Afuwa, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Marbella Anne Carlos and Jordan Martin: What Remains
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Gallery Gachet 9 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1G4
Chun Hua Catherine Dong, "Skin Deep," nd
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What Remains is comprised of the work of four artists who contend with conditions of identity through unique and varied means. This multimedia exhibition incorporates dialogical performance highlighting resistance to a gendering and racializing gaze formed on eurocentric constructions of identity politics. Sincere, experiential, embodied works from the following artists will be featured: Afuwa, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Marbella Anne Carlos and Jordan Martin.
The artists’ performances relate to moments of their lived experience as they consider what remains after the performance—placeholders for future engagements with a gallery audience. The residue of performance includes video, photography, physical objects and other remnants—elements that can only linger as memory.
This exhibition will focus on the importance of performance as process that decenters value constructs placed upon the art object. In this case, these processes are not concerned with success tied to a commercial market of production. The work presented is a culmination of the everyday experiences generously shared by the artists, held and supported by the gallery.