Lights on for Lights Out! at the Vancouver Art Gallery

From The Vancouver Sun: Lights on for Lights Out! at the Vancouver Art Gallery

Lights Out! Canadian Painting from the 1960s

Vancouver Art Gallery, To April 29.  More details at vanartgallery.bc.ca

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Art Gallery has raided its extensive permanent collection for an exhibition that focuses exclusively on painting from the 1960s. Called Lights Out!, the exhibition of 88 paintings looks at a medium that was undergoing big changes in the decade. When it began, painting was still considered the premier form of art making. By the end of the ’60s, not only were artists starting to work in new media such as video and photography, they were also exploring entirely new approaches such as performance and conceptual art.

MELANCHOLIA
Denmark, Sweden, France 
Germany, Italy 2011
DIR Lars von Trier
SCR Lars von Trier
CAST Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt

Approaching the 2 hour mark, I'm starting to root for the rogue planet.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
United States 1958
DIR Richard Brooks
SCR Tennessee Williams, Richard Brooks, James Poe
CAST Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives

COFFEE AND CIGARETTES
Italy, Japan, United States 2003
DIR Jim Jarmusch
SCR Jim Jarmusch
CAST Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Alex Descas, Cate Blanchett, Steve Coogan, Alfred Molina, RZA, Bill Murray, Joie Lee, Cinqué Lee, Steve Buscemi, Joseph Rigano,Vinny Vella, Vinny Vella Jr., Renée French, Isaach de Bankolé,Jack White, Meg White, GZA, William Rice, Taylor Mead

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Beppi scores it 91. 

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