January 24, 2018New rennie museum Exhibition: Yoko OnoBy rennie museumThis March, rennie museum is pleased to present Yoko Ono’s MEND PIECE, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City version (1966/2015). Illustrating Ono’s long standing artistic quest in social activism and world peace, this instructional work will transform the historic Wing Sang building into an intimate space for creative expression and bring people together in an act of collective healing and meditation. The installation… Read more.
January 9, 2018Exhibition Walkthrough: Ian WallaceBy rennie museumExhibition walkthrough of ‘Ian Wallace: Collected Works’ at Rennie Museum, May 27 – October 14, 2017. Exhibition Walkthrough: Ian Wallace from Rennie Collection on Vimeo. VIDEO & EDIT: Milena Salazar Read more.
December 20, 2017The Poignancy of PlywoodBy rennie museumWritten by Sophia Lapres Ian Wallace has long engaged with representations of locale. Many of his works draw from Vancouver’s urban environment and history, and focus primarily on questions of space. These pieces often feature large monochromatic sections, sometimes printed with plywood patterns. I have found these plywood monoprints to be particularly interesting aspects of Wallace’s composition, as they impart… Read more.
November 24, 2017Exhibition Walkthrough: Simon StarlingBy rennie museumExhibition walkthrough of Simon Starling: Collected Works at rennie museum, November 18, 2016 – March 25, 2017. Exhibition Walkthrough: Simon Starling from rennie collection on Vimeo. VIDEO & EDIT: Milena Salazar Read more.
November 22, 2017Poolside PerspectivesBy rennie museumWritten by Sophia Lapres Ian Wallace’s large scale photographic works explore the intersection between the mediums of painting and photography. His works feature both photographic and painted moments, but what is the primary medium of these works? Most of the canvases’ surface is dedicated to the photograph— the coloured bars read more as addendum. Interestingly, Wallace refers to these large… Read more.
November 7, 2017rennie Speaker Series Presents: Gary SimmonsBy rennie museumWednesday, November 15th at 6:30 pmSPACE IS LIMITED, doors at 6:15 pmRennie Museum51 East Pender Street FREE and open to the publicFirst come first seated We are pleased to announce a rennie Speaker Series artist talk by Gary Simmons. Staging history through the looking glass of popular culture, Simmons’ work exposes the impossibility of abolishing racial and cultural stereotypes from our… Read more.
November 1, 2017A Warm Goodbye to Ian Wallace & Programming News!By rennie museumThank you for joining us in celebrating Ian Wallace! In an exhibition that featured rarely and never-before seen historic works of the influencial artist, we provided more than 150 public and private tours, and expanded our Education Programming to design customized arts education workshops to youth groups! While we dismantle the show and send the works off to their new… Read more.
October 10, 2017Looking Back to Move ForwardBy rennie museumWritten by Sydney Marshall Hung on the back wall of Rennie Museum’s smallest room are two of Ian Wallace’s most critical works: The Studio (1977) and The Calling (1977). Both are photographic reproductions of history paintings, namely, Gustave Courbet’s The Painter’s Studio: A real allegory summing of seven years of my artistic and moral life (1854-1855) and Michelangelo Caravaggio’s The… Read more.
September 19, 2017“Ian Wallace: Collected Works” Exhibition Extension & Artist TalkBy rennie museumYou asked, we listened: due to overwhelming demand, we are extending Ian Wallace: Collected Works through October! With five additional tour days, the exhibition now runs until Saturday, October 14th. If you haven’t booked a tour yet, now is your chance to come see the rarely and never–before seen historic works of renowned Vancouver artist before they head off to their new home at the… Read more.
August 25, 2017Ian Wallace at rennie museumBy rennie museumIan Wallace on his diverse practice, which artists inspire him and his views on creativity. Interviewed on the occasion of ‘Ian Wallace: Collected Works’ exhibited at rennie museum, May 27, 2017 – October 14, 2017. Ian Wallace at rennie museum from rennie collection on Vimeo. VIDEO & EDIT: Milena Salazar Read more.