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Contemporary Art Gallery 555 Nelson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 6R5
CAG Reads | Leisure presents ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ
A virtual event held online via Zoom
Saturday, May 9, 5pm PDT
Weโre delighted to be kicking off CAG Reads, a book club where artists invite us to read alongside them. Each month a new artist will propose a book for our collective reading pleasure, culminating in a virtual hangout where the artist will lead a wide-ranging discussion grounded in their chosen title.
For our first installment, weโre pleased to welcome Leisure, the collaborative art practice of Susannah Wesley and Meredith Carruthers, who were recently featured in the ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ตโ๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ. Since 2004, Carruthers and Wesley have engaged with social and historical narratives surrounding women artists in the 20th century, as well as creativity and its relationship to pedagogy. Leisure has produced exhibitions and special projects in collaboration with venues across Canada and abroad, and participated in residencies in Banff, Dawson City, Haliburton and Vienna.
For the inaugural CAG Reads title, Leisure has selected Charlotte Perkins Gilmanโs ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ (1915). The second novella in Gilmanโs utopian trilogy, ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ is the story of an isolated all-female society that is thrown into disorder by three male explorers. Delivered with wry humour, this work of early feminist science-fiction explores questions of gender roles, privacy, motherhoodย and individuality.
This virtual event is free but space is limited. Please RSVP to secure your place at eventbrite.ca/e/cag-reads-leisure-discuss-herland-tickets-102380837842
Find more information on this event and how to acquire a copy of the book at contemporaryartgallery.ca/cag-at-home/cag-reads