Baja to Vancouver: the West Coast and Contemporary Art.SEATTLE ART MUSEUM The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as "SAM") is an art museum located in downtown Seattle, Washington USA. Admission is free on the first Thursday of each month. "Baja to Vancouver" sounds like the world's longest motorcross race, but it's actually a "tightly focused survey of representational artworks that respond to and engage with the West Coast's physical and social landscapes." With such stars as Stan Douglas Stan Douglas (born October 11, 1960) is an African-Canadian Installation artist from Vancouver, British Columbia. Life Stan Douglas was born in 1960 in Vancouver, where he currently lives and works. , Marcos Ramirez, and Larry Sultan, and a supporting cast of emerging artists selected by West Coast curators (Ralph Rugoff, Matthew Higgs, Toby Kamps, Lisa Corrin, Daina Augaitis), the show should also have plenty of Pacific pizzazz. A couple sets of groovily garish motorcycle leathers, however, wouldn't hurt. Oct. 9-Jan. 4; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Jan. 18, 2004-May 16, 2004; Vancouver Art Gallery The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) is the fifth-largest art gallery in Canada and the largest in Western Canada. It is located at 750 Hornby Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. , June 4, 2004-Sept. 6, 2004; California College of Arts and Crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , Oakland, Oct. 6, 2004-Jan. 10, 2005.--PP |
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