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<p class="xmsonormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Kamloops Art Gallery</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Patrick Lundeen</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Bluto’s Cave: Allegory of the Man Cave</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The Cube, Kamloops Art Gallery</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Sensory Art Experience at the Kamloops Art Gallery: Activate Motion Sensors to Reveal a Humorous Exploration of the Man-Cave and Masculinity</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">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 <i>Bluto’s Cave: Allegory of the Man Cave</i>, 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
<i>Allegory of the Cave</i>, Lundeen adds a philosophical layer that urges viewers to consider willingly embracing ignorance.
<i>Bluto’s Cave: Allegory of the Man Cave</i> offers a shift in perspective on gender roles and encourages a humorous reconsideration of societal conventions and masculinity in today's polarized world.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Read the full exhibition text
</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://kag.bc.ca/all-exhibitions/blutoscave"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Media Information
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Craig Willms, Assistant Curator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">About the Kamloops Art Gallery</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">The Kamloops Art Gallery, established in 1978,
<a name="x__Int_maIIPcAH">is located in</a> Tk</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">̓</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">emlupsemcúlecw,
the traditional and unceded lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc. The largest art gallery in Secwepemcúl</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">̓</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">ecw
(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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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250.377.2400 </span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next";letter-spacing:1.0pt">x 2406</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Light";color:#333F50;letter-spacing:1.0pt">KAMLOOPS ART GALLERY</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 35 Light";color:#333F50;letter-spacing:1.0pt">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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