10 AND 10: STORY OF STORIES
An exhibition celebrating the 50 years of the Surrey Art Gallery and their commitment to collecting and pairing permanent collection artworks acquired from the first ten years of collecting (1975–1985) and the last ten years (2014–2024) through themes of landscape, architecture, portraiture, and movement. Featured artists with works from the Permanent Collection were Abani Sen, Dana Claxton, Gwen Cury, Karin Bubas, Jim Jardine, Lakshmi Gill, Lyse Lemieux, Gailan Ngan
SURREY ART GALLERY
Curator: Jas Lally
June 28 to August 9, 2025, Surrey ,CA
10 and 10: Story of Stories sparks reflections on evolution for Surrey Art Gallery's 50th anniversary - by Ashley Kim for Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver, June 20, 2025
Photo credit: Mike Love
The 1984 mixed media sculpture MEXICO by Lyse Lemieux from the Surrey Art Gallery’s Permanent Collection
paired with artist Gailan Ngan’s sculpture Double Hearing from 2017.
MEXICO, 1984, painted wood, glass and mixed media, Approx dimensions 6’L X 5.5’H X20”deep
MEXICO, 1984, painted wood, glass and mixed media, Approx dimensions 6’L X 5.5’H X20”deep
MEXICO, 1984, painted wood, glass and mixed media, Approx dimensions 6’L X 5.5’H X20”deep
MEXICO, 1984, painted wood, glass and mixed media, Approx dimensions 6’L X 5.5’H X20”deep
MEXICO, (side 1) 1984, painted wood, glass and mixed media, Approx dimensions 6’L X 5.5’H X20”deep
MEXICO (side2), 1984, painted wood, glass and mixed media, Approx dimensions 6’L X 5.5’H X20”deep
MEXICO, (detail) 1984, painted wood, glass and mixed media, Approx dimensions 6’L X 5.5’H X20”deep
MEXICO, (detail), 1984, painted wood, glass and mixed media, Approx dimensions 6’L X 5.5’H X20”deep
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Sans Titre, 1985 acrylic on wood headboard, 60 in.W X48 in.L
Appurtanance, 1984, wood, glass and acrylic on shaped and found wood (Water Street studio installation)
Untitled, 1984, found table and wood with acrylic, 48in.L X 32 in. W X 53in. H
Untitled, 1985, acrylic, glass beads and shaped wood, approx dimensions 36”X36”X1/4”