Category Visual Arts

Marriage no fairy tale

image - “Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!” by Lilian Broca is part of the exhibit Brides: Portrait of a Marriage, which is at the Italian Cultural Centre’s Il Museo until Sept. 30

“Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!” by Lilian Broca is part of the exhibit Brides: Portrait of a Marriage, which is at the Italian Cultural Centre’s Il Museo until Sept. 30. In most romance novels and fairy tales, a love story ends in…

Photos inspire a dream

photo - “Curiosity,” by Liron Gertsman

“Curiosity,” photo by Liron Gertsman. One of the most important issues we should be grappling with nowadays is the preservation of our habitat. At the forefront of the nature preservation movement are photographers and one of them is Liron Gertsman,…

Exhibit of inscriptional art

photo - Ken Hughes infuses his paintings with messages

Ken Hughes infuses his paintings with messages. (photo by Olga Livshin) Ken Hughes has always been fascinated with typography. “Since childhood, letters of the alphabet have intrigued me,” he said in an interview with the Independent. “Public lettering is a…

Colour bursts forth in Conjunction

photo - Ira Hoffecker’s current solo exhibit at the Zack Gallery, Conjunction, runs until July 21

Ira Hoffecker’s current solo exhibit at the Zack Gallery, Conjunction, runs until July 21. (photo by Olga Livshin) Conjunction, Ira Hoffecker’s current solo exhibit at the Zack Gallery, opened on June 13 and runs until July 21. German-born Hoffecker and…

Dali artwork on display

photo - Left to right: Oree Gianacopoulos, Chali-Rosso Gallery director; James Sanders from Dali Universe (Switzerland); and Susanna Strem, president of Chali-Rosso Gallery

Left to right: Oree Gianacopoulos, Chali-Rosso Gallery director; James Sanders from Dali Universe (Switzerland); and Susanna Strem, president of Chali-Rosso Gallery. (photo by Shula Klinger) May 17 and 18 saw the unveiling of two sculptures by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali,…

Rootman’s night scenes

photo - Jack Rootman, in front of his painting “Homage to Degas”

Jack Rootman, in front of his painting “Homage to Degas.” (photo by Olga Livshin) Jack Rootman’s new solo show, Scene at Night, opens tomorrow, June 1, at the Visual Space Gallery on Dunbar Street. As the name implies, the exhibition…

Plants’ hidden beauty

photo - Yellow gazanias, by Pamela Fayerman. Eighteen of Fayerman’s macro photos form the exhibit Intimate Encounters, which is at VanDusen until June 27

Yellow gazanias, by Pamela Fayerman. Eighteen of Fayerman’s macro photos form the exhibit Intimate Encounters, which is at VanDusen until June 27. Well-known for her writing about medicine, science and health policy in the Vancouver Sun, award-winning journalist Pamela Fayerman…

Artistic tribute to Shoah survivors

photo - The Schara Tzedeck Shoah Survivors Tribute Wall was created for the congregation by John Nutter. The sculpture, which includes the names of 230 survivors, was dedicated May 3

The Schara Tzedeck Shoah Survivors Tribute Wall was created for the congregation by John Nutter. The sculpture, which includes the names of 230 survivors, was dedicated May 3. (photo from John Nutter) Congregation Schara Tzedeck has a new art installation in…

A mind-blowing exhibit

photo - “Sunflowers” by Jocelyne Hallé

“Sunflowers” by Jocelyne Hallé. The new show at Zack Gallery, #SeasonsAtZack features Instagram artists. A fundraiser for the gallery, the exhibit is extremely eclectic. “The theme of the show is based on the theme of Festival Ha’Rikud, ‘Seasons of Israel,’”…

Creating pause and reflection

photo - “Wink Wink – Whatcha Looking At?” by Shira Gold

“Wink Wink – Whatcha Looking At?” by Shira Gold. Shira Gold’s photographs seem to create a break in the space-time continuum. For a moment, the busyness and noise of the world fades away, and the viewer is standing on a…