Art Exhibition — "Dirty Picture" by Ryan Danny Owen

TRUCK's summer exhibition program is Dirty Picture by Ryan Danny Owen! This exhibition is free or by donation to attend. TRUCK is open 11 AM - 6 PM during exhibitions.

EXHIBITION DATES: 

June 28 - September 7 2024

CLOSING RECEPTION:

TBA

Taking the form of the set of a fictional dirty picture this exhibition recontextualizes various personal archives of pornography magazines and bootleg gay VHS tapes using experimental approaches to remove snippets of material footage and imagery. Imagined through a weathered blue billboard and the set of a dreamlike film Dirty Picture delves into themes of fantasy absence personal narrative gender and intergenerational queer identity.

Please be advised that this exhibition features adult content.

RYAN DANNY OWEN (they/him/her) is a non-binary visual artist author and queer historian based in Mohkinstsis Treaty 7/Calgary Alberta. Their work explores intergenerational queer identity gender loss and sexuality through objects the archive automatic writing and performance. They question the body through liminality queer nostalgia and the disassembling and recontextualizing of loaded material to explore fantasy memory and queer absence. 

Host or Publisher TRUCK Contemporary Art