Vancouver Art Gallery Showcases Emily Carr's Connection with Nature in New Exhibition
The Vancouver Art Gallery is set to open a comprehensive exhibition titled 'That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature,' featuring the works of Canadian artist Emily Carr. The exhibition will primarily draw from the gallery's extensive collection of Carr's work, which is the most comprehensive in the world. The show aims to highlight Carr's unique approach to landscape painting, influenced by her studies in San Francisco, London, and France, where she developed a post-Impressionist style with a Fauvist-inspired palette. The exhibition will include key works from Carr's career, including her charcoal drawings and expressive paintings on paper, which she created using a mix of oil paint and gasoline. The exhibition will also address recent criticisms of Carr's work, particularly her conflation of Indigenous culture with nature, and will explore the sources of this idea in Modernist primitivism and vitalism. 
