Displacement

March 9, 2019 - June 9, 2019

Aganetha Dyck
Eaton Triplets, 1976–81
wool, textile
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of Peter Dyck

This exhibition of contemporary works from the Gallery’s collection features art that evokes displacement as a tool to elicit viewer reactions ranging from empathy and understanding, to the unexpected and disruptive. It includes work by Sonny Assu, Aganetha Dyck, Sherry Grauer, Ken Lum, Myfanwy MacLeod, Teresa Marshall, Luanne Martineau, Tim Paul, Jayce Salloum, Robert Therrien, Patrick Traer, Renée van Halm, Holly Ward, and others who have employed diverse strategies in their sculptural forms to initiate many various effects.

Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Bruce Grenville, Senior Curator


  • Ken Lum 
    Untitled (Red Circle), 1986
    fabric, wood
    Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund, Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

  • Patrick Traer
    baby blue balls, 2002
    plywood, cotton, cardboard, polyurethane, foam batting, vinyl, zippers, approximately 2000 covered buttons, stainless steel buckle and chain
    Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of the Artist, Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery

  • Haida Artist
    Woman with labret mask, 1820-1825
    wood, pigment
    Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift from the Collection of George Gund III