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Vancouver special : disorientations and echo.

Antwi, Phanuel, (organizer.). Vancouver Art Gallery, (host institution,, publisher.).

Summary:

With an emphasis on recent works not previously exhibited in Vancouver that hold a particular resonance for this time and place, this catalogue reflects the activity of both upcoming and more established artists. Encompassing a variety of media, scale, and modes of presentation, the artworks and critical reflections address themes such as cultural resilience, suppressed histories, emancipated futures, performance of identity, and embodied knowledge.

Record details

ISBN: 9781988860152
ISBN: 1988860156
ISBN: 9781927656549
ISBN: 1927656540
Physical Description: 143 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm
Publisher: [Vancouver, British Columbia] : Vancouver Art Gallery : [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Organized by five co-curators: artist, curator and cultural critic Phanuel Antwi; artist, University of British Columbia assistant professor and curator Jeneen Frei Njootli; independent curator and author Jenn Jackson; artist and independent curator Christian Vistan; and Audain Curator of British Columbia Art, Grant Arnold.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Vancouver Special: Disorientations and Echo held at the Vancouver Art Gallery from May 29, 2021 to January 3, 2022.

Features work by artists Jim Adams, Afuwa, Simranpreet Anand, Lacie Burning, Charles Campbell, Patrick Cruz with Francis Cruz and Qian Cheng, Gabi Dao with John Brennan and Elisa Ferrari, Chief Janice George and ‘Buddy’ Willard Joseph, Simon Grefiel, Whess Harman, James Harry and Lauren Brevner, Odera Igbokwe, Kwiigay iiwaans, Chief Floyd Joseph, Katie Kozak, Yaimel López Zaldívar, Betty Mulat and Zam Zam Warsame of NuZi Collective, Oraf, Manuel Axel Strain, Valérie d. Walker, MV Williams, Lam Wong, Marika St. Rose Yeo and Kenneth Yuen.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.