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The Pendulum Gallery
Category: Arts & Entertainment Art Galleries Shopping Art Galleries Art Galleries [Edit]
885 Georgia St WVancouver, BC V6C 3E8
Neighbourhood: Downtown
(604) 879-7714
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- Good for Kids:
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- Wheelchair Accessible:
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3 reviews for The Pendulum Gallery
3 reviews in English
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Review from Victoria R.
BC
1/6/2009
Giant Pendulum to the attack!
Actually, it's a bank lobby and the coolest engineering/architectural design a bank could commission in Vancouver. Out with the drabby line-ups and boring elevator music, this swinging lobby has a beautiful cafe and a two-level lobby that is perfect to set-up a meeting in or to wait for someone and duck out of the rain. Often times, there will be after-hours events, exhibits and other functions not related to the bank. -
Review from Dan J.
Vancouver, BC
12/17/2010
This is a nice lobby. But as an art gallery it doesn't work, or at least no one has used it to it's full potential.
I can't confirm this but rumour has it that you pay to exhibit here. If that's true than anyone with money and a smattering of talent can show their work here. That's dumb and leads to mediocre and poorly curated exhibitions. I've never seen a great show here.
They slap up a couple of metal freestanding walls and plinths and rely on ambient or incandescent pendant lighting. It's an initiative of the tenants of the building and likely receive some government funding. But it's a pretty bush league way to exhibit art.
However, it's free to the public and it is, in some way contributing to the art community. Exhibiting a great piece of art in this space would be akin to hanging a Monet in a Tim Horton's bathroom. Might do more harm to the artist's reputation than good. -
Review from Marc D.
Vancouver, BC
11/13/2008
This has got to be one of the nicest bank lobbies in Vancouver. The Pendulum Gallery is in the lobby of the HSBC Building, and serves to distract banking customers on their way to the tellers. They regularly rotate the exhibits, and artists frequently have to reserve a year in advance. Sometimes the exhibits are really interesting, and other times they are "meh." But I give it 5 stars for putting art in front of people on a regular basis, and for it being free to the public.
The setting itself, a 7 story atrium with a very large swinging pendulum, is unique. There is a small cafe in the lobby there as well, that once a week has a live piano player. So enjoy an exhibit while listening to live classical music and going to the ABM all in one spot.
Little secret: If you bank there you can go to the little counter to the left of the tellers and get a 1 hour of free parking right in the downtown core. They validate for customers!
