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All text, photography and artwork is by GARY SIM unless noted otherwise.
JUNE 17: UPDATE ON LANDMARK DEMOLITION
Top-down demolition of the Landmark on Robson is now underway. Some very
large pieces of demolition equipment have been brought to site, and the
west podium has already been chewed to bits. My earlier complaints
about the neon lights on top of it can now be put to rest, at least until the
two huge towers taking this one's place get lit up. Meanwhile, the whole
neighbourhood is "alive" with construction at least six days a week. Even if
a project is not near you, your road will be getting dug up soon for sombebody
else's power, water, and sewer.
A block away on Alberni Street, the war is almost over for this building.
May 9: CANADIAN BOOK BINDERS & ARTISTS GUILD B.C. - BOOK FAIR MAY 26
Sim table at the 2014 book fair.
Sim Publishing was asked once again to display work at the bi-annual Book Fair held by the Canadian Book Binders
& Artists Guild. The event will be held Saturday, May 26, 2018, from 10am to 3pm, at the
Vancouver Public Library (Central Branch) at 350 West Georgia Street, in the Alice Mackay Room, lower
level.
Book Fair (click on "Book Arts Fair 2018")
Sim table at the 2016 book fair.
May 6: BC ARTISTS EXHIBITION CLOSES AT NATIONAL GALLERY
A view of the exhibition.
Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Canada
The bibliographic exhibition B.C. ARTISTS - THE GARY SIM DONATION, that was based on
donations to the National Gallery of Canada Library & Archives,
has now closed after over three months on display. In addition to a printed catalogue, with both an
English and a French version published, the Gallery posted a web page article about the exhibition in
their online journal:
Vibrant story of the dynamic art scene in British Columbia: Gary Sim’s
collection
The author of the online article noted: "The current exhibition, B.C. Artists: The Gary Sim Donation,
allowed curator Katherine Stauble to shine a spotlight on a significant, recent donation by collector
Gary Sim of almost 1000 publications. “Over the past twenty years, Sim has assembled an outstanding
collection of books, periodicals and other publications related to the artists of Western Canada,
particularly British Columbia,” Stauble writes in her essay about the exhibition. “With documents
dating back to 1907, his library recounts the history of art and craft in that province, from frontier
times to today, documenting both little- and well-known artists.” Stauble says she chose the material
based on value or rarity; importance to the NGC collection; significance to BC art history; as well as
significance to the Gary Sim collection itself."
An early edition of Pauline Johnson's Legends of Vancouver
Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Canada
February 24: A VANCOUVER SNOWMAN
Alas, this nice bit of work didn't last very long.
January 23: BC ARTISTS EXHIBITION NOW ON AT NATIONAL GALLERY
Sim Publishing is very pleased to announce that the National Gallery of Canada
in Ottawa is sponsoring a bibliographic exhibition at the Gallery from January
23 to May 6, 2018. The title of the exhibition is BC ARTISTS - THE GARY SIM DONATION.
An exhibition catalogue has been produced (in English and French) for
the show, which will highlight a number of books, exhibition catalogues, and
ephemera donated by Sim Publishing to the National Gallery over the past 20 years.
Catalogue courtesy National Gallery of Canada Library & Archives
This is quite an honour, and is a significant achievement and recognition for
not only my donations but also for my BC Artists project
itself. Earlier donations to the NGC were recognized when my name was added to the "125 YEARS OF
DONORS" wall in the Gallery's entry promenade, as well as being listed in an NGC publication of
significant donations to the Library and Archives over a ten-year period.
The head of NGC Library and Archives, Cyndie Campbell, asked me a few years ago
about my interest in the idea, and of course I said yes, and my large donations
of the past three years probably helped this show be approved. At least two or
three people at the Gallery worked on the show, partly because the exhibition
was scheduled to open quite soon after the decision was made to put it on.
Now I have to decide: fly to Ottawa or not?
Refer to BC ARTISTS - THE GARY SIM DONATION for more
information.
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