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Hundreds of artworks acquired by the Vancouver Art Gallery |
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Installation view of Teresita Fernández, Island Universe 2, 2023, charcoal, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund, Photo: Dan Bradica, Courtesy Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London
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VANCOUVER.- The Vancouver Art Gallery is expanding its permanent collection with an impressive 349 recent acquisitions through purchases and donations, building on its collection of over 13,000 works by local and international artists. With the Gallerys new building and a planned floor dedicated to presenting the permanent collection, the acquisitions represent the Gallerys ongoing commitment to growing, diversifying and showcasing the collection. A number of notable acquisitions include a charcoal installation by New Yorkbased artist Teresita Fernández; a remarkable suite of seventeen masks by renowned Kwakwakawakw carver and activist Beau Dick; a monumental textbased installation by Vancouverbased artist Ron Terada; and an installation of functional water works by Canadian artist Geoffrey Farmer. A number of significant works by contemporary artists Gabrielle LHirondelle Hill, Elizabeth McIntosh, Paul Wong and Caroline Monnet have also recently been acquired.
The Gallery is pleased to add such a breadth of remarkable works to its collection due to support from Canadian and international donors in 2023 and 2024, says Anthony Kiendl, CEO & Executive Director of the Vancouver Art Gallery. The depth and diversity of these new acquisitions enhance the collection and represent an exciting step forward for the Vancouver Art Gallery to better tell the stories of art from British Columbia and beyond. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of a number of individuals, these works will be available to the people of Vancouver and our citys visitors from around the world, now and into the future.
Dedicated space in the new Gallery will spotlight major acquisitions to the permanent collection, including the last work made by renowned Kwakwakawakw carver and activist Beau Dick (19552017). Presented to much acclaim at documenta 14 in 2017, Undersea Kingdom (201617) encompasses some of the most imaginative and compelling masks ever produced by the artist.
There are also plans to showcase works in the public spaces of the Gallerys new building, including a major outdoor installation by internationally recognized artist Geoffrey Farmer. The installation, titled Fountain, is composed of several componentsWounded Man (2017), Duvet (2017), Drinking Fountain (2017) and 70 Planks (2021), all of which were added to the collection as gifts. In its original configuration, Fountain (201721) was an immersive environment filled with working water fountains and sculptures. Created for the artists celebrated solo presentation at the Venice Biennale in 2017, the installation penetrated the architecture and courts of the Canadian Pavilion in moving and imaginative ways.
Major acquisitions by Vancouverbased artists include Elizabeth McIntoshs striking new painting Work Out (2023) and Ron Teradas epic installation TL; DR, (202022). Internet slang for too long; didnt read, Teradas series of 325 text-based paintings speak to our shared sense of frustration when faced with the overwhelming experience of todays news. The installation aims to archive fleeting, click-bait headlines that are momentarily visible within the digital realm and quickly replaced. TL; DR is a well-recognized series within the artists practice of text-based works that have been exhibited internationally.
Supporting the Gallerys strategic mission to grow its holdings of work by major international artists, a key acquisition to enter the collection in 2024 is Island Universe 2 (2023) by American conceptual artist Teresita Fernández. Composed of sculpted pieces of charcoal arranged to resemble a map, Fernándezs panoramic work elegantly combines all of the earths landmasses, fusing them into one continuous, borderless terrain. Fernándezs large-scale installation speaks to themes of colonialism, land, migration and power.
Acquired in 2024, Rupert Lanes (after Wall) (2019) is the first work by Montréalbased interdisciplinary artist Deanna Bowen to enter the Gallerys collection. Composed as a picture within a picture, Bowens compelling photograph contrasts two views of an East Vancouver neighbourhood where the artist grew up in the 1970s and 80s.
Echoes from a Near Future (2022) by Caroline Monnet, a large-scale colour photograph recently exhibited at the Gallery in Fashion Fictions, also joined the collection in 2023. Drawing on Monnets knowledge of Indigenous textiles and design, the photograph presents three generations of women and girls adorned in brightly coloured regalia created from unconventional materials used in the construction industry.
Several recent acquisitions can be seen in the Gallerys summer exhibition Black and White and Everything In Between: A Monochrome Journey. New acquisitions featured include Mina Totinos oil paintings September (2019) and October (2019); Shannon Bools monumental tapestry Crimes of the Future (2020); and Wang Tiandes intricate ink painting Visiting the Temple in Lu Mountain 麓山问寺图 (2021). Also included in the exhibition is the never-before-exhibited series Chinese Cafes - The Five Energies (1997) by the groundbreaking Vancouverbased artist Paul Wong. Inspired by the Taoist system of the five energies and their corresponding colours, Wongs print series was received as part of a major donation of 63 works by 16 artists gifted by Rick Erickson and Donna Partridge in 2023. Wongs earliest neon work, Windows 97 (1997), also entered the collection in this period. Composed of large-scale portraits of Chairman Mao Zedong and Queen Elizabeth II and animated neon pieces representing the flags of China, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, this striking work was created by the artist in 1997, in the months leading up to the handover of Hong Kong.
The Vancouver Art Gallery houses the most comprehensive resource for visual culture in British Columbia. With these new acquisitions, the collection holds over 13,000 artworks, but currently only a small portion of the works can be viewed by the public at any time. The Gallerys new, purpose-built home in the heart of downtown Vancouver will offer expanded exhibition space, supporting the Gallerys commitment to exhibiting a diverse range of modern and contemporary art.
The Gallerys curators have been working diligently to expand and diversify the Gallerys collection, a collection that is committed to supporting our mission and reflecting our shared artistic culture, says Eva Respini, Deputy Director & Director of Curatorial Programs. "These acquisitions have been made with an eye to the futurewhere visitors will have more space and a bigger building to delve into our expanding collection of local, national and international artworks.
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