Equinox is happy to share with you a curated selection of contemporary works brought together to generate conversations around colour, texture and form. This exhibition highlights a selection of works from our Fall exhibition schedule.
Included are works by Dempsey Bob, Fred Herzog, Shawn Hunt, Gordon Smith, Etienne Zack, and more.
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
Nocturne
ca. 1961
Oil on canvas
34 1/2" x 43 1/2"
Gordon Smith
Winterscape
ca. 1960
Oil on Board
Board Size: 14" x 18"Frame Size: 20" x 24"
Gordon Smith
Painting with Green & Grey
ca. 1960
Oil on Masonite
Board Size: 11" x 14"Frame Size: 15" x 18"
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
ca. 1955
Oil on mahogany plywood
Board Size: 19" x 22"Frame Size: 26" x 30"
Gordon Smith
Untitled (Driftwood)
ca.1948
Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 20" x 24"Frame Size: 21 1/4" x 25 1/4"
Gordon Smith
Untitled (Barn)
1958
Oil on Board
Board Size: 12" x 16"Frame Size: 13" x 17"
Gordon Smith
Sooke Harbour
1956
Oil on board
Board Size: 15" x 18"Frame Size:16" x 19"
Shawn HuntḰáɫḷá / To Dreamat the Fairmont Pacific Rim
June 19, 2024 - September 27, 2024
Presented by Equinox Gallery in collaboration with Westbank and the Fairmont Pacific Rim, Ḱáɫḷá is a solo exhibition of new works by Heiltsuk artist Shawn Hunt. Translated as 'to dream' in the Heiltsuk language, Ḱáɫḷá 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.
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
Installation View
Shawn Hunt: Ḱáɫḷá / To DreamJune 19th - August 15th, 2024
Photograph by The White Space Co.
Installation View
Shawn Hunt: Ḱáɫḷá / To DreamJune 19th - August 15th, 2024
Photograph by The White Space Co.
Installation View
Shawn Hunt: Ḱáɫḷá / To DreamJune 19th - August 15th, 2024
Photograph by The White Space Co.
Installation View
Shawn Hunt: Ḱáɫḷá / To DreamJune 19th - August 15th, 2024