WOOSH
September 26, 2015 – January 19, 2016
Curated by Helga Pakasaar
The inaugural exhibition has been drawn from the art collections of Brigitte and Henning Freybe and Kathleen and Laing Brown, longstanding collectors and arts philanthropists from the North Shore who have been collecting art for over forty years. Curated by Helga Pakasaar, the exhibition, entitled WOOSH: From Two North Shore Collections, brings together a breadth of contemporary art that reveals the international scope of their interests and ongoing support of local artists. Important early works by Vancouver artists Liz Magor, Steven Shearer, Ron Terada and Ian Wallace are in dialogue with such notable international artists as Pier Paolo Calzolari, John McCracken and Santiago Sierra. Crossing various mediums, the artworks literally and figuratively spill into the viewer’s space. The exhibition foreground the social presence of such encounters. Often retooling industrial materials and common objects, the artists stage social and existential realities through poetic means.
Installation view, from left to right: Kris Martin, Do Not Cross the Red Line, 2012, metal sign, red tape, DV; Liz Magor, KD- The Original, 2000, silicon rubber, food, 14 x 66 cm
Installation view, from left to right: Ron Terada, Jeopardy, 1998, acrylic on canvas, 147.3 x 165.1 cm; Ian Wallace, Magazine Piece, 1969/2015, magazine, tape, DV; Santiago Sierra, NO, 2009, mahogany, N: 81.3 x 25.4 x 127 cm , O: 99.1 x 25.4 x 127 cm; Steven Shearer, Diabolical Conquest, 1997, silkscreen on canvas, 59.7 x 50.8 cm
Installation view, from left to right: Liz Magor, KD- The Original, 2000, silicon rubber, food, 14 x 66 cm; Tatiana Trouve, 29.08.1924, 2010, bronze, paint, 63.5 x 55.9 x 38.1 cm; Stan Douglas, Ballantyne Pier, 18 June 1935, 2008, digital C-print mounted on dibond, 294.6 x 114.3 cm; Jonathan Horowitz, Official Portrait of George W Bush Available for Free From the White House Hung Upside Down, 2001, framed c-print, ink, 33 x 36.8 cm; Alicja Kwade, 17.08.1931, 2012, mirror bronze, 39 x 69 cm; Jason Dodge, In Yerevan, Tumanyan, Armenia, Anijk Voskanyan wove woolen yarn the color of night time sky and the length from the earth to above the weather
Installation view, from left to right: Ian Wallace, Magazine Piece, 1969/2015, magazine, tape, DV; Santiago Sierra, NO, 2009, mahogany, N: 81.3 x 25.4 x 127 cm , O: 99.1 x 25.4 x 127 cm; Steven Shearer, Diabolical Conquest, 1997, silkscreen on canvas, 59.7 x 50.8 cm; Yevgeniy Fiks, Adopt Lenin, yf2008-015, 2008, metal head, shelf, adoption papers, 25.4 cm high; Santiago Sierra, 100 Beggars, Plaza Estudiantes, Mexico City, 2005, digital C-prints, 23.2 x 32 cm each
Installation view, from left to right: Johannes Wohnseifer, Spam Painting #13, 2005, acrylic on aluminum, 100 x 140 cm; Kelly Mark, 1000 Cast Iron Hits, 1996, cast iron, 5.1 x 26.7 x 5.1 cm; Ron Terada, Jeopardy, 1998, acrylic on canvas, 147.32 x 165.1 cm
Installation view, from left to right: Steven Shearer, Diabolical Conquest, 1997, silkscreen on canvas, 59.7 x 50.8 cm; Yevgeniy Fiks, Adopt Lenin, yf2008-015, 2008, metal head, shelf, adoption papers, 25.4 cm tall; Santiago Sierra, 100 Beggars, Plaza Estudiantes, Mexico City, 2005, digital C-prints, 23.2 x 32 cm each
Alicja Kwade, 17.08.1931, 2012, mirror bronze, 39 x 69 cm
Installation view, from left to right: John McCracken, Woosh, 1995, polyester resin, fibreglas, resin, 30.5 x 228.6 x 7.6 cm; Pier Paulo Calzolari, Untitled, 1989, Burnt salt, burnt felt, dyes, lead, refrigeration unit, 264.2 x 226.1 x 58.4 cm; Andrew Dadson, White Re-Stretched (Silver), 2014, oil on linen, 33 x 43.3 cm; Carsten Nicolai, Milch 20 hz, 2011, pigment print, 128 x 152 cm
Stan Douglas, Ballantyne Pier, 18 June 1935, 2008, digital C-print mounted on dibond, 294.6 x 114.3 cm
Jonathan Horowitz, Official Portrait of George W Bush Available for Free From the White House Hung Upside Down, 2001, framed c-print, 33 x 36.8 cm
Alfredo Jaar, Three Women, 2010, 18 spotlights, 3 photographs, DV
Steven Shearer, Diabolical Conquest, 1997, silkscreen on canvas, 59.7 x 50.8 cm