New Acquisitions
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Burnaby Art Gallery 6344 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby, British Columbia V5G 2J3
Thea Yabut, "Soft Scaffold," 2018
paper pulp, pigment, graphite, glue, plaster, and clay, 86.4 x 89 x 5 cm, City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection
How do collections form, and how are our values reflected in their development? The Burnaby Art Gallery (BAG) asks this question as it presents New Acquisitions, featuring significant contemporary and historical work by 40 influential artists whose works have recently been acquired through both gift and purchase.
Since 2013, the gallery has mandated the acquisition, by purchase, of works of art by women and artists of colour. This year, the gallery has invited a number of distinguished artists and curators to bring forward their own recommendations for the permanent collection. These individuals, together with the BAG’s Director/Curator and the Burnaby Art Gallery Acquisitions Committee, work to broaden the scope of the collection while supporting the vital work of living artists.
Over the past two years, the BAG has made purchases of work by Kim Kennedy Austin, Nour Bishouty, Deanna Bowen, Nathan Eugene Carson, Lucie Chan, Gabi Dao, Iris Haussler, Charmian Johnson, Aaron Jones, Ingrid Koenig, Jenny Lin, Anne Low, Atheana Picha, Mary Pratt, Carol Sawyer, Thea Yabut, and Shaheer Zazai. Significant works have also been added, through donation, of works by Marc Chagall, Alexander Colville, Robert Davidson, Max Ernst, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Bill Reid, Hiroshige Utagawa, and Roy Henry Vickers.