CVAG George Sawchuk Media Room + GATHER⋮PLACE
INTO THE LIGHT
Exhibitions, and events that celebrate the Comox Valley Art Gallery as a vibrant organization over 50 years — from its inception to the present day — and the development of a modern contemporary art gallery spaces that presents the work of artists across Canada and beyond.
The selection chosen for Into the Light offers insights into the Gallery’s fifty-year story. The permanent collection was largely assembled before 2012 and has been stored in the permanent collection room in the gallery’s lower level.
Some of the artwork represents individuals who are integral to the gallery’s story. The style and spectrum of materials is a testament to the rise of contemporary art practice within the region since the 1960s.
A Sampling from the CVAG Permanent Collection:
1. Indian Grass Design | #1 in the series | ink + collage on paper | 1960 | Jack Shadbolt
2. Untitled | acrylic on canvas | 81” x 86” | 1996 | Tracy Kobus
3. Untitled | fibreglass | 24” x 24” | 1992 | Tom Burrows
4. Invitation to Dinner | #16/20 | etching with wax seal on paper | 17.25” x 20.25” | 1970 | Jane Abrams
5. Barro de la Noche | A/P | lithograph on paper | 14” x 18” | 1970 | Robert Moon
6. Nine Naked Men in a Naked Landscape | 22.25” x 30.25” | 1990 | Tony Martin
7. No Pipelines! | #15/100 | screen print on paper | 19” x 19” | Andy Everson
8. City Zaps Energy, City Draws Energy | mixed media on paper | 20.1” x 29.1” | 2001 | George Littlechild
9. Horizontalism | acrylic on canvas | 30” x 60” | 2001 | Natasha Henderson
10. Untitled | acrylic on canvas | 16” x 12” | 2004 | Wedlidi Speck
11. What That Means | mixed media collage | 2004 | D. Matilla
12. Contemplation | #2/5 | serigraph on paper | 26” x 19” | Elsie J. Griffiths
13. Cast a Net | serigraph on paper | 16” x 18” | 1991 | David MacLean
14. Graven Image | #2/4 | serigraph | 19” x 23” | acquired 2003 | Sue Minchin
15. 1 – 800 – Eat – Them – All – Now | 9 in series | canned goods | Cam MacDonald
16. Orchard Bear | ink + watercolour on paper | 9.6” x 9.8” | 1978 | Ken Gerberick
17. World’s Artists for Tibet | hand coloured serigraph, 5” x 12” | 1998 | Ed Varney
18. Postcard From Space | watercolour collage on paper | 5.9” x 4.3” | 1977 | Jed Irwin
19. Phantoms | GI Joe plaster sculptures + fragments | 7” tall | 2005 | P. Roch Smith
20. As I Came Upon a Clearing | bonze sculpture of GI Joe + tree branches | approx. 53” tall | P. Roch Smith 21. Untitled | clay ball sculpture | 12” x 24” circumference | acquired 2005 | Renee Poisson 22. Out of the Blue | 2 woven plant fibre + handmade plant fibre paper sculptures | 5” x 5” x 18” 2002 | Cynthia Minden
23. Poor Artist’s Remarkable Gift | artist books #4 + #9 of edition of 75, with #2 – #75 issued in red + blue paper covers | 15” x 11” | Fabian Boutilliau | Joe Ziner: linocut illustrations | Martin Wolf: text handset in Century Old style + hand printed on Lana Gravure paper at Nemo Press
24. In Anticipation of a Broken Arm | assemblage | stump with woodpile behind glass | 67.5” x 12.5” circumference | 1988 | George Sawchuk
