CIVIC. CENTRE.
Exhibition view at the Esker Foundation, Calgary
January 17–Dec 18, 2016
Photo : John Dean

Foreground : CIVIC. CENTRE., 2016
Materials: MDF board, paint, vinyl, plexiglass, styrofoam, cardboard, plastic, paper
4 freestanding pieces : 90 x 90 x 240,   60 x 90 x 194,   60 x 90 x 190 ,   52 x 90 x 119 cm   

back wall: CIVIC. CENTRE. I, CIVIC. CENTRE. II, CIVIC. CENTRE. III, 2016
Pen, pencil and acrylic paint on canvas
Dimensions: 220 x 75 cm

The body of work CIVIC. CENTRE. focuses on a four-block stretch on the eastern edge of Calgary’s downtown core, extending from the south side of the Municipal Building, through the old Public Library and the Bow Valley College Campus, to the northern edge of the YWCA. This swath of the city with its complicated networks of public, semi-public and private space is the point of convergence between Calgary’s nancial center and the East Village. It carries the marks of job loss, poverty, gentri cation, displacement and redevelopment.

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