Griffin Art Projects

To Dec 11 Stan Douglas: Allegories of the Present. Curated by Dr. Lisa Baldissera. This exhibition celebrates the work of the eminent Canadian artist on the occasion of his representation of Canada at the Venice Biennale. Douglas is a photographer, installation artist and filmmaker whose work reveals complexities that often live beyond, behind or just beneath the meta-narratives of historical accounts. In this selection of photographs, this exhibition considers architectural and social spaces to produce what Douglas calls, ‘allegories of the present.’ Douglas examines image-based constructions that assist in history’s storytelling conventions, challenging perception and knowledge and demonstrating how important it is that we notice that things are not always as they seem.