Tacita Dean and Rodney Graham
dal 17/1/2011 al 19/2/2011
Segnalato da
17/1/2011
Tacita Dean and Rodney Graham
Charles H. Scott Gallery - Emily Carr University, Vancouver
'The Voyage, or Three Years at Sea Part I' is an exhibition that taking the lighthouse as its subject matter, Part I includes Dean's film Disappearance at Sea and Rodney Graham's large photographic work, The Lighthouse Keeper with Lighthouse Model 1955, as well as a selection of historic objects and materials from the Vancouver Maritime Museum, the BC Maritime Museum and the Vancouver Archives.
curated by Cate Rimmer
The Charles H. Scott Gallery is pleased to present The Voyage, or Three Years at Sea Part I, an exhibition featuring the work of Rodney Graham and Tacita Dean. Taking the lighthouse as its subject matter, Part I includes Tacita Dean's film Disappearance at Sea and Rodney Graham's large photographic work, The Lighthouse Keeper with Lighthouse Model 1955, as well as a selection of historic objects and materials from the Vancouver Maritime Museum, the BC Maritime Museum and the Vancouver Archives.
The exhibition is the first in a series about the sea that will take place at the gallery over the next three years.
Lighthouses have long held a place in art and literature. Behind these fictional representations are the remarkable stories of the engineers that built the lighthouses and the keepers that have manned them through the centuries. Alongside feats of daring and rescue is the reality of the isolation, tedium and deprivation of the lighthouse keepers life, a life of watching and waiting. The works of both Tacita Dean and Rodney Graham presented in the exhibition eloquently speak of this condition.
Both Rodney Graham and Tacita Dean are two of contemporary arts leading artists and have exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world and have numerous publications dedicated to their work. Based in Vancouver, Graham had a major retrospective of his work tour to venues throughout Europe in 2010. He is represented by the Lisson Gallery, London, 303 Gallery New York and Donald Young Gallery in Chicago. Berlin-based Tacita Dean's major film work Craneway Event is currently on exhibition at The Common Guild in Glasgow and she has a solo exhibition in Vienna this March.
The Charles H. Scott Gallery is a public art gallery dedicated to the presentation of contemporary art. Located within the Emily Carr University on Granville Island, one of Vancouver’s busiest tourist destinations, the Gallery serves a broad and varied community that includes the students, faculty and staff of the University, the arts community, the public of Greater Vancouver, and visitors from around the world.
Image: Rodney GrahamLighthouse Keeper with Lighthouse Model, 1955 (2010). Two painted aluminum lightboxes with transmounted chromogenic transparencies
Press contact:
Kathy Slade Tel: +1 604 630 7411 Fax: +1 604 844 3801 Email: kslade@eciad.ca
Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 18 at 7:30pm
Charles H. Scott Gallery
Emily Carr University, 1399 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC
Gallery hours are 12 -5 weekdays and 10-5 weekends.
Admission is free.