Barbara Kruger  Untitled (SmashUp) , 2016 site-specific installation at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery

Barbara Kruger Untitled (SmashUp), 2016 site-specific installation at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery

 installation view of Valérie Blass’s “La poudre aux yeux: Of smoke in mirrors” at Catriona Jeffries Gallery

installation view of Valérie Blass’s “La poudre aux yeux: Of smoke in mirrors” at Catriona Jeffries Gallery

 Installation view of Sonny Assu’s projection during  FAÇADE.  Projection mapping and outdoor architectural intervention on the Vancouver Art Gallery, September 4-7, 2015, 9pm to 3am. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

Installation view of Sonny Assu’s projection during FAÇADE. Projection mapping and outdoor architectural intervention on the Vancouver Art Gallery, September 4-7, 2015, 9pm to 3am. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

 installation view of “Trace” at the Art Gallery at Evergreen

installation view of “Trace” at the Art Gallery at Evergreen

 installation view of “Trace” at the Art Gallery at Evergreen

installation view of “Trace” at the Art Gallery at Evergreen

 Elspeth Pratt,  Second Date , 2011, site-specific installation at Vancouver Art Gallery  Offsite  June 29, 2011 to January 8, 2012 Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

Elspeth Pratt, Second Date, 2011, site-specific installation at Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite June 29, 2011 to January 8, 2012
Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

 Installation view of  Germaine Koh: Home Made Home , exhibition at the Art Gallery at Evergreen, 2018. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation view of Germaine Koh: Home Made Home, exhibition at the Art Gallery at Evergreen, 2018. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 installation view of Samson Young’s “Silver Moon Or Golden Star Which Will You Buy Of Me” at the SMART museum

installation view of Samson Young’s “Silver Moon Or Golden Star Which Will You Buy Of Me” at the SMART museum

 installation view of Samson Young’s “Silver Moon Or Golden Star Which Will You Buy Of Me” at the SMART museum

installation view of Samson Young’s “Silver Moon Or Golden Star Which Will You Buy Of Me” at the SMART museum

 installation view of Samson Young’s “Silver Moon Or Golden Star Which Will You Buy Of Me” at the SMART museum

installation view of Samson Young’s “Silver Moon Or Golden Star Which Will You Buy Of Me” at the SMART museum

 installation view of Samson Young’s “Silver Moon Or Golden Star Which Will You Buy Of Me” at the SMART museum

installation view of Samson Young’s “Silver Moon Or Golden Star Which Will You Buy Of Me” at the SMART museum

 installation view of Sharona Franklin’s “Tellurian Dinner” at Audain Gallery, SFU

installation view of Sharona Franklin’s “Tellurian Dinner” at Audain Gallery, SFU

 installation view of Sharona Franklin’s “Tellurian Dinner” at Audain Gallery, SFU

installation view of Sharona Franklin’s “Tellurian Dinner” at Audain Gallery, SFU

 installation view of “TRANSMISSIONS” at SFU Woodwards

installation view of “TRANSMISSIONS” at SFU Woodwards

 installation view of “TRANSMISSIONS” at SFU Woodwards

installation view of “TRANSMISSIONS” at SFU Woodwards

 installation view of “TRANSMISSIONS” at SFU Woodwards

installation view of “TRANSMISSIONS” at SFU Woodwards

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 documentation for Capture 2020

documentation for Capture 2020

 documentation for Capture 2020

documentation for Capture 2020

 installation view of Rochelle Goldberg’s “gatekeepers” at Catriona Jeffries Gallery

installation view of Rochelle Goldberg’s “gatekeepers” at Catriona Jeffries Gallery

 installation view of Rochelle Goldberg’s “gatekeepers” at Catriona Jeffries Gallery

installation view of Rochelle Goldberg’s “gatekeepers” at Catriona Jeffries Gallery

 installation view of Rochelle Goldberg’s “gatekeepers” at Catriona Jeffries Gallery

installation view of Rochelle Goldberg’s “gatekeepers” at Catriona Jeffries Gallery

