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Unit Bruises: Theodore Wan & Paul Wong, 1975-1979

Unit Bruises: Theodore Wan & Paul Wong, 1975-1979 opens April 20 and runs through to June 30 at class=

@richmondartgallerybc Unit Bruises April 20 to Ju

@richmondartgallerybc Unit Bruises April 20 to June 30, 2024
Opening Reception 2 to 4 pm , April 20

@reelasian Reel Asian is thrilled to announce Paul

@reelasian Reel Asian is thrilled to announce Paul Wong as the 2024 Fire Horse Award recipient! Wong is a pioneering artist known for his innovative visual and media arts work that challenges mainstream conventions and pushes the boundaries of storytelling. His remarkable five-decades-long career, advocacy, and community organizing have significantly impacted the Asian Canadian community, making him the embodiment of the spirit behind the award.

Read the full jury statement at reelasian.com.  
Photo by Claudia Fernandez  #AsianHeritageMonth #FireHorse2024 @therealpaulwong

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@richmondartgallerybc Get to know Paul Wong @there

@richmondartgallerybc Get to know Paul Wong @therealpaulwong , whose work will be featured in Unit Bruises: Theodore Wan & Paul Wong, 1975-1979 which opens on April 20.

Born in 1954 in Prince Rupert, Paul Wong is a multimedia artist, activist, writer, and curator based in Vancouver’s Chinatown. His thought-provoking work tackles identity politics, racism, homophobia, death, memory, and media manipulation.

Paul Wong was part of The Mainstreeters, an “art gang” based around Vancouver’s Main Street. He worked as a video technician at Western Front and helped found the Satellite Video Exchange Society and Video Inn through which, he was exposed to influences in art, video, and dance from international communication and distribution networks.

Wong is an acclaimed artist who has received many awards, including an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Emily Carr University in 2023 and the Audain Prize For Lifetime Achievement In Visual Arts (2016) He also created 5 series of immersive art experiences for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

See link in bio to learn more about Unit Bruises: Theodore Wan & Paul Wong, 1975-1979.

Image: Paul Wong, In Ten Sity, 1978, black and white video (still), Courtesy of Paul Wong Studio

@richmondartgallerybc 📣 The Gallery is closed f

@richmondartgallerybc 📣 The Gallery is closed for installation.

We will reopen on April 20, 2024, as we kick off spring with two dynamic exhibitions that dig into the archive: Unit Bruises featuring Theodore Saskatche Wan and Paul Wong, guest curated by Michael Dang, and The Marble in the Basement, a solo show by Hazel Meyer, curated by Zoë Chan.

“These two exhibitions share parallel interests in archives and the queering of art histories,” says Chan. “At the same time, they articulate these concerns very differently. Unit Bruises contextualizes the production of artworks by two Asian-Canadian artists working during the predominantly white Canadian art scenes of the 1970s. And The Marble in the Basement pays tribute to the iconic Canadian artist Joyce Wieland — who ultimately functions as a point of departure for larger considerations around legacy, ownership, and collecting.”

Join us for the Opening Reception and Artist and Curator Talk on April 20, at 2 PM, as curator Zoë Chan, artist Hazel Meyer, and guest curator Michael Dang conduct an informal tour of the new exhibitions.

See our link in bio for more information about the upcoming exhibitions.

*Unit Bruises is presented with the support of the Audain Endowment for Curatorial Studies through the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory @ahvaubc in collaboration with the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery @belkinartgallery
at the University of British Columbia. This exhibition is part of the 2024 Capture Photography Festival Selected Exhibition Program @capturephotofest.

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Image 1: Hazel Meyer, The Marble in the Basement, 2020, performance with Moe Angelos and Stephen Jackman-Torkoff, Courtesy FADO Performance Art Centre, Photo: Polina Tief

Image 2: Paul Wong, In Ten Sity, 1978, black and white video (still), Courtesy of Paul Wong Studio

@pechakuchavancouver We are excited to announce ou

@pechakuchavancouver We are excited to announce our next PechaKucha Night is on Wednesday May 8th at Vancouver Playhouse. As part of Asian Heritage Month, we have invited 13 amazing local creatives to the stage to present a wide range of topics in the 20 slides x 20 seconds format. Join us for a night of ideas, creativity, inspiration and good times. Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 5th at 10am. Tickets are expected to sell out quickly. ⁠
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Meanwhile, get to know our speakers:⁠
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@garretgman @onelovelyhour @ddmau_chinatown @therealpaulwong⁠ @vishalparadigm @pilipinxpages @loveintersections @cpyvr⁠
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*ASL interpretation will be available at this event. Thank you to our sponsor @perkinswill_van⁠
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#PKNVan #PechaKuchaVan #Vancouver #culture #community #art #VancouverDesign #design⁠

