[BCMA] [MEDIA RELEASE] look don’t look at the Kelowna Art Gallery

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For Immediate Release



look don’t look at the Kelowna Art Gallery



Barrie Jones: look don’t look

July 23 to November 13, 2022



July 21, 2022 – Kelowna, BC: A multi-video installation titled look don’t look by Vancouver-based contemporary artist Barrie Jones opens this weekend at the Kelowna Art Gallery.



Audiences can explore five playful, intimate, and multifaceted video works that will thrust them into an exploration of the complexities of portraiture and human identity.



Upon entering look don’t look, visitors will first encounter COUPLES (2017 – 2021), a dual monitor video installation that features 22 real-life couples who pose and directly address the viewer, while off-camera a disruption creates tension and complicates their ability to stand still.



Projected on the wall opposite is YOUNG ACTORS   EMOTE (2018 – 2022). It features young actors who were asked to perform different emotions or expressions, leaving audiences to wonder whether the resulting imagery is staged or authentic.



Barrie Jones comments, “I found it somewhat ironic and a little humorous having professional actors putting all their acting chops into performing emoji pictograms. In a way, I am asking them to turn those stylized, pictographic emotions back into the authentic human expressions from which they were derived.”



Using video and projection, look don’t look examines the changing nature of our social connections and relationships, as well as the impact of social media on who we are and how we express ourselves.



Barrie Jones holds a BFA from the University of British Columbia and an MFA from York University. Jones has long been associated with Vancouver and he spent many years teaching photography in UBC’s Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory. Jones has an extensive exhibition record, and his work is held in numerous collections across Canada.



look don’t look opens on July 23 and runs until November 13, 2022.



The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water Street, in downtown Kelowna, B.C.



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Image Credits



Barrie Jones, video stills from YOUNG ACTORS   EMOTE (details), 2018–2022. Photos courtesy of the artist.



Barrie Jones, video stills from COUPLES (left to right: Clinton and Louis, Eirik and Eli, Julien and Samantha), 2017–2021, dual monitor video (22:17 mins). Photos courtesy of the artist.



Resources



Webpage: https://kelownaartgallery.com/look-dont-look/

Arist’s Webpage:  https://www.barriejones.ca/ <https://www.barriejones.ca/>



To arrange for an interview with Barrie Jones, or for additional high-res images please contact:



Joshua Desnoyers

Marketing and Events Coordinator



Kelowna Art Gallery

1315 Water Street, Kelowna, BC V1Y 9R3

250-762-2226 ext. 305

josh at kelownaartgallery.com<mailto:josh at kelownaartgallery.com>

www.kelownaartgallery.com<http://www.kelownaartgallery.com>
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