RE-CONTEXTUALISING THE DE-CONSECRATED - LUKE PARNELL
Winsor Gallery presents new work by Luke Parnell
VANCOUVER,
January 5, 2013 – Winsor
Gallery announced today the upcoming exhibition feature of a new series of work
by Vancouver based artist Luke Parnell. On display will be a new group of
paintings created by Parnell entitled Re-contextualising
the De-consecrated.
For this series, Parnell surveyed
the exhibition history of Northwest Aboriginal art in the 20th and 21st centuries. He
focussed on creating responses to eight different historical and contemporary exhibitions,
including the critically acclaimed Beat Nation exhibition currently touring
throughout Canada (2012-2014). On display are eight paintings that reference a
particular exhibition in the series, each one also has a corresponding positive
or negative criticism of the studied exhibitions.
For Parnell, this new series “raises questions of sacrosactity; what
is sacred, how do we treat the sacred and who should have access to the sacred”.
Re-contextualising
the De-consecrated will be
exhibited from January 18 to February 15, 2014. An opening reception launching
these works will be held on Saturday January 18th (2-4pm); the
artist will be in attendance.
About
Luke Parnell
Luke Parnell is an artist of Haida and
Nisga’a heritage who, through the use of traditional techniques from the
Northwest Coast, investigates contemporary social issues. Parnell also
simultaneously acknowledges the historical implications of his method of
working within his practice. His work
continues to address ideas of rights, ownership, and privilege in the context
of his own postmodern experience. Parnell has been a professional artist for
ten years. Having graduated from Emily Carr with distinction, Parnell is the
recipient of the 2012 Winsor Gallery Graduate Student Award. He has exhibited
work across Canada, and is currently a professor at Emily Carr University of
Art + Design.
About
Winsor Gallery
Founded
by Jennifer Winsor in 2002, Winsor Gallery has distinguished itself locally, nationally, and
internationally as a premier source for contemporary art. Foremost a commercial
gallery, Winsor Gallery strives to ensure the long-term development of our
artists’ careers through promotion, collaboration, and thoughtful curation.
Through
this commitment to forging strong relationships with our artists, we have
accrued one of the most attractive portfolios of established and emerging
talent in Vancouver, and many of our represented artists have been recipients
of such prestigious awards as the Governor General’s Award, the Joseph Plaskett
Award, the Gold Medal of the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada, and the
International Studio Award at the Museum of Modern Art New York.
A
cornerstone of the Vancouver art scene, Winsor relocated from its seminal South
Granville space in 2012 to The Flats on East 1st Avenue. The gallery is part of a burgeoning
industrial neighbourhood that has become Vancouver’s new centre for
contemporary art.
Images (left – right):
The
Legacy, 2013
Luke Parnell
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 36”
Down
from the Shimmering Sky, 2013
Luke Parnell
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40”
Transforming
Image, 2013
Luke Parnell
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 36”
For more information please contact:
Sunshine
Frere
Winsor
Gallery
604.681.4870
sunshine@winsorgallery.com
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