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Diane's Big Picture Daily Arts Alert ... by Cathleen Bond Tuesday, Feb. 13 Diane Farris couldn't help herself, she had to do it up big time with a series of enormous paintings in an exhibit appropriately entitled The Big Picture. "This is the fifth time the Gallery will have presented, under the same title, very large to enormous paintings and drawings… taking advantage of the Gallery's vast space and 18 foot ceilings." The exhibition is culled from current works, as well as past and present works presented by gallery artist over the last sixteen years. Here's a taste of what's currently showing at the Farris:
Monique Fouquet's remarkable 1993 graphite drawing "#90- Untitled Tryptych" (8 x 10.5 ft) Judith Currelly's vast Northern landscape, "Continuum" - 1993 - oil on panel (6.5 x 9 ft) Graham Gillmore's "Bend", 1990 - "gouged" oil,ink,enamel on masonite ( 4.75 x 8 ft) Chris Woods' 1991 canvas "Our Cakes & Pies Are Simply Delicious" (11.25 x 5 ft) Taras Politaiko's 1993 self portrait painting on linen, "Eyes for YOU" (6.5 x 6.5 ft) Kathryn Jacobi's 1993 "Diva in Extremis #18", oil on panel (6 x 10 ft) Philippe Raphanel's 1985 "Two Logs", originally shown in VAG's Young Romantics (7.5 x 5.5 ft) Vicky Marshall's 1984 luscious oil painting "Red Cabbage and Squash" (6.5 x 5.5 ft) Neil Wedman's exquisite "Untitled"(Brides), 1989 graphite on linen (8 x 8 ft)
To Feb. 28th 1565 West 7th Ave Vancouver, BC V6J 1S1 News from the Maritimes: Well we've got some good news and some bad news from our friends in Atlantic Canada. First the good news. Newfoundland's culture, heritage and film industries have received a $4.5 million grant. "The money is part of an existing economic development agreement between Industry Canada and the government of Newfoundland." The deal allows individuals and groups to develop, create and market their art. Here's how the money's going to be spent. Newfoundland's culture and heritage industries will share $3.5 million and the film biz snags $1.1 million. The bad news comes from the PEI Symphony in Charlottetown. They've lost two of their major sponsors and some predict it could spell the end of the province's symphony. Thanks to the contentious government ruling on tobacco sponsorship, du Maurier has pulled their support. Now the booze is splitting too. Seagram has a new head honcho and they've decided to take their cultural dollars elsewhere. Barb Wancha, president of the PEI Symphony's board of directors lays it on the table: "This year, because of not having a concert sponsor for any of the concerts to this point, we are having to pick up the money for the whole year, which is well over $80,000." And that's going to be tough, considering the orchestra's got a bank balance of nine grand. The PEI Symphony plans to finish out the season, but the future looks bleak.
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Attila Richard Lukacs' celebrated "True North" paintings from 1989 (4
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