[BCMA] Media Release: Jan - March Exhibitions at the Vernon Public Art Gallery

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

MEDIA RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Contact: Kelly MacIntosh

kelly at vernonpublicartgallery.com

 

December 21, 2011

 

Vernon Public Art Gallery

Four New Exhibitions to Welcome the New Year at VPAG

 

Where: The Vernon Public Art Gallery, 3228 31st Avenue, 250-545-3173


When: January 5, 2012, 6 pm - 8 pm

Why: Opening Reception, 4 new exhibitions

Who: Vernon Public Art Gallery

 

The Vernon Public Art Gallery will start the New Year in style, as they open
four new exhibitions on Thursday, January 5th, from 6:00 - 8:00pm. Of all
the artists involved in the solo and collaborative exhibitions offered, the
majority of artists are from the Okanagan area, including Vernon. Benny
Hannya lives in Vernon, Rhonda Neufeld is from Armstrong and Stephen Lee
Scott also calls the Okanagan his home. "It is exciting to see the quality
of art produced by the artists living and working in this area. The Gallery
is pleased to create venues for emerging and established artists and
highlight the importance of their contribution to the visual arts and
culture in general. All four upcoming exhibitions carry a strong conceptual
underpinning within the context of contemporary art practices that include
artistic collaboration, urban art forms, drawing, and experimental
printmaking." Lubos Culen, Curator.

 

The Gallery welcomes guests to attend the opening reception on January 5th
from 6-8pm. Rodney Konopaki and Rhonda Neufeld will provide an artist talk
at 6:00pm, to discuss their work in the exhibition titled Drawn Passages.
Special musical guest, Windmills will perform following the artist talk.
Admission is by donation.

 

Rodney Konopaki and Rhonda Neufeld: Drawn Passages, January 5 -March 22,
2012

The exhibition of prints and mixed media drawings titled Drawn Passages
include works by Rodney Konopaki, Vancouver-based artist, and Rhonda
Neufeld, Armstrong-based artist, produced in 2010 and 2011. Included are
recent additions to their on-going artistic collaboration that first began
in 2007 and continues until now. When viewing the works, one must ask the
inevitable question as to what the purpose of the collaboration is, and why
each artist is willing to abolish sole control of the process and in turn,
authorship of a finished work of art. The drawings and prints produced over
the four-year span also attest to the evolving mode of operation in which
they approach any given subject matter. The images exhibit disciplined
sensibilities by both artists; the action of one artist is not contradicted
by the action of the other. The result is found in the final product that
reflects their intent which is artistically and conceptually, complementary.

 

Stephen Lee Scott: Beauty and Other Forms of Violence, January 5 -March 22,
2012

This exhibition produced by Okanagan-based emerging artist Stephen Scott is
focused on the portrayal of dystopian subjects appropriated from popular
culture and historical references. While Scott's artistic interest and
practice reference formal classical portraiture, his interpretation of the
subjects is based on aesthetic features which often challenge the norms of
acceptable social behavior. The installation of portraiture drawings of
historical and invented characters is also reminiscent of rogues gallery; a
collection of photographed "mug shot" images of individuals of shady or
questionable character. Scott's incorporation of cryptic symbols that adorn
the figures offers the viewers a glimpse into the lives and spectacles of
these obscure personages within a broader context of plausible, yet
incomplete and fragmented narratives.

 

Benny Hannya and Cody Moyor: While You Were Sleeping, January 5 -March 22,
2012

Benny Hannya and Cody Moyor are artists with extensive experience in
contemporary street art. The work in the exhibition titled While You Were
Sleeping is produced directly on the Gallery walls using spray paint,
together with an aesthetic and technical approach to urban graffiti. The
installation addresses important issues surrounding the discourse of the
legitimacy of urban art and its function within a community. Additional
aspects of this project include the temporary nature of the work created
specifically for the duration of this exhibition, which also challenges the
notion of the commodification of an art object.

 

UBCO Advanced Printmaking: Proof Positive II, January 5 -March 22, 2012

The exhibition of prints produced by students enrolled in advanced
printmaking courses at the University of British Columbia - Okanagan campus,
has been organized by Associate Professor of printmaking, Briar Craig with a
help of fourth year UBCO fine arts student Heather Leier, who curated the
exhibition. From numerous entries submitted by students, Leier made a
selection of seventeen works produced by eleven students. The prints in the
exhibition are a comprehensive sample of a variety of printmaking techniques
taught and practiced in the UBCO's fine arts program, including forms of
intaglio, lithography, relief printing, and UV screen printing. 

 

Participating artists: Jon Corbett, Angela Duclos, Lauren Gemmell, Ursula
Kabis, Malcolm McCormick, Jason Negreiff, Camille Selhorst, Lacia Vogel,
Victoria Wan, Tony Wang, and Laura Widmer

 

Exhib Invites Jan 2012.jpg

 

For more information about the Vernon Public Art Gallery contact
www.vernonpublicartgallery.com or call 250-545-3173. 

 

 

Kelly MacIntosh
Marketing & Programming Coordinator

 

VPAGlogo

3228-31st Avenue, Vernon BC V1T 2H3 

vernonpublicartgallery.com 

(250) 545-3173

 

 

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