Estate of Gordon Smith
Gordon SmithEarly Works (1946 to 1966)
Gordon SmithEarly Works (1946 to 1966)
This exhibition is a rare opportunity to consider Gordon Smith’s artistic path as it developed from representational images of landscapes that were new and highly revelatory for him, to the fluidity of abstraction where the manipulation of paint and the balances of colour and light were the driving forces in creating compelling compositions.
This significant collection of works is the first exhibition in over twenty years to focus on the dynamic nature of his early career. During the optimism of the postwar period, Vancouver was a hotbed of exciting developments in West Coast Modernism and Smith was a central figure receiving national and international attention for canvases that were a bold and expressive response to western abstraction.
A preview of the exhibition is available in person at Equinox Gallery on Commercial Street, or via the catalogue linked Here.
Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith
A prominent figure in a generation of notable West Coast painters, architects, poets, musicians and writers, Gordon Smith had an openly inquisitive mind and experimented endlessly in his art making. The unique presence of nature on the Pacific coast was a boundless inspiration to the artist. It was not the grand vistas nor the broad expanses of nature that attracted Smith, he was drawn to the web of trees, the entanglement of undergrowth, the reflection of a swamp, the snowfall on a branch—the intricacies of how nature functions cyclically and seasonally, through spring, fall and winter.
For a list of available works, please contact the gallery at info@equinoxgallery.com
View WorkGordon SmithA Painter’s Legacy
Gordon SmithA Painter’s Legacy
Equinox Gallery is pleased to present A Painter’s Legacy, an exhibition of works by the late Canadian artist Gordon Smith (b. 1919, d. 2020). A brilliant painter with an international following, Smith’s style evolved over a lifetime as he made increasingly complex and layered, dense paintings. A prominent figure in a generation of notable West Coast painters, architects, poets, musicians and writers, Smith had an openly inquisitive mind and experimented endlessly in his art making. The unique presence of nature on the Pacific coast was a boundless inspiration to the artist. From the rich forest that surrounded his home and studio in West Vancouver to the shorelines he encountered on trips up and down the coast, Smith produced a vast body of work that alternated between representation and abstraction. It was not the grand vistas nor the broad expanses of nature that attracted Smith, he was drawn to the web of trees, the entanglement of undergrowth, the reflection of a swamp, the snowfall on a branch—the intricacies of how nature functions cyclically and seasonally, through spring, fall and winter.
Gordon Smith: A Painter’s Legacy opens on September 10th, 2022 at Equinox Gallery on Commercial Street in Vancouver.
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Through the Trees
Gordon Smith
Through the Trees
Equinox Gallery is pleased to present Gordon Smith: Through the Trees – an exhibition of new paintings and collaged works on canvas. This exhibition takes Gordon Smith’s imaginative and complex perspective of the forest as both subject and object where the landscape can be pulled apart and reconstructed as an idea. For 24 consecutive years, the opening of Gordon Smith’s show in September has come to denote the beginning of the cultural season in Vancouver, and this exhibition reflects Smith’s continued commitment to his artistic practice.
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View WorkJack Shadbolt
The Ghost Universe
Jack Shadbolt
The Ghost Universe
Jack Shadbolt (1909 – 1998) was an influential Vancouver modernist whose experimentations with abstract painting resonated both within Canada and internationally. The body of work presented here was made in the post-war period when Shadbolt was developing his formal vocabulary as a painter. Shadbolt was one of several artists who returned to Canada after the war with a profound sense of uncertainty about the future, and whose practice looked to new imagery to express a sense of social disruption during the post-war years.
In relationship to The Ghost Universe are a selection of works by B.C. Binning, Gordon Smith, Molly Lamb Bobak, Bruno Bobak and Marion Nicoll. While stylistically diverse, these artists shared an awareness of the anxieties and uncertainties during the post-war era as well as an eagerness to explore abstraction as a means of expression.
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