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Artists 'throw down' works

Throw down

Five B.C. artists are "throwing down" at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in a new contemporary exhibition opening Friday.

 
 
 
 

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Bruce Davies

A guardian of the past

Bruce Davies has given his life to Craigdarroch Castle. After years as executive director, he currently acts as curator, concerned with the physical reality of the finest Victorian residence on the continent. We met in his cosy office under the red slate roof of Craigdarroch.


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Museum

Museum highlights ocean exploration

The Maritime Museum of B.C. welcomes visitors to take a look below the ocean's surface in a new exhibit opening today.


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Kerry Joe Kelly at the entrance to the Rithet Building beside a stained glass work, for which he is renowned.

Accidental artist loves his work

Kerry Joe Kelly is back! Those with long memories know that Kelly was one of the defining artists of the 1970s in Victoria. His surrealist paintings and drawings hang on many walls, but his creative stained glass remains his legacy.


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Coast Salish

Their goal: Promote Coast Salish art

What: Victoria Collects: The Salish Weave Collection


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Art

Art show marks move to new home

More than 50 works by nearly 30 artists will be on display at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hill, in the first show hosted by the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria since the charity moved into its new space.


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Alphabet

Letter rip

The Island Illustrators, the Victoria group behind it, are showing the original 12 pieces in its 25th annual New Year's show.


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Phyllis Serota

Artists' stories are as appealing as their art

Some people shop for shoes or cars. My vice is picture books. The ones I like best are about artists with an autobiographical bent.


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Artist

Daughter pieces together artist's life

Yseult Riopelle, daughter of the legendary Canadian artist, refers to her father as "Jean Paul," and sometimes "Riopelle."


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gallery

The art of a culture

Barry Till has spent years overseeing the AGGV's Chinese art collection; now the public will see the best of it


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Redpath

Quebec artist's works on display

Works by famed Quebecois artist Jean Paul Riopelle will be on display at Winchester Galleries Modern beginning Saturday.


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Collective Works closing its doors

ollectivism has collapsed at the Collective Works Gallery in Fernwood, which will close its doors Dec. 4.


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Burke

Casual restructuring

The Ministry of Casual living gallery is using its eviction from its home as an opportunity to reshape its future


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Chris Russell says if he had been born wealthy, he would collect etching and engravings

Preparator's career has been a 'treat'

I've known Chris Russell since he came to work as chief preparator at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in 1979. He seemed surprised when I recently suggested interviewing him. "What I have to offer is so modest," he quietly told me.


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Watercolour flower sketches from David Blackwood at Winchester Galleries

Artists find new visions in exhibitions

Grant Leier: Romance Returns (West End Gallery, 1203 Broad St., 250-388-0009, westendgalleryltd.com until Thursday).


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McLean

Photo project puts life into perspective

Artist Mike Andrew McLean took more than 100 photos each day for a year. His exhibit, Thirty-Five Thousand Forty, opens Thursday at Open Space.


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Inuit art

Northern artists tell story of life at the frontier

"The wellspring of Inuit art today derives from both an understanding of the past and a reaction to the present."


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Phyllis Serota

Painting her life's dark clouds

Don't get the wrong impression from her sunny personality. As you may learn from her soon-tobe-released memoir, artist Phyllis Serota's life hasn't been all gum drops and lollipops.


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Bridgeman

Illustrators mark 25th year

Group has grown from four to more than 50 members


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Brian Travers Smith

Watercolour artist retired at the top of his game

Watercolours by Brian Travers Smith appear in the finest homes and offices, in the collections of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the Provincial Art Collection, and come up for sale at auction houses.


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Alison

Exhibit straddles line between art, invention

There's a giant gourd in the corner of the LAB Gallery and when you reach your hand toward it and hover just so, it lets out a cranky croak.


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