IS HOCKEY MORE IMPORTANT THAN ART? – GEOFFREY HUNTER

MAIN SPACE EXHIBITION
MARCH 10 – APRIL 1, 1995
RECEPTION: FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1995 AT 8 PM
ARTIST TALK: SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1995 AT 2 PM

LOCATION – STRIDE GALLERY
722, 11 AVE S.W, CALGARY, ALBERTA

 

EXHIBITION INFORMATION

For Geoffrey Hunter’s upcoming exhibition at the Stride Gallery, hockey jerseys will be presented bearing modified logos of seven NHL teams, equating each team with one of the seven deadly sins. Observed by the Seven Dwarves, it is a good-humoured show suggesting that Canadians invest in cultural value in the wrong places.

 

EXHIBITION TEXT

Hockey jerseys representing the seven NHL teams bearing modified logos. The Calgary Flames C becomes a P for pride in this scheme of things, which equates each team with on the seven deadly sins, watched over by an audience, the seven dwarfs of Snow White fame. It’s a clever, good-humored show that suggests Canadians invest in cultural value in the wrong places.