The opening was also the official launch of Contemporary Outsiders: A Symposium on Outsider Art co-produced by the Marion Scott Gallery and Gallery Gachet. The symposium took place the following day at Gallery Gachet (88 E Cordova) and featured panel discussions with artists and curators from Vancouver and Seattle. Thanks to everyone who attended these two great events!
Local Colour: Paintings by Laurie Marshall continued through April 20.
The current issue of Border Crossings magazine features drawing portfolios by three Inuit artists: Shuvinai Ashoona, Kavavaow Mannomee and Nick Sikkuark. In addition to stunning full-page reproductions of their work, the feature includes biographies and exhibition histories for each of the artists. The collection is prefaced by an introduction by Inuit art scholar and contemporary art critic Amy Karlinsky, who puts the current drawing practices into historical perspective.
Border Crossings is an internationally-read contemporary art magazine published out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The feature is an important breakthrough for Ashoona, Mannomee and Sikkuark, powerfully bringing their work to the attention of the contemporary art world. Congratulations Shuvinai, Kavavoaw and Nick!
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Drawings by Nick Sikkuark
June 6 - July 7, 2008
Although he retired from
carving for health reasons in 2002, Kugaaruk's Nick Sikkuark has continued
to give expression to his unique vision through the less toxic medium of
drawing on paper. Sikkuark's works on paper offer a new perspective on this
singular and highly versatile artist. This May, MSG will present the first
exhibition devoted solely to Sikkuark's graphic work. Bringing together 25
drawings produced between 2005 and the present, Portrait. Caricature. Vision reveals Sikkuark to be a graphic artist with a strong capacity
for technical exploration and formal invention. At the heart of the exhibition
are a number of monochromatic portraits and caricature-portraits that the artist
began executing as a series in 2005, none of which have been shown before.
These works will confirm Sikkuark's reputation as a creator with an abiding
interest in the opposing influences of the real and the unreal.
A brochure will accompany the exhibition.
Inuit Sculpture 1950s to the present
May 24 - June 22, 2008
Throughout the modern period, Inuit sculptors have consistently produced works that, in the words of George Swinton, defy expectations and lead to delight and pleasure. This spring Marion Scott Gallery presents Classics and Rarities, a multi-artist show featuring northern sculpture produced from the 1950s to the present.
In addition to classic mother and child images, fantastical spirits and hunters hunched over seal holes in the ice, the exhibition includes numerous works that make use of less conventional themes and formats. Artists featured in the exhibition include Andy Mamgark, Lucy Tasseor, Ralph Porter and Mark Alikaswa, among many others.
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Vancouver, BC V6B 1B6
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