january, 2022

10jul(jul 10)10:00 am13mar(mar 13)5:00 pmEDITH HEATH AND EMILY CARR: FROM THE EARTH(july 10) 10:00 am - (march 13) 5:00 pm 750 Hornby StreetEvent Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Ticketed

10jul(jul 10)10:00 am13mar(mar 13)5:00 pmJAN WADE: SOUL POWER(july 10) 10:00 am - (march 13) 5:00 pm 750 Hornby StreetEvent Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Ticketed

09oct01mayYOKO ONO: GROWING FREEDOM(october 9) 10:00 am - (may 1) 5:00 pm 750 Hornby StreetEvent Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Ticketed

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GROWING FREEDOM: The instructions of Yoko Ono / The art of John and Yoko underscores the cornerstones of action, participation and imagination in the work of Yoko Ono (b. 1933) and examines the collaborative works she undertook with her late husband John Lennon (1940–1980). A visionary, pioneering artist with a career that now spans more than 60 years, Ono created a new kind of relationship with spectators and fellow artists, inviting them to play an active part in the creative process.

This major exhibition is organized in two parts. The first section focuses on Ono’s instruction works, which break down barriers between artistic disciplines and emphasize Ono’s radical approach to visual art. By inviting the viewer to partake in the artistic process, she not only creates works that continue to grow and change but also thwarts the conventions of the art market. Exhibited works include instructional pieces that require the visitor to complete the work, through actions such as mending broken china (MEND PIECE, 1966), hammering nails into canvas (PAINTING TO HAMMER A NAIL, 1966) and writing their feelings toward their mothers on a sticky note and attaching it to the gallery wall (MY MOMMY IS BEAUTIFUL, 1997). Other works solicit participation from outside the institution, including ARISING (2013) and WATER EVENT (1971), which will feature the participation of local Indigenous artists.

The second part of the exhibition presents an arc of collaborative projects for peace undertaken by Ono and Lennon. Among these are the WAR IS OVER (If you want it) peace campaign (1969) and the BED-INS FOR PEACE (1969). Through an approach that spotlights storytelling and privileges listening, this section of GROWING FREEDOM also features the stories of various people who participated in Ono and Lennon’s art projects, told in their own voices and words.

Through a select survey of instructions and performance pieces, the exhibition imparts Ono’s massive impact on contemporary art practices and her ongoing activism through art. The urgency and spirit of the exhibited artworks are perhaps more pertinent and important than ever.

Visitors are encouraged to bring headphones to access audio content throughout the exhibition. A limited quantity of disposable headphones will be available at the Admissions Desk.

Time

October 9 (Saturday) 10:00 am - May 1 (Sunday) 5:00 pm

Location

Vancouver Art Gallery

750 Hornby Street

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23oct01febRiopelle: The Call of Northern Landscapes and Indigenous Cultures(october 23) 11:00 am - (february 1) 6:00 pm 4350 Blackcomb WayEvent Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Ticketed

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Riopelle: The Call of Northern Landscapes and Indigenous Cultures focuses on the artist’s engagement with Canada’s northern landscape and emblematic use of Indigenous motifs to construct highly complex paintings, prints and sculptures. Jean Paul Riopelle was a member of the Montreal-based collective known as les automatistes that embraced Surrealist ideals during the 1940s and he would go on to become a leading Tachisme or Action Painter in Paris throughout the 1950s and 1960s. On his frequent trips back to Quebec, the renowned artist immersed himself in the province’s rugged northern terrain, while continuing a long held respect for contemporary and historic Indigenous art from British Columbia, Alaska, Quebec and Nunavut. The core of this exhibition and accompanying publication will examine Riopelle’s expansive production from the 1950s onward, with an emphasis on his rarely studied practice of the 1970s. The exhibition is on display at the Audain Art Museum from October 23, 2021 to February 21, 2022.

The exhibition is developed, organized and circulated by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. It was curated by guest curators Andréanne Roy and Yseult Riopelle as well as by Jacques Des Rochers, Curator of Quebec and Canadian Art (before 1945), MMFA.

Time

October 23 (Saturday) 11:00 am - February 1 (Tuesday) 6:00 pm

Location

Audain Art Gallery

4350 Blackcomb Way

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24oct(oct 24)10:00 am16(oct 16)5:00 pmSPOTLIGHT: SANDEEP JOHAL10:00 am - 5:00 pm (16) 750 Hornby StreetEvent Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Ticketed

04nov(nov 4)10:00 am27mar(mar 27)5:00 pmSANKOFA: African Routes, Canadian Roots(november 4) 10:00 am - (march 27) 5:00 pm 6393 N.W. Marine DriveEvent Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Ticketed

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Sankofa is the idea of moving forward while reaching back to connect to one’s heritage. It is the notion that taking pride in heritage helps us to move into the future. Sankofa comes from the Ghanaian Akan language, and the word and its essence have been adopted by many African and Black people around the globe as an expression of cultural and political affirmation.

Sankofa: African Routes, Canadian Roots looks at some of the divergent—and often fragmented—paths of political mobilization and cultural assertion that African and Black people in the diaspora have taken. Centered on works by contemporary artists from Lagos, Nigeria, and Vancouver, in conversation with objects in MOA’s permanent collection, this exhibition shares stories, histories and projects of African and Black affirmation. In particular, it draws connections to historical contributions and the growing vitality of Black Canadians in Vancouver.

Ultimately, Sankofa: African Routes, Canadian Roots celebrates different ways of understanding the world through the lenses of African and Black communities, the wealth of their cultural and art practices, and their inspiring legacy.

Curators: Nya Lewis (founder + director, BlackArt Gastown), Nuno Porto (MOA Curator, Africa), Titilope Salami (PhD candidate, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, UBC)