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CONTRAPPOSTO: Dale Roberts, Aay Preston-Myint, Ryan Josey, Jade Yumang, Carl Ste...

Fri. November 1st 2019 - Sat. November 30th 2019 Victoria Arts Council Free

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CONTRAPPOSTO: Dale Roberts, Aay Preston-Myint, Ryan Josey, Jade Yumang, Carl Stewart, Lawrence Mandes, Nico Williams, Kegan McFadden

contrapposto: group exhibition featuring local, national, and international arti...
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Fri. November 1st 2019 - Sat. November 30th 2019 + Add to Calendar Victoria Arts Council (All Ages)
12:00pm - 5:00pm Free
Opening: Friday 1st November 2019
Reception Friday 1 November, 7PM

Artists

Dale Roberts
Aay Preston-Myint
Ryan Josey
Jade Yumang
Carl Stewart
Lawrence Mandes
Nico Williams
Kegan McFadden

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Victoria Arts Council
The Victoria Arts is a non profit and charity established in...
1800 Store Street Victoria BC
Open / Operational

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contrapposto: group exhibition featuring local, national, and international artists

Exhibition 1-30 November 2019

Reception Friday 1 November, 7PM

Artist Talk Wednesday 6 November, 7:30PM
w/ Carl Stewart UVic Fine Arts Building

Curator’s Tour Saturday 23 November, 3PM
w/ Kegan McFadden

Artist Talk Wednesday 27 November, 2:30PM
w/ Jade Yumang Camosun College Visual Arts Department

THE VICTORIA ARTS COUNCIL IS THRILLED TO OFFER 
YOU A VERY DIFFERENT GROUP OF SEVEN …

Join us for the opening reception of contrapposto, a curated group show with work in beading, weaving, soft sculpture, quilting, and installation by Ryan Josey (Halifax), Lawrence Mandes (Rosthern), Aay Preston-Myint (Los Angeles), Carl Stewart (Ottawa), Dale Roberts (Victoria), Nico Williams (Montreal), and Jade Yumang (Chicago).

contrapposto places art by seven queer male-identified artists working in textiles and other hand-made forms in conversation as a way of relating to (queer) histories through non-figuration.

The title -- a reference to classical sculpture popularized by perhaps the most famous queer artist, Michelangelo-- is a red herring and is meant to act as a counter to the work on display, allowing for the artists to be seen as butting up against the hegemony of classification and supposed 'masters.' These works operate in opposition to oppressive forces and attempt to offer a new way of seeing histories as well as imagining futures. The work is held-up or in place by what came before, though is also unencumbered and in a sense allowed to be seen because of such tension it presents through the denial of the (male) figure. - Kegan McFadden, exhibition curator

The work on display references a wide variety of source material, taking inspiration from underground publishing (gay social magazines and comic books) to BDSM sex practices, from homophobic murder to nautical signage, and matrilineal histories to personal talismans.

The exhibit is presented throughout the month of November, in recognition of 50 years since the Stonewall Riots and what many consider the birth of Gay Liberation in the west.


Image: Jade Yumang, Page 37 ("I Was A Homo for FBI, Beg'nr's Guide to Cruising"), 2018

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Victoria Arts Council
The Victoria Arts is a non profit and charity established in...
1800 Store Street Victoria BC
Open / Operational

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CONTRAPPOSTO: Dale Roberts, Aay Preston-Myint, Ryan Josey, Jade Yumang, Carl Stewart, Lawrence Mandes, Nico Williams, Kegan McFadden @ Victoria Arts Council Nov 1 2019 - Mar 29th @ Victoria Arts Council

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