 Even while Warhol: Larger than Life continues to draw collective oohs and aahs from the locals, there are still plenty of other worthy shows opening (and, lamentably, closing too soon) in the city—so many, in fact, that it seems almost criminal to single out any one. Still, what with the Warhol brouhaha highlighting the history and prevalence of 20th century pop art, it seems natural to recommend, as a companion piece of sorts, Dan Donaldson’s Art Imitating Life Imitating Art, showing until Nov. 24 at aceartinc.
In the artist’s own words, the show “is a combination of LIFE magazine’s documentation of world events over the last 30 or 40 years, intertwined with my own graphic styling and sense of humour.” In the same Warholian tradition of pop art, Donaldson uses images snatched from pop culture and the collective consciousness—look for Joan Rivers, the Mona Lisa, and Mad magazine’s Alfred E. Neuman, among others. What you may find that is perhaps lacking in the WAG’s sometimes oh-so-chic Warhol orgy is a sense of fun—a rebuke to the notion that art is, or must necessarily be, heavy, grandiose, intellectual, or overly abstracted (not to mention oftentimes pretentious). Fun seems to have been a key notion in Donaldson’s career, after all: back in the mid-’90s, he was a core member of the Student Bolshevics Gallery group, the inner circle of which gained a rep not only for shows that became “happenings,” but for their personal hijinks in general. |
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Wed, Jul. 30th
- Judas Priest
- MTS Centre
- Winnipeg, MB
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Thu, Jul. 31st
- Nine Inch Nails
- MTS Centre
- Winnipeg, MB
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Fri, Aug. 1st
- Coldplay
- MTS Centre
- Winnipeg, MB
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Sat, Aug. 9th
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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- Winnipeg, MB
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Sun, Aug. 17th
- Crue Fest Feat Motley Crue,Buckcherry, Papa Roach, SIXX:A.M. & Trapt
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- Winnipeg, MB
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