On the Fringe of the Bow
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Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies 111 Bear Street (PO Box 160), Banff, Alberta T1L 1A3
On the Fringe of the Bow Invitation
Main Gallery - The Whyte Museum's 2017 Bow Biennial features two exhibitions, including...
On the Fringe of the Bow features a diverse and talented group of local artists whose art form, once considered subversive, is now on the fringe of mainstream society. The exhibition includes skateboard designs, tattoo art and three-dimensional chainmail constructions. There is an unconventional, spiritual and rebellious appeal to the exhibition where each work is infused with imagination, metaphor and wonder. Throughout, urban symbolism and historic connotations weave a narration of fantasy, mythology and realism.