Jeffrey Gibson: Time Carriers
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Esker Foundation 444-1011 9 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta T2G 0H7
Opening reception: Friday 27 September, 6–10pm, all welcome
Time Carriers conjures a vision of many hands providing a framework of support, a fluid utopia where trust and movement go hand in hand. It evokes a time frame that both unites and collapses present, past, and future into an undulating and responsive single unit, something that could best be described as community or family.
Jeffrey Gibson’s artwork intermingles elements of traditional Native American art, art historical references, craft, and pop culture. A wide range of both historic and contemporary Native American symbols and objects including powwow regalia, 19th century parfleche containers, and drums are seamlessly merged with elements from Modernist geometric abstraction, Minimalism, the pattern and decoration of traditional textile practices, as well as techno, rave, and club culture.
ARTIST TALK
Friday 18 October, 6:30-7:30pm, free
Join us as Jeffrey Gibson discusses his work in the exhibition Time Carriers on view at Esker until 20 December.
Time Carriers conjures a vision of many hands providing a framework of support, a fluid utopia where trust and movement go hand in hand. It evokes a time frame that both unites and collapses present, past, and future into an undulating and responsive single unit, something that could best be described as community or family. This idea seems especially appropriate when considering Jeffrey Gibson’s work, as it has always pushed to create kinship among unlikely partners.
PERFORMANCE
Jeffrey Gibson: To Name An Other
Saturday 19 October, 3pm, free
Atlantic Avenue Art Block Lobby
In a special performance as part of Jeffrey Gibson’s exhibition Time Carriers, fifty performers will be brought together for a drumming event to give names to our current political climate.
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