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  • WinnipegGallery One One One

    Larry Glawson

    Larry Glawson Untitled (Doug with Amanda’s clogs) 1986.



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    Larry Glawson

    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.


  • BrandonArt Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba

    Hockey Town

    “Hockey Town”: Liz Pead Apple Island: I Am Just Under the Surface (installation detail) 2006.



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    Hockey Town

    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.


  • WinnipegPlatform

    Karen Asher

    Karen Asher Fountain 2008 .



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    Karen Asher

    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.


  • WinnipegPlug In ICA

    Michel De Broin

    Michel de Broin Shelter 2009.



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    Michel De Broin

    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.


  • BrandonArt Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba

    Terrance Houle

    Terrance Houle ALL FOR YOU: Fall Cycle (still) 2008–09 Yousuf Karsh Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1968.



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    Terrance Houle

    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.


  • WinnipegWinnipeg Art Gallery

    Yousuf Karsh

    Yousuf Karsh Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1968.



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    Yousuf Karsh

    “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.


  • WinnipegGallery 1C03

    The Pinky Show

    The Pinky Show Class Treason Stories (concept sketch) 2009.



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    The Pinky Show

    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.


  • WinnipegPlug In ICA

    Pandora's Box

    Leesa Streifler Life Force in Two Realms (the social and the spiritual) 2008.



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    Pandora's Box

    “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.)


  • WinnipegWinnipeg Art Gallery

     

    Canada on Canvas

    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.)


  • WinnipegUrban Shaman Gallery

     

    Greg Staats

    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

    Jennifer Stillwell Dock and Propeller (detail) 2004.



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    Jennifer Stillwell

    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.)


  • Michael Belmore/Frank Shebageget

    Frank Shebageget Lodge 2008 .



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    Michael Belmore/Frank Shebageget

    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.)


  • Everett Soop

    Everett Soop, photographed by his brother, Louis Soop, at Standoff, Alberta ca. 1970s .



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    Everett Soop

    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.)


  • WinnipegPlug In ICA

    Noam Gonick and Luis Jacob

    Noam Gonick and Luis Jacob.



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    Noam Gonick and Luis Jacob

    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.)


 

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