[BCMA] FW: Kamloops Art Gallery Media Release | Patrick Lundeen opens in The Cube January 13

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Bluto (detail), 2023

mixed media

190.5 x 51 x 51 cm

Photo: Yuri Akuney



MEDIA RELEASE



For immediate release from

Kamloops Art Gallery

January 5, 2024



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Patrick Lundeen

Bluto’s Cave: Allegory of the Man Cave



January 13 to April 6, 2024

The Cube, Kamloops Art Gallery

Sensory Art Experience at the Kamloops Art Gallery: Activate Motion Sensors to Reveal a Humorous Exploration of the Man-Cave and Masculinity



Kelowna-based artist Patrick Lundeen uses sculpture, sound, and video to transform The Cube into a man cave that, rather than providing respite from reality, challenges the tropes of manhood. In Bluto’s Cave: Allegory of the Man Cave, Lundeen positions Bluto, the infamous adversary of the comic-strip character Popeye, as a mascot for contemporary masculinity. The exhibition is a sensory experience featuring a Bluto sculpture that transmits video of the viewer onto its body and motion sensors that activate sound and video. Referencing Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, Lundeen adds a philosophical layer that urges viewers to consider willingly embracing ignorance. Bluto’s Cave: Allegory of the Man Cave offers a shift in perspective on gender roles and encourages a humorous reconsideration of societal conventions and masculinity in today's polarized world.



Read the full exhibition text here<https://kag.bc.ca/all-exhibitions/blutoscave>.



Media Information

Craig Willms, Assistant Curator

250.377.2406

cwillms at kag.bc.ca<mailto:cwillms at kag.bc.ca>



About the Kamloops Art Gallery



The Kamloops Art Gallery, established in 1978, is located in Tk̓emlupsemcúlecw, the traditional and unceded lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc. The largest art gallery in Secwepemcúl̓ecw (the Interior of British Columbia), the Gallery offers national caliber art experiences through a diverse range of accessible and affordable exhibitions, talks, tours, and studio-based programming for all ages and abilities, and boasts a collection of over 3,000 works of art.





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CRAIG WILLMS [he/him]

ASSISTANT CURATOR

cwillms at kag.bc.ca<mailto:cwillms at kag.bc.ca>
250.377.2400 x 2406





KAMLOOPS ART GALLERY

101 – 465 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC  V2C 2A9

250.377.2400  |  www.kag.bc.ca<http://www.kag.bc.ca/>





The Kamloops Art Gallery is situated on the traditional unceded lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc within Secwepemcúl’ecw; the traditional territory of the Secwépemc people.


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