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Jan 6 to March 3, 2007 Bruce Stewart SALAD DAYS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA |
Opening Saturday January 6, 2007 Talk by Bill Jeffries + Q&A with Bruce Stewart at 3pm Followed by reception Noon hour talks Tues Jan 9 at 12:05 Wedn Jan 10 at 12:35 Thurs Jan 18 at 12:35 Fri Jan 19 at 1:05 |
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Bruce Stewart worked in the medical illustration department at the University of British Columbia for many years, eventually becoming Department Head. Since the early 1970s, he has also been creating idiosyncratic paintings that are populated with his family members, friends and the occasional famous British Columbian. Stewart has recorded key landmarks in BC's psycho-geographical history, from the Rockies to Long Beach, plumbing the depths of who we were as a society in the post-war era, while reinterpreting the look of those now mythic, supposedly more innocent times. Please note that 6 paintings from this exhibition will be on view at the Teck Gallery at SFU Vancouver Campus from March 5 to May 3, 2007 (515 W Hastings). Panel discussion: Sat Feb 17 at 2pm, SFU Gallery Outsiders on the Inside: the Institutionalization of Outsider Art Are so-called art outsiders actually the closest thing we have to an avant-garde? Are art world insiders gradually becoming dissociated from what's happening at the grassroots level? Who are the outsiders in the digital age? In fact, is the term "outsider" even an effective or workable category for our discussion? Speakers: Michèle Faguet (Or Gallery) will discuss recent instances of "cultural slumming" by Colombian artists who have appropriated elements from popular cultural practices in order to articulate an aesthetic of precariousness as a form of institutional critique. Laura MacDonald (Western Front) will examine the work of Bob Flanagan and Sheree Rose and the relation of their outsider status to class and sociological transformations. Jordan Strom (Fillip) will discuss the renewed fascination with artists and artistic strategies labeled "outsider" within the North American contemporary art market at the turn of the new century. Bill Jeffries, SFU Gallery Director/Curator, will moderate the panel. |
Incident on the Drive, 1992, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48" (top) Sorry for Any Inconvenience, 1991, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48" (bottom) 
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