RYAN DANNY OWEN: TWENTY-SOMETHING
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Stride Gallery 1006 Macleod Tr SE, Calgary, Alberta T2G 2M7
+15 WINDOW EXHIBITION
/RYAN DANNY OWEN - TWENTY-SOMETHING APRIL 1 - MAY 31, 2017
CLOSING RECEPTION: MAY 11, 2017 @ 6-7 REFERSHMENTS TO FOLLOW AT THE PALOMINO
/TWENTY–SOMETHING questions the dynamics of finding an identity within a history of loss. Memorials are built to pay homage or respects to a person, event, or period, while a ruin is the documentation of something once whole and now fragmented. The photographs are taken in the 1980’s and are archived from various sources. These images, taken during the early stages of the AIDS crisis, maintains a closeness to ruins and memorials. Cumulatively, the work acts as a portrait or as a memorial to an identity still alive.
/RYAN DANNY OWEN is a Calgary-based artist who will graduate from the Alberta College of Art and Design Drawing program in 2017. His work examines queer identity, loss, desire, and time through the exploration of the dynamics of ruins, memorials, and relationships.