| Activist Collectors share their Contemporary Coast Salish Collection at the AGGV |
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VICTORIA.- The extraordinary, contemporary Coast Salish art collection of Victoria residents George and Christiane Smyth will be presented at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria beginning in the New Year. Opening Jan. 6 and running through May 6, 2012, Victoria Collects: The Salish Weave Collection is a companion exhibition to Victoria Collects opening at the AGGV on Feb. 6. When discussing their role as collectors, George Smyth said, “Our collection is a noun AND a verb. The objects are nouns; what we do with the collection is the verb.” For this reason they call themselves “Activist Collectors”; their mission is to promote the works not just passively acquire and display them. The seeds of the Smyth’s collection were sewn in the late 1990’s with the purchase of Coast Salish art to decorate the walls of their home. In read full article
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