Emily Carr and Landon Mackenzie: Wood Chopper and the Monkey Membership:Non-member Essays by Kathleen Bartels

Essays by Kathleen Bartels

This expansive catalogue accompanies The Power Plant’s major 2019 exhibition Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds organized and circulated by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery

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Emily Carr and Landon Mackenzie: Wood Chopper and the Monkey Membership:Non-member Essays by Kathleen BartelsEngaging in a dialogue with the work of eminent British Columbia artist Emily Carr, Vancouver based painter Landon Mackenzies Wood Chopper and the Monkey presents a selection of landscape paintings by the two artists that collectively span over 100 years. Taking its title from images in their works, the exhibition situates the wood chopper as a figure through which one may reconsider the shifting role of the artist over the last century and the monkey