Judith Lodge

The Contemporary Art Gallery is the custodian of a civic collection of 3000 artworks by Vancouver artists. This collection was acquired between 1973 and 1978 by the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver, with the assistance of the Federal Government’s Manpower and Immigration Department. With funding from the “Local Initiatives Program” artists were hired to make artwork that would be exhibited in the Gallery and later circulated throughout the many civic buildings in Vancouver. After 1978, a few additional works were donated to the Contemporary Art Gallery, so the core of the collection remains a reflection of the art activity in Vancouver during the 1970s.

The upcoming exhibition will be the first time the collection has been exhibited in the Contemporary Art Gallery since 1985. The focus is on works by five women artists active in Vancouver during the 1970s: Marian Penner Bancroft (photography), Cathy Charlton (drawing), Judith Lodge (painting), Liz Magor (sculpture), and Chick Rice (photography). The 1970s was an important period for women artists generally, as they began to break away from male-dominated discourses. The work in this exhibition is varied, but there is an underlying sense of the “domestic" in its broadest terms. Works in this exhibition document the intimacy of familial and social events, and personalize portraits of friends.

*Permanent collection: Works from the 1970s* marks the beginning of a re-evaluation of the Contemporary Art Gallery collection and an opportunity to explore an important era in the recent history of Vancouver's art activity.


A scanned exhibition invitation. It has a white background with black text with information about the exhibition, artists and gallery. A bold yellow and black block of text says PERMANENT COLLECTION.

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Marian Penner Bancroft, Cathy Charlton, Judith Lodge, Liz Magor, Chick Rice

Permanent Collection: Works from the 1970s

*Ten Years Later*, an exhibition marking the 10th anniversary of the Contemporary Art Gallery, opens at the gallery on November 25 and runs through December 20. The exhibition contains work by Marian Penner Bancroft, Judith Lodge, Liz Magor, Al McWilliams, Richard Prince, Judy Williams, and Robert Young. A special 10th Anniversary celebration for CAG and a reception for the artists will take place at the gallery on December 8 at 8pm.

The Contemporary Art Gallery began life as the Artist’s Gallery and was initially funded by a Local Initiatives Project Grant under which artists were hired to produce artwork. The seven artists represented in *Ten Years Later* were among the artists on the gallery’s payroll in those early days. The LIP Program was co-sponsored by the City of Vancouver and the artworks produced were exhibited in public buildings throughout the city and became part of the city's collection. This public exhibition policy is still in place and is administered by CAG.

While *Ten Years Later* focuses on current work by the seven artists, the catalogue not only documents the exhibition but also reproduces representative works from the City's collection. The catalogue also contains interviews with the artists by Avis Lang and a historical essay by founding CAG board member Rosemary Poll and Christine Elving, the gallery's current Director.




Publication: Ten Years Later

A close view of a sculpture in a gallery. The sculpture is made of a flat metal disk sitting upright in a black stand.

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Several artworks visible in the hallway of a gallery. The works include large abstract paintings on canvas and paper, large framed photos of a group of people with text overlay, and small sculptures. 

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Several artworks on the wall of a gallery. At the centre there is a large abstract painting made of rough black and gold marks on canvas. On the sides, there are sets of black and white photos.

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3 artworks in a gallery. One work is made of 2 portraits facing each other, and text between them reads "Appearances are important. Appear important." The other 2 works are a sculpture and a painting. 

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Two artworks in a corner. One of the works is a set of photos of toy soldiers in tall grass. The other is a small metal stand with a round form at the top, and a maquette of the same form on the wall.

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Marian Penner Bancroft, Judith Lodge, Al McWilliams, Liz Magor, Richard Prince, Judy Williams, Robert Young

Ten Years Later

This catalogue was published in 1986 by the Contemporary Art Gallery on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Contemporary Art Gallery and the exhibition *Ten Years Later* by artists Marian Penner Bancroft, Judith Lodge, Al McWilliams, Liz Magor, Richard Prince, Judy Williams and Robert Young, held at CAG from November 25 – December 20, 1986. The publication contains text contributions by Director and Curator Christine Elving, Rosemary Poll, Avis Young and texts by each individual artist.

Judith Lodge

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