On Wednesday we talked to the Vancouver art gallery. The landscape scenes were really nice, but the top two floors were too abstract for me. Emily Carr had many of her paintings on display. They weren’t my favorite. One of the unique things was a sculpture by Brian Jungen of a whale, which was made entirely of white plastic lawn chairs. It hung from the ceiling in a large room. It was unique. Another item was a piece of cloth with lots of lipstick prints. It was all of the lip positions of someone singing the Canadian national anthem. There was also the wall of 67, showing 67 individual pictures of oriental Canadians posed in front of the same Canadian mountain scene. The display took the whole wall. On the adjacent wall was another set of 67 pictures showing the same people from the rear. The artist, Jin-me Yoon, was making a statement about cultural identity, but I needed more help understanding it.
The same artist produced Intersection II. The internet says it continues the artist's exploration of motherhood. Like Intersection, this second series is comprised of two staged studio photographs. In one the artist is seen lying on the floor with her day planner in a pool of spilt milk. In the second photograph the artist's child is seen seated and crying in a pool of milk. Both tableaus are shot against a brilliant violet background.
Last night we went to the theatre – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Nothing is cheap here – and the theatre is no exception. The place was virtually sold out. The performance was good, but added some sexual content that made me uncomfortable. I never can figure out why people think that is so funny. It isn’t clever or plot-enhancing, just disgusting. Today we visit Granville Island to see It’s a Wonderful Life on stage. It should be great!
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