Shannon Bool: The Eastern Carpet in the Western World Revisited

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Shannon Bool, "The Eastern Carpet in the Western World," nd

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Please join us for two exciting public programs happening at the IKG this Thursday, February 9, starting at 6pm.

Textiles Underfoot and from the Margins of History

Panel discussion with Michele Hardy, Jennifer Salahub, Mackenzie Kelly-Frere and moderated by Lorenzo Fusi

Date: Thursday February 9, 2017

Time: 6pm

Where: IKG Gallery 2

The panel will discuss approaches to the study of carpets and textiles and their relationship with contemporary art. Held in conjunction with Home Economics: 150 Years of Hooked Rugs in Canada (Nickle Galleries, January 26-April 8, 2017) and Shannon Bool: The Eastern Carpet in the Western World Revisited (Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, until February 11, 2017).

KHAAREJ No.2

Director: Sahar Te

Performers: Louisa Adriana, Craig Fahner

Date: Thursday February 9, 2017

Time: 7:30pm

Where: IKG Gallery 1

KHAAREJ No.2 is a performance, which shares similar methodologies and approaches of translation and cultural re-appropriation with Shannon Bool’s Eastern Carpet in the Western World. The piece is based on a poem written by Sahar Te, using mostly English words that have been appropriated by Farsi, performed by English speaking performers while the Farsi words are scratched out of the poem.

Illingworth Kerr Gallery (IKG) and Alberta College of Art + Design invite you to attend Shannon Bool: The Eastern Carpet in the Western World Revisited, an exhibition of the Canadian-born and Berlin-based artist who is revisiting the Orientalist tradition, art  history  and material culture by blending digital manipulation and ancient manufacturing techniques.

Shannon Bool’s first solo exhibition in Calgary takes its title from a show originally staged at London’s Hayward Gallery in 1983 (The Eastern Carpet in the Western World); and her presentation focuses on a group of artworks that all refer to the complex relationship between Oriental carpets and Western art.

These includes a series of carpets, tapestries and photograms (camera-less pictures made using photographic materials), and a video.

In her oeuvre Shannon Bool often blurs the boundaries between art and crafts, that is to say between art and material history.

Her work ‘re-activates’ archival and found imagery that takes new form and meaning once it is re-elaborated by the artist, often combining digital technology and ancient fabrication techniques.

This exhibition is curated by Lorenzo Fusi (Visiting Academic Curator at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery)