560 Gallery: HOME

The HOME Exhibition is a group show taking place at 560 Gallery. The exhibition includes work from local photographers, including Nicole Johnston (Squamish Nation) and Yuki Xu (Chinese Canadian), Trevor Brady (Vancouver based) and others from further abroad including both Canadian and international artists. Housing, and the concept of home, is one of the most contentious issues of our time. When we think of home, we often subconsciously bridge its physical structure with its conceptual meanings.

The house/home is a manufactured ideal, a representation of ontological security, and the site of habitual routines and complex social relations. It carries symbolic and sentimental meanings associated with self expression, vulnerability, and agency. However, the home is an equally elusive and politicized space. To consider the home, we must also reflect on its embodiments of dark colonial histories, the criminalization of housing, and the rapid commodification of real estate. HOME Exhibition coincides with the launch of BROAD Magazine’s launch of the HOME Edition in Spring, 2022.

Greg Farkas is the creator and found of BROAD, a Vancouver based, growing and influential online and print publication connecting a global community of artists presenting diverse content to a worldwide audience. A magazine about the places, objects, and people we love, which seeks to grow and solidify connections with each other through art, photography and thoughtful writing.

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John Goldsmith is a Detroit-born artist and fine art printer currently living and working in Vancouver, Canada. He has a Master’s Degree in Physical Chemistry from Indiana University where he used light to investigate properties of matter. During this time, he began taking darkroom and photography classes at the Hull House in Chicago, IL to develop his own art practice. He was an invited artist for the inaugural Capture Photography Festival in 2013 and the 2016 award winner for a public art display on the Canada Line. His photographs have been featured at exhibitions including the Format Festival (UK), Third Floor Gallery (Wales), and the Head On Photo Festival (Australia) and regularly featured in print and online publications. In 2020, John started PrintMaker Studio, a fine art print studio located in Vancouver, Canada.

printmaker-studio.com | johngoldsmithphotography.com

Anna Kasko is a Canadian born artist currently living and working on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations of Vancouver, BC. She holds a BFA in photography from Emily Carr University. Kasko’s practice is based predominantly in the documentary aesthetic. She has worked in film photography and the wet process until 2012 when she switched to the digital medium. Her work has been exhibited and published across Canada and can be seen in private collections within Canada and internationally.

Kasko Frame Works | annakasko.com

560 Gallery has implemented a number of measures to ensure the health and safety of visitors, staff, and volunteers. Admission is contactless as tickets are by online presale. Masks are encouraged but not required. We will provide masks for visitors. Doors into the gallery will be propped open to minimize touch points and allow for better airflow. Please note that visitors that are feeling sick are asked to return home and visit when healthy. Staff monitor visitor numbers to ensure maximum capacity is not exceeded and safe social distancing can be maintained. Enhanced cleaning measures have been implemented for all high touch areas including doors, handrail, and other common area items including furniture.

PrintMaker Studio operates on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Sel̓íl̓witulh Nations (Vancouver BC). We are also grateful to the participating artists, curators, collaborators, and the greater art community who contribute their creative energy to supporting artist. This is an official event of the 2022 Capture Photography Festival.

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Host or Publisher John Goldsmith