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2008-04-02T21:21:00.000-07:00

ON NOW:

BILOCATION

Curators:

Lisa Giroday
Sam Philips
Mike Swaney
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Lisa Giroday [proprietor of the L.E.S. Gallery] came up with the idea of manipulating the German word doppelgänger to express the segregation and isolation that the Vancouver cultural scene can manifest. We proceeded to relate our favorite local artists with likeminded international artists. Lisa Giroday, Mike Swaney and I [the curators of the Bilocation Series] want to illustrate that through the connection of analogous international artists, what is happening in Vancouver is significant and relative to the global arts scene. Given the sinister implications of the term "doppelganger", we found the term bilocation to be a more appropriate word for our concept.
Bilocation is a less ominous term, slightly different in nature but similar to the notion of the 'doppelganger'; it is the ostensibly supernatural act of appearing or being in two or more locations simultaneously. One of our curatorial objectives is to unpack the notion of 'doppelganger', as we realize the negative connotations encompassing the folklore of the term and the inherent irony of us, 1. Attempting the task of pairing artistic doubles, and 2. Initiating communication between 'doppelgangers'—it is commonly considered unwise to communicate with a doppelganger, and to see one's own is a bad omen. Our subversion and re-contextualization of these meanings is playful, inspiring the idea of a global network of idiosyncratic 'doubles'. Instead of 'doppelganger' or 'bilocation' evoking inauspicious suppositions, we explore the concept as a catalyst with the intent to expand a network of artists and establish, as implied earlier, a more developed sense of global community.

The Bilocation Series is a process of further investigating identity for all individuals and places concerned. A central result of our artist pairing in this series is that it acts as a symposium, as a point of connection, as a cultural exchange, most simply and essentially thriving from both disparate elements and parallel ones.
If bilocation is seen in some instances as being related to the psyche, we wish to utilize the L.E.S. Gallery's location as a theoretical form of consciousness for these 'doubles'.
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The Bilocation Series consists of three separate themes exhibited consecutively over six weeks. We have paired, within each theme, one international artist and one local artist.

The series has been categorized as follows:

Part I: MIXED MEDIA

Joseph Hart, Mark Delong

April 12 – 28

Part II: DRAWING

Manuel Olias, James Whitman

May 3 – 17

Part III: INSTALLATION

Gregory & Cyril Chapusiat, Chad Oakenfold

May 24 – June 14
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Artist Links:

Joseph Hart (New York)
www.jhartillustration.com

Mark Delong (Vancouver, Canada)
www.bambi.org.UK

Manuel Olias (Spain)
http://dibujosaciegas.tk/

James Whitman (Vancouver, Canada)
www.lionspile.ca

Chapusiat brothers (Switzerland)
www.mentary.com/chapuisat

Chad Oakenfold (Vancouver, Canada)
www.oakenfold.ca

Contact:
Lisa Giroday
lisa@lesgallery.ca

Mike Swaney
humancinco@gmail.com

Sam Philips
samantha.philips@gmail.com

2008-03-17T20:26:00.001-07:00

The L.E.S. Gallery is pleased to announce the celebration of its first Annual Art Auction, held with the intent to further facilitate programming at the gallery, and to further support the artists whose work it encourages.

Please join us for an evening of interaction and an opportunity to acquire work
by the following artists:
Andrew Jeffery Wright
Jason Mclean
Owen Plummer
Joey Haley
Mugi Takei
Mark DeLong
Kayla Guthrie
Matthew Brown
James Whitman
Jaret Penner
Mike Swaney
Erin Perry
Igor Santizo
Steve Calvert
Shane Ehamn
Tyler Lepore
Simon Redekop
Jessica Eaton
Kevin Hooyman
Shane Baron
Mathew Robertson
Gregory Chapuisat
The silent auction will begin on Friday, March 28th, 7-11pm and Saturday March 29th 12-5pm.

