An Agreeable State of Uncertainty

June 11, 2016 - October 30, 2016

Cindy Sherman
Untitled Film Still #16, 1978
silver gelatin print
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery Major Purchase and Acquisition Funds

Selected from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection by artist Stephen Waddell, this exhibition takes the themes addressed in the work of the American photographer Harry Callahan as its starting point. Comprised of photographs, drawings, prints and paintings by artists such as Weegee, Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, Leon Golub, Lewis Hine, Cindy Sherman, Nancy Spero, Jack Shadbolt and Fred Herzog, An Agreeable State of Uncertainty presents a wide range of approaches to the city, the body and the relationship between public and private space.


Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and guest curated by Stephen Waddell, with assistance from Grant Arnold, Audain Curator of British Columbia Art.