Next Work in Aperture Project Series - Red, Blue and Yellow - Debuts at Library Square

For Immediate Release, March 1, 2007

(Vancouver, British Columbia) -- Vancouver Public Library is pleased to announce the installation of a new Aperture Project work - Red, Blue and Yellow by Karin Bubas - in the Library Square Promenade on March 1, 2007. Inspired by the playful and romantic work of Rococo artist Jean Fragonnard (1732-1806), Karin Bubas's newest installation romanticizes everyday activities like reading.

The Aperture Project consists of large-scale printed artworks within three of the 13 large rectangular apertures on the third and fourth levels of the Library's Promenade. The primary objective for the program is to engage diverse audiences of library users, and to provide an ongoing and visible visual arts presence. Each work is installed at the Library for a period of nine months.

"The photographic series I created for the Aperture Project intertwines the solitary act of reading in picturesque landscapes with reading's ability to transport one into another world," explains Bubas. "On a cold rainy Vancouver day, when many seek refuge in the library, I hope these pictures will serve as reminders of what beauty our city has to offer."

Taken in local Vancouver settings, like Queen Elizabeth Park and Van Dusen Gardens, the lush images are set in rich, florid scenes of nature.

"Like Rococo paintings, I used the composition and tranquil setting to create narrative. The images on their own work as studies in landscape and reading, but from a distance can be viewed as an examination of primary colour," said Bubas.

Born in North Vancouver in 1976, Karin Bubas is a successful Canadian photographer whose work has been shown in a numerous solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally, most notably in Montreal, Washington D.C., and Brussels. Most recently, her work has been exhibited in Portrait of a Citizen at the Vancouver Art Gallery and Studies in Landscape and Wardrobe at The Monte Clark Gallery in Vancouver and Toronto.

Founded in 1869, the Vancouver Public Library is one of Canada's largest library systems, dedicated to meeting the lifelong learning, reading, recreation, and information needs of the people of Vancouver. Each year, the Library's 22 branches serve over 370,000 patrons, offer over 2.5 million items and countless online resources to the public, and answer more than one million reference questions. In 2006, a record 10 million items were circulated.