Richmond BC, Canada #richmondartgallerybc
Don’t miss this special opportunity to own one of Persimmon Blackbridge’s hand-made sculptures from her stunning solo exhibition Speak No (emergency) at Richmond Art Gallery. On the final day of Persimmon’s exhibition, the artist is generously making a selection of her work available by donation to the public.
* First come, first served!
All proceeds will be go to the artist and RAGA (Richmond Art Gallery Association) to help fund the Gallery’s public programs.
Please RSVP to help us plan this event. Light refreshments provided.
Participants should bring their own bag/box to carry their artwork home. Cash and credit accepted on site.
*Participants will be issued a ticket number upon entry, and this will indicate your place in line for selecting ONE sculpture. If you wish to select a second sculpture, you will need to get a new # from the front desk after selecting your first sculpture.
About the artist:
Celebrated as a Canadian trailblazer in socially engaged art, Persimmon Blackbridge has made queer, feminist, and disability art from the late 70s to today. Together with writer Sheila Gilhooley, she created the 1980s exhibition Still Sane, a then groundbreaking combination of sculpture and text and one of the earliest examples of first-person narrative art in Canada, as well as a pioneering exhibit of disability art. She was a member of the Kiss & Tell collective whose installation Drawing the Line was a potent intervention against censorship in the feminist “Porn Wars” of the 1980’s. In the 90s, Blackbridge collaborated with 27 former residents of BC’s large institutions for people with intellectual disabilities on the installation From the Inside/Out, which was instrumental in winning reparations for former residents of Woodlands Institution. From 2015 to 2020, her series Constructed Identities toured Ontario and BC, disputing the social construction of tragic disability.
NOTE – A second by-donation giveaway of a selection of the work will occur at Tangled Art + Disability in Toronto. More information on this event to come.
