SURREY ART GALLERY

10 AND 10: STORY OF STORIES

Curator: Jas Lally
June 28 to August 9, 2025

Photo documentation unless otherwise noted by Mike Love

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.

10 and 10: Story of Stories sparks reflections on evolution for Surrey Art Gallery's 50th anniversary - by Ashley Kim

The 1984 mixed media sculpture MEXICO from the Surrey Art Gallery’s Permanent Collection paired with artist Gailan Ngan’s sculpture Double Hearing from 2017. Also included and featured artists with works from the Permanent Collection were Abani Sen, Dana Claxton, Gwen Cury, Karin Bubas, Jim Jardine, Lakshmi Gill.

MEXICO, 1984, mixed media sculpture made of assembled and shaped wood sequins, ceramic beads and painted glass

MEXICO, 1984, mixed media sculpture made of assembled and shaped wood sequins, ceramic beads and painted glass

MEXICO, 1984, mixed media sculpture made of assembled and shaped wood sequins, ceramic beads and painted glass (Side 2)

MEXICO, 1984, mixed media sculpture made of assembled and shaped wood sequins, ceramic beads and painted glass. (Side 1)

MEXICO, 1984, mixed media sculpture made of assembled and shaped wood sequins, ceramic beads and painted glass (Photo Credit; Lyse Lemieux)

(DETAIL) MEXICO, 1984, mixed media sculpture made of assembled and shaped wood sequins, ceramic beads and painted glass (Photo Credit; Lyse Lemieux)

(DETAIL) MEXICO, 1984, mixed media sculpture made of assembled and shaped wood sequins, ceramic beads and painted glass (Photo Credit Lyse Lemieux)