Richard Serra , The Matter of Time 2005-04 weather

Richard Serra , The Matter of Time 2005-04 weathered oxidized steel sculpture @guggenheimbilbao . Recorded April 2023 Bilbao, class=

Celebrating our group exhibition Through the Ripti

Celebrating our group exhibition Through the Riptide in a Canoe at He Xiangning Museum in Shenzhen, China featuring Overseas Chinese artists @xionggu @steven_dragonn @baguabagua @therealpaulwong
Hosted by @claxtondana with guests @nneale @christianyvesjones @karinleefilms Winston Xin , Jeff , Don Claxton, Kim Soo Goodtrack @_nayelibarros

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Communist Youth , photo in wood frame , Paul Wong

Communist Youth , photo in wood frame , Paul Wong 1982, private class=

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#Madonna Celebration Tour 2.21.24 #vancouver

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Exiting #Madonna concert #vancouver

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Earthworks in Harmony Paul Wong, 1974-2024 31:20mi

Earthworks in Harmony
Paul Wong, 1974-2024
31:20min., b&w video, single channel, sound

Based on the four elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, this multi monitor work was commissioned for the Burnaby Art Gallery’s Video Bag exhibition. Earthworks in Harmony was a 4 channel, 16 monitor video wall, it was performed live “VJ” operating 4 1/2″ open reel videotape recorders. It featured original recorded materials by Wong and included reworked segments from a number of Vancouver artists making land art/conceptual videos. Video Bag featured some of Vancouver’s most exciting established and emerging artist experimenting with video art. This was his first public art commission and critical success.

This work has been reprised for it’s 50th anniversary exhibition opening January 25 to March 23, 2024 at DLG (Deer Lake Gallery). The work has digitally remastered and reconstructed Earthworks in Harmony into a single channel video.

Image credit:
#1 'Salmon Spawning' Michael Goldberg
#2 'Sand Pile' Tom Burrows
#3 'Death Valley' Linda Rubin & Matthew Speier
#10 'Water and Clouds' Paul Wong

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Art House Swirl, Paul Wong, 2023 Painted mural 51.

Art House Swirl, Paul Wong, 2023
Painted mural 51.42′ x 7′
Launched Dec 1, 2023

The vortex was an experimental technique explored by early video artists in the 1960s. The design was created by pointing a live camera back onto a video screen, generating a feedback loop that created spirals. Art House Swirl is a long-term, temporary art activation that celebrates Wong’s very first video art exhibition at the Burnaby Art Gallery in 1974 while also paying homage to the architectural style of this modernist ’60s house.

Art House Swirl was installed by muralist, Col Urrutia with support from Dado Designs and Judge Painting Co. This public artwork was commissioned by Deer Lake Gallery/Burnaby Arts Council.

Paul Wong, presents “Mother’s Cupboard” in "

Paul Wong, presents “Mother’s Cupboard” in "Quivering Scene" as part of the "Through the Riptide As A Canoe" exhibition, Dec 28, 2023 to Mar 24, 2024, in He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China. This work comprises 10 photos of repurposed jars owned by Chinese-Canadian elder Suk-fong and a video recorded in her kitchen. Viewers can observe the meticulous labeling of the herbs and elixirs contained within the recycled Western jars. Wong explains that the artwork signifies mainstream patterns of production and consumption by rewriting and relabeling them for her domestic use.

Also presented was the "Father’s Words" triptych, which are photographs of Suk-Fong’s father disappearing with each proceeding letter.

The exhibition is part of the art museum’s long-time research on overseas Chinese artists, focusing on their education, lives and the connections between their experiences and art. These artists, who have embraced different countries and cultures in their lives, provide fresh and diverse perspectives.

Mother’s Cupboard
Paul Wong, 2019
24″ x 36″ ink jet, colour prints
Limited edition of 5
Series of 10 images

父字 / Father’s Words, August 24, 1964
Paul Wong, 2019
50.5" x 67.5"
digital print on bamboo paper, edition of 2

父字 / Father’s Words, December 29, 1971
Paul Wong, 2019
50.5" x 67.5"
digital print on bamboo paper, edition of 2

父字 / Father’s Words, June 22, 1973
Paul Wong, 2019
50.5" x 67.5"
digital print on bamboo paper, edition of 2

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