Around Us
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BAF Studio 258 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 1A6
Jeff Downer, "Mask," 2021
inkjet print
Around Us will feature photography from nine up-and-coming and contemporary Canadian artists including: Olga Abeleva, Rebecca Bair, Jeff Downer, Dennis Ha, Shizen Jambor, Jake Kimble, Katie Kozak, Sylvain Sailly, and Gloria Wong.
The artists explore overlapping encounters between places and people in tandem with the signs, symbols, and private languages that develop as a result of that coexistence. In exploring this dynamic, portrayals of the self go beyond typical self-portraiture to art forms that represent not only the artists, but the communities, locations, and neighbourhoods they frequent, as well as the Gallery in which the art is displayed.
The exhibition will debut at a reception event on Wednesday, June 29th between 6:00pm – 9:00pm PDT.