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Title: All Things Bright, Beautiful, And Glowy
Post by: Shana A on November 13, 2009, 06:58:14 AM
Post by: Shana A on November 13, 2009, 06:58:14 AM
All Things Bright, Beautiful, And Glowy
In Keith Murray's new exhibition, God isn't just omnipotent; he's luminous and transgendered
Published November 12, 2009 by Mari Sasano in Arts Feature
http://www.seemagazine.com/article/arts/arts-feature/All-Things-Bright-1112/ (http://www.seemagazine.com/article/arts/arts-feature/All-Things-Bright-1112/)
AND THE PEOPLE BOWED AND PRAYED
By Keith Murray. Latitude 53 Gallery (10248-106 St).
To Nov 28.
Keith Murray was raised Pentecostal, but for some reason, it was the tradition and iconography of the Catholic church that drew him in. "I think I might have been a nun in a past life," he jokes. "I wouldn't consider myself a Christian anymore. I think where I am now, I'm looking a the romantic lore of religion and reinterpreting it."
The Calgary-based artist has done so on a grand scale with his exhibition And the People Bowed and Prayed. Married with a pop-culture sensibility, that fascination has manifested itself as "The Neon God We Made," a glow-in-the-dark shrine to every glow-in-the-dark deity he could find, including Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu figureheads, collected over the years from religious supply stores, travels overseas, and the internet.
In Keith Murray's new exhibition, God isn't just omnipotent; he's luminous and transgendered
Published November 12, 2009 by Mari Sasano in Arts Feature
http://www.seemagazine.com/article/arts/arts-feature/All-Things-Bright-1112/ (http://www.seemagazine.com/article/arts/arts-feature/All-Things-Bright-1112/)
AND THE PEOPLE BOWED AND PRAYED
By Keith Murray. Latitude 53 Gallery (10248-106 St).
To Nov 28.
Keith Murray was raised Pentecostal, but for some reason, it was the tradition and iconography of the Catholic church that drew him in. "I think I might have been a nun in a past life," he jokes. "I wouldn't consider myself a Christian anymore. I think where I am now, I'm looking a the romantic lore of religion and reinterpreting it."
The Calgary-based artist has done so on a grand scale with his exhibition And the People Bowed and Prayed. Married with a pop-culture sensibility, that fascination has manifested itself as "The Neon God We Made," a glow-in-the-dark shrine to every glow-in-the-dark deity he could find, including Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu figureheads, collected over the years from religious supply stores, travels overseas, and the internet.