Studio visit with:

Ian Wallace

Thursday, October 15, 2009


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The gathering of work in this exhibition focuses on the main projects of the 1970s and slightly beyond, beginning with Panam Scan (1970) through to Poverty (1980), including original precursor works to major works such as The Summer Script (1973-1974), An Attack on Literature (1975), Image/Text (1979), and Lookout (1979). The exhibition also includes an installation of large-scale works that have not been shown in nearly three decades, including The Hypnerotomachia Series (1977), L\’Après-Midi (1977-1979), The Calling (1977) and The Studio (1977) as well as early video projects related to this work. Through these works, Wallace pioneers early investigations of the moving and still image and addresses key concerns of Formalism and Symbolism. This exhibition marks a significant period in Ian Wallace’s practice and within the fundamental ideas formulated in art during the 1970s.

Ian Wallace (b. 1943) has long been an important figure in the Vancouver art scene, teaching at the University of British Columbia, from 1967 to 1970, and then at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University) from 1972 to 1998. He has had numerous exhibitions in Canada, the United States and in Europe, where his works are exhibited in the collections of leading museums and arts institutions, including: the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris; and the National Gallery of Canada/Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa. Currently Wallace’s work is included in a solo exhibition at the Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, and will be on view until October 24, 2009. Ian Wallace’s solo exhibition at the Catriona Jeffries Gallery opened on September 18th and will also close on October 24, 2009.