The Burnaby Art Gallery presents an eerie exhibition entitled Spectral Visions just in time for Halloween. If you’re ready to explore the darker side of night, you’ll love the artistic depictions of spirits, demons and apparitions culled from the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection. Many types of media are represented, including drawings, woodcuts, etchings, lithographs and more. The exhibition runs from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1, 2022
Spectral Visions features more than 30 artists, and the collection includes historical works as well as visions by current artists. Among the art on display is Francisco Goya’s series Los Caprichos, the celebrated Spanish romantic artist’s satire of the superstition, ignorance, follies and foolishness of late 18th-century Spanish society.
Canadian artist Betty Goodwin’s series Memoire du Corps explores the fragility of human life and the states it traverses. Goodwin, who was a member of the Montreal artistic community, used the mediums of drawing, sculpture and printmaking to explore themes of loss, mourning and passage.
Other artists in Spectral Visions include Courtney Andersen, Johnniebo Ashevak, Doug Biden, Fastwürms, Deborah Lee Filchak, Betty Goodwin, Francisco Goya, Geoff Greene, Elizabeth Griffiths, Ron Hamilton, J.C. Heywood, Hannamari Jalovaara, Don Jarvis, Helen Kalvak, Sara Leydon/Peter Culley, Elizabeth MacKenzie, Fiona McKye, Carel Moiseiwitsch, Lyndal Osborne, Ed Pien, Marianna Schmidt, Mark Tobey, Otis Tamasauskas, Mina Totino/Geoffrey Farmer/Eric Metcalfe, Richard Turner and Jan Wade.
The Burnaby Art Gallery is the only public art museum in Canada dedicated to works of art on paper. The exhibition is curated by Assistant Curator Jennifer Cane.
Date and Time:
Oct. 1 to Nov. 1, 2022
- Tuesday through Friday: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Saturday and Sunday: 12-5 p.m.
Location:
Burnaby Art Gallery
6344 Deer Lake Avenue
Burnaby BC
V5G 2J3
Admission:
Admission is free, though there is a suggested donation of $5.
For More Information:
Call 604-297-4422 or email [email protected].
