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A guide to the best exhibitions and events in the visual arts
The exhibition “27 x Doug” tracks the shifting formal and personal concerns within more than 25 years of portrait photography by the veteran Winnipeg artist. Curated by J. J. Keegan McFadden. Opens July 15. Gallery One One One, FitzGerald Bldg., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Liz Pead, Liss Platt and Leah Modigliani work to shatter the class and gender stereotypes associated with our national pastime in this travelling exhibition prepared by the MacLaren Art Centre. From Apr. 29 to June 19. Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, 710 Rosser Ave., Brandon, MB.
Asher’s striking, harshly lit portraits of people from her hometown manage to convey a remarkable intimacy in the midst of urban alienation. “No Cause for Concern” is the Winnipeg photographer’s first solo exhibition. Jan. 15 through Feb. 27. Platform, 121–100 Arthur St., Winnipeg, MB.
From inaccessible shelters made of modernist furniture to a human-propelled car, the Berlin/Montreal– based artist Michel de Broin has an uncanny knack for transforming simple mechanical devices into apt metaphors for the complexities of contemporary life. “More Ghost,” a solo show featuring the artist’s new sculptural and video works, offers an overview of his evocative oeuvre. Through Nov. 21. Plug In ICA, 286 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB.
Themes of happiness, compassion and cultural resilience emerge in “ALL FOR YOU: Fall Cycle,” Houle’s recent series of video portraits chronicling the lives of residential-school survivors. “Transformations,” a group of new paintings by Adrian Stimson focusing on missing and murdered Aboriginal women, shows concurrently. Until Oct. 3. Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, 710 Rosser Ave., Brandon, MB.
“Regarding Heroes,” a retrospective organized by the Art Institute of Chicago, features 100 portraits from Karsh’s personal collection. The show marks the centenary of the late photographer’s birth and appears alongside an exhibition of his Canadian subjects. Opens Sept. 26. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Blvd., MB.
Broadcasting from an undisclosed desert location, a collective of politically minded artists anonymously explores the ethical and moral obligations of mainstream media through a group of cartoon- cat spokespeople. From Nov. 12. Gallery 1C03, 515 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, MB.
“Pandora’s Box” proposes a corrective reading of the classical Greek myth via the work of 10 international female artists. To July 18. (Plug In ICA, 286 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB.)
More than 60 iconic paintings produced within our country’s first century hint at a burgeoning national identity. Until Sept. 6. (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Blvd., MB.)
Staats investigates the “emotional architecture of shelter” as it relates to Six Nations land through archival film stills and digital photographs. Aug. 20 to Sept. 26. (Urban Shaman Gallery, 203–290 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB.)
Jennifer Stillwell’s installations defy notions of efficiency and function, playfully exploring the sculptural potential of everyday objects like tofu and electric fans. Until Jan. 31. (Plug In ICA, 286 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB.)
The physical and cultural landscape of the Canadian Shield inspires new work by Michael Belmore and Frank Shebageget, on view at Winnipeg’s Urban Shaman Gallery from Jan. 16 to Feb. 21. (203–290 McDermot Ave., MB.)
Political cartoons by the Aboriginal journalist Everett Soop showcase the late artist’s wry sense of humour in a survey at Gallery 1C03 opening March 5. (515 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, MB.)
Seventies-inspired tropes of psychedelia and sexual freedom inform Noam Gonick and Luis Jacob’s Wildflowers of Manitoba, a performative installation that offers a neo-utopian vision of young men seeking spiritual transcendence on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. To Feb. 9. (Plug In ICA, 286 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB.)
Talk to take place January 26 at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Canadian premiere of new Marina Abramović documentary to be fêted February 22 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox
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The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s recent Group of Seven show was one of the UK museum’s biggest hits ever, drawing 41,000 visitors. The attention was deserved, writes Sarah Milroy, as the exhibition offered new insights even to seasoned Canadian-art observers.
The Occupy movement has galvanized the way we think about haves and have-nots. But where do artists fit in? As Joseph R. Wolin observes in this review of David Altmejd’s show at the Brant Foundation, context can be as powerful as content in determining the split.
What happens to identity when our relationship to land and language is disrupted? This is a key question raised in “A Stake in the Ground,” an exhibition of works by 25 First Nations artists, curated by Nadia Myre, that’s currently at Montreal gallery Art Mûr.
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