WE MISS AURORA BISTRO ON MAIN STREET

As you may know, Auroral Bistro has closed its doors. We are sad for losing a great restaurant on Main Street, But can bet that Jeff Van Geest, the chef at Aurora, is happy about his decision.

Dear Jeff, we've been there. Enjoy your time off and see you soon in whatever capacity you decide to work.

JEREMY SHAW AT BLANKET GALLERY

Jeremy Shaw

This Transition Will Never End
September 13 - October 11, 2008
Opening Reception Saturday September 13, 6-9pm
Artist in attendance

Blanket Contemporary Art is pleased to present This Transition Will Never
End, an exhibition of new works by Vancouver/Berlin artist Jeremy Shaw.
Opening on Saturday September 13th, the exhibition is the artist's first
solo show with the gallery. Shaw's work has been exhibited nationally and
internationally with solo shows at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art,
Toronto; Or Galley, Vancouver; Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles; Galeria Dels
Angels, Barcelona; and group exhibitions at Lisson Gallery, London; Whit de
Witte, Rotterdam; Berlinale 2008, Kunstverein Wolfsburg and Gallerie Ben
Kaufmann, Germany; The Seattle Art Musueum, and The Henry Art Gallery,
Seattle.

JERRY PETHICK AT CATRIONA JEFFRIES

JERRY PETHICK
SEPTEMBER12 - OCTOBER 11, 2008
CATRIONA JEFFRIES GALLERY
Opening Reception: Friday September12,

Catriona Jeffries Gallery will present a solo exhibition of major works by Jerry Pethick. On the fifth anniversary of his passing, the exhibition will include large scale sculptural works, photographic arrays and numerous wall works representing the broad range of Pethick’s explorations into imaging technologies and epistemological thought. At a moment when a younger generation of artists such as Geoffrey Farmer and Gareth Moore are exploring new approaches to sculpture and material, the innovation of Pethick’s work is pivotal. His practice is strongly rooted in its visceral materiality and is marked by a rigorous inquiry into art history, science and theories of visual perception.

REBECCA BELMORE AT CSA SPACE

REBECCA BELMORE:
MAKING ALWAYS WAR
11 September – 11 October, 2008
Opening reception Thursday, 11 September, 2008, 6 - 9pm

CSA SPACE
Curated by Steven Tong

- RUSSIANS DISCOVER THE CAPITAL OF THE EUROPEAN JEWISH EMPIRE
- COOL RECEPTION FOR DICK CHENEY IN AZERBAIJAN
- ISRAELI HACKER ARRESTED IN MONTREAL
- EGYPTIAN BUSINESSMAN ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER OF LEBBANESE POP STAR SUZANNE TAMIM
- DID US JUST INVADE PAKISTAN?
- WINKLEMAN GALLERY (NYC) REPRESENTS: ADOPT LENIN
- GERMAN ANTI WAR POSTER HAILS SOLDIER'S DEATH
- ISRAELI MINISTER: WHISTLE BLOWING IS AKIN TO TERRORISM
- RON PAUL MATERIAL CONFISCATED AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
- SWARM 2008: WESTERN FRONT EXHIBITS ABORIGINAL ARTISTS IN A GROUP SHOW

GROUP EXHIBITION ON DADABASE ONLINE GALLERY

DADABASE is proud to present NEW BLOOD, an exhibition of new works by Vancouver and New York based artists,
David Campion, Ignacio Corral, A.S.Dhillon, Kevin Bright, Mo Salemy and Pirooz Nemati.

Artworks are available for private viewing and sales.

To view the work, please visit DADABASE.

For questions regarding the purchase of art work featured in the exhibition, or to ask about DADABASE collection, please write to
idadabase AT gmail DOT com.

SAWRM 2008 MAIN STREET

Vancouver is kicking off thee fall's art season with the opening of SAWRM 2008 this Thursday. Here are a list of Galleries that will be having openings tonight. For a comprehensive listing Check the link above at their Web site.

Blim
Dadabase Online Gallery
Grace Gallery
Grunt Gallery
Malaspina Printmakers
Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, UBC
New Forms Festival
On Main The Dead:
The Emergency Room
VIVO Media Arts
Western Front
Gallery 42

THE UGLIEST NEW BUILDING IN VANCOUVER

The ugliest new building in Vancouver can be found at the southeast corner of Main and 12th. This monument to architectural failure reeks of cheap material, bad design and just about any other bad attributes one can find when addressing architecture.

On top of all the hexagon window and poorly made awning we are left with some of the worse color combination ever used in any given palette.

The trashscape at this corner mirrors the other atrocity that was completed last year and homes a Subway store and a Starbucks coffee shop.

Somewhere there amongst these corporate giants there is an out of place grocery store and a franchised french bakery.

Back to our lovely building, so far a "Neighborhood" UPS Store has started to move into one of the empty retail spaces on the street level. We are curious to see what kind of people this eyesore would add to our neighborhood.

The whole block between 12th and 13th streets basically has become a waste, minus the old corner Dairy Queen that thanks to its late 70's's sleek architecture charms the passerby's.

WE ARE ONLINE NOW

DADABASE closed its doors on April 31st in its former location at 183 East Broadway and so far, there are no plans for reopening of the shop in its previous shape and form. Our limited edition prints GOVERNMENT are available at LARK (2315 Main St. 604-879-LARK).

As we contemplate a new beginning for DADABASE, we saw it fit to publish a blog, mostly to keep in touch with our friends and supporters and to maintain a form of presence for the general public.

Always truthful and original, we will bring you things that we think you need to know about the big picture out there or the small frame right here on Main Street, and by that we literally mean the street that runs from Chinatown all the way up to Southeast Marine Drive in Vancouver.

We will dish out the good, the bad and the ugly as we try to provide you with some of the most honest and truthful commentary you could hear in this rather polite and quiet city. Just like how we used to be at the shop.

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