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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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