The Polygon Gallery and Emily Carr University Present an Artist Talk by Esteemed Alumnus Stan Douglas
Join Stan Douglas for a talk on his current exhibition at The Polygon Gallery, 2011 ≠ 1848.
Open to Public?
Yes
Join Stan Douglas for a talk on his exhibition, 2011 ≠ 1848.
The exhibition presents a series of works inspired by historical events of social and political turbulence. Douglas connects points of social rupture, rendering in minute detail and with technical ingenuity historic moments of protest, riot, and occupation from 2011 that echoed upheavals that swept Europe in 1848.
Due to overwhelming demand and limited space, seats for the talk will be allocated via lottery. Please enter below by Friday, October 14
to register your interest for a pair of seats. Winners will be contacted on Monday, October 17.
Those without tickets may wait in the rush line for seats that become available or view the livestream in Rennie Hall (Room B2160, Level 2).
About Stan Douglas
Stan Douglas (b. 1960, Vancouver) is a visual artist who lives and works in Vancouver and Los Angeles. His films and photographs have been included in exhibitions internationally since the early 1980s, including at documenta IX, X and XI (1992, 1997, 2002) and in four previous Biennale Artes (1990, 2001, 2005 and 2019). A survey of his work, Stan Douglas: Mise en scene, toured Europe from 2013 until the end of 2015. From 2014 until 2017 his multimedia theatre production Helen Lawrence was presented in Vancouver, Toronto, Munich, Antwerp, Edinburgh, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles. Douglas received the International Centre of Photography’s Infinity Award in 2012, the Scotiabank Photography Award in 2013, the Hasselblad Award in 2016, the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in 2019 and the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture in 2021. Between 2004 and 2006, he was a professor at Universität der Künste Berlin and is currently Chair of the Graduate Art Program of ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Stan graduated from ECU in 1982 and received an Honorary Doctorate (D.Litt) in 2009.
This talk is presented by the Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Audain Faculty of Art in partnership with the Polygon Gallery.