 Installation view of  Germaine Koh: Home Made Home , exhibition at the Art Gallery at Evergreen, 2018, Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation view of Germaine Koh: Home Made Home, exhibition at the Art Gallery at Evergreen, 2018, Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 Installation view of Angela Teng’s  A Coloured Image of the Sun . Exhibition at Equinox Gallery, November 24, 2018 - December 22, 2018. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation view of Angela Teng’s A Coloured Image of the Sun. Exhibition at Equinox Gallery, November 24, 2018 - December 22, 2018. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 Installation view of  Douglas Coupland: everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything . Exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, May 31 to September 1, 2014. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

Installation view of Douglas Coupland: everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything. Exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, May 31 to September 1, 2014. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

 Installation view of  Colour Burst,  exhibition at the Art Gallery at Evergreen, 2017, Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation view of Colour Burst, exhibition at the Art Gallery at Evergreen, 2017, Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 Installation view of Kapwani Kiwanga’s  Flowers for Africa.  Exhibition at OR Gallery, September 9 - October 14, 2017, 2017. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation view of Kapwani Kiwanga’s Flowers for Africa. Exhibition at OR Gallery, September 9 - October 14, 2017, 2017. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 John Paul Velten’s  Life Transformations.  Vancouver City Centre skytrain, Granville and East Georgia, Vancouver, 2018. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

John Paul Velten’s Life Transformations. Vancouver City Centre skytrain, Granville and East Georgia, Vancouver, 2018. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 installation view of “Fermenting Feminism” at Access Gallery

installation view of “Fermenting Feminism” at Access Gallery

 installation view of Meghann O’Brien’s “Wrapped in The Cloud” at the Art Gallery of Alberta

installation view of Meghann O’Brien’s “Wrapped in The Cloud” at the Art Gallery of Alberta

 Installation image of  Modernism in Iran: 1958 – 1978 , Griffin Art Projects, January 26 - May 5, 2018. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation image of Modernism in Iran: 1958 – 1978, Griffin Art Projects, January 26 - May 5, 2018. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 Installation view of Martin Honert’s  Vogel/Starling , 1992 and  Linde/Linden , 1990. MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main Acquired with funding from the Margarethe and Gustav Kober Donation, 2005/101 © Martin Honert/SODRAC (2013) Photo: R

Installation view of Martin Honert’s Vogel/Starling, 1992 and Linde/Linden, 1990.
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main
Acquired with funding from the Margarethe and Gustav Kober Donation, 2005/101
© Martin Honert/SODRAC (2013)
Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery

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Installation image of Elizabeth MacKenzie’s Equation, 2018 at Emily Carr University

 Installation view of the Komagata Maru Monument in Coal Harbour, 2016. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation view of the Komagata Maru Monument in Coal Harbour, 2016. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 Installation view of Okuda San Miguel’s mural at 325 W 4th Ave. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation view of Okuda San Miguel’s mural at 325 W 4th Ave. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 Installation view of Okuda San Miguel’s mural at 325 W 4th Ave (detail). Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation view of Okuda San Miguel’s mural at 325 W 4th Ave (detail). Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 Marianne Nicolson’s  Baxwana'tsi: The Container for Souls,  2006. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Purchased with funds donated by the Audain Foundation. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery

Marianne Nicolson’s Baxwana'tsi: The Container for Souls, 2006. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Purchased with funds donated by the Audain Foundation. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery

 Installation image of  Guo Pei: Couture Beyond,  exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery October 13, 2018 - January 20, 2019. Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

Installation image of Guo Pei: Couture Beyond, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery October 13, 2018 - January 20, 2019. Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

