Neil Wedman : Death Ray

This exhibition's large-scale charcoal and pastel drawings address issues of social allegory, myth, irony and death. The brief essay draws an analogy between Wedman's investigation of belief structures and the larger search on the part of West coast artists to identify an authentic experience in an isolated environment where historic elements are alien and displaced. Reflecting the exhibition, the catalogue culminates in Wedman's large, 18-panel drawing, "Death Ray" (1987)

October Show

The authors discuss the specificity of Vancouver as a context for artists and critics. The roles of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the October Show are analysed. Includes notes on video works, curator's and artists' statements

Artropolis 90 : Lineages & Linkages

Varney documents the processes of organizing and mounting an exhibition of over 200 contemporary British Columbia artists. Includes artist's statements