Focus on the Collection: Sybil Andrews

Artist Sybil Andrews (1898-1992) is considered one of the most significant Canadian printmakers of the 20th century.Mainly known for her linocut prints she was influenced stylistically by the Cubism, Italian Futurism, and Vorticism and found her primary interest in the rhythm, pattern, and movement of her subjects. Following World War II she immigrated from Britain…

Emily Carr: On the Edge of Nowhere

Although Emily Carr described herself as an “isolated little old woman on the edge of nowhere” her work has an appeal that is universal in its expressive messages….

Kent Monkman

The Triumph of Mischief

Kent Monkman is a Toronto-based artist of Cree and Irish ancestry. He produces work in a variety of media, including painting, video, film, photography, sculpture, installation, and performance.

Monkman draws inspiration from the histories depicted in 19th century art, including photography and Romantic painting, colonial portrayals of Aboriginal peoples and cinematic genres such as classic Hollywood…

Lab 10.0

The Last Picture Show, Kristina Kudryk

Kristina Kudryk’s LAB exhibition uses the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria as the basis for three large format paintings that address notions of history, collecting, picture making, and the emergence of cross cultural forms.

To produce this show, the artist worked from source material gathered during a visit to the Gallery in 2009. During this trip,…

SMASH

International Indigenous Weaving

SMASH will showcase work that is vital to an understanding of Aboriginal work from the Coast Salish, Micmaq, American Southwest, Alaskan, and Hawaiian regions.

The exhibition will explore the influences of geographic boundaries; the unique materiality of the practice (including wool, bull rush, cedar root and bark, flax, etc); cultural and spiritual uses such as ceremonial…

James Gordaneer

A Life in Painting

This solo exhibition explores the work of one of Victoria’s most prolific painters.

In a career that has spanned almost sixty years, James Gordaneer work has engaged with the major painting movements that influenced North American painters from Modernist Abstraction and Surrealism to Post Painterly Abstraction and Neo Expressionism, to his most recent works which incorporate…

James Gordaneer: A Life in Painting

This solo exhibition explores the work of one of Victoria?s most prolific painters. In a career that has spanned almost sixty years, James Gordaneer work has engaged with the major painting movements that influenced North American painters from Modernist Abstraction and Surrealism to Post Painterly Abstraction and Neo Expressionism, to his most recent works which…

Ivory

Chinese and Japanese Carved Masterpieces

In China and Japan, the elephant is the symbol of strength, sagacity and prudence.

The AGGV has one of the largest and most impressive collections of Chinese ivory carvings in the world and a fairly good collection of Japanese ivory carvings. More than one hundred specimens will be on display….

Great New Wave

Contemporary Art from Japan

Catch the new wave of contemporary art from Japan with work from six artists who explore issues of personal and cultural identity in today’s evolving global world.

Each artist articulates aspects of this complex theme from their own unique perspective through a variety of media, including drawing, installation, photography, sculpture, textile, and video. For several of…