Photographer challenges clichés
Melvin Yap’s images of flowers featured at the Kimoto Gallery
Emotions are to be explored when viewing artwork from Melvin …
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February 23 2015 Art New exhibit provides thought-provoking take on the Cantonese language
In 越界/粵界 (transgression/cantosphere), Hong Kong Exile (HKX), an interdisciplinary art company comprised of Natalie Tin Yin Gan, Milton Lim and Remy Siu, collaborates with linguist Zoe Lam and…
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February 23 2015 Art Women artists of Vancouver showcase Dickinson-inspired artwork
Poem 593, written by one of the most important American female poets, Emily Dickinson, provides in itself the centre for inspiration of downtown Vancouver’s most recent, and anticipated art exhibit…
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February 23 2015 Art Totem poles maintain Haida oral history
A passion for story and language, has Haida artist Gwaai Edenshaw using his knowledge of Haida stories to help find the hidden within ourselves at the new exhibit Godanxee’wat: Stone Ribs showing …
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January 26 2015 Art Workshop explores Zen and the Japanese tea ceremony
Maiko Behr’s February workshop at the Nikkei Centre will explore the historical, philosophical and aesthetic influences of Zen on the development and practice of the tea ceremony.
Behr, a long …
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January 26 2015 Art Magic Hour: Activating the Archive
The Instant Coffee Collective (ICC) brings its uniquely quirky aesthetic to the Nikkei National Museum archives, unwrapping old stories and creating a stage for new discoveries of Japanese Canadian …
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January 12 2015 Art Oral history project shares stories from Iranian community
Sharing Our Stories, an exhibit at the North Vancouver Museum and Archives (NVMA), features the stories and objects of 12 Iranians living on the North Shore.
Recognizing the large presence of the …
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January 12 2015 Art A portrait of the artist as an exile
In his latest exhibition, Crossed, Vancouver-based artist Ahmad Tabrizi shares a unique form of portraiture and visual poetry, where the complexities of language, expression and identity overlap with…
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January 12 2015 Art An “F” from Ai Weiwei
Photo courtesy of Vancouver BiennaleUnveiled just before the Christmas holiday, a public sculpture in the shape of an …
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December 8 2014 Art Politics of art: caricatures and culture
Provoking thoughtful commentary from readers on social issues can create barriers with just the use of words. Political cartoons – often witty, at times graphic, but never dull – transcend such …