The Professionals: Keith Langergraber

ISBN-10: 1927364221
ISBN-13: 9781927364222
Series: The Professionals
Language: English
Published: 2016
Author: Keith Langergräber

Description

Merging historical and fictionalized narratives set in British Columbia and beyond, the artist investigates the complexity of human myth-making. Reinterpreting the biblical Tower of Babel as a western mine and ghost town, Langergraber demonstrates the limitations of language in conveying the scale of the environmental catastrophes that have occurred through human-driven exploits. Working with Carl Alexander, an elder from the Nxwísten (Bridge River) Indian Band in Lillooet who provides traditional St'át'imcets place names, the artist gives an account of the impact of industry -- dams, forestry, mining and the railroad -- in the region. A series of mixed media works on paper, scraps of handwritten journal entries, detailed drawings of fossils and relics, and maps of natural terrain and settlements illustrate the narrative. Published to accompany Keith Langergraber's solo exhibition Betrayal at Babylon. Keith Langergraber is a mid-career artist living and working in Vancouver. He has exhibited extensively in solo and group shows in galleries in Canada, the United States and Asia since 1995 and currently teaches at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Exhibition: Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, Canada (09.09.-23.10.2016).