L.E.S. Gallery
1879 Powell St.
Vancouver, BC
www.lesgallery.ca
Contact: Lisa Giroday, Curator
lisa@lesgallery.ca

2008-02-06T12:30:00.000-08:00

Really Good Mine
By The Lions
Opens Saturday March 1 - 22

2008-01-11T14:45:00.000-08:00

Arrested Development
By Kayla Guthrie
Opens Saturday February 2nd, 7pm through February 23rd
LES Gallery
1879 Powell Street

Gallery hours: Thursday, Friday 1-6, Saturday 12-5
contact: lisa@lesgallery.ca
www.lesgallery.ca

Statement: These works were made in Philadelphia and Vancouver, half a year after I finished art school. They integrate still life settings, arbitrarily shaped objects, and surfaces that look like they belong in home interiors. Blown-up Xeroxed images of charcoal studies intersect rough modeled shapes. The sculptures are inspired by contemporary “abstract sculpture”, often seen in craft exhibitions and anonymous public art, ersatz permutations of the modernist sculpture of Henry Moore or Constantin Brancusi. I’m attracted to the former viability, in the early 20th century, of simplistic forms as timeless metaphysical signifiers, but I’m equally interested in pop culture’s uptake of this iconography as shorthand for a mysterious, indecipherable expressionism: the symbolic, comic-book representation of artwork as a random shape on a plinth. “Arrested Development” is a series of paintings and sculptures that embraces these emblematic “forms of art” as transmitters for personal idiosyncrasies.

Bio: Kayla Guthrie models her sculpture, installation, and painting in bright, gooey textures that often resemble overgrown hobby art projects. This work is frequently accompanied by self-published zines of experimental writing. For her most recent solo exhibit, Personalities, at Blim, she created a 20-foot-high “3D mural” of papier-mache forms and paint on one wall as a theatrical backdrop for the recital of a collection of scripts, poems, and vignettes which took place at the show’s opening. Having graduated from Emily Carr Institute’s BFA program last May, Guthrie has been involved for the past five years as a singer in a variety of local noise music acts as well working as a writer at Only magazine. She has exhibited alone and in group shows at Blanket, Dadabase, The Helen Pitt Gallery, and Access.

2007-12-27T21:34:00.000-08:00

Featured Products at the LESS: Nieves books, various publications from Japan, LA, EU, Kevin Hooyman zines from NYC, Gailan Ngan ceramics Vancouver, dolls from Spain and more. Expect new arrivals very shortly.

2007-10-31T10:03:00.000-07:00

25/27
An animated installation by Lief Hall
Opens Saturday December 1 7pm
through Jan 1
LES Gallery 1879 Powell
www.lesgallery.ca

2007-09-30T20:28:00.000-07:00

"Sight for Sore Eyes" By Ryan Mitchell-Morisson
October 20/07 through November 20/07

2007-07-30T20:46:00.000-07:00

"Fickle Hearts Grow Greener" September 8th through October 8thGuest Curated by Chloe Lewis and Andrew Taggart with participating artists:
Ian Campbell (Saskatoon)
Christof Hofmeister (Vancouver)
Jim Holyoak (Montreal)
Chloe Lewis & Andrew Taggart (Toronto)
Nadia Moss (Montreal)
Jaret Penner (Vancouver)
Erin Perry (Omaha)
Stacia Verigin (Saskatoon)
James Whitman (Vancouver)
Charlotte Matthews (Vancouver)
Kristin Bjornerud (Hamilton)

2007-05-10T11:49:00.000-07:00

"4 Ways to Walk Alone"
June 2 through July 15, 2007:
- New photos by Jesse Savath, Adam Blasberg, Wayne Webb and Jeff Petry.<

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2007-04-12T17:28:00.000-07:00

OUT OF THE MINE

at the lower east side studio
1978 Powell Street (at Victoria).
Opening May 3, 7pm–late.
Closeing show May 19.
Curated By Elise Beneteau

Over twenty graduating students in
visual arts and design arts are
exhibiting in a grad satellite show.

Elise Beneteau, Francesca Bennett,
Rebecca Brewer, Ali Campbell, Sadie
Cha, Angela Chen, Katrina Eggert,
Kayla Guthrie, Steven Hubert, Heather
Jones, Ane Kristensen, James Lee,
Sandra Lopuch, Manolo Lugo, Nick
Matranga, Daniel Oates-Kuhn, Alana
Paterson, Lester Ramsay, Kaeli
Robinsong, Niel Rockwell, Julia Sadler,
Maxwell Simmer, Shiloh Sukkau, Anna
Szaflarski, Chris Turner, Monika Wyndham,
Lilith Yacub

