‘Rodney Graham: That’s Not Me’ BALTIC Documentary
During the final planning stages for Rodney Graham’s exhibition at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK, a visit with the Canadian artist whose genre defying avant-garde experimentalism has confounded and thrilled audiences in museums and galleries all over the world.
Often a touchstone for other artists, Graham’s diverse practice encompasses many roles; painter, photographer, writer, philosopher, actor, psychologist and musician. Through his many guises he creates works brimming with references from art history, films and literature, invariably with a cyclical or roving narrative. With considerable humour, wit and intelligence, Graham continues to ask the question – what does it mean to consider yourself an artist today?
Spanning BALTIC’s two largest galleries, the exhibition will include several installations of film and video and a collection of works inspired by literature and reading, covering more than two decades. Developed in close collaboration with the artist, this exhibition also includes new works and a large selection of his signature immersive light-box photographs, including the group The Four Seasons. These striking, complex images document suspended moments in time, mostly involving a lone Graham in the style of another character assumed or taken from history.
‘Rodney Graham: That’s Not Me’ exhibition and events program at BALTIC is supported by the High Commission of Canada in the UK and Phil Lind.
