December 2001

Lawrence Paul Luxweluptun
Colour Zone

Curated by Petra Watson
Plug In ICA, Travelling Exhibition

"Colour Zone presents an inquiry into the limits and myths of modernist painting and aesthetic 'primitivism'. Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun's figurative and abstract paintings, and etchings construct a modern/'primitive' encounter, that is as much a means of inscribing a new aesthetic concept of form and space, as it is an inquiry into colonial imperialism. Yuxweluptun has referred to his work as "history painting." The power to colonize is therefore positioned within these works as a partial, but unfinished, extension of modernism; conditions that reside as a 'zone' with both aesthetic and political meaning. "
- Petra Watson

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun lives and works in Vancouver, where he graduated with Honours in painting from Emily Carr College of Art and Design in 1983. Yuxweluptun's paintings have been exhibited in solo exhibitions at Plug In ICA (travelling exhibition), the Belkin Gallery at the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Art Gallery. He has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions nationally and internationally. These include museums and galleries in Taiwan, United States, France, Spain, England and Switzerland. His paintings are in the collection of the National Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Belkin Gallery, Mendal Art Gallery, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Kamloops Art Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, as well as European galleries and museums. His work is also in many private and corporate collections.

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun is presenting his first solo exhibition in Toronto at Mercer Union in the Front and Back Galleries.

Front and Back Galleries
Lawrence Paul Luxweluptun Colour Zone Curated by Petra Watson Plug In ICA, Travelling Exhibition "Colour Zone presents an inquiry into the limits and myths of modernist painting and aesthetic 'primitivism'. Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun's figurative and abstract paintings, and etchings construct a modern/'primitive' encounter, that is as much a means of inscribing a new aesthetic concept of form and space, as it is an inquiry into colonial imperialism. Yuxweluptun has referred to his work as "history painting." The power to colonize is therefore positioned within these works as a partial, but unfinished, extension of modernism; conditions that reside as a 'zone' with both aesthetic and political meaning. " - Petra Watson Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun lives and works in Vancouver, where he graduated with Honours in painting from Emily Carr College of Art and Design in 1983. Yuxweluptun's paintings have been exhibited in solo exhibitions at Plug In ICA (travelling exhibition), the Belkin Gallery at the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Art Gallery. He has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions nationally and internationally. These include museums and galleries in Taiwan, United States, France, Spain, England and Switzerland. His paintings are in the collection of the National Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Belkin Gallery, Mendal Art Gallery, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Kamloops Art Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, as well as European galleries and museums. His work is also in many private and corporate collections. Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun is presenting his first solo exhibition in Toronto at Mercer Union in the Front and Back Galleries.		Image: The Rez, 1997 etching Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Photo: Bill Eakin Image: Solid Cement Indians, 1998 acrylic on canvas Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Photo: Bill Eakin
Platform: Artist Mail Project
Kenn Sakurai and Dave O'Regan Mercer Union commissioned artists Dave O'Regan and Kenn Sakurai to produce an edition of three small works that will be mailed with our next three brochures beginning this month, and available to members only.		Image:dumbass skatedecks, 2001 enamel spray paint on 7-ply maple photo: Ken Sakurai
Platform, Upcoming Lecture: January 29, 7pm
Arturo Herrera Herrera, the next artist featured in the AGO's Present Tense Contemporary Project Series (January 30 - April 28, 2002) will speak about his practice on the eve of his Canadian debut. Herrera's enigmatic works suggest childhood memories and fantasies, combining references from well known comic strips, cartoons and fairy tale characters using a range of materials from felt to plaster.