Preview – The Gallery Guide

PREVIEW IN PRINT | FEATURE: GENERATION – Images of Youth

In this issue… NOVEMBER 2007 – JANUARY 2008

Japan Envisions the West:
16th-19th Century Japanese Art from Kobe City Museum
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle WA – Part I: Oct 11-Nov 25,
Part II: Dec 1-Jan 6

On the Beach: Don Coltman (Steffens-Colmer Ltd.), Kristan Horton, Jack Lindsay, Taras Polataiko
Artspeak
Vancouver BC – Oct 20-Nov 24

Suzanne Northcott
and Rishma Dunlop
Linda Lando Gallery
Vancouver BC – Nov 1-10

Robert A. Nelson:
The Undiscovered Territory
Beppu Wiarda Gallery
Portland OR – Nov 1-30

Leigh Bridges: Hinterland
Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery
Vancouver BC – Nov 1-30

Kohei Yoshiyuki: The Park
Douglas Udell Gallery
Vancouver BC – Nov 22-Dec 1

David Tycho
Petley Jones Gallery
Vancouver BC – Nov 22-Dec 5

Roger Shimomura:
Minidoka on My Mind
Greg Kucera Gallery
Seattle WA – Nov 15-Dec 22

Grant Boland: New Paintings
Winchester Gallery-1010 Broad St.
Victoria BC – Nov 29-Dec 24

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas: Meddling at the Museum
Museum of Anthropology
Vancouver BC – through Dec 31

Hug: Recent Work
by Patricia Piccinini
Frye Art Museum
Seattle WA – Sep 22-Jan 6

Tony Anguhalluq:
Drawings and Sculptures
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver BC – Dec 1-Jan 6

The Art of Food
Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr Institute
Vancouver BC – Jan 7-16

Kelly Jazvac, Michael Doerksen, James Carl: PULP
Open Space
Victoria BC – Dec 8-15, Jan 8-18

Lost & Found: New Photo-Based Works by Heidi Kirkpatrick
Chambers
Portland OR – Dec 6-Jan 19

PATRICIA PICCININI

LEIGH BRIDGES

ROGER SHIMOMURA

TONY ANGUHALLUQ

GRANT BOLAND

KOHEI YOSHIYUKI

Chris Millar
TrépanierBaer Gallery
Calgary AB – Jan 4-26

GENERATION
Art Gallery of Alberta
Edmonton AB – Jan 19-Mar 24

DEPARTMENTS

Previews
From earlier issues

Catalogue Reviews
Interesting catalogues from recent shows as well as archived catalogues.

Confessions of
an Art Appraiser
The Case of A.Y. Jackson's Smart River (Alaska).

Conservator's Corner: Preserving and revealing the history of an artwork is an important part of a conservator's role.

Gallery Views
Ann Rosenberg looks at a U.S. tax credit program that helps cultural institutions become property owners..

Art Services
& Materials

FEATURE

GENERATION

Art Gallery of Alberta
Edmonton AB – Jan 19-Mar 24, 2008

Eliza Griffiths, Another Perfect Day

Eliza Griffiths, Another Perfect Day (1997), oil on canvas [Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Jan 19-Mar 24]

GENERATION features a selection of contemporary artists from Canada and the United States, whose work incorporates the icons, images and ideals of North American youth. From subcultures and street scenes to their pop icons and dreams, the exhibition provides a small glimpse into the world of teens, the life created for them and the life they create for themselves.

Over the course of the last century, teen mores and lifestyles have become the dominant focus of popular culture. In recent years, teenagers have become an incredible force within all areas of society and now influence over $200 billion in sales, driving product development, advertising and technological development. 71% of teens have created online profiles on social networking sites that are being plumbed by marketers. Their opinions and preferences are used as a basis for macro-marketing, narrowcasting and strategic partnerships.

GENERATION showcases work by influential young artists Daniel Barrow, Dan Colen, Anthony Goicolea, Eliza Griffiths, Justine Kurland, Kyla Mallett, Alex Morrison, Jeremy Shaw and Janet Werner.

In various media – including narrated animations, conceptual sculptures, photographs merged with social commentary, staged photographs, and paintings exploring sex and gender – the artists explore themes of identity-oriented branding. Ironically, the imagery also reveals how technology and marketing cause youth to respond to the comfort and security of marketing values and direction.

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Mia Johnson

Eliza Griffiths, Penthouse

Eliza Griffiths, Penthouse Suite (1997), oil on canvas [Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Jan 19-Mar 24]

Eliza Griffiths, Penthouse

Kyla Mallett, Hello!!! (2004), 1 Lightjet print [Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Jan 19-Mar 24]

Kyla Mallett, Girl Pearls

Janet Werner, Puppy and Pearls (no date), oil on canvas [Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Jan 19-Mar 24]

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