The show Knock on Wood + Whistle ran from January - March 2022 at the downtown Vancouver location of the SFU Audain Gallery (Simon Fraser University). The show included works in both sculpture and collage and meditated on themes of the excesses of consumer culture, the search for spiritual fulfillment, and the commodification of the female body. Included also in the exhibition was a piece borrowed from the SFU collection, an unattributed psychedelic serigraph from 1970. Curated by Kimberly Phillips.
Entrance to exhibition, framed work by Unknown, Life Goes on Within, 1969 serigraph, SFU Art Collection, purchase 1970. Interference on wall and column is titled Knock on Wood + Whistle.
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Inside the exhibition main space.
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Inside the exhibition main space.
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Inside the exhibition main space.
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Inside the exhibition main space. Backside of History, Influence, New Bag in view and Rose Gothic.
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Context shot of The Prophets of Doom Never Had it so Good, 8' tall vinyl die cut of a collage. Green throughout exhibition is a metaphor for the colour of money. Monopoly Money.
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Context shot of The Prophets of Doom Never Had it so Good, 8' tall vinyl die cut of a collage.
Documentation by Rachel Topham Photography
Text for exhibition, written by Kimberly Phillips, Knock on Wood + Whistle, SFU Audain Gallery, January - March 2022
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Unknown, Life Goes On Within, 1969, serigraph. SFU Art Collection. Purchase 1970. Borrowed from the SFU Collection for the exhibition Knock on Wood + Whistle at SFU Audain Gallery.
Documentation by Rachel Topham Photography