Yesterday,my friend James and I went to see this exhibition. We really enjoyed it!
Prototype for New Understanding #8, 1999 Nike athletic footwear, human hair
Cetology, 2002 Plastic chairsBrian Jungen
is at the Contemporary Museum of Montreal
from May 27 to September 4, 2006
185, Sainte-Catherine Ouest (corner Jeanne-Mance)
Montréal, Québec H2X 3X5
Telephone : (514) 847-6226Fax : (514) 847-6291
E-mail: info@macm.org
E-mail: info@macm.org
This exhibition, the first survey of the work of the young Vancouver artist Brian Jungen, presents pieces produced in the last decade. Jungen’s art draws inspiration from both his analytic and sometimes humorous observation of contemporary consumer culture and his ancestral ties with the Dane-zaa Nation of northern British Columbia. Here, the famous Nike running shoes take on the form of ceremonial West Coast Native masks, while plastic lawn chairs are transformed into enormous whale skeletons. These works call into question the various economic, sociological and cultural values of the Western world, at the same time as they initiate a dialogue between Aboriginal and global cultures.The exhibition, organized by Vancouver Art Gallery, was realized by Daina Augaitis, assistant chief and main curator of the institution, with the support of the Audain Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The presentation to the Musée d'art contemporain is under the coordination of the curator Réal Lussier.
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