Yesterday, we thought we should head down to the Vancouver Art Gallery (with its unfortunate acronym) for a little surrealism and to purchase memberships. We also wanted to see some art.
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| So, we hopped on the SkyTrain, and went to the Red Card sports bar for football and pizza. Manchester United and Basel were playing. It ended in a 3-3 tie. Then, we walked around the corner to the museum. |
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Our luck: they extended the show until October 2. I tried to get a little too artsy with the back lighting on this pic so you can't really see that.
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| How's this? |
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| Just a fountain outside. Not there yet. |
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The exhibition had the rather unwieldy title: The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art brings to light the Surrealists’ fascination with First Nations art.
I'm pretty sure it's a big Canadian curator schwing to combine such seemingly disparate art as First Nations' masks and totems, and surrealism in all it's manifestations. Plus, what better way to make use of all those indigenous pieces held in storage?
Here's a blurb from Art Daily:
"It is said that when Surrealist André Breton first saw an indigenous mask from the Pacific Northwest , he called it “more surreal than the Surrealists.” During the 1930s and 40s, Breton and many of his Surrealist colleagues were intrigued and became avid collectors of this art and, in some cases, visitors to British Columbia and Alaska. For the first time in an exhibition, The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art brings to light the Surrealists’ fascination with First Nations art."
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| I really enjoyed the works of Kurt Seligmann, but there were so many works in this exhibit (well over three hundred), and from so many heavy hitters, it would be impossible for me to choose a favorite. |
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| We did purchase memberships, which entitled us to, among other things, a couple day passes for friends and family. So far, it looks like these will go to Trish and Alex, who will be visiting in December. Unless you can beat them to the punch. |
Have you considered a job in marketing? All this beer, food and art porn is making me think that we are fools to not be in Vancouver! We are headed to Nova Scotia next week since we can easily drive there with our bikes and tent, but rest assured we will harass you soon! (No kidding about the marketing thing, based on the marketing yahoos I know, it's a pretty cush gig that pays well. AND you get to torture creatives! Fun & fun!)
ReplyDeleteConsidered a job?!
ReplyDeleteI just figured with all the eating and the beer drinking you might need to refill the coffers...eventually. No pressure.
ReplyDeleteYou'll probably see more Ohm Cookin' posts first. Plus, I got no skills.
ReplyDeleteAll I could think of was that we want to visit the museum. So, we're going when we're there...with or without the free passes:)
ReplyDeleteAnd, you really could should share the food and restaurant pics with the owners of the restaurant! I want to go there too!
I doubt anyone will be popping in to take dibs on the "free" museum passes between now and December 19. And in any event, as you say, we ARE going. As for Chong Qing, not to worry: as per (the Murray) tradition, we'll walk to a Chinese restaurant on Christmas Day. Plus, it's in the hood.
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