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MÓNICA REYES GALLERY - PETITION TO SUPPORT THE ARTS IN VANCOUVER
As you know, commercial art galleries, artist-run exhibition centres, and not-for-profit exhibitions across the City of Vancouver have been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak. As common places for culture, they contribute to Vancouver's reputation as an exciting destination for tourists to visit, and help make the city a vibrant space of inclusion for all the different communities that form the social fabric of the city.
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CURRENT EXHIBITION
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ARTISTS COMMENTS REGARDING THE PANDEMIC
We will be updating this section as videos arrive. In the meantime, here are videos from, Kathy Slade in Vancouver, BC, Annie Briard in her studio in Vancouver, BC, Josema Zamorano in Vancouver, BC, Talia Shipman in LA, Wil Murray in Berlin, Andrea Taylor in Burnanby and Noah Becker in Brooklyn, Robert Kleyn in Vancouver, BC, Javiera da Fonseca in Mexico City (in Spanish) and Sarah Delaney in Vancouver, BC. They all speak about what is it like to be waking up in their own city during these uncharted times, their hopes and what they wish for the future.
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ROBERT KLEYN
from Vancouver, BC March 23, 2020 |
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KATHY SLADE
Canadian artist Kathy Slade shares this exerpt of the video "Please Please Please" presenting an empty Vancouver street coupled with this melancholy song, as her response to the gallery’s request to artists for their perspectives on the current situation. The video “Please Please Please” (dvd projection, 11 minutes, 2003), which depicts a point of view shot as the artist walks from her studio to the Or Gallery (where the work was originally shown). For the soundtrack, Slade performs a cover of The Smiths’ “Please Please Please,” accompanied by Dan Bejar @destroyer_band on guitar and piano. March 27, 2020 |
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JOSEMA ZAMORANO
Mexican-Canadian artist based in Vancouver is regularly dealing with the role of visual poetics in making a critique of modern times. In this video he shares his perspective on the role of art in times of Covid-19. March 25, 2020 |
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FEATURED ARTWORKS
ABOUT THE GALLERY
Mónica Reyes Gallery (MRG) has been backing the growth and development of emerging and mid-career artists at its current location since 2013. Serving the local and international art scene, MRG promotes artist initiatives invested in shaping the economies of art and culture. Located in the heart of Strathcona, the gallery is uniquely positioned to create dialogues with the artists and cultural engineers who call the neighbourhood home.
With a commitment to advancing the cultural capital of the city the gallery has since partnered with Pattison Art in Transit to present The Strathcona Billboard Project (2014). Additionally, the gallery served as the catalyst and headquarters for the Vancouver based artist collective A.K.A and hosted its first set of projects, Diffractions of the Local I & II. MRG has built connections both nationally and internationally, reaching new markets and influencing collectors, curators and artists. The gallery will extend its influence by being represented at art fairs in Canada and USA having participated in dozens since its beginning.
Founder and director Mónica Reyes has been a longstanding figure in the Vancouver art scene having served as Vice President of the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver and the Board of Latincouver. Today she sits on the Board of the Strathcona Board Improvement Assosiation. Reyes is committed to investing in art that gives voice to the cultural diversity of the Pacific Northwest.
MRG's regular exhibition program and special events provide artists with opportunities for artists to show work that includes range of practices from more traditional forms of painting, sculpture and photography to experimental video, durational performance, spatial interventions, installation and poetry.
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CONTACT US
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602 E Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 1R1
T. 604.339.2096
www.monicareyesgallery.com
mr@monicareyesgallery.com