Bo Wang & Lu Pan, Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings (detail), 2017. Courtesy of the artists.
Constellations: Racial myths, land, and labour
Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB - Sep 21 – Dec 15
Entanglements between plants and people are explored in Constellations: Racial myths, land, and labour, an insightful and globally relevant exhibition showcasing 18 artists with diasporic, Indigenous, or European settler roots. Curated by Toronto-based Su-Ying Lee, the show examines how racial identity and connections to land and nature are shaped by legacies of forced labour and displacement through historical events such as the Opium Wars, slavery plantations, and the extraction of Indigenous botanical medicine and knowledge.
