Publications

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Richmond Art Gallery

 

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The Richmond Art Gallery produces a variety of print material annually highlighting Gallery operations such as exhibition related catalogues and brochures, newsletters, an annual catalogue and educational publications including a new activity booklet. The publications provide a lasting documentation of Gallery activities and exhibitions. An important focus of the exhibition publications is the dissemination of contemporary art discourse to the communities the Gallery serves and to galleries across Canada through the RAG’s publication exchange program.




Brown Skin Before Red, Charlene Vickers
$1
Exhibition publication with text by Maralynn Cherry.

 


Between Hope and Politics: Photographs of the PacifiCat Project, Jim Breukelman
$1
Exhibition publication with text by Ellinda Siu.


reasonable & senseless, Donna Szoke
Spatial Nebulosity, Ricarda McDonald

$1
Exhibition publication with text by Ellinda Siu.


Highlife, Michelle Allard
$1
Exhibition publication with text by Kristina Lee Podesva.


Proscenium Home, Erica Stocking
$1
Exhibition publication with text by Kristina Lee Podesva.


Of Landscape and Light, Sara Angelucci
$2
Exhibition publication with text by Guest Curator, Karen Henry.
 


Inside Out, Gwenessa Lam & Janet Wang
$1
Exhibition publication with text by Carie Helm.
 

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Shift: Working Through Repetition and Difference
Nora Blanck, Jenny Judge, Sylvia Kind, Philippe Sokazo, Tim van Wijk
$1
Exhibition publication with text by Carie Helm.
 

 
Eliza Au, Wreath/Wreath & Kim Huynh, Flash: Richmond
$2
Asian Heritage Month Exhibition catalogue with texts by Joni Low.
 


Paul Mathieu, Making China in China
$8
Exhibition catalogue with texts by Liz Magor, Min Shen and Paul Mathieu.



Haruko Okano, Arboretum Arborescence; Frances Grafton, Once Upon a Time, Kevin McKenzie, Prophetic Flame
$2

Brochure and insert accompanied two exhibitions: Haruko Okano’s Arboretum Arborescence and Frances Grafton’s Once Upon a Time with the insert for Kevin McKenzie’s window installation, Prophetic Flame; December 2, 2005 - January 11, 2006. Texts by Deborah Koenker for Once Upon a Time and Susan Detwiler for Arboretum Arborescence.
 


Richmond Art Gallery: 25 Years
$20
The catalogue, with an online component, accompanies the RAG’s silver anniversary exhibition which ran from October 14 to November 23, 2005. It acknowledges exhibitions and artists that have been important to the community of Richmond, to the growth of the RAG and to the development of contemporary art. Featuring writings by RAG Director/Curator Corrine Corry, Curatorial Assistants; Michelle Gewurtz and Carie Helm, Vancouver Art Critic Robin Laurence; design by Gary Shilling.
 


Place/Displace: Three Generations of Taiwanese Art
$8
A 120 page catalogue in Chinese and English published for the touring exhibition curated by Charles Liu and John Begley, held at the RAG April 28 - June 2, 2005. Essay by Charles Liu, prefaces by sponsors and Michelle Gewurtz, Curatorial Assistant, Richmond Art Gallery; examples of artwork and a biography for each artist exhibiting.
Place/Displace: Three Generations of Taiwanese Art, the bilingual brochure, is available at the Gallery, free of charge.
 


Keith Langergräber, Impact Zones
$8 ($10 for a signed limited edition with a drawing)

This catalogue/bookwork accompanies the exhibition Impact Zone, December 2004. It includes texts by Cecilia Denegri Jetté and the artist, as well as interviews with Hutch Sam and Connie Watts.
 


Deborah Koenker, Thinking Textile
$8

The exhibition catalogue for Thinking Textile, December 2003 at the Richmond Art Gallery. Features the work of 16 contemporary artists working conceptually and technically through the theme of textile. Includes images of the artwork and an essay by the curator, Deborah Koenker.
 