 Installation view of  Ben Reeves: Floating among Phantoms , exhibition at the Art Gallery at Evergreen, 2018, Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation view of Ben Reeves: Floating among Phantoms, exhibition at the Art Gallery at Evergreen, 2018, Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 Barbara Kruger  Untitled (SmashUp) , 2016 site-specific installation at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery

Barbara Kruger Untitled (SmashUp), 2016 site-specific installation at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery

 Installation image of Myfanwy Macleod’s figurine at Station Square, 2018. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation image of Myfanwy Macleod’s figurine at Station Square, 2018. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

  Chakras Open and I Drown Under the Waterfall of Life , 2017, by Takashi Murakami. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

Chakras Open and I Drown Under the Waterfall of Life, 2017, by Takashi Murakami. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

  From left, 69 Arhats Beneath the Bodhi Tree, 2013; Embodiment of ‘Um’, 2014; and Embodiment of ‘A’​, 2014,  all by Takashi Murakami. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

From left, 69 Arhats Beneath the Bodhi Tree, 2013; Embodiment of ‘Um’, 2014; and Embodiment of ‘A’​, 2014, all by Takashi Murakami. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

 Installation view of Ai Weiwei, Bang, 2010–14, in  Unscrolled: Reframing Tradition in Chinese Contemporary Art,  exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, November 15, 2014 to April 6, 2015. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

Installation view of Ai Weiwei, Bang, 2010–14, in Unscrolled: Reframing Tradition in Chinese Contemporary Art, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, November 15, 2014 to April 6, 2015. Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

 Tsang Kin-Wah  EITHER / OR , 2017, site-specific installation at Vancouver Art Gallery Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery 

Tsang Kin-Wah EITHER / OR, 2017, site-specific installation at Vancouver Art Gallery
Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery 

 Tsang Kin-Wah,  EITHER / OR , 2017 (detail), site-specific installation at Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery 

Tsang Kin-Wah, EITHER / OR, 2017 (detail), site-specific installation at Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite
Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery 

 Installation view of Reece Terris’s  Western Front Front: Another False Front (Installation View-NW),  2010. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation view of Reece Terris’s Western Front Front: Another False Front (Installation View-NW), 2010. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 Installation views of  A-Maze-ing Laughter , 2009. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation views of A-Maze-ing Laughter, 2009. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 Installation views of  A-Maze-ing Laughter , 2009. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation views of A-Maze-ing Laughter, 2009. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 Heather and Ivan Morison,  Plaza , 2010, site-specific installation at Vancouver Art Gallery  Offsite.  October 2, 2010 to May 30, 2011 Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

Heather and Ivan Morison, Plaza, 2010, site-specific installation at Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite. October 2, 2010 to May 30, 2011
Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.

 Installation view of Janice Wu’s  Chinese Herbs I,  part of the City of Vancouver’s Chinatown Artwrap project, 2018. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation view of Janice Wu’s Chinese Herbs I, part of the City of Vancouver’s Chinatown Artwrap project, 2018. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 Installation view of  eternal return,  curated by Sunshine Frère at Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada, 2017. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

Installation view of eternal return, curated by Sunshine Frère at Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada, 2017. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.

 installation view of Karen Zalamea’s “Subarctic Phase” at Access Gallery

installation view of Karen Zalamea’s “Subarctic Phase” at Access Gallery

 Installation view of Lou Sheppard’s “My Fears of Tomorrow are Melting Away” at Access Gallery

Installation view of Lou Sheppard’s “My Fears of Tomorrow are Melting Away” at Access Gallery

 installation view of “Amalie Atkins: where the hour floats” at the Art Gallery of Evergreen

installation view of “Amalie Atkins: where the hour floats” at the Art Gallery of Evergreen

 installation view of Theo Terry’s “Artificial Shrimp and other Simulacra” at Howard495

installation view of Theo Terry’s “Artificial Shrimp and other Simulacra” at Howard495

 installation view of “Wait Until Dark” at Howard495

installation view of “Wait Until Dark” at Howard495