Tradition Meets POP Art at Audain Museum
Now until September 17, Whistler’s Audain Art Museum showcases POP, an exhibition that displays thirty-seven Pop art pieces from the acclaimed Smithsonian American Art Museum alongside works by several significant Canadian contemporary artists. Colourful, graphic prints by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein stand alone in their cultural significance, while the Canadian pieces offer a nod to the past with playful commentary on modern issues within our country’s social narrative.
Accompanying the works is the museum’s first-ever immersive space. “Encouraging visitors to engage with art in stimulating ways is a mandate of our museum,” says Dr. Curtis Collins,
Director & Chief Curator of the Audain Art Museum. Taking inspiration from Warhol’s concept of fifteen minutes of fame, visitors to the exhibition will step into a space surrounded by Pop images and snap a selfie to curate their own moment of fame on social media.
Following the POP exhibition, the museum will host, “Dance of the Screen” on September 22, the inaugural ceremonial dance of master carver and Haida Chief James Hart’s “The Dance Screen (The Scream Too).” The event symbolizes an iconic moment for Canada and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness Northwest Coast art and culture, merging traditional history with the contemporary.
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