April 20 – June 30
Exhibition – Unit Bruises: Theodore Wan & Paul Wong, 1975-1979
Richmond Art Gallery
7700 Minoru Gate
Opening Reception: April 20, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Unit Bruises brings together the works of two Chinese-Canadian conceptual artists active during the 1970s: Theodore Saskatche Wan (b. 1953; d. 1987) and Paul Wong (b. 1954). By mobilizing their own respective bodies, and the visual languages of medical and procedural illustrations, both artists subverted notions of objectivity that have been naturalized through such hegemonic imagery. Through these intensely physical works, the two artists respectively asserted their othered subject-positions as people of colour as well as ruminated on the topics of illness, death, and the human condition. Curated by Michael Dang.
Website: https://www.richmondartgallery.org/unitbruises