Valérie d. Walker and Jack Page: A Generosity of Abundance - Opening
Join us for the opening reception of A Generosity of Abundance, featuring artwork from queer visual artists Valérie d. Walker and Jack Page.
SUM Gallery
#425-268 Keefer St (4th floor in the Sun Wah Building) Vancouver, BC
Feb 22 – Apr 5, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION: FEB 22, 6 to 8 pm
Fibres-rooted artist and Indigo Griot Valérie d. Walker has transformed SUM gallery into a sanctuary of Queer Joy: a place where “Queer reality is infused with self-love and the power of environmental transformation.”
In keeping with the spirit of Queer, joyous transformation, on March 16 the exhibition expands to include the work of Vancouver artist Jack Page whose practice encompasses illustration, altered book art, papermaking, printmaking, photography, and musical performance art.
As our community navigates a world of unprecedented environmental and political upheaval, transmedia fibres-rooted artist and Indigo Griot Valérie d. Walker has responded by transforming SUM gallery into a sanctuary of Queer Joy: a place where “Queer reality is infused with self love and the power of environmental transformation.” Walker, whose work is shaped and informed by her African Diasporic, Scottish, Japanese, and Indigenous Hawaiian heritage, has envisioned A Generosity of Abundance as an immersive exploration of the restorative power of Water. Finding inspiration in the metaphysical transformations caused by traversing a Labyrinth, Walker’s large-scale indigo-dyed fibre pieces invite the viewer to explore and flow along an uninterrupted sensorial path towards meditative and therapeutic relief, much like water’s uncanny ability to seek out a path of least resistance; while fibre-art sculpture/installations create interior “indigo refuges”.
In keeping with the spirit of Queer, joyous transformation, on March 16 the exhibition expands to include the work of Vancouver artist Jack Page, whose multimedia triptych, Flowers for MeToo, speaks to how all genders experience gender violence, especially trans and nonbinary people, using gold leaf to mark the healing body as divine and flowers as a form of healing and transforming trauma.
Launching with an free Opening Reception on Thursday, February 22, from 6 – 8pm, A Generosity of Abundance runs until April 5, spanning two key events in the QTBIPOC calendar: Black History Month (February) and International Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31).
This exhibition is generously sponsored by The Parachute Fund and the Deux Mille Foundation.
