Backyard Florilegium
Tickets:
General Admission ($0-18, Indigenous Peoples and youth under 18 are free)
Venue:
Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq
Address:
300 Memorial Blvd. Winnipeg, Manitoba
Tel: 204 786 6641
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December 5, 2024 to March 31, 2025
Backyard Florilegium approaches WAG-Qaumajuq’s permanent collection with an eye towards revealing its otherwise hidden colonial history. This exhibition challenges the romanticized history of florilegia and its Western tendency to extract components of a culture or environment that doesn’t belong to it. Instead, the focus is on the localized creative context, featuring common species seen in artists’ own backyards and neighborhoods.
