Opening Reception & Artist Talk | Town + Country: Narratives of Property and Capital

ADMISSION
Free

In person at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
No registration necessary
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Artist Talk: 5–6 pm
Opening Reception: 6–8 pm

Join us and the Belkin on Thursday, January 9 for a talk with Karin Jones and Holly Ward as part of the opening celebration for the group exhibition, Town + Country: Narratives of Property and Capital.

Karin Jones’s Precious (2009-10), a series of found agricultural tools made of carbon steel and ash, then inlaid by Jones with 24K gold and fine silver Damascene, was created in response to living on Salt Spring Island, BC. Jones moved there with the intention of gardening and canning. Her experiences and research about agricultural labour and economic realities as well as obfuscated histories of Black farmer communities challenge ideas that have romanticized what it means to live on this popular island destination.

Holly Ward’s installation Monument to the Vanquished Peasants (2016/2024) takes its title from artist Albrecht Dürer’s 1525 proposal about the revolts by peasant workers who, due to the privatization of communal land, no longer had access to hunting, fishing and farming for their subsistence. Ward’s 2016 version, a site-specific installation for an empty lot at 379 East Broadway in Vancouver, includes a banner and posters that draw parallels to our contemporary situation—who has access to land and how it is developed, fair wages and the maintenance of communities.

The evening will start with a welcome and introductions, followed by the artist talks, followed by the opening reception.

The talks will be audio-recorded. Email the gallery at [email protected] if you are interested in listening to the recording following the event.

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  Town + Country: Narratives of Property and Capital

  Jan 10 – Apr 13, 2025