Walled Off: The Politics of Containment
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Founders' Gallery 4520 Crowchild Tr SW (Entrance is at west end of Passchendaele Ave SW), Calgary, Alberta T2T 5J4
Paula Luttringer, "From the series El Lamento de los Muros N° …," 2000-2015
Walled Off: The Politics of Containment
Perhaps the ultimate denial of freedom is captivity; this exhibition brings together photographic work that explores state suppression, control and containment, and summons the never-ending quest for individual liberty and human dignity.
Gallery Tour: Sunday, Feb 3, 2019 2:00 pm
Dona Schwartz, Professor, Department of Art at the University of Calgary is guest curator of this group exhibition of photography. The exhibition includes the work of four artists: Nina Berman and Peter van Agtmael (USA), Edmund Clark (UK), and Paula Luttringer (Argentina). She will give a tour of Walled Off, accompanied by Edmund Clark, who will discuss his two projects examining the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
Curator, Dona Schwartz, University of Calgary
Artists: Nina Berman, Edmund Clark, Paula Luttringer and Peter van Agtmael