Exhibits bring together both decades-old and contemporary works
Published Oct 15, 2024 • Last updated 46 minutes ago • 2 minute read
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An exhibit at the Belkin Art Gallery features rarely seen works by Russell FitzGerald and his contemporaries.Photo by COURTESY BELKIN ART GALLERY
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BELKIN ART GALLERY
That Directionless Light of the Future: Rediscovering Russell FitzGerald
Until December 8
Rarely seen work by Russell FitzGerald (1932—1978) and his contemporaries is the focus of this exhibit. A writer as well as an artist, FitzGerald was influenced by both Catholicism and William Blake, and often incorporated religious iconography in his art, as well as themes of sexuality and anti-racism. His paintings often appeared on the covers of science fiction books (including Nova by Samuel R. Delaney) and magazines. Originally from the Bay Area, FitzGerald moved to Vancouver in 1970 with his family in an attempt to end his heroin addiction. His widow Dora donated almost all of the extant works to the Belkin. According to the Belkin website: “Through his singular perversity, FitzGerald shines a new light on the esthetic, sexual, racial and spiritual imaginaries of the postwar avant-garde.”
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Kathy Traeger, whose work is appearing at the Kurbatoff Gallery, has been fascinated with crows all her life, and her latest batch of paintings is dedicated to the bird.Photo by COURTESY KURBATOFF GALLERY
Kathy Traeger: Bird on the Street
November 7 to 24
Kathy Traeger’s latest batch of paintings is dedicated to the crow, a bird she has been fascinated with all her life. “While many view them negatively, I love to focus on their cheekiness and intelligence,” she writes in an artist’s statement. She adds that the series was inspired by the book Gifts of the Crow—How Perception, Emotion and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans by John Marzluff and Tony Angell. Traeger, who paints in a hyperrealist style, worked for years with design studios, advertising agencies and printing facilities in both Canada and the U.S. before transitioning to a full-time visual artist in 2017.
Foodways, an exhibit at the Richmond Art Gallery, focuses on pieces that explore food and food cultures. Shellie Zhang is among the featured artists.Photo by COURTESY RICHMOND ART GALLERY
Foodways
October 19 to December 31
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Vera Chytilová is an avant-garde Czech film director whose best-known work is Sedmikrásky (Daisies).Photo by Supplied by Vancouver Art Galler
Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s–1980
December 13, 2024 to April 21, 2025
Multiple Realities brings together experimental artworks by over 100 artists and collectives from the German Democratic Republic, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia. Drawing on visual art, performance, music and material culture, these pieces reflect the artists’ refusal to conform to official systems. Seldom seen in Canada, much of the work was created during the 1960s to 1980s. Artists include Věra Chytilová, an avant-garde Czech film director whose best-known work is Sedmikrásky (Daisies), considered a milestone of the Czechoslovak New Wave.
Thom Mayne is among the artists featured in the Paul Kyle Gallery’s Group Exhibition.Photo by COURTESY PAUL KYLE GALLERY
Group Exhibition
Until February 8, 2025
The Paul Kyle Gallery presents a curated selection of contemporary and historical works from gallery artists and newly acquired major secondary market works. Artists featured include major names like Dana Claxton, Thom Mayne, Gathie Falk, Rodney Graham, Jack Shadbolt, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, Andy Warhol and Nettie Wild.
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