• Weekly Noon Hour Art Presentations at VPAG, Tuesdays at 12:00, until March 20.
For weekly topics see Gallery Events. Admission by donation.
• Artist Trading Cards are back! Saturday, January 28, 2:00 - 4:00pm RODNEY KONOPAKI AND RHONDA NEUFELD
The exhibition of prints and mixed media drawings titled Drawn Passages include works by Rodney Konopaki, Vancouver-based artist, and Rhonda Neufeld, Armstrong-based artist, produced in 2010 and 2011. Included are recent additions to their on-going artistic collaboration that first began in 2007 and continues until now. When viewing the works, one must ask the inevitable question as to what the purpose of the collaboration is, and why each artist is willing to abolish sole control of the process and in turn, authorship of a finished work of art. The drawings and prints produced over the four-year span also attest to the evolving mode of operation in which they approach any given subject matter. The images exhibit disciplined sensibilities by both artists; the action of one artist is not contradicted by the action of the other. The result is found in the final product that reflects their intent which is artistically and conceptually complementary.
No experience necessary, materials are provided, $2 drop-in fee See Special Workshops for more info.
DRAWN PASSAGES
Topham Brown Gallery
January 5 - March 22
STEPHEN LEE SCOTT
BEAUTY AND OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE
Caroline Galbraith Gallery
January 5 - March 22
mixed media drawing on paper,
22 x 30 in
This exhibition produced by Okanagan-based emerging artist Stephen Lee Scott is focused on the portrayal of dystopian subjects appropriated from popular culture and historical references. While Scott’s artistic interest and practice reference formal classical portraiture, his interpretation of the subjects is based on aesthetic features which often challenge the norms of acceptable social behaviour. The installation of portraiture drawings of historical and invented characters is also reminiscent of rogues gallery; a collection of photographed “mug shot” images of individuals of shady or questionable character. Scott’s incorporation of cryptic symbols that adorn the figures offers the viewers a glimpse into the lives and spectacles of these obscure personages within a broader context of plausible, yet incomplete and fragmented narratives.
BENNY HANNYA AND CODY MOYOR
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
Up-Front Gallery
January 5 - March 22
Benny Hannya and Cody Moyor are artists with extensive experience in contemporary street art. The work in the exhibition titled While You Were Sleeping is produced directly on the Gallery walls using spray paint, together with an aesthetic and technical approach to urban graffiti. The installation addresses important issues surrounding the discourse of the legitimacy of urban art and its function within a community. Additional aspects of this project include the temporary nature of the work created specifically for the duration of this exhibition, which also challenges the notion of the commodification of an art object.
UBCO ADVANCED PRINTMAKING
PROOF POSITIVE II
Community Gallery
January 5 - March 22
UV Silkscreen Print
The exhibition of prints produced by students enrolled in advanced printmaking courses at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan campus, has been organized by Associate Professor of printmaking, Briar Craig with a help of fourth year UBCO fine arts student Heather Leier, who curated the exhibition. From numerous entries submitted by students, Leier made a selection of seventeen works produced by eleven students. The prints in the exhibition are a comprehensive sample of a variety of printmaking techniques taught and practiced in the UBCO’s fine arts program, including forms of intaglio, lithography, relief printing, and UV screen printing.
Participating artists: Jon Corbett, Angela Duclos, Lauren Gemmell, Ursula Kabis, Malcolm McCormick, Jason Negreiff, Camille Selhorst, Lacia Vogel, Victoria Wan, Tony Wang, and Laura Widmer.
