Art lovers can find some new works to browse at Burnaby Public Library branches this month.
Two new exhibitions have opened as part of the Burnaby Art Gallery’s off-site exhibition series.
At the Bob Prittie (Metrotown) library branch at 6100 Willingdon Ave., visitors can check out Ephemera from the Paper Hound.
The exhibition is produced in association with the Paper Hound Bookshop, which opened in Vancouver in 2013. Co-owners Kim Koch and Rod Clarke began collecting bookmarks and putting them on display in their store “in appreciation of the laid-in ephemera that give an extra-textual history and depth to the interaction between readers and their physical books.” They have filled more than four albums with examples of found bookmarks, many of which were designed for Duthie Books.
This exhibition brings together a selection of items found in books, bracketed by bookmarks produced for Duthie Books between 1957 and 2010.
At the McGill library branch at 4595 Albert St., visitors can view work by Heather Aston in Waiting to Bloom/Waiting to Fly.
The works in the exhibition were created by Aston at her home studio as she was recovering from two operations that confined her moments.
“As artists, we strive to make sense of the world around us by making images and marks that record our journeys of observation and experience,” Aston said in a press release. “In this exhibition, my prints show the existence and experience that being trapped in our surroundings leaves upon us.”
Check out www.burnabyartgallery.ca for more on the exhibitions, or drop in to either library branch during opening hours.
