Kathy Slade
As the sun disappears and the shadows descend from the mountaintop

As visitors enter the first gallery of Vancouver’s Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG), they see a gigantic tapestry of a lake view on a beautiful afternoon blocked by a large boulder. Compelled to look up and gaze at the monumental piece, which takes up almost an entire wall, they encounter an acute assemblage of image-making, philosophical meditation, and material tactility that envelops all senses and suspends them in a delicate balance of the extraordinary.