World of Threads Festival
Where Were You When Amy Winehouse Died?
2012 Exhibition: Opening
The question posed raises concerns regarding the representation of icons and iconic images that transform and become subverted by culture throughout time. When we consider the question "Where were you when Amy Winehouse died?" we may be asking a literal question regarding time and place, but in actuality we are asking a larger metaphorical question. The inquiry of "where we were" begs the questions of what did the event really meant us on a person level and in a cultural context.
Where were you when Amy Winehouse died? explores ideas of representation, embodiment, pop culture and shifting iconographies. The death of Amy Winehouse, English singer and songwriter, presents a tragedy that challenges the line between confidence and strength with other dimension of insecurity and vulnerability.
Writing by Evan Tyler
Photography by Gareth Bate
Curator
- Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Evan Tyler
Artists
- Canada: British Columbia: Vancouver: Britta Fluevog, Kaija Rautiainen. Ontario: Mississauga: Pat Hertzberg,Oshawa: Emily Martin, Thornhill: Marianne Burlew, Toronto: Molly Grundy, Sharon Moodie. Nova Scotia: Halifax: Meghan Macdonald.
- Spain: Seville: Mairena del Aljarafe: Asun Sanchez.
- USA: California: San Francisco: Marie Bergstedt. Florida: Winter Park: Jennifer Hirschmann.
Gallery
- gallery west
City
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dates
- Nov. 9 - Dec. 1, 2012
