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Vancouver, Canada
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ArchiveExhibition
24 Jan 20until5 Jul 20

The Artist's Studio is Her Bedroom

Steven Brekelmans, Justine A. Chambers, Brady Cranfield, Maura Doyle, Claire Greenshaw, Leisure (Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley), Annie MacDonell, Erica Stocking, Damla Tamer

B.C. Binning and Alvin Balkind Galleries

An image of a stage set framed by theatre curtains with brown curtains in the background. On stage is a set of a bedroom containing a bed, carpets, a small table, a room divider, and lounge chair.

The Artist’s Studio is Her Bedroom is a group exhibition that challenges assumptions shaped by our patriarchal, capitalist society about where and by what means “serious” artwork gets produced. The exhibition shares the perspectives of ten Canada-based artists whose practices are attentive to these assumptions, and to the very real temporal, spatial and monetary constraints that bind and shape their work.

Their contributions to the show address a multitude of labours — whether physical, emotional, reproductive or otherwise — that are often inextricable from artistic production. Some question myths of the studio and the “magical” labour of the artist. Others explore unconventional models of authorship, including the entanglement of childcare and creative work. Each, in different ways, asks how we navigate (or resist) our artistic and political inheritances, and how we might seek out alternate role models and alliances through which to better strengthen our creative communities.

Together, the works in The Artist’s Studio is Her Bedroom assert the generative potential of these other spaces and cadences of creation, addressing artists’ feelings of distraction and constraints, and call for acknowledgement of and solidarity in different ways of being —a nd making art — in the world.

Curated by Kimberly Phillips, with assistance from Julia Lamare

CAG acknowledges the support of Canada Council for the Arts towards artists' travel.

A stack of prints on pink paper sits on top of a white plinth. The prints are of handwritten notes scrawled across the page.
Ten ceramic sculptures of various shaped bottles sit on top of a long rectangular plinth. Behind the plinth, a large black and white painting hangs and another sculpture on a tall plinth to the right.
Two framed drawings on paper hanging on a gallery wall. The one to the right side is larger with blue markings, and the one on the right side is smaller with pink markings.
Sand is piled against a V-shaped plinth on a gallery floor. Lining the top of the plinth are small colourful sculptures. Behind a large black & white vinyl print of a photo collage hangs on the wall.
Three woven, rectangular artworks hang horizontally on the wall. The weavings are made of white paper printed with black marks.
A ceramic bowl, wooden sculpture and two colourful glass lampshades sit on a three tier plinth made out of light wood.
Large blue text on the wall of a gallery space that reads “I’M WORKING BUT I’M NOT WORKING FOR YOU.”
A TV monitor hangs on the wall with a pair of headphones hanging beside it to the left. There is a wooden stool in front of the monitor. The video on the screen shows four hands holding each other.
In the center of a gallery are mattresses piled with pillows. Behind a curtain with a printed photo of a bedroom stage set hangs from the ceiling and a large stuffed animal bunny lies on the floor.

Documents

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Talks & Events

Sand is piled against a V-shaped plinth on a gallery floor. Lining the top of the plinth are small colourful sculptures. Behind a large black & white vinyl print of a photo collage hangs on the wall. EventWorkshopLeisure: Conversations with Magic Forms
25 Jan 20·12:00 PMuntil3:00 PM
A detail of various-shaped white ceramic vases sparsely placed on a white plinth. EventArtist’s RoundtableThe Artist’s Studio is Her Bedroom
25 Jan 20·3:00 PM
An image of a white bed foregrounding a projector screen. The screen shows the image of a stage set. On stage is a set of a bedroom containing a bed, carpets, a small table, a room divider, and a lounge chair.EventRead-ThroughThe Artist's Studio is Her Bedroom
11 Feb 20·7:00 PM
An image of Justine A. Chambers performing choreography in a gallery space. Chambers is wearing a silver jumpsuit. EventPerformanceJustine A. Chambers
7 Mar 20·12:00 PM
A detail of Damla Tamer's artwork. It is a weaving of black and white printed paper. EventPerformanceDamla Tamer
14 Mar 20·3:00 PM
An image of a stage set framed by theatre curtains with brown curtains in the background. On stage is a set of a bedroom containing a bed, carpets, a small table, a room divider, and lounge chair.Event · RemotePerformanceErica Stocking: The Artist’s Studio Is Her Bedroom: a choreographed statement of autobiographical art making
24 Mar 20·7:00 PM
An image of a stage set framed by theatre curtains with brown curtains in the background. On stage is a set of a bedroom containing a bed, carpets, a small table, a room divider, and lounge chair.
A stack of prints on pink paper sits on top of a white plinth. The prints are of handwritten notes scrawled across the page.
Ten ceramic sculptures of various shaped bottles sit on top of a long rectangular plinth. Behind the plinth, a large black and white painting hangs and another sculpture on a tall plinth to the right.
Two framed drawings on paper hanging on a gallery wall. The one to the right side is larger with blue markings, and the one on the right side is smaller with pink markings.
Sand is piled against a V-shaped plinth on a gallery floor. Lining the top of the plinth are small colourful sculptures. Behind a large black & white vinyl print of a photo collage hangs on the wall.
Three woven, rectangular artworks hang horizontally on the wall. The weavings are made of white paper printed with black marks.
A ceramic bowl, wooden sculpture and two colourful glass lampshades sit on a three tier plinth made out of light wood.
Large blue text on the wall of a gallery space that reads “I’M WORKING BUT I’M NOT WORKING FOR YOU.”
A TV monitor hangs on the wall with a pair of headphones hanging beside it to the left. There is a wooden stool in front of the monitor. The video on the screen shows four hands holding each other.
In the center of a gallery are mattresses piled with pillows. Behind a curtain with a printed photo of a bedroom stage set hangs from the ceiling and a large stuffed animal bunny lies on the floor.