Art and Ideas
Venue: Comox Valley Art Space, British ColumbiaCurators: Elizabeth Russell (CA)
Date: 12th August 2006
Co-exhibitors:
Eva Bensasson (UK), Sara Bjornsdottir (IS), Jaime Castro (VE), Oliver Comerford (IE), Claudia Firth (UK), John Hooley (CA), Caroline Jones (UK), Diarmuid Kelley (UK), Hatty Lee (UK), Donna Mattila (CA), Madeleine Moore (IE), Samu Raatikainen (FI), Deborah Rigby (UK), Elizabeth Russell (CA), Silke Thoss (DE), Kathy Tycholis (CA), Ed Varney (CA).
‘Art and Ideas’ was inspired by the Canadian CBC radio program IDEAS. The program is holistic in its content encompassing a multitude of global issues. In a similar way this exhibition aims to create a forum for the state of Contemporary art from the perspective of 18 artists living in different regions of the world.