Lost River #4, by Landon Mackenzie, MFA 79 | Photo courtesy of the artist
The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) is showcasing Emily Carr and Landon Mackenzie: Wood Chopper and the Monkey until April 6.
“It’s meant to be a dialogue between Carr and myself,” says Mackenzie, a professor at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, where she joined the faculty in 1986.
Over the past decade, the VAG has mounted four exhibitions that feature the works of contemporary artists paired one-on-one with Carr, who is linked with Canada's Group of Seven artists.
“We’re totally interwoven through three large rooms,” says Mackenzie, whose alma maters include the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, where she graduated in 1972. Of the 50 works featured at the gallery, 20 are Mackenzie’s — the rest are by Carr.
Mackenzie notes that she began to pursue art seriously at Concordia, where she completed her MFA.
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