Art Metropole

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Offsite: The Anthology

Date

2025

Publisher

Information Office and the Vancouver Art Gallery

Format

Anthologies

ISBN

9781988860213

Size

17 × 24 cm

Length

192 pp

Genre

Canadian, Contemporary Art, Available for Wholesale , Public Art

Published to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Offsite — the Vancouver Art Gallery’s outdoor, public art space — Offsite: The Anthology brings together commentary on twenty-six projects as well as extensive photographic documentation. From the beginning, Offsite’s mandate recognized the value in site specific, temporary public art projects that consider not only location but the social and cultural implications of the site itself. Over the past fifteen years the Gallery has presented the work of twenty-six artists and collectives in almost every medium imaginable, each presentation radically reconceiving the possibilities of the site and fashioning an entirely new encounter for the public. From O Zhang’s monumental photographic installation to Polit-Sheer-Form Office’s interactive exercise equipment to Asim Wakif’s immersive, sonic architecture and Pedro Reyes’ anthropomorphic cars with legs, Offsite has delighted, challenged and engaged broad audiences of locals and visitors alike. This anthology marks the first significant publication on these engaging, site‑specific installations.

Featuring projects by O Zhang, Ken Lum, Heather and Ivan Morison, Elspeth Pratt, Kota Ezawa, Damian Moppett, MadeIn Company, Mark Lewis, Babak Golkar, Robert Youds, Reena Saini Kallat, Elizabeth Zvonar, Marina Roy, Khan Lee, Tsang Kin-Wah, Asim Waqif, Shigeru Ban, Polit-Sheer-Form Office, Erwin Wurm, Sanaz Mazinani, Evann Siebens + Keith Doyle, Kieth Langergraber, Christopher K. Ho, Lani Maestro, Pedro Reyes, and Hank Willis Thomas. Contributed texts by Anthony Kiendl, Bryan Newson, Daina Augaitis, Grant Arnold, Kathleen Ritter, Diana Freundl, Henry Tsang, Bruce Grenville, Godfre Leung, Makiko Hara, and Eva Respini.