When we go in to Vancouver Alan and I like to make sure we do more than one errand. On Friday, a week ago, we certainly did that. Raider Renée van Halm's show at Equinox Gallery was due to close on the Saturday so this was our last chance to see it. I'd seen some of the paintings online but really wanted to see them…
Two 'Raiders' worked on plates in their own studios recently and neither drives a car. Wanting to fill my kiln and get everybody's work finished I opted to take myself in to Vancouver and collect the plates. Of course I never want to just do one errand so this was a good day to check Renée Van Halm's almost-over show at Equinox Gallery and to…
On Saturday, a week ago, Alan and I popped in to the Equinox Gallery rather early for the opening of two new shows. We were on our way to the Stanley Theatre's matinée of Pride and Prejudice, but didn't want to miss Renée Van Halm's 'Nudge' show opening entirely. Stupidly I didn't take any photos at all but if you open this link you'll see…
In the Eastern gallery at Equinox there is another fine sculpture show. Vancouver-based artist Marie Khouri has created some amazing sculptural forms which can be used for sitting and gathering. At first glance seemingly totally abstract, it wasn't until we found a mounted maquette of the whole installation that we realized that the forms are all part of a phrase in Arabic, "Let's Sit and Talk".…
Two shows opened at Equinox Gallery last Saturday. Alan was particularly interested in seeing the latest work by Tlingit/Tahltan artist Dempsey Bob. He reminded me that we'd seen a two-person show of Dempsey Bob and Joe Fafard at Douglas Udell Gallery some time ago, where we learnt that Bob had spent time at Fafard's foundry in Pense, Saskatchewan. In this show there were some bronze pieces including masks…