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Woodlot: the 3rd KW/AG Biennial: Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery.

Publication: C: International Contemporary Art
Publication Date: 22-DEC-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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"Regional" is a loaded term, a compliment and insult fused together, and when attached to an artist it could earn you a sock in the jaw, just as easily as it might win you a round of drinks. On one hand, the term exposes a certain insecurity: to be a regional artist is to have failed in the a...

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...task of vaulting oneself into the national or global arena. On the other hand, it suggests position of pride, of artists toiling away intently on their projects, unconcerned with the fashions and tastes of the big centres, diligently pushing forward in their practice, dedicating themselves to their home geography.

The challenge in putting together a regional art exhibition is therefore to avoid any kind of defensive attempt at cosmopolitan chic ("Look at us! Kitchener is the new Brooklyn!"), and to instead go for a...

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