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SUMMARY:Exhibition: Marc Bell - Shoe Reviews Online And Other Replacement Works
DESCRIPTION:For his solo-exhibition at Massy Books\, Vancouver based artist\, illustrator and editor Marc Bell showcases a body of works deliberately playful and confounding. Shoe Reviews Online And Other Replacement Works is the result of a creative proposition aimed at avoiding contributing to the wasteful habits of art collection practices\, while also initiating the creation of new work. Bell had donated several framed artworks to museums in Canada\, and as is often the case\, the museums did not wish to acquire the frames with the works. Bell used this refusal as an avenue to build a series of ink drawings that occupy the former homes of the works now resting in the museum collections. These “replacement” works reference their predecessor\, while inhabiting their former frame. \nUsing a visual stream of consciousness\, Bell overcrowds each ink drawing\, creating dense\, chaotic image planes reminiscent of labels and diagrams intended to be read but not followed. In his mixed media works\, Marc draws attention to seemingly random material (messy drawings other bits of paper that would normally be discarded)\, and builds these up in layers in a meditative process in an attempt to create an object of interest that is both “scrappy” and refined. \n“My process involves organizing “scrap material”\, whether it be actual scraps or ideas I have come up with and jotted down. I sometimes liken this idea to “using up what is left in the fridge”. Trying to make something interesting with what is at hand. “ – Marc Bell \nArtist Biography: \nMarc Bell is the author of ​Worn Tuff Elbow (Fantagraphics\, No World Books​)\, Stroppy\, Hot Potatoe [sic]\, Pure Pajamas (Drawn & Quarterly)\, and ​Shrimpy and Paul and Friends​ (Highwater Books)​ ​and is a co-founder of The All-Star Schnauzer Band (alongside  Jason McLean). His comics have appeared in many Canadian monthlies and weeklies\, Vice\, and LA Weekly. He has edited several books including Mark Connery’s ​Rudy (2D Cloud) and ​Nog A Dod ​(Picture Box/Conundrum). Marc’s work was recently included in ​Words In Pictures ​at Adam Baumgold Gallery (New York\, NY) and ​Exhibition Kramers Ergot ​ at Formula Bula\, (Paris\, FR). \n   \nImages:\nMarc Bell\, I Don’t Know OK?\, 2017\, ink on paper\, 10 x 8 inches (Replaces: Corkhead We Come In Peace)\, $600\nMarc Bell\, Tax Year USD Replace Art Post Art Career/Civic Hatchback\, 2016\, ink on paper\, 6.5” x 6.5”\, (Replaces: Celebrity Match-Up) $400\nMarc Bell\, Shoe Reviews Online\, 2017\, mixed media\, 11 x 9 inches\, (Replaces: That Ol’ Dull & Empty Feeling)\, $1000 \nAccessibility:\nThis exhibiition takes place upstairs in the Massy Gallery\, which is only accessible by a flight of stairs. Unfortunately\, no audio or visual tours are available at this time. \nMassy Books is easily accessible by transit! Close to the 22\, 3\, 8 and 19 bus lines at Main and Georgia/Gore and Georgia. There is metered street parking along Georgia\, or lot parking at the Sun Wah Centre around the corner (268 Keefer). \nMasks are mandatory while in Massy Books. \n————————————\nMassy Books acknowledges that we operate on the traditional\, ancestral\, unceded\, and occupied territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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LOCATION:Massy Books\, 229 E. Georgia St.\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6A1Z6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:#HarperPresents: Reading With Pride
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the launch of three new exceptional works from HarperCollins with #HarperPresents: Reading with Pride.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event \nModerator: Zoe Whittall \nIn Conversation With Alison Taylor (Aftershock)\, Natalie Zina Walschots (Hench) and Alex Myers (The Story of Silence) \nRegister: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/harperpresents-reading-with-pride-tickets-120408554227 \nWe have four official book stores supporting this event! \nToronto: Another Story \nOttawa: Octopus Books \nVancouver: Massy Books \nEdmonton: Glass Bookshop \nDon’t forget to purchase your copies of the books before the event. You can also find a new favourite store at bookfinder.ca! \nReserve your free e-ticket to the event! \nLearn more about the books below!: \nAlison Taylor’s Aftershock \nAftershock follows a mother and daughter’s parallel journeys through shared trauma: mother Jules struggles to regain control of her life and her OxyContin dependency while daughter Chloe goes off the map after a rocky visit to her father in New Zealand. Mother and daughter will need to reconcile before they can finally address the secrets surrounding the tragic death of a sister and the emotional impact they have wrought. \nAbout Alison: Alison Taylor was fired from jobs as a babysitter\, a chambermaid\, a barista and a farm hand\, before spending twenty years as a television editor in Toronto\, Ontario. They have previously published a short story in Exile Literary Quarterly\, performed deadpan stand-up on various comedy stages and made several internationally screened experimental short films. They now live in Fredericton\, New Brunswick with their partner and two bossy felines. Aftershock is their first novel. \nNatalie Zina Walschots’ Hench \nTold with razor wit and a love of all things Superhero\, Hench is a smart\, evocative crossover novel that examines the world of Supers through the lens of human resources and spreadsheets that builds to an incredible story of love\, betrayal\, revenge\, and redemption. \nAbout Natalie: Natalie Zina Walschots is a freelance writer\, community manager and bailed academic based in Toronto. She writes everything from reviews of science fiction novels and interviews with heavy metal musicians to to in-depth feminist games criticism and pieces of long-form journalism. She is the author of two books of poetry. In her free time she has been exploring the poetic potential of the notes engine in the video game Bloodborne\, writing a collection of polyamorous fairytales\, developing interactive narrative classes and composing short text-based body horror games. She also plays a lot of D&D\, participates in a lot of Nordic LARPs\, watches a lot of horror movies and reads a lot of speculative fiction. \nAlex Myers’ The Story of Silence \nA knightly fairy tale of royalty and dragons\, of midwives with secrets and dashing strangers in dark inns. Taking the original French legend as his starting point\, The Story of Silence is a rich\, multilayered new story for today’s world. \nAbout Alex: Alex Myers is a writer\, teacher\, and speaker. Born and raised in Paris\, Maine\, Alex was raised as a girl (Alice) and left Maine to attend boarding school at Phillips Exeter Academy. At Exeter\, Alex came out as transgender\, returning his senior year as a man after attending for three years as a woman\, and was the first transgender student in that Academy’s history. After Exeter\, Alex earned his bachelor’s at Harvard University\, studying Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Alex was also the first openly transgender student at Harvard and worked to change the University’s nondiscrimination clause to include gender identity. Subsequent to earning a master’s degree in religion at Brown\, Alex has pursued a career in teaching\, as a transgender advocate\, and as an active journalist contributing to the Guardian\, THEM and other publications. He currently lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two cats. The Story of Silence is his first book for Voyager. \nThis event will be live on Zoom at 7 PM ET. Zoom link will be provided in confirmation email under ‘Additional Information.’ \nRegister: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/harperpresents-reading-with-pride-tickets-120408554227
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