2007-03-06T19:58:00.000-08:00

Aggregate Set - Opens Saturday, April 7th 7pm through April 21st by appointment contact lisa@lesgallery.ca

From the collection of Igor Santizo. Featuring 60 local, national and international visual artists:
Stephanie Aitken, Shane Baron, Marc Bell, Eli Bornowsky, Marianne Bos, Coleen Brown, Hank Bull, Steve Calvert, Robert Chaplain, Jo Cook, Mark Delong, Maura Doyle, Michael Dowad, Annie Dunning, Sarah Edmonds, Shayne Ehman, Heather Frise, Jaques Godet, Andrea Gower, Massimo Guerrera, Adad Hannah, Sonja Hebert, Coleen Heslin, Antonia Hirsch, Tricia Keith, Kevin Immanuel, Luis Jacob, David Khang, David Lehman, Corine Lemieux, Mark 4, Jason McLean, Barry McGee, Robert McNealy, Erin McSavaney, Ryan Mitchell-Morrison, Nick Morley & Bevis Martin, Rod Navarro, Miriam Needoba, Matt O'Donnell, Bob Ostertag & Pierre Hebert, Matt Penner, Sylvia Pendl, Danica Phelps, Owen Plummer, David Poolman, Elisa Rathje, Leah Rosenberg, Kevin Singer, Pete Thompson, Liza Visagie, Jan Wade, Anna Wood, Elizabeth Zvonar.

2007-01-10T15:59:00.000-08:00

"The Gangs All Here" HUMAN FIVE at the LES. New works by Simon Redekop, Jaret Penner, Tyler Lepore and Mike Swaney. For Prices or appointment contact: lisa@lesgallery.ca or www.humanfive.com

2006-11-14T10:24:00.000-08:00

Massive Swerve" by Robert Valley. Opens Saturday December 16th 7pm - January 6th by appointment, contact 604-377-5140 or lisa@lesgallery.ca

2006-10-16T23:21:00.000-07:00

Asphalt Watches - November 11/06 By Shane Ehman, Seth Scriver, Jeff Halladay, Erin Zimerman. "Asphalt Watches" - Episode one screening and new works, collaborative and individual.

2006-10-16T23:03:00.000-07:00

September 2 - October 3, 2006 - "Caleb Neelon's Unrelenting Optimism" Installation and paintings by Caleb Neelon
www.theartwheredreamscometrue.com

2006-10-16T23:02:00.000-07:00

July 8th - August 8th, 2006 - "Invisible Empires" New works by Kiji McCafferty

2006-10-16T23:01:00.001-07:00

April 29th - May 29th, 2006 - "Be/Hold" Drawings, sculpture and istallation by Igor Santizo

2006-10-16T23:01:00.000-07:00

January 8th - Febuary 28th, 2006 - "Faces of Basco5" New works and installtion by Nils Blishen

2006-10-16T22:59:00.000-07:00

November 26th - December 26, 2005 - "Orange Walrus Eating Noodles" New drawings, sculpture, paintings and installation by Owen Plummer, Terry Plummer, Andrew Dick and Satomi Joba

2006-10-16T22:58:00.000-07:00

September 24th - October 24th, 2005 - "Escape Routes" New works and installation by Gabriel Dubios

2006-10-16T22:57:00.000-07:00

August 6th - August 18th, 2005 - "Super Scapes" New Works by Quin Martins, Ken Angel and Lisa Giroday

2006-10-16T22:55:00.000-07:00

July 16th, 2005 - "The Cake Show" Featuring baked goods by Owen Plummer, Terry Plummer, Lief Hall, James Whitman, Darcey Collins, Lisa Giroday, Andrew Dick, Rodrigo Gonzalez, Andrew Luketic, and Luke Ramsay.

2006-10-16T22:53:00.000-07:00

May 28th - "The 8 Spokes" Featuring new drawings, photos, painting, collage and installation by Cedric Meister, Jesse Corcoran, Justin B. Williams, Ben Johnson, Tyler Lepore, Sam Collins, Kiji McCafferty and Thomas Stavnes.

2006-10-16T22:14:00.000-07:00

March 18th 2005 "Motel International Exhibition" New photos, paintings, drawings and stencil by Australian artists, Saskia Folk, Anthony Lister, Kiron Robinson and Yok Yoker.

2006-09-01T17:00:00.000-07:00

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