Architecture of Protection
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria Canada, 2025
Architectures of Protection reflects on ideas and modes of protection and refuge – with regards to oneself, to community, knowledge, culture, identity, and land. What are these spaces and practices? What is protection for some and not for others? Together, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and in the current global social and political climate, the artworks in Architectures of Protection direct critical attention towards systems and structures that shape and impact everyday and sacred environments and encounters, alongside individual and collective relationships with the land.
This exhibition features artworks by Dana Claxton, Jessica Karuhanga, Emilio Rojas, Beth Stuart, and France Trépanier.
— from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s website
Installation view of "Stones 1," "Stones 2," and "Stones 3," at "Architectures of Protection," Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria Canada, 2025. Photo by Mike Andrew McLean, courtesy of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
Installation view of "Stones 1," "Stones 2," and "Stones 3," at "Architectures of Protection," Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria Canada, 2025. Photo by Mike Andrew McLean, courtesy of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
Installation view of "Stones 1," "Stones 2," and "Stones 3," at "Architectures of Protection," Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria Canada, 2025. Photo by Mike Andrew McLean, courtesy of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
Installation view of "Stones 1," "Stones 2," and "Stones 3," at "Architectures of Protection," Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria Canada, 2025. Photo by Mike Andrew McLean, courtesy of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.