"The Modern Eye" Opening July 22, 2011, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

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"Furniture designed and made in Victoria by Morrison-Bush"

Furniture designed and made in Victoria by Morrison-Bush in the window of Standard Furniture, 1953.

THE MODERN EYE

Opening July 22, 2011, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

For western cities without much history to draw on, there’s been a trend to celebrate more recent histories, in art, architecture, design, and culture. Opening July 22 at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, The Modern Eyespotlights cultural and quotidian touchstones between 1940 and 1980 — household goods, furniture and craft objects that embody a uniquely Canadian modernist aesthetic.