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The Art Gallery of Alberta respectfully acknowledges that we are located in Treaty 6 Territory and Region 4 of the Metis Nation of Alberta. We respect this as the traditional and contemporary  land of diverse Indigenous Peoples including the Plains Cree, Woodland Cree, Beaver Cree, Nitsitapi/Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Anishinaabe/Saulteaux/Ojibwe and Dene Peoples. We also acknowledge the many Indigenous, Inuit and Métis people who make Alberta their home today.

Dean Drever: In Black and White

In Black and White is a timely exhibition of the work of Edmonton-born artist Dean Drever. The exhibition features a broad selection of Drever’s work, which have been created solely in black and white. Often utilizing images and symbols of white male power and authority, in Drever’s work, black and white speak to the drive for power and control, and define two opposing sides or two ways of viewing the same thing. Black and white can be seen as both positive and negative, foreground and background, reality and myth, right and wrong.  In Drever’s work, black and white must co-exist, just as an oppressor shares the same space with the oppressed. As a viewer, however, we find ourselves positioned in the imaginary space between black and white, in a place where we can create innumerable shades of grey and countless possibilities.  

This exhibition is organized by the Art Gallery of Alberta, curated by Catherine Crowston and presented by the Capital Power Indigenous Art Fund.

Bios

Dean Drever (b. 1970) is a member of the Haida First Nation. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta and studied sculpture at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. His work has been shown at White Columns in New York City, The Toronto Sculpture Garden, Vancouver Olympics 2010, Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco, and The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Ottawa, Ontario.

Recent exhibitions include Villa Toronto at Union Station in Toronto, Everything’s Going To Be OK Again Soon - a survey show of Drever’s work from 1998 to present, curated by Robert Enright at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, and Fiction/Non-Fiction - a group show curated by Naomi Potter, Wayne Baerwaldt, and Steve Loft at the Esker Foundation in Calgary and “MKG127” at 57w57 in New York City. Drever is currently working on three large public art commissions and a book project with American novelist Barry Gifford.

Dean Drever lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.

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Tuesday: closed
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Thursday: 11am-7pm
Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday: 11am-5pm
Sunday: 11am-5pm

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AGA members
$Free
Youth 0-17
$Free
Alberta students 18+
$Free
Out-of-province students
$10
General admission
$14
Seniors 65+
$10

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Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T5J 2C1

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The Art Gallery of Alberta respectfully acknowledges that we are located in Treaty 6 Territory and Region 4 of the Metis Nation of Alberta. We respect this as the traditional and contemporary  land of diverse Indigenous Peoples including the Plains Cree, Woodland Cree, Beaver Cree, Nitsitapi/Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Anishinaabe/Saulteaux/Ojibwe and Dene Peoples. We also acknowledge the many Indigenous, Inuit and Métis people who make Alberta their home today.