Brenda Draney: Drink from the River

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Brenda Draney, “Drink from the River,” 2023

(courtesy of the gallery)

This exhibition features works by Edmonton-based artist Brenda Draney that delve into complex questions around the notion of intimacy. Sifting through images culled from her own personal archive, her memory, and the Internet, Brenda Draney recalls figures and moments that have shaped her lived experiences. In her paintings, however, Draney leaves space for the viewer to reflect upon the images and the subject matter at hand. Brenda Draney’s artworks explore the relationship between how we make memories and how we build knowledge, by way of storytelling. Examining the ways in which narratives are not only formed and shaped by personal and shared events but also influenced by socially accepted and perpetuated constructs, her works invite us to constantly reconsider what we think we know, and how we come to know it.