[BCMA] RELEASE: Kelowna's drug culture exposed in video installation

Tue Apr 3 11:46:37 PDT 2012

Media Release

For Immediate Release

A dark side of Kelowna explored in new exhibition at Kelowna Art Gallery

Busted: a video installation by Melanie Daniel
On view from April 7 to May 27, 2012 at the Kelowna Art Gallery

April 3, 2012 - Kelowna, BC: This spring the Kelowna Art Gallery will present an exhibition that reveals a facet of life in Kelowna that is ever present, but would rather be ignored by most residents. Busted: a video installation by Melanie Daniel is a video installation that centres around Kelowna's notorious drug subculture. The exhibition opens to the public on April 7, 2012 and will remain on view until May 27, 2012.

While she is known primarily for her painting, artist Melanie Daniel chose to install video works for this show that deal with the underground illegal drug culture in Kelowna. The exhibition is comprised of two videos. The main piece is a nine-minute-long video called Jerome that focuses on a young man who is under house arrest for participating in a marijuana grow op. Not journalistic in nature, Jerome is the artist's snap-shot portrait of one man who has been touched by this problem. The other video component is footage of the demolition of a local condemned crack house.

Although she was born and grew up in BC, Daniel has lived and worked in Israel since 1995. This is her first solo exhibition in Kelowna since 2003.

"We are hopeful that Melanie Daniel's work will provoke thought and discussion about this hard-hitting aspect of life in Kelowna," says Nataley Nagy, Executive Director at the Kelowna Art Gallery. Daniel's installation Busted presents the dark "otherness" of what seems to be, on the surface, a beautiful and peaceful mid-sized Canadian city nestled in the Okanagan Valley.

An opening reception for this exhibition will be held on Friday, April 13, 2012, at the Kelowna Art Gallery, from 6:30 to 9 pm. The artist will speak about the work at 6:30 pm, and a reception will follow at 7 pm. The video installation will be ongoing. This is a free event, open to members and guests, by invitation.

The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water Street in downtown Kelowna. For more information about current exhibitions, public programming or special events, please visit the Kelowna Art Gallery online at www.kelownaartgallery.com<http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/>.

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For more information, to arrange an interview, or for images of the artist's work please contact:

Kris Johnson
Marketing and Events Coordinator
KELOWNA ART GALLERY
1315 Water Street, Kelowna, BC  V1Y 9R3
t: 250-762-2226 ext: 305
f: 250-762-9875
www.kelownaartgallery.com<http://www.kelownaartgallery.com/>
ON VIEW AT THE GALLERY
Okanagan Print Triennial 2012 | Through to June 17, 2012
Incognito | Through to June 24, 2012 - Rotary Courtyard
Art in Action 2012: A Change of Perspective| Through to June 24, 2012

OPENING SOON
Busted: a video installation by Melanie Daniel | April 7 to May 27, 2012

NOTE: Low resolution stills from video attached

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