Out Of Space - What's It All About?

Putting a face to the space where art is made, the Out of Space series of events opens up opportunities for artists, stake-holders and the public to join together, bring awareness to, and offer solutions towards the shrinking number of artist studio spaces in Vancouver.


Exhibition

January 9th-25th

Opening night, January 9th, from 7pm-10pm


Out of Space is a multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring the work of 6 photographers and 30 artists. The show pairs photographs documenting artists in their studio space along with artwork created by them. The exhibition opens up the discussions around the need to secure permanent, safe and lasting solutions for studio space for the creative workers of Vancouver.


Sunday Coffee

January 11th, 18th, 25th, from 1-4pm


For 3 Sundays during the exhibition, the Chapel Arts will be open to the public extending the conversation and providing more opportunities to experience the photos and artwork. We invite you to come by and join in the discussion about the space challenges unique to artists working in Vancouver and help find positive workable solutions. In addition, some of the ECCS board members and artists will be in attendance to discuss the exhibition.

First Canadian exhibition of Kai Althoff's work at the Vancouver Art Gallery

The Vancouver Art Gallery will present the first Canadian exhibition of German artist Kai Althoff from November 8, 2008 until February 15, 2009.

Althoff is a multimedia artist, however he has received most of his recognition from his work as a painter. Approximately 30 paintings and drawings from the early 1990s to the present and works drawn from noted exhibitions/installations will complete the Gallery’s presentation. This selection of work underscores Althoff’s fluid stylistic approach and masterful way of presenting life’s complex yet fundamental extremes with exquisite intimacy and insight. In its entirety, the exhibition abandons the straightforward survey in favor of a more complex juxtaposition of components, whose subtle connections will be revealed throughout the visitor’s personal experience of the space.

Kai Althoff was born in 1966 in Cologne, Germany and continues to reside there. Althoff travels extensively for his individual and collaborative endeavors, exhibiting his work both nationally and internationally. His artistic output encompasses a vast spectrum of media, including works on paper, painting, photography, music, videos, text, performances and installations. He co-founded the German band Workshop, whose joint efforts figured largely in Althoff’s early artistic practice, and whose namesake—a place that advocates for the creative production of both the individual and the group—continues to play a recurring theme in his work.

Vancouver Art Gallery: Kai Althoff exhibition page