I’ve been visiting the PNE almost daily since it began last week and it seems to transform a little every time I go. Here are some pictures of the crowds and the exhibit during the PNE. Visit Flickr to see more;
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Back for its second year! Don’t miss this exciting urban, adaptive art exhibit. All new installations, sculptures and paintings from the most innovative talents of the local artscape. Experience several different and contemporary works displayed through this new internationally acclaimed medium.
IN CELEBRATION PLAZA
Corrinne Wolcoski, …

From Mon. August 16 to Fri. August 20th the twelve containers at the PNE were the homes of artists installing their work.
Here are a few pictures of the experience; everyone was very enthusiastic and the atmosphere was vibrant and full of creativity.  It was really great to meet my colleagues …

Name of Installation: West Coast Forest of Great Trees

Materials Used: 4 x 32’ Oil on Canvas (8 panels),  Wood, Recycled Materials, Forest Floor Media, Sound, Lighting
The 32 foot long painting has been a challenge & I have loved every minute of it!  It is now in the PNE …

By Tom Hawthorn
Special to The Globe and Mail
September 3, 2009

VANCOUVER

Aficionados of the Pacific National Exhibition are likely unfamiliar with the refined decorum demanded by art galleries.

Nor are gallery habitues accustomed to gazing upon an objet d’ art while gorging on cotton candy.

Snob, meet mob.

On the fairgrounds, …

“Beauty can transmit more then mere information regarding the spirit of a nation, and the 8 works elected by Peter Male for the Vancouver edition of ContainerArt have made me sense what a wonderful and complex country Canada is.  Neal Noland’s train hopping story through the enormity of Canadian nature: …

Railway containers hold art installations -Sandra Thomas, Vancouver Courier
Published: Friday, August 28, 2009
In the middle of the PNE fairgrounds, just southwest of the Monster Truck rides and slightly east of the agriculture barns, lies an art installation created from aging railway containers inspired by a similar project launched in Bergamo, Italy …

PNE Container Art Exhibit    Aug 21 – Sept 7, 2009

“Container Art | Beauty Inside” created by PNE organizer Peter Male and Ronald Lewis Facchinetti from Italy was a contemporary exhibit which hosted an art installation featuring eight artists.  Housed in an entire container city each  …