[BCMA] Richmond Art Gallery Exhibit Listings for January 2010

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*Richmond Art Gallery
Arthur Renwick, MASK
January 29 --** April 4, 2010
Opening Reception, Thursday, January 28, 7 -- 9 pm*

Richmond Art Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of photographic 
work by First Nations artist, Arthur Renwick. Originally from Kitamaat, 
and now based in Toronto, Renwick's recent /work /has been garnering a 
lot of attention nationally and internationally.  Arthur Renwick builds 
on his previous exhibition, /Mask/, with a new body of work /Mask: 
Artists and Curators/./ /

In this series he exhibits larger than life portraits of First Nations 
artists and curators who participated in a curatorial conference in 
Vancouver, British Columbia at the UBC First Nations House (not far from 
the UBC Anthropology Museum) in 2009. Many at the conference were 
accustomed to questioning and challenging their "Indian" identity in 
their work. Already familiar with the stereotypical portrayal as 
recorded by history, pop culture, and the contemporary lens, they were 
asked to gaze back into Renwick's Hasselblad and "pull a face" in 
response. The result is more than humorous, a body of images that 
depicts a culture alive, reactive and very comfortable with challenging 
and mocking the norm. 

Renwick was born in Kitimat, British Columbia, in 1965. He received his 
MFA in photography from Concordia University, Montreal, in 1993. Since 
graduating he has participated in several solo and group exhibitions at 
public museums and galleries, including The Musee du Quai Branly and the 
Canadian Cultural Centre, both in Paris, France, Gallery 44 in Toronto 
and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Renwick combines politically engaged 
subject matter with a contemporary aesthetic to create sophisticated, 
beautifully crafted works that address issues of identity. In 2005 he 
won the K.M. Hunter Artist Award. His work has recently been shown in 
Montreal and Toronto and will be exhibited at the Smithsonian National 
Museum in New York in 2010. The twelve works of his 2006 Mask Series 
were purchased by the National Gallery of Canada in 2008. He is 
represented by the Leo Kamen Gallery in Toronto, Canada.

 

Richmond Art Gallery acknowledges Cultural Olympiad and the City of 
Richmond for their contributions to the exhibition.

 


/Arthur Renwick, Carla, 46 x 44 inches, colour photograph, 2006/

 

*Richmond Art Gallery ***

www.richmondartgallery.org <http://www.richmondartgallery.org/>

*7700 Minoru Gate **Richmond BC V6Y 1R9*

Tel: 604.247.8300 
Email: gallery at richmond.ca <mailto:gallery at richmond.ca>

 

*Gallery Hours:* Monday to Friday 10 am to 6 pm; weekends 10 am to 5 pm; 
closed for statutory holidays
 *During the period from February 12 - 28, the Art Gallery will be open 
daily from 10am to 9pm.

Free admission. Wheelchair accessible.

 

 

Contact: Paula Hickey

phickey at richmond.ca <mailto:phickey at richmond.ca>

t. 604.247.8312.

e.phickey at richmond.ca <mailto:e.phickey at richmond.ca>


 

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