FANTASTIC
FANTASTIC Sally Lee and Bernadette Phan Curated by Hank Bull and Joni Low Opening Friday March 2, 8pm Conversation with the artists Wednesday, March 14, 6-8pm Exhibition runs to Saturday March 31 Fantastic examines the contemporary studio as a vibrant instrument of artistic practice. With a personal and playful approach, Sally Lee and Bernadette […]
Overflow
For Overflow, Koh recycles bottles that are collected by binners, people who roam the streets and alleys of Vancouver, picking up recyclable material – be it bottles, cans, scrap metal, clothing – and then trading or selling the items to for-profit or non-profit agencies. Koh is working with United We Can, well known in […]
Silk City
Centre A is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Vancouver textile artist Joanna Staniszkis, featuring installation, sculpture, and multimedia works. “Silk City” is a continuation of the artist’s ongoing investigation into the history, aesthetic potential, and ecology of silk. In “Silk City”, the juxtaposition of giant cocoons, architectural models and live […]
Elemental Forces
Centre A is proud to present “Elemental Forces,” a solo exhibition by the Toronto-based artist, Ed Pien. Featuring the artist’s most recent works, “Elemental Forces” presents Pien’s unique approach to drawing as installation. Influenced by Asian mythology and Western history, Pien’s hybrid assemblages of drawing, video, and sound draw from both Eastern and Western […]
Emergency Biennale in Chechnya
Curated by Evelyne Jouanno, founder and artistic director of Emergency Biennale in Chechnya Opening: Friday, July 7, 8pm Symposium: July 8, 2006, 2:00-5:00pm “Emergency Biennale in Chechnya” is crossing the Atlantic for the 7th stop of its world tour. This suitcase exhibition has already been seen in Paris, Brussels, Bolzano, Milan, Riga (Latvia) […]
Mending Peace
In conjunction with the 2006 World Peace Forum in Vancouver, June 23-28, and explorASIAN 2006, www.explorasian.org. “MENDING PEACE” brings together three selected works by Yoko Ono that speak to the theme of imagining peace. In Wish Tree, audience members are invited to write wishes and attach them to trees in the gallery. In Mending Peace, […]
Container Culture in[ ]ex: Vancouver
Centre A is proud to present Container Culture: IN[ ]EX, a new interactive, city-wide collaborative media art project involving a shipping container and thousand of smaller modules. IN[ ]EX is a distributed audio sculpture in which thousands of wooden blocks with embedded technology are released into the city to engage the public as active […]
Mining the Archive
Mining the Archive brings together selected works by UK artists Anthony Lam and Erika Tan, who have each used collections and archives as the sources for the production of art. In “Between Cultures”, Lam has constructed a narrative from a collection of photographs (author unknown) discovered during a residency at the McKenzie Heritage Picture […]
China Trade
Centre A is pleased to present this group exhibition of installation, photography, ceramics and video, showcasing recent developments in contemporary art in China, Taiwan and Canada. Traveling to exhibitions in foreign countries and selling their work on a booming international market, Chinese contemporary artists are ideally positioned to observe the global impact of China’s […]
Banners & Banner Paintings 1969 – 1973
Centre A is honoured to host a solo exhibition by one of Canada’s greatest artists, Takao Tanabe. The exhibition features a series of over 30 banners and banner paintings. These dramatic works make full use of Centre A’s high ceiling and open space. The exhibition coincides with Tanabe’s career retrospective, opening at the Vancouver Art […]
