Mark Clintberg opens a Portal at Latitude 53
Central Memorial Park in Calgary in the 1970s, as a jumping off point, visual artist
Mark Clintberg explores how non-normative sexuality and disenfranchised people have been characterized in the media in the past, and how it has continued to reverberate, up to the present day.
Mark Clintberg is a queer artist who works in the field of art history. He is an Associate Professor at the
Alberta University of the Arts.
Portal is on now until January 9th at Latitude 53 Gallery in Edmonton.
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For more information on the exhibit check out www.latitude53.org and to explore more of Mark’s work and theories, have a look at his website www.markclintberg.com.
Author of the article: Fish Griwkowsky
Publishing date: Dec 11, 2020 • December 11, 2020 • 2 minute read • Mark Clintberg is discuusing his show Portal with Crystal Mowry Saturday. Photo by supplied
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Mark Clintberg artist talk: A subtly evocative artist with an eye for the beautiful, Mark Clintberg’s exhibition Portal uses installation, textiles, works on paper and other materials to approach the archive as a queer portal for an intellectual, erotic and sensory encounter. The included works refer to elements of the regional history of non-normative sexualities, as well as text and drawings pulled from popular culture, print archives and histories associated with the nation state named Canada. He’s in conversation with Crystal Mowry for this event, bound to be thoughtf