The Metamorphosis at the Vancouver Art Gallery

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(left) Beau Dick, "Sculpin Mask," 1985–92, red cedar, acrylic paint, cedar bark, rope, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund

(right) Wang Jianwei, "The Morning Time Disappeared," 2014, single-channel video with sound, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in connection with The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative; The gift of edition 2/5 to the Vancouver Art Gallery was made possible in part by China Global.

The Vancouver Art Gallery explores transformation and change in The Metamorphosis, an exhibition of contemporary art from the gallery’s collection.

On view from Nov. 24 to March 17, it includes artists Sonny Assu, Beau Dick, Lyse Lemieux, Marianne Nicolson, Skeena Reece, Fiona Tan, Wang Jianwei.

“The Metamorphosis ties together provocative themes and ideas of change undertaken in more than 40 remarkable contemporary works,” says Kathleen Bartels, the gallery's director.

The show's  title was inspired by Franz Kafka’s 1915 novella, which follows the experience of a man who finds himself transformed into a giant insect. 

Some artists in the show physically alter the appearance of their materials, while others repurpose everyday objects in evocative ways. There are also works that suggest a movement between different realms or states of altered consciousness and spiritual transcendence.

The show is curated by senior curator Bruce Grenville, assistant curator Emmy Lee Wall and Tarah Hogue, senior Indigenous fellow.

Source: Vancouver Art Gallery