Diyan Achjadi | New Exhibitions

Associate professor Diyan Achjadi has two new exhibitions taking place:

No. 3 Road Art Columns:
Those visiting Canada Line stations along Richmond's No. 3 Road will be greeted with lively multi-cultural, day and evening city scenes just installed in the City's circular art columns. It is the third exhibit of works by local artists at the Richmond-Brighouse, Lansdowne and Aberdeen Canada Line stations, presented by the City's Public Art program.

Diyan's work is located at Aberdeen Station, Here is There is Here are radiant digitally constructed drawings combining places in and around Aberdeen station with memories of the artist's hometown of Jakarta, Indonesia.

The Further Adventures of Girl:
This is an ongoing, ever-expanding series of works that explore questions of how group identity, national identity, and miliarism are depicted in popular culture. New prints for an upcoming graphic novel, which will show the transformation of Girl into a comic-book heroine, will also be included in the exhibition.

Artist Talk and Opening Reception
Thursday, July 14, 2011 | 7:30pm
Animation Screenings and artist talk with Diyan Achjadi
Thursday, September 14, 2011 | 7pm
The LAB Gallery
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1040 Moss Street, Victoria