Vancouver is rich in cultural activities this year. There are many galleries open. One of these galleries is the Or Gallery where I went to the opening of the "Ginger Goodwin Way". The gallery was small and it featured few art pieces but it had a nice video presentation and best of all it was free. If you are interested in labour relations, this would be a good exhibition to attend because its about artists that “take ownership of stories that are in danger of being lost or distorted.”
According to Vancouver 2010:
"In 1918, Albert “Ginger’ Goodwin, a miner and vice president of the British
Columbia Federation of Labour, was avoiding conscription, hiding out in a small
cabin on Vancouver Island’s Forbidden Plateau, when he was killed by a police
constable. His death sparked the first general strike in Canada’s history. Those
are the bare facts, but the story surrounding them is still hotly debated today.
In Ginger Goodwin Way, an exhibition curated by Jesse Birch, outstanding
visual artists wrestle with contested histories, inspired by Goodwin’s plural
and ambiguous life story. Mariana Castillo Deball, a Prix de Rome winner from
Mexico who is based in Amsterdam, Until We Have A Helicopter, the Vancouver duo
of Wes Cameron and Matthew Robertson; and Vancouver-born Michele Di Menna, now based in Frankfurt and Berlin, take ownership of stories that are in danger of
being lost or distorted."
Presented With: Or Gallery, 555 Hamilton St., Vancouver (604)683-7395
When: 1/30/2010 to 3/06/2010
Tuesday to Saturday, Noon to 5:00 pm
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