, 2004 CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco September 22�December 11, 2004 Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art was organized by CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

E.J. Hughes Comox Valley, 1953 oil on canvas and composition board Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery	E.J. Hughes Vancouver Art Gallery January 30�June 8, 2003 McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg November 29, 2003�February 15, 2004 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria March 11�June 13, 2004 E.J. Hughes was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery and generously sponsored by The Audain Foundation.

Liz Magor House Plant, 1993 clay, fluorescent light, silicone rubber Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery	Liz Magor Vancouver Art Gallery November 16, 2002�February 23, 2003 The Power Plant, Toronto March 21�May 25, 2003 Liz Magor was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Lewis Wickes Hine Power House Mechanic Working on Steam Pump, 1920 silver gelatin print Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery	The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture The Vancouver Art Gallery February 9�May 26, 2002 Edmonton Art Gallery November 29, 2002�February 23, 2003 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon June 6�September 7, 2003 The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Gathie Falk Blue Running Shoes, c.1973 glazed earthenware Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of J. Ron Longstaffe Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery	Gathie Falk Vancouver Art Gallery February 12�June 4, 2000 Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa October 27, 2000�January 7, 2001 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax June 2�September 2, 2001 MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina September 28, 2001�January 6, 2002 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa February 1�May 5, 2002 Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton September 14�November 17, 2002 Gathie Falk was organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery in partnership with the National Gallery of Canada, and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada.