The Vancouver Art Gallery is opening a major exhibition titled 'That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature,' featuring a comprehensive survey of the Canadian Modernist's landscapes drawn primarily from the museum's own extensive collection. The show will highlight Carr's distinctive post-Impressionist and Fauvist-inspired style, her deep engagement with the British Columbia landscape, and her spiritual quest for communion with nature.
The exhibition aims to elevate Carr's status within the broader history of Modernism, which has often overlooked her due to her gender and geographic isolation. It will also critically engage with contemporary perspectives, including Haida scholar Marcia Crosby's critique of Carr's conflation of Indigenous culture with nature, examining the influences of Modernist primitivism on her work.