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Rodney Graham: Getting It Together In The Country visual arts R o d n e y G r a h a m ' s first exhibition pre- self-confidence of Johnny G u i t a . . . T h e v i d e o is i d y l l i c , d r e a m y a n d p a t i e n t , with none of the draw-at-high-noon angst normally associated w i t h t h e genre." R o d n e y G r a h a m w a s b o r n in M a t s q u i , B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a , in 1949. H e studied a r t history at t h e University o f British C o l u m b i a f r o m 1968 t o 1971, ( ' 9 5 ) ; a n d Documenta IX i n K a s s e l , Vexation in V a n c o u v e r s i n c e 1 9 9 6 w i l l G e r m a n y ('92). H i s p i e c e sent three very recent w o r k s a n d an e a r l y p h o t o g r a p h i c p r o j e c t . In a l l , G r a h a m ' s q u i e t w i t is a t play. In t h e t w o m a j o r w o r k s , w h i c h investigate mythic t h e m e s f r o m t h e c i n e m a , t h e artist o n c e again steps into t h e lead r o l e . T h e large d i p t y c h , Fishing on a jetty, photo Island w a s s e l e c t e d f o r t h e C a n a d i a n Pavilion at T h e V e n i c e B i e n n a l e in 1997. Recent solo s h o w s include those at t h e K u n s t h a l l e W i e n , V i e n n a ; T h e N a t i o n a l G a l l e r y o f A r t in O t t a w a ; and the M u s e u m of C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t in M i a m i (all 1999), a n d t h o s e a t t h e W e x n e r C e n t r e f o r t h e A r t s in Columbus, O h i o ; Micheline Szwajcer G a l l e r y in A n t w e r p , B e l g i u m ; a n d t h e A r t G a l l e r y o f Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y in T o r o n t o . R o d n e y G r a h a m lives a n d w o r k s in V a n c o u v e r . is--to use a n d at S i m o n F r a s e r U n i v e r s i t y in Vancouver from 1978 t o '79. G r a h a m impor- the artist's w o r d s -- " a not-too- scrupulous reconstruction of a shot in A l f r e d H i t c h c o c k ' s To C o t c h aThief, has b e e n i n c l u d e d i n n u m e r o u s tant international exhibitions ...the nearest faraway place including w h e r e i n C a r y G r a n t (here played by me), hiding f r o m t h e police w h o suspect h i m of a series of jewel robberies o n t h e French Riviera, disguises himself w i t h a h a t a n d sunglasses and p r e t e n d s t o b e a sports fisherman." H o w / become o R o m b / i n ' M a n , a v i d e o p r o j e c t i o n w o r k , has G r a h a m as a singing c o w b o y m e a n d e r i n g a c r o s s a B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a n r a n g e . Jan E s t e p , o f N e w A r t E x a m i n e r c o m m e n t s t h a t it is " l i k e a c l a s s i c w e s t e r n : t h e n a r r a t i v e is i n p l a c e a n d t h e c o m p o s i t i o n a n d framing s e e m t o b e taken right o u t o f J o h n F o r d ' s T h e Searchers. T h e protag- (with Bruce Nauman) at the D I ACentre for the A r t s in N e w Y o r k ; Projected Allegories at t h e C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t M u s e u m in H o u s t o n ( ' 9 8 ) ; Spirits at the Crossing at G e t t i n g It T o g e t h e r In T h e C o u n t r y at The Presentation November House Gallery, 17. t h e S e t a g a y a A r t M u s e u m in T o k y o 4 - December onist radiates the m o d e s t decency of J i m m y S t e w a r t ' s c h a r a c t e r i n The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance a n d t h e easy 125 East 2nd Street North Vancouver, B . C . V 7 L 1C2 Phone 985-9192 Fax 255-1111