Reading Art
Burnaby Art Gallery, 6344 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby, BurnabyOn the gallery’s main floor, artists such as Robert Houle, Oraf Orafsson, General Idea, and the Guerrilla Girls demonstrate the social and political power of language in art. Al Neil’s hand-scribbled words evoke a surrealistic commitment to automatic writing. John Baldessari’s I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art makes a humorous promise that he might or might not fulfill. Upstairs, the show continues with illustrations to famous literary works, including Salvador Dalí’s interpretation of Dante’s Divine Comedy.