Angela Aujla Artists Talk – Lessons Learned
Angela Aujla, exhibition Lessons Learned
Sept. 21 to Oct. 22
- Artist talk: Thursday, Oct. 12, 10 a.m.
About the exhibition
From the autobiographical perspective of a child in 1980s Canada, Aujla pieces together fragments of childhood memory to construct a visual narrative that engages with the Eurocentric discourse that shaped her early education.
Through a series of mixed-media collage and installation pieces, the artist invokes the idea of the palimpsest (originally the term for a parchment on which new inscriptions were made after earlier ones were erased) to illustrate the multi-layered and dynamic nature of diasporic identity, and its dialogic relationship with racism and colonial discourse.
Through a compelling fusion of nostalgic imagery and postcolonial, feminist critique, Aujla’s work confronts the past while considering its resonance in the present. She invites viewers to question their own childhood recollections and reflect on the discourse embedded within the lessons they have learned.
About the artist
Angela Aujla is a Panjabi Canadian visual artist who engages with archival materials and cultural objects to explore the interplay between culture, memory and colonial history. Her vibrant, narrative artwork takes the form of embellished photography, collage, drawing and mixed media installations. She is fascinated with the ways that material objects come to carry meaning, memory and nostalgia – particularly in diasporic, postcolonial contexts. Aujla is a Professor at Georgian College in the department of Liberal Arts.
