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Archived Exhibitions

Fausta Facciponte: Little Tragedies and New Beginnings

12/02/2022 - 03/05/2023

Fausta Facciponte’s Little Tragedies and New Beginnings are photographic tableaux depicting the fragile moments of life and the complexities of repair. Her playful still lifes of broken figures and objects tell the stories of heartbreak, humor, tragedy, and ultimately, healing.

Knock on wood

08/16/2022 - 01/15/2023

Nazar na lage loosely translates to “knock on wood”, a superstitious Indian phrase meant to ward off negative energy. Artist Noni Kaur’s vibrant rangoli work welcomes visitors back into the gallery after years of pandemic upheaval.

The Future of Work: Parallel Economies

08/27/2022 - 12/31/2022

The Future of Work is a three-part exhibition series formed as sites of continual research on the labour markets, essential work, equity, and mobility. In collaboration with the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre (WAHC), the exhibitions are a process to examine how the pandemic has affected the labour markets and quality of life.

Sami Tsang: Know Your Place

08/27/2022 - 11/27/2022

What does it mean to know your place? Having grown up in a family with clearly defined gender and birth order roles, Sami Tsang utilizes the power of clay to push back against the foundational social systems that inform those positions and structures.

Here Comes the Sun

04/22/2022 - 08/20/2022

Here Comes the Sun traces the origins of extractive tourism industries through the works of contemporary artists whose practices examine the interconnections between colonial legacies of crop plantations and service economies in the Caribbean.

Mother Tongue

05/07/2022 - 08/06/2022

Mother Tongue by muralist and illustrator Yen Linh Thai explores the widening gap of lost cultural knowledge between generations.

Eccentric Coincidence

07/27/2021 - 07/27/2022

Inspired by the AGB’s architectural space and the cast of characters who wander these halls, Z’otz* have introduced a new eccentric troupe of creatures onto the scene with their expansive mural installation.

Joanna Strong: Constellations

01/28/2022 - 04/30/2022

Joanna Strong’s constellation of paintings illuminate and explore the potency of objects as artifacts and repositories for stories. Scattered over the walls, the small works evoke both microcosmic worlds and the macrocosm of the galaxy. The array of circular paintings swirl around the magnetic force of a large, planet-like painting, floating in the middle of the gallery. The variance in scale shifts the viewers’ own perception of size - from enormous to small and back again.

The Characters: Act III

01/21/2022 - 04/16/2022

An exercise in dramaturgy and dystopian reflection, The Characters: Act III by Erdem Taşdelen is the final act of a three-part audio installation based on the narratives of 30 stock characters, performed by voice actors from scripts developed by the artist.

Recognition

01/14/2022 - 04/16/2022

In the fall of 2019, we welcomed artist Vita Plume into the AGB studios for a two-week stay through the John Willard Fibre Arts Residency program to learn from and work with the guild artists. During that time, she researched, skill-shared, and extended her practice to learn about the history of the AGB from the people who built it and continue to keep it relevant and moving.

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