Pencil on Paper: Curated by Lynn Ruscheinsky

Nancy Boyd, Andrew Tong, Jeremiah Birnbaum, Mandy Boursicot, Bruce Pashak, Scott Plumbe, Carolyn Stockbridge, Theresa Sapergia

Jul 18, 2009 – Aug 12, 2009

Equivocal Litanies
64 in x 96 in
mixed media on two canvases
Held over until Aug. 12th @ 4:00 pm

The Elliott Louis Gallery is pleased to announce that we are participating in this year's Drawn Festival with a group exhibition, curated by art historian Lynn Ruscheinsky, Ph.D., bringing together some of the most intriguing established and emerging artists of 2009.

Included in the show are established gallery artists Bruce Pashak, Nancy Boyd, Scott Plumbe and Mandy Boursicot with young up-and-comers Andrew Tong, Carolyn Stockbridge, Derek Dunlop and Jeremiah Birnbaum.

While stylistically and thematically diverse, each member of the group brings a uniquely contemporary handling of their subject matter and materials. From Pashaks, probing of relations, affects and becomings into which both human beings and animals are thrown, Dunlops and Birnbaums conceptual investigation of the nihilistic tendencies of male cultural identity, Stockbridges comment about the human within the urban centre to Boursicots, Boyds and Plumbes unique capacity to visualize the very forces of earth and all that populates it, these artists each respond to their surroundings in a unique and engaging way.

Bruce Pashak will give an artist talk, "Drawing as a Dionysian Experience/Experiment" at the gallery on Wednesday, July 29, at 7 pm. Vancouver artist Bruce Pashak creates images that simultaneously compel us with their beauty while causing us to question some of the basic assumptions that underpin traditional and contemporary aesthetics. Pashak will discuss drawing from a philosophical perspective, claiming it as a viable genre unto itself. Reflecting on his own work as a backdrop, he will argue that drawing can be an effective voice for the communication of relevant social criticism and art theory.
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"Untitled" (Three Wolves) detail
in x in

Artist Work
After Muybridge No 1, Elephant Ascending Rabbit Descending While Tethered
21 in x 37.5 in
graphite on paper

$2100 CDN

Artist Work
After Muybridge No 2, Gibbon turning While Pinned
21 in x 37.5 in
graphite on paper

$2100 CDN

Artist Work
Against The Cold #10
38 in x 25 in
mixed media drawing on paper

$2100 CDN

Artist Work
Against The Cold #2
38 in x 25 in
mixed media drawing on paper

$2100 CDN

Artist Work
Against The Cold #7
38 in x 25 in
mixed media drawing on paper

$2100 CDN

Artist Work
Against The Cold #9
38 in x 25 in
mixed media drawing on paper

$2100 CDN

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Alley
8 in x 10 in
pencil on paper

$1315 CDN

Artist Work
Artemis
24 in x 18 in
graphite & brown chaulk on cemented canvas

$2040 CDN

Artist Work
Black Pine
8 in x 10 in
pencil on paper

$1315 CDN

Artist Work
Blue Cloud and Bunker
26 in x 20 in
oil paint, graphite & colour pencil on paper

$1460 CDN

Artist Work
Blue Cloud and Rock Garden
26 in x 20 in
oil paint, graphite & colour pencil on paper

$1460 CDN

Artist Work
Blue Cloud and Underground
26 in x 20 in
oil paint, graphite & colour pencil on paper

$1460 CDN

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Blue Cloud with Orchid
26 in x 20 in
oil paint, graphite & colour pencil on paper

$1460 CDN

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Blue Cloud with Red Pillar
26 in x 20 in
oil paint, graphite & colour pencil on paper

$1460 CDN

Artist Work
Dionysus in India I
23.75 in x 23.75 in
graphite, oil & brown chaulk on collaged board

$3000 CDN

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Dionysus in India I (detail)
in x in

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Dionysus in India II
16 in x 12 in
graphite & brown chaulk on collaged board

$2400 CDN

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Farm House
8 in x 10 in
pencil on paper

$1315 CDN

Artist Work
Fox / Inari
8 in x 10 in
pencil on paper

$1315 CDN

Artist Work
Giulio
17 in x 14 in
carbon on paper

$2370 CDN

Artist Work
Heels
8 in x 10 in
pencil on paper

$1315 CDN

Artist Work
Humpty Dumpty
8 in x 7 in
pencil on illustration board

$610 CDN

Artist Work
Little Miss Muffet
10 in x 8 in
pencil on illustration board

$1600 CDN

Artist Work
Male Dancer
24 in x 18 in
graphite on cemented canvas

$1800 CDN

Artist Work
Mary Had a Little Lamb
8 in x 7 in
pencil on illustration board

$610 CDN

Artist Work
Mary Mary
14 in x 10 in
pencil on illustration board

$2400 CDN

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Milica l
17 in x 10.5 in
graphite on paper

$2370 CDN

Artist Work
Milica ll
17 in x 10.5 in
graphite on paper

$2370 CDN

Artist Work
Ravages of Pleasing You
18 in x 19.75 in
graphite on board

$1800 CDN

Artist Work
Ring-a-Ring-a-Rosie
10 in x 8 in
pencil on illustration board

$1600 CDN

Artist Work
Standing Horse
18 in x 22 in
graphite on paper

Artist Work
Statue of Germanicus - copy after Charles Bargue
16.5 in x 10.5 in
graphite on paper

$2370 CDN

Artist Work
Study of Boy With Lizard by Praxis
17 in x 10.5 in
graphite on paper

$1110 CDN

Artist Work
Study of Narcissus by Benvenuto Cellini
17 in x 10.5 in
graphite on paper

$1110 CDN

Artist Work
Study of Standing Male
17 in x 10.5 in
graphite on paper

$1110 CDN

Artist Work
Study of Young Slave by Michaelangelo
17 in x 10.5 in
graphite on paper

$1110 CDN

Artist Work
The Irony of Protection I
24 in x 24 in
charcoal on gesso on canvas

$1800 CDN

Artist Work
The Irony of Protection II
24 in x 24 in
charcoal on gesso on canvas

$1800 CDN

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The Irony of Protection III
24 in x 24 in
charcoal on gesso on canvas

$1800 CDN

Artist Work
The Irony of Protection IV
24 in x 24 in
charcoal on gesso on canvas

$1800 CDN

Artist Work
Untitiled I (Dogs)
22 in x 30 in
graphite on paper

$960 CDN

Artist Work
Untitled (Bird)
22 in x 30 in
graphite on paper

$960 CDN

Artist Work
Untitled (Deer)
58 in x 82 in
graphite on paper

$2160 CDN

Artist Work
Untitled (Hawk and Owl)
50.5 in x 71.5 in
graphite on paper

$2640 CDN

Artist Work
Untitled (Mountain Lion loop)
59 in x 84 in
graphite on paper

$2160 CDN

Artist Work
Untitled (Rabbit)
22 in x 30 in
graphite on paper

$1500 CDN

Artist Work
Untitled (Three Wolves)
58 in x 95.5 in
graphite on paper

$3000 CDN

Artist Work
Untitled II (Dogs)
22 in x 30 in

$960 CDN

Artist Work
Valentina Seated
17 in x 12.5 in
graphite on paper

$2370 CDN


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