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Our World As We See It:
White Rock and South Surrey Art Society
August 28 – November 28

A display of recent paintings and other two-dimensional works in a range of media by Society members.

Game Show
October 2 – December 19

Artists have long portrayed humans at play. Likewise, play and games have long been a part of art. Game Show is a group exhibition that investigates the many relationships between contemporary culture and play, games and visual art. Against the backdrop of the rapid ascent of videogames and portable play consoles in contemporary life, and in the wake of recent large-scale sporting events, Game Show will examine play and games as forms of mediated display and communication. The artworks in the exhibition examine the similarities and differences in play across the diverse cultural practices associated with recreation, sport, electronic and table-top game play. Drawn primarily from the Surrey Art Gallery’s Permanent Collection, Game Show’s combination of photographs, drawings, prints, videos and sculpture will raise questions about how play and games function in today’s globalized world. Artists include Matilda Aslizadeh, Jim Breukelman, Christos Dikeakos, Brian Howell, Keith Langergraber, Evan Lee, Corin Sworn, Colette Urban, and Paul Wong.