Three exhibitions open at AGSM
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The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba will open three new exhibitions tonight, including the work of Brandon Sun photographer Tim Smith.
“Hutterites of Manitoba” is an ongoing project that has spanned seven years for Smith, offering a glimpse into the daily life of local Hutterite colonies.
The project began with a chance encounter when Smith was out searching for photos for the newspaper. He met women from the Deerboine colony working in their garden and, from there, his curiosity was piqued.
“Deerboine colony has been amazing in terms of the access they’ve given me and the trust that they’ve given me,” Smith said.
“You don’t want to do anything to betray that trust, but you want to be as truthful in your pictures as possible. I’m not there to romanticize colony life, and I’m not there to denigrate it either … I’m really interested in dispelling a lot of misconceptions and stereotypes about Hutterite culture, and, most importantly, just show how diverse and multifaceted it is.”
Smith’s exhibition features 30 photos, taken over a seven-year period.
Featured in his photos are family life, prayer, communal meals and farming, to name a few.
Smith’s project was featured in Brooklyn’s Photoville festival last month in New York City, as part of the Canadian exhibit called “A Few Acres of Snow.” The project also caught the attention of the New York Times last year, and was featured in its Lens blog.
Artist Amalie Atkins will also be opening in the main gallery at AGSM tonight. Titled “we live on the edge of disaster and imagine we are in a musical,” her project combines film, cinematic performance and installation.
“Generations of women — mothers and daughters, sisters, twins — transform the land into a site for the transmission of ancestral and familial knowledge. Like an ancient fairy tale, their narrative is fragmented and in a constant state of change, while the women’s ritual actions appear both banal and magical,” according to the AGSM.
In the community gallery, Kelwood-based painter Kathy Levandoski’s panoramic paintings in “Riding the Edge,” are based on a 20-mile stretch that connects the villages of Riding Mountain and Laurier, tracing the silhouette of the Pembina Escarpment hills.
The opening reception for all three exhibitions takes place tonight at 7:30 p.m. They will remain open until Nov. 19 in the main gallery and until Nov. 10, in the community gallery.
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