Notice Board

The Missing Body: performance in the absence of the artist is a city-wide exhibition in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada curated by Cindy Baker (MFA Art).

The Missing Body features a dozen artists from across Canada and around the world whose work centers on the body and identity in ways that can be conceptualized as performance art, even though the artist’s body is not physically or visibly present in the work. This exhibition takes place in several locations in Lethbridge’s core throughout the summer, in galleries as well as in offsite spaces, and features installation, sculptural and photographic work, video, live performances in which the public is invited to participate, and interventions into public space.

Featuring work by:
Vito Acconci
Blair Brennan
David Cross
Mandy Espezel (MFA '12)
Sam Guerrero
Guerrilla Girls
Calder Harben
Michelle Lacombe
Naima Lowe
Museum for Obeast Conservation Studies
Cheli Nighttraveller
Mami Takahashi

Exhibiting venues include the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Casa, and the Penny Building Gallery.

Sponsoring/host organizations include Trap\door, the Potemkin Gallery, Mountain Standard Time, the Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge, the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, and dc3 Projects.

Project funders include the Canada Council for the Arts and the City of Lethbridge through the Heart of Our City program.

The exhibition takes place from August 15 through September 6, 2014. The portion of the exhibition taking place at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG) runs June 27 through September 7, 2014. 

AT THE GALLERIES

SAAG : June 27—Sept 7
Acconci, Brennan, Cross, Espezel, Takahashi

Penny Building Gallery : Aug 15—Sept 6
Guerrilla Girls, Harben, Lacombe, Lowe, Museum for Obeast Conservation Studies, Nighttraveller

CASA : Aug 15—Sept 6
Guerrero, Museum for Obeast Conservation Studies

EVENTS

Friday, June 27: SAAG, 5pm
OPENING RECEPTION

Wednesday, Aug 13: Casa, 7pm
Guerilla Girls Skype-in

Friday, Aug 15:
Penny Building Gallery, Casa, SAAG 7-10pm
OPENING RECEPTIONS w/ live performance @ Penny:
Cheli Nighttraveller, The Wooden NDN

Saturday, Aug 16: Galt Gardens, afternoon
David Cross, Bounce
MOCS, Obeast Games
Cheli Nighttraveller, The Wooden NDN

Tuesday, August 19: 3rd Avenue downtown
Cheli Nighttraveller, The Wooden NDN

early Sept: Location TBA, 24-hour marathon
Naima Lowe, Richard Simmons ‘Til You Die

Friday, Sept 5: Univ. of Lethbridge, noon
Naima Lowe Speaks in Art Now

Friday, Sept 5:
Penny Building Gallery, Casa, SAAG 7-10pm
CLOSING RECEPTIONS