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Brian Jungen: Vienna
This fall, the WAG is thrilled to showcase Brian Jungen鈥檚 Vienna (2003) sculpture. Jungen was born on a family farm north of St. John, BC. His father was a Swiss 茅migr茅 to Canada and his mother was First Nations, a member of the Dane-zaa Nation. Tragically, Jungen lost both parents in a fire when he was only seven years old. Raised by his father鈥檚 sister and her husband, he went on to attend the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, and later completed a residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts.
Jungen ingeniously reimagines found objects, disassembling and reassembling them into spectacular sculptures that often reference Indigenous traditions and culture. His now famous Prototypes for New Understanding (1998-2005) repurposes Nike Air Jordan sneakers to resemble Northwest Coast Aboriginal masks. Jungen was the winner of the inaugural Sobey Art Award in 2002 and the 2010 Gershon Iskowitz Prize.
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This fall, the WAG is thrilled to showcase Brian Jungen鈥檚 Vienna (2003) sculpture. Jungen was born on a family farm north of St. John, BC. His father was a Swiss 茅migr茅 to Canada and his mother was First Nations, a member of the Dane-zaa Nation. Tragically, Jungen lost both parents in a fire when he was only seven years old. Raised by his father鈥檚 sister and her husband, he went on to attend the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, and later completed a residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts.
Jungen ingeniously reimagines found objects, disassembling and reassembling them into spectacular sculptures that often reference Indigenous traditions and culture. His now famous Prototypes for New Understanding (1998-2005) repurposes Nike Air Jordan sneakers to resemble Northwest Coast Aboriginal masks. Jungen was the winner of the inaugural Sobey Art Award in 2002 and the 2010 Gershon Iskowitz Prize.
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