"Thought, outside" group exhibition at the Western Front

Thought, outside

Nov 12 – Dec 19, 2020

Curated by Amy Kazymerchyk, Thought, outside is composed with an eye to how each artwork thinks the phenomenon of the outside. This concept is variably expressed as the condition of being out-of-doors, beyond a geographic delineation, without legal recognition or unfamiliar with social custom. It is a position that is sometimes articulated in the negative: by that which is not inside. However, the boundary between the inside and outside is rarely fixed or exclusive. Rather, it is relational, durational and transitory.

The exhibition presents lens based artworks by Craig Berggold, Marlene Creates, Kiss & Tell, Roy Kiyooka, Laiwan, Ken Lum and Melinda Mollineaux produced between the 1970s and 90s. The works engage then-emerging frameworks of multiplicity, plurality and decentering that make the contingent nature of the outside visible. Their anachronistic encounter draws attention to how artworks continue to think across the conditions of presentation.

https://front.bc.ca/events/thought-outside/

Special thanks to Amy Kazymerchyk, Brady Marks, Ben Wilson, Pablo de Ocampo, and all at the Western Front .