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Amazing night at the closing ceremony of #Vancouver #Fashion Week! We get to learn about an amazing #writer and her passion of #art #makeup #instart #music #installationart #naturephotography #fashiondesigners #fashionblogger #design #vfw2017 #photooftheday #instagramdaily

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Bowen island Art! #urbanphotography #bc #exhibition #sculpture #Canada #canadianart #naturephotography #blogpost #instart #installationart

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International Art Exhibition OPENS call for #Photographers #interior-designers #sculptures #bodypainters #make-upartist #Designers #fashiondesigners #painters #artists #dancers #filmmakers #musicians

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Florence, capital of Italy’s Tuscany region, is home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art and architecture. One of its most iconic sights is the Duomo, a cathedral with a terracotta-tiled dome engineered by Brunelleschi and a bell tower by Giotto. #instart #italianarchitect #interiordesign #italianart #italy #florence #blogpost #fashionblogger #urbanphotography

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British Architecture! Every angle is an inspiration for our soul! #contemporaryart #architecturephotography #streetphotography #britishart #artistic #Canada #art #bc #culture #britishculture

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Before artist Kathleen being introduced to body a Aq rt, she painted on wood and canvas for many years. Her other talents include special effects makeup and creating up-cycled head pieces and costumes.#bodypainting #art #3Dart #makeup #makeupartist #painting http://ow.ly/NzoO309Gw

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Visiting Outdoor museum! nature is pure art.....#painting #artist #art #outdoors #bc #skicanada #ski #photography #photooftheday #urbanstyle

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Lamondance is a #contemporary dance training company, which was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2009. Our company is known to promote #artistic excellence, #creation, production and #performance by supporting, educating and challenging its #artists to take risks. @lamondance

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LITTLE MONSTERS STUDIO LittleMonstersStudio http://ow.ly/iLlS309GwVC #urbanphotography #bodypainter #makeup #modernart #makeupartist #urbanfashion #fashionblogger #artblogger #photography

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Majie's Interactive #Art Series titled ‘Re-Create’ stems from a life-long fascination with any art form that challenges the traditional rigid boundary between ‘artist’ and ‘audience’. The viewer is invited to create their own unique composition by moving various shapes on a magnetized background. The variety of configurations are only limited to one's imagination. ‘Re-Create’ is innovative, fun and fosters #creativity in its ‘maker’. #Frenchart #paintings #artaroundtheworld http://ow.ly/mzR3309Gvme

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LAMONDANCE is a place where art is taking care at the highest with original #choreographic voices with the responsibility of presenting shows that will print a mark in the audience’s mind connecting them to the #dance #world. http://ow.ly/6zC1309GxDl

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ShinLiArt is a collaborative artist couple that speaks to the audience about everyday art. This combination is created through Shin Danbi’s love of artistic creation with Liseok’s professional media techniques - both connecting to represent a new era of modern installation art and an exclusive art medium specialized to ShinLiArt. http://ow.ly/6thy309Gt3 #installation #modernart #internationalartists #art #Itianart #studio

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81 year artist created Yellow submarine installation by artist Garry Neill Kennedy he called Finchwell, Finchwell and Osborn..... #yvrdesign #yvrartist #instart #installationart #painter #artist #studio #design #ontario #interiordesign

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Majie is a #French #Abstract #painter, in his work he explores the rich visual dialogue between the unplanned gestural raw movement and planned, calculated lines or #geometrical shapes. To enrich this dialogue Majie often uses crackle medium and texture. http://ow.ly/WpFf309GuNX

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ShinLiArt is currently based in Italy’s capital Rome, Seoul in ##South-Korea, and #NewYork in #America. ShinLiArt constantly thinks outside of the box, to create art that is extraordinary and unique to them, and is shown to the world through #artistic means. Furthermore, their works contribute to #art education, and add to the ever expanding modern art society. http://www.glitz-entertainment.com/glitz-86entertainment/2016/2/25/shinliart-shindanbiliseokart #Art #photography #Italianart #urbanphotography #contemporaryart

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Vancouver is showing the love for art!! Happy Wednesday! @bigloveball thanks for doing this installation! #fashionblogger #abstractart #urbanphotography #bike #urbanfashion #urbanstyle #vancouverisawesome @artvancouver @vanartgallery @artbasel @van_biennale #painting #photography #instart #installationart #artdesign #architecturephotography

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Interview: GAZE at the Ayden Gallery

GAZE at the Ayden Gallery showcases the work of female artists exploring the depiction of bodies, and the female identity.

“I chose the artists in this show because I like the way they depict bodies, that is unique to their perception and style.  They are realist, but with an element of surrealism. I didn’t want a cartoony, very airbrushed, or stylized look,” said Genevieve Michaels, the curator of GAZE. "[The gaze] is how you experience the world around you, [and] I wanted to explore how that does filter things, and if it was even possible to experience yourself unfiltered."

Illustrator and Emily Carr student, Chelsea O'Byrne's work explores influence of the school uniform on female identity.

"I draw a lot of younger girls, because I’m really interested in children’s books. I tend to draw people who are innocent and would potentially exist outside of the male gaze."

"Inevitably, even younger girls get subjected to standards of beauty and sexiness. My work in the show is all about school uniforms, which is an interesting apparatus in society, where it is supposed to be an equalizer but it really becomes a cultural sex symbol even though it is only worn by children or teenage girls."

"[The gaze is] such a prevalent aspect of our culture that we have gone beyond whether it is good or bad, and it is what it is. It is an interesting thing to explore, to see how that affects different kinds, and groups of people."

 A current student at Emily Carr University, Jane Q Cheng works within the historically male-dominated practice of portraiture to subvert the depiction of women. "With this show, I’m trying to bypass some of these traditions by using subtle feminine tropes of humor."

 "I’m placing my paintings in ways that aren’t usually seen in galleries. Instead of placing them at eye level, they’re higher than you would expect, or they’re moved in a weird way, which forces the viewer to look at it in a different way and makes the viewer work for the gaze."

  Co-founder of the Laneway Art Collective, Rachael Stableford examines gender roles and ideology through her artwork. "I think femininity exists in everyone and in all things. I painted both males and females and it would be up to the viewer on how they would interpret each image. I was trying to put people in the shoes of what the male gaze would be, and I think it applies to everybody and not just females."

"There is always going to be a power imbalance between man and woman, and that is going to influence how viewers approach the work."

"Some of my work deals with androgyny and doesn’t necessarily have to do with who is viewing, and who is depicted, but the ambiguity and having to interpret that."

     GAZE is open for viewing at the Ayden Gallery until February 7th, 2016. More information can be found here: http://www.aydengallery.com/

 Thank you to the artists who took the time to discuss their work. More information can be found below: Chelsea O'Byrne: http://chelseaobyrne.com/

Jane Q Cheng: http://www.janeqcheng.com/

Rachael Stableford: http://rachaelstableford.com/

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