‘Hockey Town’ is an art exhibit that has come to the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba from the Maclaren Art Gallery in keeping with Memorial Cup Festivities until June 19.
“It’s really fun. It attracts sports fans and art fans, it really does a great job of blending the two activities,” said Amber Andersen, Curator of Exhibitions and Education.
‘Hockey Town’ is comprised of art by Liz Pead, Liss Platt, and Leah Modigliana, and is centered on using hockey to make art. Plead has re-interpreted the landscape with discarded hockey equipment found in trash bins outside rinks and curb sides around Toronto. Modigliani’s contribution takes a pointed look at the commoditisation of the body; the marketing of the star athlete and the cult of celebrity that surrounds professional
sports. Her installation is a basement rec-room, filled with memorabilia for the fictitious women’s hockey team, the Windsor Beavers. The visitor is invited to sit on the comfortable couches and watch the TV, playing a loop of Wayne Gretzky’s famous retirement speech, as played by the artist.
Platt worked with a different idea, making her art on a plank of white wood by firing slap-shots with painted pucks at the canvas. The gallery liked that concept, and will be bringing it with them to the Memorial Cup Village this week, on Wednesday at noon till two, Thursday 20 at noon till two, and Friday 21 from noon till six. They will have a hands on display set up for anyone and everyone to take a shot at the canvas and help create community artwork. “We want to bring our own version of this slap-shot art to the village and walk away with something the entire community contributed to,” said Andersen.
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