Past Exhibition

Something More Than Nothing

Aganetha Dyck, Colleen Heslin, Michael Mandiberg, Kelly Mark, Madiha Sikander, Andrew Norman Wilson
May 23, 2019
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Sep 15, 2019
EXHIBITION
Installation view of Something More Than Nothing. Photo: SITE Photography.
Top Right: Installation view of Colleen Heslin, Her Awkwardness and Hand-rolled Cigarettes (left), 2018, dye on canvas and denim, 96 x 73 in., and Cut Me Loose (right), 2018, dye on cotton and linen, 60 x 48 in. Courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery. Photo: SITE Photography
Middle Right: Madiha Sikander, Majmuā, 2017-18, cloves, beads, thread, 10 x 30 feet. Photo: SITE Photography
Bottom Right: Michael Mandiberg, Quantified Self-Portrait (One-Year Performance), 2016-17, 3-channel HD video, channels 1 and 2: 6 minutes 50 seconds, channel 3: 47 minutes 50 seconds. Photo: David Campion

Something More than Nothing brings together a diverse group of artists whose work all deals in some way with notions of hidden or invisible labour: work that is not seen, valued, or adequately paid.
From domestic or care work, to digital and tech labour that is increasingly performed in the home as piece work, to the hidden labour that is inherent in the art world itself, all the works in this exhibition draw attention to labour that, though often ignored, is nevertheless fundamental to the workings of the world. The contemporary artwork in this exhibition is complemented by displays of historical objects from The Reach’s collections, helping to contextualize how our ideas about work and labour have evolved over the years.

Tour Dates

  • Art Gallery at the Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam 16/11/2019 - 12/01/2020

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