Assemblage | Medium | The Activation Map

December 6, 1988 to December 17, 1988
Exhibition
Garry Ross' objects are easy to dismiss. They are old and for the most part obsolete. By changing the context in which the object is seen, the former use is nulified and it takes on a transformed meaning. Ross subtly alters these elements by transorming the mechanical into a pastoral where they become like a river or a mountain and the contemplation of which brings forth a multiplicity of meanings which speak to the metaphysical.

Personal Mythology

November 8, 1988 to November 19, 1988
Exhibition
Personal Mythology Is the temple a secret retreat within my own mind? Is the angel a myth of my own potential? The symbol waits for you – to find your own personal mythology. Humankind has always invented myths that search for inner perfection. Amidst the seeming chaos of our real world, mythology offers us hope for a greater potential. These works draw on symbols from classical and religious mythology, inventing new symbols for modern times.

March 30, 1987 to April 18, 1987
Exhibition
Trace elements is an exhibition of 14 artists currently working in assemblage in Vancouver. The past several years have seen a resurgence of collage/assemblage as a medium for artwork in this city. This form is one of the most popular art forms of this century. From early work by Duchamp and Schwitters to the collages of Motherwell, the combine paintings of Rauschenberg, the intricate boxes of Cornell collage/assemblage has been an important tool artists use to reflect the modern world. In Vancouver today a large group of artists involved work solely in this form and an overview of the wide range this work encompasses will be the focus of the exhibition. Hosted by the Pitt International Gallery.

February 3, 1987 to February 14, 1987
Exhibition
Sammy Sammy, the legend of Hornby Island has come to grunt, despite his urgings that grunt should come to him. "Bring them all up here," he said, to his Place of the Woods where he creates his masterpieces of folk art. For those who have never heard of him, Sammy Sammy was a poet, philosopher, troubadour, cowboy who made sculptures out of reinforced concrete that were "suitable for decorations in flower beds or lawns." He worked with cement, moss, concrete, and paint (among other things) to create raw, stark pieces of folk art. http://www.firstvisionart.com/daina/sammy.html

January 20, 1987 to January 31, 1987
Exhibition
"I find toys, particularly broken toys, a fascinating medium for assemblage both for their colour and shape and their connotation: hues so bright they become repellent, images so stylized they exclaim the mundane. Their use represents the invalid activities, or child's play, that has so addled serious society. I've tried to approach this series from several different sides, taking toys out of their original context and using htem almost as if they were bizarre humour, with whiffs of surrealism and a few light bulbs."

August 26, 1986 to September 6, 1986
Exhibition
".. You can expect to see : a saxophone, an xylophone, Colonel Sanders, Spiderman, pink fluorescent eggs, a whirling dervish, a devil dancer, a pair of ears, black enamel paint, a basketball hoop, Billy Graham, ET, a zeliva, a mirror, Dr X, acetate, text, pieces of a hair dryer, 1/2 of a frisbee, watercolours, a lizard, a purple bag and much more."

July 22, 1986 to July 31, 1986
Exhibition
"His work in assemblage is bright and colourful it has the texture and feel of a Woolworths store in the toy section srrounded by useless bits of plastic. The work is alive with miniature scenarios and stil lives that are both insightful and silly."

June 10, 1986 to June 21, 1986
Exhibition
"He seems to have an unfailing ability to come up with brilliant little assemblage works pieces together in an inspired way from junk and discarded objects.... It's virtually impossible to describe these works... these are not jsut silly, fun pieces, however, because they do have powerful messages and are often poignant and moving."

February 18, 1986 to March 1, 1986
Exhibition
"...glass assemblage by Jean Mcrae. On a textural background of various cloths, and using an overlay of glass in various shapes and sizes, she place found objects in the form of copper or bits and pieces collected. The resulting abstract is alive visually with each layer visible and accounted for."