Notice Board

Art NOW presents Luke Johnson
There Were Nothing But Pedigrees All Around Us
12 pm MT | November 22, 2021
uLethbridge Online Presentation
free admission, everyone welcome

In this online talk, Luke Johnson discusses his library and archive based work, including his upcoming exhibition at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, "There Were Nothing But Pedigrees All Around Us," on view from November 26, 2021 to February 13, 2022.

Luke Johnson is a Minnesota-born artist, researcher, and volunteer librarian based in Treaty 6 territory (Edmonton, Alberta). Working in print, photography, and durational engagements within collections, Johnson creates work that complicates notions of standardization and categorization within systems of knowledge. He received his BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his MFA from the University of Alberta, where he is currently a lecturer in printmaking.

Image: Luke Johnson, Field Guide to the A.C. Rutherford Ephemera Collection. Ephemera collected from books in the Rutherford Library at the University of Alberta, collected daily during library hours from September 2017 to March 2020.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.

Thank you to the Southern Alberta Art Gallery for their collaboration on this presentation.