Angela Grossmann

Angela Grossmann
The Silver Suite

Angela Grossmann
To a Woman Passing By
at the Fairmont Pacific Rim

In collaboration with Westbank’s Pacific Gallery at the Fairmont Pacific Rim, Equinox Gallery presents To a Woman Passing By, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Vancouver artist Angela Grossmann.

From monumental to more intimately-scaled works, Grossmann’s figures relish in the intensity of pigment and gesture. Her work may be thought of as traditional portraiture, but more significantly they bring insight into historical representations of the female. A distinctive colourist, she chooses neon pink, ultramarine blue, flame red, glimmering gold and silver, allowing the unique emotive qualities of each hue to dominate a singular work. Grossmann depicts the body because she is empowered by it and familiar with it — through observation, memory, and lived experience — and has now been addressing it in her studio practice for over four decades.

For more information, please contact the gallery at info@equinoxgallery.com or 604.736.2405

Angela Grossmann
With Themselves

Expressive, fluid, and frequently elusive, Angela Grossmann’s works may be thought of as traditional portraiture, but in fact she takes the genre in new directions. While Grossmann’s depictions have a remarkable human likeness, more significantly she brings psychological insights into the representation of the female as visualized in western society. Grossmann depicts the body because she is empowered by it and familiar with it—through observations, memories, and lived experience—and has now been addressing it in her studio practice for over four decades. As a woman, she is able to externalize the complexities of the desiring gaze, bringing to the fore representations of people, that not only celebrate beauty, joy, and the maternal, but also embody melancholy, introspection, as well as a subject’s own desires—in other words, unveiling the many dimensions of femininity.

Angela Grossmann: With Themselves continues at Equinox Gallery until Saturday, February 18th.

Angela Grossmann, Silver Dreams, 2023

Angela Grossmann, Silver Shadows, 2023

Angela Grossmann, Silver Twist, 2023

Angela Grossmann, All That Glitters, 2023

Angela Grossmann, Platinum Series 3, 2022

Angela Grossmann, Slim Pink, 2023

Angela Grossmann, Electric Orange, 2023