As one gets older and distances between
places seem to increase inversely proportional to one’s estimation of time left
it is difficult to get out of the house.
It is difficult to get out of the house for
a cultural event all the way across a bridge from Vancouver
to North Vancouver’s
premier photographic establishment, the Presentation House Gallery.
But the prospect of being able to see works
by Gerhard Richter was too good to leave to the comforts of home.
I met up with my friend designer/artist Ian
Bateson (who did not have to cross any bridges but merrily walk a few blocks
from home) at 7:30 this Friday (I am writing this Saturday morning).
It was indeed a pleasant occasion which I
think I will repeat again soon.
The neat little show also includes photo-based
works by Elad Lassry, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Walker Evans, Sigmar Polke, Runa
Islam and by the show’s curator, Stephen Waddell. The show will be on until
March 9.
