Cultural Events

The Cheaper Show was there to congratulate the talented graduating class of this years Visual Arts BFA Program at The University of the Fraser Valley.

Shot & Edited by Rico Amezquita

Photos from The Cheaper Show Artist Announcement Party in Vancouver on April 10.

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You guys are beautiful. Photos from the Artist Launch Party Photobooth!

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EXHIBITION: April 1 – May 1, 2010

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, April 1, 6 – 8 pm

“It’s impossible to ignore the fact that social media is becoming the inspiration, subject and vehicle to promote art.”-Lili Vieira de Carvalho curator

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Matter Work // Nicole Ondre + Alainnah Whachell

Opening: Saturday March 27, 7-10pm @ Helen Pitt Gallery
Gallery Hours: Wednesday to Friday 3-7pm, Saturday 12-4pm

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The Helen Pitt Gallery is pleased to present Matter Work, an exhibition of new works by emerging Vancouver artists Nicole Ondre and Alainnah Whachell. Recognizing the poetry and intelligence inherent in materials, Ondre and Whachell eloquently negotiate the territory between an immediate relationship with matter and the historical inflections of form and substance. Whachell’s sculptures reveal an exuberant relationship to materiality and process, as her luscious illusionistic surfaces of glitter and resin contrast the light corporeality of foam and cardboard forms. Through their simultaneous crudeness and solemn beauty, these structures engage in a dialogue with the authoritative legacy of Modernist sculpture. In Ondre’s paintings, layers of brushwork in all varieties — immediately present, collaged and photocopied — revolve in a circular and self-referential process. Through concise handling of paint and paper, she finds herself immersed in an intense investigation into the material and conceptual properties of painting.

Nicole Ondre and Allainah Whachell are senior Visual Arts students at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Matter Work is curated by the Helen Pitt Gallery’s Emily Carr Co-op students Jen Aitken, Vanessa Disler, and Mike Stupin.

Pecha Kucha Night Volume 10

Thursday, April 8th @ The Vogue Theatre, Vancouver
Door: 6:30PM | Start: 7:30PM

Admission: Advanced Price $15; Door: $20; Students and seniors $10 @ Box Office

Limited seating: Tickets are on sale now and we’re expecting another sell-out so buy on-line now to avoid disappointment: Click here to buy tickets

More info: pechakuchanightvancouver.com/

The More Shit Changes The More It Stays The Same

8pm-11pm Friday March 26th @ Antisocial Gallery Main and 8th

Esteemed bike nerd Duncan Lewis presents a varied theme show revolving around the Illuminati, Rastafari, cops and hotdogs.

Natural Kachina

March 19 – April 17 2010 @ LES Gallery: 1879 Powell Street
Opening Reception Friday March 19th 7:00 – 11:00PM
March 19 – April 17 2010

A group show with new work from: Shayne Ehman, Jeff Ladouceur, Frank Magnotta, Andre Ethier

A group of four comes together with varying backgrounds, styles and aesthetics, however they are intrinsically connected. Their youthful approach speaks through their use of play. The various styles all deal with content that is at once humorous yet pensive- Magnotta’s meticulous large-scale graphite drawings magnify the peculiarities of collection by highlighting the surreal landscape that objects create when repeated, drawing attention to the absurdity of our hyper-designed world. Jeff Ladouceur’s complex small drawings take fantastical forms and minimize their strangeness by decreasing their size. Instead of being overwhelmed by the content of the images, viewers are forced to look closely at the details and intricacy of the work. In Shayne Ehman’s artwork, the artist explores themes of mystical and paranormal mystique. Using carved western red cedar for one of the pieces, Ehman channels the raw destructive power of storms on Quadra Island, and their connection to the mystical nature of the island. Andre Ethier uses an aggressively distorting lens to create his works, resulting in a series of psychedelic fantasy portraits and landscapes whose distinctive color palette renders them disconcerting yet magnetic.

Frank Magnotta has his M.F.A. from the University of Illinois, and his work has recently been collected by the MoMA. He has had solo shows at Derek Eller Gallery, Cohan and Leslie, White Columns in New York and widely throughout the United States. Self taught artist Jeff Ladouceur has recently shown at ZieherSmith in New York, Richard Heller Gallery in Los Angels, the VAG, and the Tache-Levy Gallery in Brussels. Shayne Ehman graduated from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 2003 and has exhibited at numerous galleries including Blanket Gallery and Attache in Vancouver and Willem De Kooning Academie in Rotterdam. Andre Ethier has his B.F.A from Concordia, and his recent solo shows include Derek Ellery Gallery in New York, Honor Fraser in Los Angeles and Mogadishni CPH in Copenhagen.

House Show

Saturday March 13 – 14th 1-7pm @ Flatland: 715 Victoria Drive

An art show about houses, in a house.

with works by:

erin siddall
jeff downer
cody rocko
erin marranca
amanda cassidy
anya petrova
dennis ha
russ & wendy kwan
keri tucker

RENEGADE GALLERIES; Birthday Edition!

Saturday March 13, 7:30-11:30pm @ Sit Doggie Daycare 2: 1064 Davie Street

A great little art show in a unusual space by Renegade Galleries with original work, prints, buttons and other goodies for sale..

Featuring work by:

Kar Harvey
Phanie Pack
Ben Jacques
Shelley Forget
Tricia Aviss
Coreena Lewis
Jake Pruim
Josh Conrad
Nicole Stishenko

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