January 31 – April 19, 2015
NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART
How the store becomes front to an all-powerful global marketplace for which, in the time-being at least, the mall remains its congregational epicentre is a theme that runs through the photographs, video and sculptures in this exhibition featuring three important female voices in art today: Vancouver’s Vikky Alexander, and New York-based artists Josephine Meckseper and Jenny Holzer. Together, the works in Store/Fronts force contemplation on contemporary distinctions between public and private life, and the ever-eroding line separating citizens from consumers.
Curated by Jonathan Shaughnessy and Rhiannon Vogl
Organized by MOCCA and the National Gallery of Canada
Image:
Vikky Alexander
West Edmonton Mall Series, No. 17 (detail), 18 February 1992
Dye coupler print (Ektacolor), 60.9 x 50.8 cm; image: 60.5 x 41.7 cm
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Photo © NGC
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