Stan Douglas\u2019 \u20182011 \u2260 1848\u2019 at the 59th Venice Biennale is a tale of two years and four global events. It\u2019s also a tale of two exhibitions, which marks a first in Canada\u00a0Pavilion history.\u00a0\n\u2018When the director of the National Gallery [of Canada, Sasha Suda] called me, I knew...
Stan Douglas’ captivating two-part exhibition for the Canada Pavilion in Venice is a haunting and meticulous reconstruction of historical events
The idea in question stemmed from a 2017 two-part series that Douglas created in response to London’s 2011 Hackney riots, which began after a local man, Mark Duggan, was shot dead by Metropolitan Police, and spread nationwide in an uprising underpinned by racial and class tensions, mass-unemployment and post-recession economic decline. In these vast, aerial mise-en-scènes, the artist combined news footage of the London events with newly created imagery.
Photography: Jack Hems Courtesy of the artist, the National Gallery of Canada, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner The results of these works expand far beyond photography or reportage. They are intricate tapestries of angst, frustration and disenfranchisement with social systems, spanning eras, geographies, and dimensions. Though anchored in the past, the resonance with recent contemporary events is uncanny.
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