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These artists develeped a
‘est Coast version of mod-
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UBC’s department cf fine arts
and taught at the School of
Architecture, was later to fur-
ther explore the union of art
and architecture through the
and i of
rwick-
Pratt ‘constr 3 the BC
Electric Building “and the
Canadian Emperial Bank of
Commerce,

His home oa Mathers
Creseent in’ West Vancouver
was fast year declared a
national historic site and
remains one of the foremost
examples of West Coast
design during the Modern
era.

“These architects under-
stood that art and architec-

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ture went together,” says
Oberlander, whase own land-
scapes designs were devel-
oped by working closely with
project archi — like
Arthur Erickson on Robson
Square and the UBC
Museum of Anthropology,
Moshe Satdie on the National
f Canada and Eva
on the Northwest

Vancouver in the 1950s was
progres

“It was abstract. It was no
longer looking ata tree and
painting it,” says Oberlander,
motioning to a canvas by
Group of Seven painter
Arthur Lismer, executed on
Vancouver Island, The niove-
mente became known as the
West Coast style.

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Gordon Smith, John
Koerner, Jack Shadbolt,
Takao Tanabe: these are the
artists who personified the
Movement.

Selecting their images
from the gallery's permanent
collection was casy for
Oberlander, “because all
these were part and parce! of
my own household,” says the
West Side resident.

Other prominent
Vancouverites who share their
visions of Vancouver's vibrant
visual arts scene through the
decades: Douglas Coupland
(1960s), David Wisdom
(70s), filmmaker Mina Shum
(80s), and playwright Tom
Cone (90s). Filmmaker
Loretta T alse> presents
her hopes for the future.

Out of this Century con-
tinues to Feb, 27.

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MICHELLE Lee and other students of Lynn Valley Music Schoo! entertained fam-

ily and friends with holiday selections ai tne sc

ool's annua! Christmas recital,

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