Galleries and Exhibits
BC Potters Now Showing

Transitions of a Still Life: Ceramic
Works by Tam Irving at the BAG

Tam Irving is one of the leading ceramic artists in Canada. His work
encompasses 50 years of practice, teaching, experimentation that
continue to be driven by the need to express something felt about human
experience. He says “I have used clay to project the felt life. I feel more
now than I did yesterday.” His work therefore functions on a number
of levels; technical, social, ideological, philosophical; it can be viewed
as a formal abstraction, artistic statement, chronological marker, or as
a tool with particular uses. The works in this exhibition illustrate this
complexity both 1n their celebration of the ordinary and their ability

to challenge our perception of what is art and what 1s craft. .
Showing at the Burnaby Art Gallery: March 6 — April 15.
Opening Reception and Book Launch: March 10, 1 to 3 p.m.

Book Launch: Carol E. Mayer on Tam Irving

Launching concurrently with Tam Irving’s show: Transitions of a Still
Life 1s Carol Mayer’s same-titled book exploring Tam’s long career.
During Tam’s 50 years of practice, he has been at the heart of the
changing soctal, political and cultural relationships that have informed
the development of studio ceramics in this province. Beautifully
illustrated, this book examines Tam’s craft as a unique cultural activity:
one that combines both art and science to express the subtle content
and sensuous tactility of vessel and sculptural forms. This book
recognizes the contributions Irving has made to the development of
the ceramic medium within the province and to the larger Canadian

and international ceramic community.

From Under the Stairs...Onto the Wares

Vancouver artist Mary Kim shows her work at Poplar ArtCraft, an online
gallery of emerging art and craft in Canada. Described as humorous, uncanny
and often macabre, Mary Kim works in ceramics, mixed media and animation.

Visit the gallery 24 hours a day at http:// poplarartcraft-mackenziefrere.comla

Coming Soon: Ceramics at the Surrey Art Gallery

Ceramics, Ethics & Technology: Materials, Method & Modernism is an
ambitious exhibition that proposes to review ceramic practice, from historical
to contemporary, tracing its ongoing relationship to ethics and technology.

Covering a broad range of topics, the exhibition will include a broad range
of work. From ancient ceramics to contemporary fine craft and examples
of modern, manufactured products, the exhibition will address Canadian and

global ceramic art practice. The show opens in September (dates TBA).@

CLAY 2007: Fraser Valley
Potter’s Guild Showcase

The Evergreen Cultural Centre
will host CLAY 2007: Fraser Valley
Potter’s Guild Showcase from March 29
to April 28. New work by the members
of the Guild will include functional
and non-functional artworks in the
juried annual show. Opening reception:

Sunday, April 1, 4 to 5:30 p.ml@

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