No Laughing Matter

Among the 13 internationally-known artists in this unusual and challenging exhibition are Hans Haake, Cindy Sherman, Gran Fury, Krzystof Wodiczko, Tom Otterness, Carrie Mae Weems and Guerilla Girls, all of whom employ humour and irony in order to get their point across. Asking “To whom is this funny? And Why?” the artists cover such issues such as racism, sexism, imperialism, corporate responsibility, the AIDS crisis, poverty and the environment. This important collection of activist art from the last decade includes sculpture, photography, paintings, prints, and mixed media installations. It has been curated by Nina Felshin for Independent Curators Limited of New York, and is brought to the Dalhousie Art Gallery through generous funding from the Exhibitions Assistance Program of the Canada Council.