{"id":1789,"date":"2017-10-16T01:24:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T08:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/visa375\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2017-10-30T15:40:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T22:40:54","slug":"contemporary-art-gallery-poster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/visa375\/contemporary-art-gallery-poster\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Art Gallery Poster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contemporary Art Gallery Poster<\/a><\/p>\n

History<\/b><\/p>\n

The Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG), established in 1971 began as the Greater Vancouver Artist\u2019s Gallery, hiring artists for six month periods to produce art for exhibition until 1978.\u00a0 The CAG transitioned into an artist-run centre in 1984, providing an initial platform for many of Vancouver\u2019s important artists such as Brian Jungen, Germaine Koh, and Steven Shearer.\u00a0 In 1996 the CAG transitioned once again into its current state as an independent public art gallery, now delivering ten to twenty exhibitions and projects every year free of charge through an admission by donation policy.<\/p>\n

Mandate<\/b><\/p>\n

The Contemporary Art Gallery is dedicated to providing exhibitions, research, education and documentation of contemporary visual art from local and international artists.\u00a0 Attracting diverse audiences through its free open hours, school programs, public programs and membership opportunities the CAG seeks to generate interest and debate in contemporary art.\u00a0 The CAG promotes knowledge and access to contemporary art through its exhibitions, visual arts resources, displaying some of the City of Vancouver Art Collection by loan and, development of relationships between art, artists and audiences to open discussion and understanding of contemporary visual art.<\/p>\n

Operations<\/b><\/p>\n

The Contemporary Art Gallery operates as a non-profit public art gallery, funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Vancouver, BC Arts Council and other government divisions, along with private donations from members and donors.\u00a0 Employing around 12 staff, the CAG also engages many volunteers in various positions in the gallery, as well as a handful of students from UBC and SFU each semester that work in positions like educational assistant, curatorial assistant and gallery assistant.\u00a0 The CAG operates from its main location on Nelson street while also engaging in satellite projects in the community, and at the Yaletown skytrain station.<\/p>\n

Current Exhibitions\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Site For Still Lif<\/i>e by Vancouver-based artist Andrew Dadson explores boundaries in relation to space and time through exploration with materials, process and abstraction.\u00a0 Central to the exhibition are Dadson\u2019s House Plants<\/i> (2017), a collection of house plants painted a single colour and lit with UV lamps.\u00a0 The relationship between plants and humans is highlighted in a slow motion power struggle, as the exhibition continues the plants will eventually grow new shoots to reveal their natural colours and return to their original state.<\/p>\n

Full Frontal<\/em> by Lyse Lemieux is taking place on the Gallery facade and off-site at the Yaletown-Roundhouse Skytrain Station.\u00a0 Lemieux\u2019s practice is often described as focused on drawing, bringing into her work abstract references of the human figure.\u00a0 For this exhibition the exterior of the CAG is quite literally covered by Lemieux\u2019s abstract forms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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