Margaret Dragu, La Dragu
$22

A look at Canadian performance artist, Margaret Dragu's lifework, including essays, a 16-page photo insert and a 2-film DVD, edited by Paul Couillard.
 


Monique Genton, The Grass Project – Garden City
$2
Judy Williams, Salmon Stock
$2

Brochures for Monique Genton’s exhibition,
The Grass Project – Garden City, September 2003, with text by Rory Wallace; and Judy Williams’, Salmon Stock, September 2003, produced in collaboration with the Gulf of Georgia Cannery.
 


Shirley Inouye, Changes/New Beginning
SOLD OUT
Photographs from Shirley Inouye’s exhibition from Asian Heritage 2003 at the Richmond Art Gallery, are accompanied by Nan Capogna’s text.
 


Donald Lawrence, The Underwater Pinhole Photography Project
$8
A 46 page catalogue from the August 2002 exhibition, offering an unusual blend of absurd technology and luminous images, intriguing observations and obsessions of its maker, Victorian antecedents and contemporary counterparts. The catalogue was published in partnership with Gallery 44, Gallery Connexion, and Dalhousie Art Gallery.
 


Barrie Jones, UNIFORMED: Urban Heroes to McJobs
SOLD OUT

Photographs from Barrie Jones’ exhibition, UNIFORMED: Urban Heroes to McJobs, April 2002 at the Richmond Art Gallery, are accompanied by Jeremy Todd’s text, The Lost and Found Powers of Barrie Jones’ Pictures.
 


Ricarda McDonald, redTEXTblack
SOLD OUT

Advertising, consumerism and gender issues are among the themes of these word images from Ricarda McDonald’s exhibition, redTEXTblack, March 2002 at the Richmond Art Gallery.
 


Gu Xiong, Drowning
$2
The personal trauma of a boating accident is linked with the transformation of China through globalization in Gu Xiong’s exhibition and catalogue, Drowning, November 2000 at the Richmond Art Gallery. Andrew Hunter’s text accompanies images from the exhibition.
 


Deborah Koenker, Adrift: a sculptural installation
SOLD OUT

This limited edition, signed, artist book (100 copies) was produced in conjunction with Deborah Koenker’s exhibition Adrift: a sculptural installation in January 2000.
 


Salish Art Exhibitions, Embrace the Visionaries
$2
Statements and images from the 15 Salish artists: Esther R. Bob, Bradley Dick, Charles Elliott, John Elliott, Joel Green, Rita George Green, Mark Guerin, Floyd Joseph, Rita Louis, Barbara P. Marchand, Kevin Paul, Rose M. Spahan, Irving Sparrow – III, Christopher Sparrow, and William A. White, who participated in Embrace the Visionaries, November 1999. The exhibition was sponsored by the RAG and held at the Richmond Museum.
 


Richmond Arts Centre User Groups, 1999
SOLD OUT
Equipped with nine studios, he Arts Centre in Richmond offers pottery, painting, printmaking, fabric arts, lapidary, silversmithing, multipurpose, dance and photography. The member group exhibition at the RAG enables groups to share the wonderful work and to coninue making Richmond a vital community.
 


International Indigenous Art Exhibition, Four Circles - Soaring Visions
SOLD OUT
An international collboration between Australian Aboriginal artists Max Mansell and Heather Kemarre Shearer, and First Nations artists of Canada, George Littlechild and Faith Louise-Adams. Curated by Amir Ali Alibhai and Doreen Mello. 15 page catalogue, published in 1998.
 


The Art of W. P. Weston, Silence and Solitude
$5

A landmark project for the Richmond Art Gallery, published in celebration of the completion of the Cultural Centre at Minoru Park Plaza, October 1992. Curated by Letia Richardson.
 


RAG Catalogues, 2000 – 2006
$5

Review the history of the Richmond Art Gallery’s exhibitions with back issues of the Annual Catalogue.