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The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
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1040 Moss StVictoria, BC V8V 4P1
(250) 384-4101
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2 reviews for The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
2 reviews in English
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Review from Jens J.
11/16/2010
Absolutely great mix of exhibits.
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is within walking distance of downtown. I suggest you hit up the gallery on the same trip as a visit to nearby Craigdarroch Castle.
The highlight exhibit is, of course, Emily Carr (1871-1945). Her exhibit will last through 6/30/2013. Carr was a Victoria native. I've also seen her work exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.
Carr is my favorite Pacific Northwest artist, with her magical impressionistic watercolor paintings of forests. She is also well-known for having used First Nations (Native American) people as subjects in her art. I was startled a bit by one placard in the exhibit that quoted Morris Graves, another great Northwest artist, as stating that Emily would have been nothing if it wasn't for him sharing his techniques with her. He certainly didn't have low self-esteem, did he?
I also enjoyed the modern mixed media exhibit - Agnostic Objects. Loved the film loop of the car sliding around on "Galloping Gertie" bridge. This was filmed just before the car and Galloping Gertie (a massive engineering snafu) tumbled into the Tacoma Narrows during a windstorm.
Another pleasing exhibit were the Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) woodcut prints. The gallery thoughtfully provided magnifying glasses to better enjoy the prints' fine detail. The exhibit of Samurai warrior body armor and masks was cool and I liked the colorful snuff bottle collection, which was quite large, rivaling the one at Portland Art Musuem.
Art is soothing for the soul, especially one (like mine) that has become somewhat jangled by all the caffeine from Afternoon Tea at the Empress Hotel. -
Review from Jennifer H.
Victoria, BC
10/23/2009
I don't come here often, and I really should as VAG always has something different. Last night I finally got there to see the Tibetan Monks Sand Mandala. Absolutely amazing. What ever photos you see of this, they don't do the skill justice. Unfortunately, this exhibit is here for sucha shot time, but it's the second year in a row, so if you miss it there's always next time. That being said the Sacred Arts of Tibet will be staying longer, and of course there's a plethora of Emily Carr works on permanent display.
