AlterNation
July 15 to September 9, 2017
Central Gallery
Roy Arden
Komar and Melamid
Henry Speck
Rebecca Belmore
Eileen Leier
Takao Tanabe
Edward Burtynsky
Glenn Lewis
Joyce Weiland
Wally Dion
Ken Lum
Tania Willard
Aganetha Dyck
Divya Mehra
Jin-me Yoon
Farheen HaQ
Daphne Odjig
Sharyn Yuen
Alex Janvier
Jana Sasaki
AlterNation suggests an alternative approach to the consideration of Canada and the embracing of multiple perspectives towards our shared history. It is an acknowledgement of the many alternative nations that have existed within this country, while also suggesting a fluctuation between those various histories. In logic and mathematics, alternation is defined as “inclusive disjunction,” a term that metaphorically encompasses the ways that Canada has endeavoured to be a bastion of multicultural democracy, but has at times failed to live up to those ideals.
Presented alongside Lawren Harris: Canadian Visionary, AlterNation is comprised of work from the Kamloops Art Gallery permanent collection and supplemented by loans from local and national collections. This exhibition presents contemporary work by a variety of artists that explores how art has been involved in the myth-making and nation-building of Canada, as well as work that challenges the dominant narratives of celebration by highlighting some of the darker histories that are often overlooked in mainstream considerations of Canadian history. This exhibition includes works that are both laudatory and critical of the idea of Canada, as well as works that are both humourous and somber, in an effort to encourage audiences to thoroughly consider the range of positive and negative forces that have shaped Canada over the last 150 years.
This exhibition has an accompanying publication available here.
Curated by Adrienne Fast, Interim Curator, Kamloops Art Gallery
View images of the exhibition here.
AlterNation
As a supplement to the Kamloops Art Gallery’s exhibition AlterNation, the KAG has produced a modest epublication which includes an essay by Devon Smither, a curatorial statement from Adrienne Fast and a list of works and artists included in the exhibition.
Kamloops Art Gallery, 2017
Kamloops Art Gallery, 2017


Joyce Weiland
O, Canada, 1972lithograph on silk57.5 x 75.3 cmCollection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of Michael Audain, VAG 99.16.2Photo: Vancouver Art Gallery

Jana SasakiFinal Evacuation, 1996photo etching on paperCollection of the Kamloops Art GalleryPhoto: Cory Hope, Kamloops Art Gallery

Henry SpeckBeaver – Tsow, 1963silkscreen on paperCollection of the Kamloops Art Gallery, Gift of Eleanor VernonPhoto: Cory Hope, Kamloops Art Gallery

Tania WillardSecwepemculecw, 2009inkjet print on paperCollection of the Kamloops Art Gallery, Gift of the ArtistPhoto: Cory Hope, Kamloops Art Gallery

Alex JanvierA Real Feather, 1972acrylic on cardCollection of the Kamloops Art Gallery, Gift of John E.H. WardPhoto: Cory Hope, Kamloops Art Gallery

Eileen LeierThe Chinese Graveyard: Hudson’s Bay Trail, Kamloops, 2004chromogenic printsCollection of the Kamloops Art Gallery, Purchased with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program and the Fred Doubt Memorial FundPhoto: Victor Hamm

Glenn LewisWatch your step, you’re supposed to be crippled… (detail), 1953, printed 1992Collection of the Kamloops Art Gallery, Purchased with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance ProgramPhoto: Cory Hope, Kamloops Art Gallery

Daphne OdjigIndian Day School, 1978screenprint on paperCollection of the Kamloops Art Gallery, Gift of Stan SomervillePhoto: Cory Hope, Kamloops Art Gallery

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