Minor Pieces
November 17 – December 19, 2010
Opening: November 16 at 7:30pm
Charles H. Scott Gallery
Emily Carr University,
1399 Johnston Street,
Vancouver, BC
Tel: 604.844.3809
http://chscott.ecuad.ca
Minor PiecesNummer twaalf, variations on a theme: The King’s Gambit accepted, the number of stars in the sky and why a piano can’t be tuned or waiting for an earthquakeThe exhibition will also include Nummer zes: Steinway grand piano, wake me up to go to sleep, and all the colors of the rainbow. In the film, the artist who is also a composer and classically trained pianist, sets out the history of the Steinway piano, subsequently enacting his desire to locate himself within its privilege and romantic grandiosity.
Guido van der Werve was recently awarded the Prix International d’Art Contemporain, La Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco and is currently short-listed for the Future Generation Art Prize. He has exhibited extensively including solo exhibitions at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC and the Hayward Gallery in London.
Artist Talk
November 15 at 7pm in the theatre, SB 301
For more information please contact the gallery at 604 844 3809.
Gallery hours are 12 -5 weekdays and 10-5 weekends. Admission is free.
Charles H. Scott Gallery
Emily Carr University, 1399 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC
Tel: 604.844.3809, Web: http://chscott.ecuad.ca
