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.
Installation View
Gordon Smith: Early WorksSeptember 6th - October 11th, 2024
Installation View
Gordon Smith: Early WorksSeptember 6th - October 11th, 2024
Installation View
Gordon Smith: Early WorksSeptember 6th - October 11th, 2024
Installation View
Gordon Smith: Early WorksSeptember 6th - October 11th, 2024
Installation View
Gordon Smith: Early WorksSeptember 6th - October 11th, 2024
Installation View
Gordon Smith: Early WorksSeptember 6th - October 11th, 2024
Installation View
Gordon Smith: Early WorksSeptember 6th - October 11th, 2024
Installation View
Gordon Smith: Early WorksSeptember 6th - October 11th, 2024
Gordon Smith
Nocturne
ca. 1961
Oil on canvas
34 1/2" x 43 1/2"
Gordon Smith
Blue & Black Painting
ca. 1958
Oil on canvas
34" x 48"
Gordon Smith
Untitled
ca. 1955-1960
Oil on board
Board Size: 23" x 40"Frame Size: 28" x 45"
Gordon Smith
Easter Sunday
ca. 1955-1959
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size: 35" x 28"Frame Size: 36 1/2" x 29 1/2"
Gordon Smith
Painting with Green & Grey
ca. 1960
Oil on Masonite
Board Size: 11" x 14"Frame Size: 15" x 18"
Gordon Smith
Winterscape
ca. 1960
Oil on Board
Board Size: 14" x 18"Frame Size: 20" x 24"
Gordon Smith
Untitled (Barn)
1958
Oil on Board
Board Size: 12" x 16"Frame Size: 13" x 17"
Gordon Smith
Untitled (Driftwood)
ca.1948
Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 20" x 24"Frame Size: 21 1/4" x 25 1/4"
Dempsey BobSalmon
September 6, 2024 - October 12, 2024
Dempsey Bob is a distinguished Tahltan and Tlingit artist of the Wolf Clan. His highly expressive works acknowledge the lineage to which they are indebted—in many cases telling the stories of his ancestors—while incorporating an expansive knowledge of sculptural practices worldwide. By blending traditional narratives with contemporary influences, he re-imagines convention with highly animated creations. His distinctive masks, bentwood boxes, and sculptures (both large scale and small) are striking in their distinguishing hallmarks: highly refined surfaces, voluptuousness of form, expressive shifts in proportion, and a unique approach to figural groups.
Dempsey Bob: SalmonSeptember 6th - October 11th, 2024
Installation View
Dempsey Bob: SalmonSeptember 6th - October 11th, 2024
Installation View
Dempsey Bob: SalmonSeptember 6th - October 11th, 2024
Installation View
Dempsey Bob: SalmonSeptember 6th - October 11th, 2024
Dempsey Bob
Salmon People
2022
Yellow cedar, acrylic
24" x 15" x 4"
Dempsey Bob
The Salmon's Gift
2023
Yellow cedar and acrylic
26" x 13 1/2" x 4"
Dempsey Bob
Salmon Egg (Blue)
2023
Yellow cedars acrylic paint
23" Diameter
Dempsey Bob
Black Fish Chasing Salmon
2023
Yellow cedar, acrylic paint
24" Diameter
Shawn HuntDream Season
October 17, 2024 - November 16, 2024
Equinox Gallery is pleased to present Dream Season, a solo exhibition of new works by Heiltsuk artist Shawn Hunt. This exhibition features a series of surreal scenes in which moments of the artist’s own life are re-imagined as present-day daydreams infused with Indigenous traditions. Illuminated by the moonlight, Hunt’s figures are suspended between the past, present and future, resisting a singular interpretation.
The exhibition opens on Thursday, October 17th. For more information, please contact the gallery at info@equinoxgallery.com
Shawn Hunt
Night Call
2024
Acrylic on canvas
2024
Shawn Hunt
Midnight Conversation
2024
Acrylic on canvas
48" x 60"
Shawn Hunt
Brother Carvers
2024
Acrylic on canvas
72" x 96"
Shawn Hunt
Dancing in the Deep
2024
Acrylic on canvas
72" x 96"
Hamed RashtianWord Sculptures
October 17, 2024 - November 16, 2024
Equinox Gallery is delighted to present a solo exhibition of new bronze works by Hamed Rashtian. Inspired by the history of concrete poetry and the methods poets employ to abstract literature into visual forms, Rashtian aims to distill poems into single words. In this exhibition, poetry finds new dimensions through the interplay of form and meaning, beckoning viewers to discover and unravel the hidden realms of language and visual art.
The exhibition opens on Thursday, October 17th. For more information, please contact the gallery at info@equinoxgallery.com
Sight LinesFeaturing Marten Elder, Erin McSavaney, and Renée Van Halm
October 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025
Equinox Gallery is pleased to present Sight Lines, an exhibition that considers ways in which artists re-frame, augment or re-imagine architectural space in their compositions. Through varied approaches to the built environment, the works presented here offer new ways of seeing the world by recalibrating visual sensitivities to colour, form and light.
This is an off-site exhibition located at The Pacific Gallery in the Fairmont Pacific Rim.
Location of this exhibition:
Fairmont Pacific Rim
1038 Canada Place
Vancouver BC
fairmontpacificrim.com
Erin McSavaney
1982 Palisades
2024
Acrylic on canvas
36" x 48"
Renée Van Halm
White Facade
2009
Acrylic on linen
63" x 47"
Renée Van Halm
Blind
2009
Acrylic on canvas
63" x 47"
Renée Van Halm
On Top of Everything
2024
Acrylic on canvas
48" x 60"
Marten Elder
Burgen Steps. Exposed at 23 focus points and rendered in 5 color spaces
2019/2023
Pigment print on fibre-based paper
40" x 30"
Erin McSavaney
Afternoon, September
2023
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 18"
Erin McSavaney
Evening, September
2023
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 18"
Marten Elder
non-objective color 8
2013
Archival pigment print on fiber-based paper
40" x 30"
Art Toronto 2024
October 24, 2024 - October 27, 2024
For Art Toronto 2024, Equinox Gallery is pleased to present a selection of the gallery's program, underlining our commitment to nurturing the connections that run between emerging, mid-career and established practices.
Significant works by Ivan Eyre, Mary Pratt, and Gordon Smith are presented alongside new works by Sonny Assu, Bobbie Burgers, Maggee Day, Shawn Hunt, Rob Nicholls, and Ben Reeves, bringing together new voices in contemporary art with exceptional secondary market works.
October 24-27th, 2024 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto ON, Booth B33.