Picturing Ourselves
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ACT Art Gallery 11944 Haney Place - in The ACT, Maple Ridge, British Columbia V2X 6G1
Cara Guri, “Growth Spurt,” 2020
oil on canvas, 32" x 24" (courtesy of the artist)
Opening Reception: September 14th, 2-4pm
Picturing Ourselves is an exhibition of five creators who use portraiture to share the significance of self-representation – whether themselves, their families, or communities.
Artists Cara Guri, Odera Igbokwe, Jake Kimble, Len Pierre, and Gloria Wong seek unique ways of approaching portraiture in an image-saturated world.
The artist’s works raise questions of agency over one’s image, how culture and community are represented, and reveal new perspectives of a historical art form.