I spent the
44th International Sketchcrawl in Vancouver, BC. The local group didn't
post a group gathering so I took a couple of opportunities to make some
quick sketches in spite of the cold and wind. The first was the corner
of Georgia and Granville where I ducked behind the shelter of a
storefront to capture the chestnut roaster.
The
real treat of the weekend for me was a visit to the Vancouver Art
Gallery. We knew Emily Carr was showing there but we happened upon the
last day of an exhibition by KimSooja, a Korean born, New York City
artist.
Her
medium, at least in this exhibition, centered around Korean textiles.
The bottari is a Korean scarf that serves many purposes, one being a
bundle wrapping. It can contain whatever objects that need to be
gathered and carried from one place to another.
One
of her projects was documented through a film showing her 11 day
journey through the villages where she lived as a child. She made the
journey in a truck that carried many bottari wrapped bundles. A
similarly stocked truck inhabited one full room at the exhibition.
Although I had to be surreptitious considering the fact that most
museums don't allow anything but pencil sketching, I did manage an ink
rendering and added color later. It doesn't really capture the rich,
tactile quality of the show. Really impressive.
