One of the most influential artists of post-war Japan, Atsuko Tanaka’s (b. 1932) installations and performances provided a benchmark position of the Japanese avant garde.
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This exhibition presented nine of Daniel Richter’s iconic paintings. The works represent a significant contribution to renewed discussion of painting’s importance in 21st century artmaking.
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The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery was pleased to launch the 2004 fall exhibition schedule with the University of British Columbia’s Masters of Fine Arts graduate exhibition. This was an excellent opportunity to view the work of six emerging artists whose practices explore the mediums of video, installation, sculpture and photography.
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AA Bronson’s first solo exhibition in Canada since the demise of General Idea, The Quick & The Dead, brought together significant early and recent works that meditate on life, death and individuality.
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This exhibition presented over 700 ceramics produced since the 1960s that were influenced by the studio pottery movement of Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada.
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An exhibition of works by Carl Andre, Dan Flavin and Donald Judd organised and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada / Organisée et mise en tournée par le Musée des beaux-arts du Canada; featuring archival materials, sketches and three major pieces by each artist.
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This exhibition marked the graduation of four artists from the MFA in Visual Art program at the University of British Columbia: Jerry Allen, Dick Averns, Christine D’Onofrio, and Jennifer Pickering.
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A summer exhibition featuring works recently acquired or donated to the permanent collection, including Kate Craig’s Flying Leopard Costume (c. late 1960s), Andrea Fraser’s Official Welcome (2002) and AA Breakfast (1995) by Wolfgang Tillmans.
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Marking the completion of a long project, this exhibition was the first opportunity to view Kelly Wood’s The Continuous Garbage Project in its entirety.
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Curated by Heather Bjorgan, Alice Edwards, Katie Spicer and Kiriko Watanabe, the inaugural exhibition of the Critical Curatorial Studies graduate program presented recent acquisitions to the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery permanent collection.
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Co-curated by Charlotte Townsend-Gault and Scott Watson, the exhibition featured new installation, video and photographic work created over the summer during a residency at the Belkin Satellite.
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An excellent opportunity to view the work of five emerging artists whose practices explore the mediums of painting, photography, video and installation: Sean Alward, Gavin Hipkins, Tim Lee, Natasha McHardy, Ann Shelton. An illustrated catalogue is available.
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Co-curated by Scott Watson, Director of the Belkin Gallery; Zheng Sheng Tian, Independent Scholar and Artist, Delta, BC; and Yan Shan Chen, Senior Researcher of Art at the Shenzhen Art Academy, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China, this exhibition features the propaganda arts and rare materials of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. 1966-1976.
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Canada’s first exhibition of work by New York artist Andrea Fraser. The exhibition focuses on recent and new performance-based video works and includes Official Welcome performed at the opening reception and realized into video for the exhibition.
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Curated by Catherine Moseley, this touring exhibition originated at the Norwich Gallery, Norwich School of Art and Design in England and focused on the key years of the development of Conceptual Art, now recognized as one of the one of the most critical developments in the globalization of contemporary art.
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