In 1969 UBC studen ts organized an exhibition called The Photo Show in the newly cons tructed Student Union Building that was perhaps the first exhibition of its kind dedicated to showcasing both local and international artists primaril y interested in looking at new Conceptual photographic strategies. The 1969 exhibition included works from young students and faculty from the Departm ent of Fine Arts such as Christos Dikeakos and Illyas Pagonis who curated t he exhibition\, Jeff Wall\, Ian Wallace\, and Iain Baxter. In addition to e xhibiting their own work they had the initiative to secure works for the sh ow from international artists they admired and who displayed the same emerg ing ethos of conceptual art like Dan Graham\, Vito Acconci\, Douglas Hueble r\, Robert Kinmont\, Ed Ruscha and Bruce Nauman.
This new exhibition presented by the Department of Art History\, Visual Art and Theory will inc lude Christos Dikeakos’s archive of the 1969 Photo Show and many of the ori ginal works originally exhibited in 1969. The intent of the exhibition is t o explore what made the art scene at UBC in the late 1960s exceptionally in novative\, the impulses that were driving changes in photography\, and thei r continuing relevancies for photo-based artists today.
Artists in th e exhibition: Vito Acconci\, Donald Burgy\, Christos Dikeakos\, Dan Graham\, Kate Henderson\, Douglas Heubler\, Barrie Jones\, Robert Kinmont\ , Scott McFarland\, Bruce Nauman\, Illyas Pagonis\, N.E. Thing Co.\, Ed Rus cha\, Robert Sandilands\, Bill Vazan\, Jeff Wall and Ian W allace.
Curator: Vytas Narusevicius
A ll events are free and open to the public.
Visitor information:
Gallery Address: AHVA Gallery - room 1001\, Audain Art Centre\, 6398 Unive
rsity Blvd.
Phone: 604 822 4563
www.gallery.ahva.ubc.ca
www.ahva.ubc.ca
Photo: Christos Dikeakos.