Records and Remembrance: A Selection of Recent Acquisitions
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Art Gallery of Alberta 2 Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2C1
“Records and Remembrance,” 2024
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Artists: Lori Blondeau, Dana Claxton, Ruth Cuthand, Isabelle Hayeur, Natalka Husar, Skeena Reece, Mary Scott, Shirley Wiitasalo, Mary Shannon Will
Records and Remembrance showcases a selection of recent acquisitions to the Art Gallery of Alberta’s Collection with a focus on living Canadian and Indigenous women artists. Each of the artists deal with the act of recording—people, places, events and materials—as a form of remembrance, an aid to memory, or an interrogation of the past.
In 2024, as the Art Gallery of Alberta reflects upon its own 100-year history, these artworks remind us of the important work of recording and remembering a diversity of voices and stories, and the ongoing work of addressing historical exclusions.