Down the Garden Path

Mark Lewis, Scott McFarland and Yedda Morrison

The works in this exhibition lead us through an experience that hovers between reality and artifice. From the social construct of gardens and parks to the politics of environmental policies and precariousness of the ecosystem which we inhabit; each artist reveals new perspectives for the viewer and provides an opportunity to question how we use,…

Silent as Glue

Lynda Gammon, Matt Harle and Elspeth Pratt

Silent As Glue is organized and circulated by Oakville Galleries.

This exhibition brings together work from three established North American artists, Lynda Gammon (Victoria, BC), Matt Harle (Beacon, NY) and Elspeth Pratt (Vancouver, BC). The common thread in their work is that it allows for a contemplative exploration of the relationships between architecture and space; handmade…

The LAB: 250 REMIX Tegan Forbes

My public art practice is heavily inspired by street art, travel, social revolution and community collaboration, all of which have the capacity to infiltrate a personal narrative into public space. The starting point for 250 Remix is an investigation into Victoria’s urban landscape through the navigation of media, social eccentricities and areas of communal tension….

Serenity

the Asian Garden

Serenity pervades the Asian garden for this was a place of retreat from the pressures of everyday life.  It is where the elite could indulge in their “longing for mountains and waters” without turning their back on their unrelenting obligations to state and family.The object of the garden was to capture all the elements of…

Communist Paradise

Chinese Propaganda Posters

Chinese propaganda posters are associated with the image of Chairman Mao Zedong and the “achievements” of the Communist Party. Artists had to make depictions of what the Communist party considered the ideal of a better life and of social behavior under their Communist system.Showing economic prosperity for the peasants in the countryside and the workers…

Focus on the Collection: Albrecht Dürer Prints

Albrecht Dürer (1471 – 1528) is acknowledged as one of the foremost German artists of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Acclaimed as a painter and draughtsman, Dürer was most admired for his abilities as a printmaker. The collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria contains 26 original Dürer prints, made possible through…

LAB 10.2: Erratic Room

Lyla Rye

Erratic Roomis a mixed media installation that uses animation, sound and sculpture to create an environment that simulateswhat it might be like to wake up in an architectural nightmare. This work reflects the artists own fears, where the spaces within which we seek refuge become places of danger and instability. The uneasiness of the space…

Daniel Laskarin

Agnostic Objects (things persist)

This is the first survey exhibition for Victoria artist, Daniel Laskarin, whose sculptures and public art commissions have been presented across Canada and internationally.Laskarin’s art practice is primarily object-based working with a diverse range of media to arouse questions about perception, doubt and uncertainty. “I set out to create objects which might look almost recognizable,…

Miniature Arts of China and Japan

The miniature art forms in this exhibition express the delight of the Chinese and the Japanese in small things and their aptitude for exquisite workmanship on a miniature scale. Both China and Japan boast a great range of artistic achievements in miniature. Since early times, Chinese and Japanese miniature art has been characterized by exceptional…