BOMBHEAD

March 20 - March 21, March 23 - March 28, March 30 - April 4, April 6 - April 11 ..., April 13 - April 18, April 20 - April 25, April 27 - May 2, May 4 - May 9, May 11 - May 16, May 18 - May 23, May 25 - May 30, June 1 - June 6, June 8 - June 13, June 15 - June 20, June 22 - June 27, June 29 - July 4, July 6 - July 11, July 13 - July 18, July 20 - July 25, July 27 - July 31

Location: Kelowna Art Gallery
Address: 1315 Water Street
Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Website: View Website

1969-12-31 10:00:00 1969-12-31 17:00:00 America/Vancouver BOMBHEAD BOMBHEAD is a thematic exhibition organized by guest curator John O’Brian and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery. It explores the emergence and impact of the nuclear age on humanity through the work of 28 artists. The works cover the pre- and post-war period, ranging from the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and extending to the more recent nuclear disaster of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in 2011. BOMBHEAD presents a diverse selection of paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, photographs, film, and atomic ephemera for viewers to explore in the four thematic areas of the exhibition: The Bomb, Protest, Documents, and Fear. Artists include Carl Beam, Betty Goodwin, David Hockney, Ishiuchi Miyako, Robert Rauschenberg, and Nancy Spero, among many others. BOMBHEAD runs from March 20 to July 18, 2021. It is presented with the generous support of IG Wealth Management. [image] Baker Day atomic bomb, Bikini, July 24, 1946, silver gelatin print. Collection of John O’Brian: Promised Gift to the National Gallery of Canada. Kelowna Art Gallery 1315 Water Street events@kelownanow.com
BOMBHEAD is a thematic exhibition organized by guest curator John O’Brian and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery.

It explores the emergence and impact of the nuclear age on humanity through the work of 28 artists. The works cover the pre- and post-war period, ranging from the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and extending to the more recent nuclear disaster of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in 2011.

BOMBHEAD presents a diverse selection of paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, photographs, film, and atomic ephemera for viewers to explore in the four thematic areas of the exhibition: The Bomb, Protest, Documents, and Fear.

Artists include Carl Beam, Betty Goodwin, David Hockney, Ishiuchi Miyako, Robert Rauschenberg, and Nancy Spero, among many others.

BOMBHEAD runs from March 20 to July 18, 2021. It is presented with the generous support of IG Wealth Management.

[image] Baker Day atomic bomb, Bikini, July 24, 1946, silver gelatin print. Collection of John O’Brian: Promised Gift to the National Gallery of Canada.