58 West Art Gives Back Auction
I attended a media preview for the 58 West Hastings Art Project and was impressed by this collection of generously donated works from seven Canadian artists. The pieces will be auctioned off at the Chinatown Foundation’s Autumn Gala on November 9th. Each artist has either lived, worked, or studied in Chinatown or the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.
58 West Hastings (58WH) will be a 10-storey innovative health and social housing project in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. This project will provide 231 affordable housing units, a 50,000-sqft integrated health centre, and skill-building programs and resources. The project brings together all three levels of government, partner organizations of various sectors, and renowned Canadian artists.
ART GIVES BACK
Inspired by the innovative project, Angela Grossmann and Martha Sturdy spearheaded conversations amongst Vancouver’s community of artists who have lived, worked, and studied in the neighbourhood. The result is the 58WH Art Project, featuring seven internationally renowned Canadian artists. An impressive collection of generously donated artworks will be auctioned on November 9th at the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation Autumn Gala in support of the project. Advance Online Bidding for the works of art is now closed.
Reproductions of each donated work of art will be translated into the design of the building.
58WH Art Project Honourary Co-Chairs: Michael Audain and Phil Lind (2022-2023)
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Dana Claxton – NDN Ironworkers Tool Still Life, 2018
photographic print, mounted on Dibond
30 x 50 in unique print
Douglas Coupland – Tale of the North, 2023
oil on linen 48 x 60 inches
Stan Douglas – Every Building on 100 West Hastings
chromogenic print
48 x 192 in AP 2/2 Image courtesy of the Artist, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner
Angela Grossmann – WORK, 2021
48 x 31 in mixed media collage
Ken Lum – Lau Hoi Ting Recalls a Poem of Her Youth, 2023
archival pigment print on dibond 59 x 78 in edition 1/3
Martha Sturdy – Yellow Stack, 2023
resin sculpture on a steel base 75 x10 x 6 in
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun – Man in the Woods, 2023
60 x 48 in – acrylic on canvas
The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation is a registered charity committed to the revitalization of Chinatown, one of Canada’s most iconic neighbourhoods in the historic heart of Vancouver. The Foundation builds more resilient and inclusive communities by promoting the well-being of those in need while preserving Chinatown’s irreplaceable cultural heritage.
58 West Hastings Art Project in honour of 58 West Hastings, a groundbreaking affordable housing project that will transform the Chinatown and Downtown Eastside community, bringing 231 new homes to the neighbourhood. The 10-storey building stands as a testament to the synergistic collaboration between various levels of the public and private sectors to create a new gold standard for social housing. A copy of each work from the Art Project will live on its own floor in the completed building.
