Hear Geoffrey Farmer and Kika Thorne talk about their work in the exhibition Gasoline Rainbows this Thursday, March 8 at 7 pm at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. The exhibition runs until March 18th.


Geoffrey Farmer, Umwelt Compositions and Comparisons (deferring reception), 2007. Image: Contemporary Art Gallery

Gasoline Rainbows brings together works by six Canadian artists – Eli Bornowsky, Eli Langer, Kika Thorne, Holly Ward, Geoffrey Farmer and Derek Sullivan.

Eli Langer, Remote View, 2005. Image: paulpetro.com

Many of the works directly reference Modernist abstraction, using vivid colors, bold forms and elaborate compositions.

It’s surprising that Vancouver artist Evan Lee hasn’t been included in the exhibition – since he made some photographs of actual gasoline rainbows several years ago. See more of Evan’s work at the Monte Clark Gallery.

A gasoline rainbow by Evan Lee. Image: monteclarkgallery.com