'Abbott & Cordova' on exhibit in NYC

Vancouver artist, Stan Douglas, will be exhibiting Humor, Irony and the Law at the David Zwirner Gallery in New York City from October 30 - December 23, 2008.

The installation, comprising of video and digital print, depicts moments in time in Vancouver history. One of which, "Abbott & Cordova" highlights a tense scene between hippies and Vancouver police before the now infamous Gastown riot. The final work is composed of fifty different shots taken with the camera in the exact same position.

Gastown Riot history
Archived CBC video


"Powell Street Grounds" depicts a 1912 Industrial Workers of the World Free Speech Demonstration held in the Downtown Eastside just as the crowd is being broken up by the police.
This image is composed of twenty different shots taken with the camera in the exact same position.


Humor, Irony and the Law also includes, "Ballantyne Pier, 18 June 1935," "Hastings Park, 16 July 1955," "Vidéo," and "Les Grands Moulins de Pantin."

Full Frontals - Rear Views

To the casual observer, this phrase could suggest at something rather provocative. It is, after all, referencing a Strathcona Vancouver photograph exhibit early in October.

Strathcona community residents are fortunate to have an opportunity to see a long-time Strathcona, Vancouver resident, Louise Francis-Smith, share her photographic expose of the neighbourhood.

Full Frontals, Rear Views

Louise Francis-Smith, a long-time resident artist of Strathcona has a collection of Strathcona photographs from many years past.

WHEN
October 3 - 19, 2008

OPENING RECEPTION
Friday October 3, 6-9pm

WHERE
RedIron Studio and Gallery
884 East Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC, V6A 2X1
604-254-0585

Read more about this photographic journey and introduction for the upcoming show at the LiveInStrathcona.com Arts & Culture pages about Louise Francis-Smith.