5/21/12

WINNIPIG


this is a teaser~


Antebellum & Rick Castro presents~

WinniPig
Recent work by Winnipeg artists. 
Winnipeg- that mythical town on the Canadian frontier -
has produced an inordinately fecund cultural milieu with artists experimenting in all media.

Manitoba was the first predominantly english speaking province to legislatively protect queer rights in 1987. With North America's first out gay mayor elected in the 1990's, Winnipeg cemented its reputation as a radical city that emerged from the Red River uprising of Louis Riel in 1869. Modern day Winnipeg is the coldest city on earth - with the largest per-capita Native population in Canada and a reputation as the murder and child poverty capital of the country.

WinniPig the exhibition takes its name from a performance by Lydia Lunch at the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in 1987. An audience member heckled that she was the Queen of Winnipeg, to which she replied: "I'm not the Queen of Winnipeg, I'm the Queen of WinniPig!"

Curated by artist/filmmaker Noam Gonick, with assistance from Wayne Baerwaldt, the show includes artists from Winnipeg (and former Winnipeggers)...

Featuring:

C. Graham Asmundson
Bonnie Marin
Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
Doug Melnyk
Guy Maddin
Wayne Sommersell
Slomotion
Sharron Zenith Corne
Larry Glawson
Phyllis Green
Zachari Logan
Dan Donaldson

opening night~ june 2nd
6pm till 9pm

live performance by Glen Meadmore & the Kuntry Band

salon events-
tea & film-  screenings for Guy Maddin & Noam Gonick - june 3rd- 5pm till 7pm

WinniPeg happy hour-  no host bar- june 8th- 6pm till 8pm

on exhibit thru june 23rd

ANTEBELLUM
1643 n las palmas ave
hollywood, ca 90028
323 856-0667
antebellum@earthlink.net
(guy maddin)

 (larry glawson)

(zachari logan)

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