- May 14, 2010 to June 26, 2010
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Merritt Johnson's new work at grunt gallery investigates perceptions of division and confluence where land and sky meet. Johnson's work both constructs and dissolves the landscape, concrete and imagined, measuring the absurdity of boundaries, borders and territories. Referencing mapping, her work also surveys sky by layering, revealing and inverting ideas of earth and sky, Johnson reveals information encoded not in GPS systems but in indigenous knowledge.
By Merritt Johnson - Curated by Tania Willard
medium | 87 Programs
Medium Mixed MediaA term describing works composed of different media.
- April 1, 2010 to May 8, 2010
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No description available
By Nicole Dextras
Signs of Change
- February 11, 2010 to March 20, 2010
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Altered is a new grunt gallery project by Vancouver based artists Jan Wade and Nhan Nguyen focusing on altar pieces or shrines, which both artists have explored extensively within their work over the past two decades. This project, comprised of shrines installed at the grunt gallery and corresponding video screenings at the Mountain View Cemetery's new Celebration Hall, looks at cultural histories around memorial and how we remember.
By Jan Wade, Nhan Duc Nguyen
Altered
- October 23, 2009 to November 28, 2009
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No description available
By Nicholas Galanin
Oblique Drift
- April 21, 2009 to June 6, 2009
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"Native graffiti art, Indigenized iPods@, Inuit break dancing, Indigenous language hip hop and video, Indian bling and urban wear: the roots of hip hop culture and music have been transformed by Indigenous vultures and identities into new forms of visual culture and music that echo the realities of Aboriginal people. Beat Nation is about music, it's about art, and it's about the spirit of us as Indigenous peoples and cultures." - Tania Willard
By Bracken Hanuse Corlett, Corey Bulpitt, Enpaauk Andrew Dexel, Kevin Burton, Madeskimo, Morgan, Nicholas Galanin, Shadae, Sonny Assu - Curated by Skeena Reece, Tania Willard
Beat Nation
- January 9, 2009 to February 14, 2009
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"Claude Perreault's upcoming exhibition Elizabeth explores the artist's long-standing fascination with glamour while playfully subverting idealized representations within celebrity culture."
By Claude Perreault
Elizabeth
- February 6, 2004 to March 5, 2004
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The three artists work with the wearable costume as a means to represent the indigenous body, while dealing with the stereotypes and realities of aboriginal communities. They reconnect with history through the language of ceremonial clothing, the use of traditional family crests and the incorporation of organic materials.
By Daina Warren, Peter Morin, Sonny Assu - Curated by Daina Warren
Futuristic Regalia
- January 9, 2004 to January 31, 2004
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Marianne Corless has produced a series of portraits and flags, constructed out of recycled animal pelts, recycled blankets and human hair, that symbolize the historical origins of Canada.
By Marianne Cortess - Curated by Daina Warren
Further
- May 9, 2003 to May 31, 2003
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German painter Jochen Twelker will travel from Berlin to work on what he calls "an anthology of pattern and ornament". Short Cuts will be painted directly on the walls of the gallery, transforming it into an ephemeral canvas whose images must be painted over when the exhibition ends. At first glance his painted installations appear as pure abstraction, but closer examination reveals multi-coloured fabrics and clothes - fashions of countless times, cultures, and tastes. Languages of painting, image, and associative meaning are spoken in a riot of colour and shape, a feast for the senses.
By Jochen Twelker