Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age at the Vancouver Art Gallery

There are moments, looking at certain paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, when the enormous gap of time and space that separates their world from ours seems to melt away like a clearing fog.  We sense in the light, the mood, the way of observing, and even the choice of subject matter s... [More]

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Claude Zervas and Beth Campbell at James Harris Gallery

In their adjoining shows at James Harris Gallery, Beth Campbell and Claude Zervas present work where the underlying conceit is immediately clear, and this what-you-see-is-what-you-get transparency is a key part of their strategies, although their respective visual outcomes could not be more... [More]

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Posted on May 23, 2009 09:16 by Gary Faigin
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Jan Fabre, "Orgy of Tolerance" at On the Boards

May 14, 2009 These are some crazy times we live in, yet we can’t escape the fact that art goes on much as it has before. Belgian performance artist Jan Fabre, whose work Orgy of Tolerance was performed at On the Board’s last weekend, is trying hard to right this state of affairs. As t... [More]

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Posted on May 20, 2009 19:03 by Jim Demetre
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ARTDISH MAGAZINE - MAY 2009 - Comments to the Students of Gage Academy

Earlier last month, Artdish Editor Jim Demetre addressed art students attending the Gage Academy about art, arts criticism, and the transition from student practitioner of art to becoming an artist with a successful career. Read the full article in his recent essay Comments to the Students ... [More]

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The Dumbest Opera Ever Written

“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid; you must also be well-mannered.” – Voltaire I’ve seen Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro before.  It was a while ago, perhaps even longer than that.  I’d never had any strong feelings about it, as I... [More]

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Wynne Greenwood at On the Boards

April 15, 2009 How does an artist awaken their creative self when it appears to lie before them in an advanced state of dormancy? Musician and performance/visual artist Wynne Greenwood seeks to explore this predicament in her work Sister Taking Nap, which she performs with her silent collaborator... [More]

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Spring at G. Gibson Gallery

Themed group shows are the stock in trade of museums and alternative spaces like Soil and Western Bridge, but they are less common in commercial galleries, busy as they are with client relations and other demands of the marketplace. It’s a shame, because everyone benefits – artists, ga... [More]

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Tanja Liedtke, “Construct” at On the Boards

April 2, 2009 Watching the solidly-built man struggle with the listing female bodies on stage - both stiff as planks of alder - I felt as though I were being transported back to the beginning of time. Grabbing his Makita power drill as if it were Prometheus’ flame, he quickly goes to work... [More]

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Broadway Festival at Pacific Northwest Ballet

McCaw Hall, March 12 & 14 Having steered the company towards more daring contemporary dance with bold repertoire choices since arriving at the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Artistic Director Peter Boal has more recently taken on the challenge of incorporating popular mediums of dance. Keeping the... [More]

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Munich Secession and America at the Frye Art Museum

Small, private art museums are specialized, occasionally eccentric institutions, reflecting as they do the taste of a particular collector and a particular time.  The Barnes Collection in Philadelphia, following the strict dictates of its long-dead founder Alfred Barnes, is notorious ... [More]

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