Exhibits bring together both decades-old and contemporary works
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BELKIN ART GALLERY
That Directionless Light of the Future: Rediscovering Russell FitzGerald
Until December 8
Rarely seen work by Russell FitzGerald (1932—1978) and his contemporaries is the focus of this exhibit. A writer as well as an artist, FitzGerald was influenced by both Catholicism and William Blake, and often incorporated religious iconography in his art, as well as themes of sexuality and anti-racism. His paintings often appeared on the covers of science fiction books (including Nova by Samuel R. Delaney) and magazines. Originally from the Bay Area, FitzGerald moved to Vancouver in 1970 with his family in an attempt to end his heroin addiction. His widow Dora donated almost all of the extant works to the Belkin. According to the Belkin website: “Through his singular perversity, FitzGerald shines a new light on the esthetic, sexual, racial and spiritual imaginaries of the postwar avant-garde.”
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1825 Main Mall, UBC, 604-822-2759
KURBATOFF GALLERY
Kathy Traeger: Bird on the Street
November 7 to 24
Kathy Traeger’s latest batch of paintings is dedicated to the crow, a bird she has been fascinated with all her life. “While many view them negatively, I love to focus on their cheekiness and intelligence,” she writes in an artist’s statement. She adds that the series was inspired by the book Gifts of the Crow—How Perception, Emotion and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans by John Marzluff and Tony Angell. Traeger, who paints in a hyperrealist style, worked for years with design studios, advertising agencies and printing facilities in both Canada and the U.S. before transitioning to a full-time visual artist in 2017.
2435 Granville St., 604-736-5444
RICHMOND ART GALLERY
Foodways
October 19 to December 31
Foodways focuses on pieces that explore food and food cultures. According to the media release, the art addresses “a rich range of questions regarding cultural identity, personal and collective narratives, colonialist histories, community and the transmission of knowledge.” The work is from the 2010s to the present and by artists Derya Akay, Sara Angelucci, Patrick Cruz, Kosisochukwu Nnebe, Tania Willard, Marlene Yuen and Shellie Zhang, among others.
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Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate, 604-247-8363
VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s–1980
December 13, 2024 to April 21, 2025
Multiple Realities brings together experimental artworks by over 100 artists and collectives from the German Democratic Republic, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia. Drawing on visual art, performance, music and material culture, these pieces reflect the artists’ refusal to conform to official systems. Seldom seen in Canada, much of the work was created during the 1960s to 1980s. Artists include Věra Chytilová, an avant-garde Czech film director whose best-known work is Sedmikrásky (Daisies), considered a milestone of the Czechoslovak New Wave.
750 Hornby St., 604-662-4700
PAUL KYLE GALLERY
Group Exhibition
Until February 8, 2025
The Paul Kyle Gallery presents a curated selection of contemporary and historical works from gallery artists and newly acquired major secondary market works. Artists featured include major names like Dana Claxton, Thom Mayne, Gathie Falk, Rodney Graham, Jack Shadbolt, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, Andy Warhol and Nettie Wild.
4–258 East 1st Ave., 604-620-0049
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