Curated by Christina Ritchie for Gallery One One One and Plug In I.C.A.
The University of Manitoba's Gallery One One One and Winnipeg's Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art hosted simultaneous exhibitions by the Canadian artist Germaine Koh which opened 30 November 2001. Curated by Christina Ritchie, director of Vancouver's Contemporary Art Gallery, Koh's double exhibition featured, among other works: an indoor rain machine that dropped tiny ball bearings from the ceiling; a lovingly maintained collection of wood picked up off urban streets; postcards that reproduced photographs of and by anonymous people; a floor's worth of plastic bottles refilled with water; and photographs that spliced together texts from urban signage.
Germaine Koh is a visual artist, self-described as "having no fixed address." She has had solo exhibitions across Canada and has also shown her work in Mexico City, Los Angeles, Amsterdam and Sydney, Australia. Germaine Koh is represented by the Catriona Jeffries Gallery in Vancouver.
Germaine Koh: "Around About" 30 November 2001 - 11/12 January 2002 at Gallery One One One, School of Art, FitzGerald Building, University of Manitoba, Fort Garry Campus, Winnipeg. and Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, 286 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg. Plug In - ICA and Gallery One One One acknowledge generous support by: The Canada Council for the Arts, The Manitoba Arts Council, MAC Bridges Program, The Pepsi Bottling Group, the W.H. & S.E. Loewen Foundation, University of Manitoba Recycling and Environmental Group, Val Camarta, Robert Epp, staff and volunteers.
The CD-ROM publication Germaine Koh:Around About includes an essay (see link above left) by Cliff Eyland, images and material about other Gallery One One One shows: $20.00 plus shipping = $25.00 payable to Gallery One One One, School of Art, Main Floor, FitzGerald Building, University of Manitoba Fort Garry campus, Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2N2 TEL:204 474-9322 FAX:474-7605For information please contact Robert Epp eppr@ms.umanitoba.ca
