Visual Arts Reviews

Ken Lum's from shangri-la to shangri-la and Michael Lin's A Modest Veil

By Robin Laurence | February 4, 2010

A surprising incongruity greets locals and visitors at the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Offsite location.

Lawrence Hislop's Vulnerability makes climate horrors heavenly

By Robin Laurence | December 23, 2009

Lions Bay–based artist Lawrence Hislop has produced a body of seriously gorgeous black-and-white photographs that document the impact of climate change and rising sea levels on four diverse communities.

A long career emerges in Gordon Smith's mesmerizing works

By Robin Laurence | December 17, 2009

Gordon Smith is an acclaimed painter of tremendous talent and energy. This survey exhibition at the Burnaby Art Gallery reveals the senior Vancouver artist to be an equally accomplished and prolific printmaker.

The Malcolmson Collection features photos full of enigma and experimentation

By Robin Laurence | December 10, 2009

The remarkable Malcolmson Collection is as discerning as it is quirky, spanning avant-garde art, street portraits, and numerous nudes.

Carol Sawyer's Proscenium a ghostly ode to a gilded past

By Robin Laurence | December 3, 2009

Carol Sawyer has a feeling for what she once called the “melancholy traces of the past”.

Folk and high art make wondrously strange mix in Myfanwy MacLeod's Gold

By Robin Laurence | November 26, 2009

Whether she’s working in sculpture, drawing, photography, performance video, or sound installation, Myfanwy MacLeod is full of surprises.

Landscape artist Wanda Koop puts out a new face at the Richmond Art Gallery

By Robin Laurence | November 19, 2009

As you enter Wanda Koop’s show at the Richmond Art Gallery, you are confronted by a crowd of unsettling faces.

Robert Young: Quotidian View exudes history, philosophy

By Robin Laurence | November 12, 2009

There’s a small print in Robert Young: Quotidian View that is definitely more than the sum of its subtle parts.

Chris Woods' works a killer combo

By Robin Laurence | November 10, 2009

Chris Woods has staked a distinctive claim at the intersection of photo-realist painting and contemporary life.

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Artists eye Olympic branding with Beijing-Vancouver

By Robin Laurence | October 15, 2009

Beijing-Vancouver is a big, bold, and timely exhibition.

Scott McFarland makes impossible pictures real at the Vancouver Art Gallery

By Robin Laurence | October 8, 2009

The continued entwining of art forms is evident in Scott McFarland’s computer-montaged photographs, on view at the Vancouver Art Gallery. So is the parallel entanglement of nature and culture.

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