Hogarth and Carr at VAG

Sixty-eight engravings by 18th
century British artist William
Hogarth (1607-1764), alarge Emily
Carr retrospective and an exhibi-

tion of 32 works by the Group of |

Seven and their contemporaries,
including Tom Thomson, are on
display at the Vancouver Art
Gallery over the Christmas season.

The Hogarth exhibit, consisting
of works on loan from the
British museum, is billed Hogarth:
Nationalism, Mass Media and the
Artist.

Hogarth’s struggle to develop

“an indigenous English art in-
dependent of the dominance of
European models,”’ parallels the
struggle waged by Canadian artists
to create a ‘Canadian art” in a
country still under the cultural
domination of Europe and the

US.
’  Hogarth’s exhibit is fun. The
first etching you encounter, “‘The
Battle of the Pictures,’’ has
Hogarth’s own canvasses ‘‘aban-
doning their easels’’ and warring
with a proliferation of copies of
famous European and classical art
outside an auction hall - in mid air.

Hogarth is well-known for
developing social and political criti-
ques in serial form. Marriage a la
Mode, A Harlot’s Progress, Four
Prints of an Election and Idleness

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RED HOUSE AND YELLOW SLEIGH. .
32 paintings by Group of Seven at VAG.

and cara each comprise several

cues themes of them are
specific to England at that time,
for instance, the dissoluteness of

the upper classes, the crying need

for sweeping social reforms that
would improve the lives of masses
of poor and working people, and
the development of English art that
holds it own with art from the con-
tinent.

All Hogarth’s work is infused

with a biting comic wit and a
fascination with detail.

Perhaps it’s not coincidental that
the VAG has timed exhibits of ma-
jor Canadian artists with the Ho-
garth show.

Emily’s Carrs oils and water-
colors of the west coast rain forests
are as indigenous as any non-native
Canadian perhaps ever will be. Of
special interest are her watercolors,
which are subtle, vigorous, and, as
with. all her work, full of strong
Saas forms.

couver Art Gallery i Seo free.

. Lawren Harris’ work among

It’s an excellent opportunity to
see her work if you haven’t done so
already.

The most recent exhibit mount-
ed by the VAGis 32 works by mem-
bers of the Group of Seven and
their contemporaries, Tom Thom-
son and David Milne; and will con-
tinue until Jan. 18.

As Lawren Harris explained in a
monograph on the Group, “‘I look
upon the Group of Seven as a
movement in art in Canada.” If
you want to get a sense of what that
movement was, take a look at the
display over Christmas. You will be
able to see. one of Harris’ most
famous paintings ‘‘Red House and
Yellow Sleigh,”’ among others.

Also, the VAGisbringinganum-
ber of films made by Vancouver-
born filmmaker, David Rimmer
for Dec. 12 to Jan. 11.

The Hogarth exhibit ends Jan. 4.
Remember, admission to the Van-

€

HOPSCOTCH — Former
CIA agent (Walter Matthau) is

spots with a lot of truth coming
through the humor. Also starr-
ing Glenda Jackson and Sam
Waterston.

STUNT MAN — Vietnam
vet on the run from police
becomes a stunt man for
egocentric film director. Behind
the scenes view of movie making
but film is tangled and difficult
to follow.

PRIVATE BENJAMIN —
Supposed to be a comedy about
the U.S. army. A pampered
young woman (Goldie Hawn)
enlists and develops self-

trayed as a summer camp with
unlimited opportunities. Cruel
distortion of army life.

, ORDINARY PEOPLE — A

rich family tries to adjust to the
sudden death of the eldest son.

\ Film rev revolves around problems

Reviews in brief
of current movies
at local theatres

out to expose CIA. Amusing in_

confidence. Boot camp is por- _
~ taining and socially conscious.

of the younger son. Absorbing
and well-paced family drama.

KAGEMUSHA — From the
opening scene, a 16th century
Japanese soldier-courier racing
past battlefields, down roads
crowded with hundreds: of
soldiers in blacks and grays with
splashes or red) — master
director-scenarist-artist Akira
Kurosawa has you hooked. By
almost any measure, this is a
masterpiece.

MY BRILLIANT CAREER

Beautiful-looking
Australian film about am-
bitious and vibrant young
woman from a poor farm far-
mily in turn-of-century
Australia. Both wittily enter-

THE ‘EMPIRE STRIKES
BACK — ‘Star Wars’ plot
thickens. More special effects ©
and plenty of action. This time
embellished with love scenes.

INDIAN CENTRE &

Not as good as “Star Wars.”” :

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