Transmissions
to
Winnipeg Art Gallery | Qaumajuq 300 Memorial Blvd, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1V1
Preston Pavlis, "your skin behind the lattice," 2019
acrylic, oil pastel, and fabric on unstretched canvas.
Curated by Mariana Muñoz Gomez, Curator in Residence at WAG-Qaumajuq, Transmissions is an exploration of the emerging and passing-on of embodied knowledge. The exhibition centres and values ways of knowing that have been de-prioritized by Western colonial institutions. Though difficult to define, embodied knowledge can show up as emotional or bodily responses to the world around us – it emerges out of lived experience. Embodied knowledge is learned and shared through actions, practices, senses, and intuitions.
Transmissions will feature works by artists Alec Aliknak Banksland, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Kapwani Kiwanga, Elsie Klengenberg, Norval Morisseau, Daphne Odjig, Preston Pavlis, and Gonzalo Reyes Rodríguez. The exhibition will also feature a performance of Jeneen Frei Njootli’s work by a guest collaborator.
On July 14, WAG-Qaumajuq will host a joint opening celebration of Transmissions and Esmaa Mohomoud: To Play in the Face of Certain Defeat. This is a great opportunity to check out the new shows at the WAG. The event includes a DJ, speeches from the curators, and more. For the remainder of the evening, guests can enjoy the exhibitions and cash bar! Doors open at 6pm, program begins at 7pm. Admission is FREE.