[BCMA] Nanaimo Art Gallery Exhibitions & Events

Tue Sep 1 12:26:25 PDT 2015

Duane Linklater, *Blueberries for 12 vessels*, dimensions variable,
blueberries, clay, earth, vessel from collection of National Museum of the
American Indian, 2012 - 2015, Courtesy of the artist and Catriona Jeffries
Gallery

*Silva*, is a contemporary art project that follows a thematic path from
the microcosms of the forest floor, to the quantifying and processing of
lumber, to the global distribution of forestry products. The *Silva*
project consists of two exhibitions (*O Horizon* and *Booming Grounds*), a
forthcoming publication, (*The Mill*), and a series of public events
including artist talks, tours, readings, and performances.

*Silva Part I: O Horizon*

*September 4 to October 31, 2015 Peter Culley, Duane Linklater, Gareth
Moore, Kika Thorne, Elias Wakan*

Join us for a reception on *September 3 at 7pm*. *O Horizon* will be opened
with a poetry reading by Nanaimo's poet laureate, Naomi Wakan.

*O Horizon* is titled after the scientific name for the forest floor. This
top layer of soil is made of decomposing organic matter and forms the life
support system for trees, sprouting plants, fungi, and countless small
animals.

Through sculptural installation and poetry, the artists in *O Horizon*
reflect on the powerful roles language and culture play in the ways that we
understand the natural environment. In the exhibition, materials are
quietly alive: blueberry bushes grow near a poem that rests on a podium
made of Vancouver Island hemlock, waiting to be read. Black elastic cords
intricately threaded through the walls vibrate with physical tension.
Elsewhere in the gallery new works made from organic matter respond to our
local ecosystem.

Before his recent passing, beloved Nanaimo poet and artist Peter Culley was
scheduled to read as part of the public programming for *O Horizon*. In
lieu of this, his poem *Fruit Dots* will be present in the gallery and read
aloud each day at the solar noon.

Curated by Jesse Birch

The opening reception for *O Horizon* is supported by Thrifty Foods and
Arbutus Distillery.

We are grateful for the generous contributions of Marlene Russo, Lawyer and
Mediator, Malaspina Printmakers, the City of Nanaimo's Culture and Heritage
Department, Nanaimo Daily News, and the Ecoforestry Institute.

Edward Burtynsky,*Mount Edziza Provincial Park #4, Northern British
Columbia, Canada*, 2012, chromogenic print, Collection of the Vancouver Art
Gallery, Gift of the Artist,© Edward Burtynsky, Courtesy Nicholas Metivier
Gallery, Toronto / Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary

*A Terrible Beauty: Edward Burtynsky in Dialogue with Emily Carr*
*September 4 to November 21, 2015 at the Nanaimo Museum*

*Join us at the Nanaimo Museum for the opening reception on Thursday,
September 3, 5 to 7 pm*

Nanaimo Art Gallery has partnered with Nanaimo Museum to present *A
Terrible Beauty: Edward Burtynsky in Dialogue with Emily Carr*. The
exhibition is organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery with
the generous support of the Killy Foundation.

Toronto-based photographer Edward Burtynsky is internationally renowned for
his captivating images of natural and man-made landscapes that reflect both
the impressive reach of human enterprise and the extraordinary impact of
our hubris. This exhibition presents a selection of photographs Burtynsky
produced between 1983 and 2013 that together represent all his major bodies
of work, from his early series of homestead photographs shot in British
Columbia in the early 1980s, to his new, groundbreaking project that
explores water's fundamental place in the world ecology.

Burtynsky's work is presented in dialogue with a selection of paintings and
drawings by Emily Carr, one of Canada's best known artists. Carr was
painting in British Columbia in the early twentieth century, a time when
industrialized agriculture, resource extraction and practices such as
large-scale logging were on the rise. Though working in different media and
over fifty years apart, both artists sought to record the changing
landscape and our place in it.

"*A Terrible Beauty* will resonate with audiences on Vancouver Island,
because of the international profile of the artists involved, and also
because of the theme's relevance to our context," says Julie Bevan,
Executive Director at Nanaimo Art Gallery. "It's our hope that the
presentation of this important exhibition in Nanaimo, paired with Gallery's
fall project *Silva*, which explores our connection to the forest, will
contribute in a meaningful way to conversations around our complex
relationship with the land."

"We believe this is the first time Emily Carr paintings will be on public
exhibit in Nanaimo," says Debbie Trueman, General Manager at the Nanaimo
Museum. "These amazing Burtynsky and Carr works are being displayed in our
community because of a strong partnership between the Nanaimo Museum and
Nanaimo Art Gallery."

The Nanaimo Museum is located in the Vancouver Island Conference Centre and
is open Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Contact the museum at 250
753-1821 or visit www.nanaimomuseum.ca
public events In conjunction with *Silva Part I: O Horizon*, we invite you
to participate, connect with artists, learn, and explore.

*Artist in Residence | Kika Thorne Buttertubs Marsh, Miner’s Cottage*
*August 31, 3 – 5 pm | September 6, 1 – 5 pm*
While installing her artwork for *O Horizon*, artist Kika Thorne will be in
residence in a former miner’s cottage at Buttertubs Marsh. Thorne will
transform the cottage into *Chemistry*: a research centre where the artist
will gather and share information on nearby botanical specimens, including
their medicinal qualities. Drop by to meet the artist, discuss her work and
share insights. Tea will be served on September 6. The miner’s cottage is
located at the main entrance to the park on Jinglepot Road.

*Artist Talks | Duane Linklater and Kika Thorne*
*September 5, 2 pm *
Join us in the Gallery to meet artists Duane Linklater and Kika Thorne to
learn about their work. The artists will discuss their artwork in relation
to *O Horizon*, the natural environment, and its cultural and linguistic
translations.
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