{"id":33576,"date":"2016-04-23T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T18:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=33576"},"modified":"2025-11-01T15:41:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:41:01","slug":"marvin-luvalo-antonio-dispossessed-pt-1-at-clint-roenisch-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=33576","title":{"rendered":"Marvin Luvualu Antonio at Clint Roenisch Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cLike all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on.\u201d \u2015 Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed<\/p>\n

Like the sister planets in Ursula K. Le Guin\u2019s science fiction novel “The Dispossessed,” Marvin Luvualu Antonio\u2019s solo exhibition of the same name is confined behind walls. Taking on the role of the outsider, the viewer can only observe what appears to be Antonio\u2019s abandoned dystopia through a chain-linked fence. Remnants of a story left untold line the sand covered ground as the viewer has roughly 2.5 feet of room between Antonio\u2019s fence and the gallery walls to move around the installation where, at each corner turned, a new artifact comes into view.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Installation view of Dispossessed \/Pt 1<\/em>\u00a0at Clint Roenisch Gallery, 2016. Image courtesy of Clint Roenisch Gallery<\/p>\n

Each work in the show is a sign of humanity and the struggles that come along with it, as themes of cultural appropriation, racial politics, identity, and capitalism are addressed through Antonio\u2019s street material sculptures and loose canvas acrylic paintings. Aaliyah\u2019s \u201cAt Your Best (You Are Love)\u201d eerily plays on repeat in the vain of elevator music, or like an abandoned iPod that was never turned off. Dispossessed \/Pt 1<\/em> carries with it a narrative that the viewer as an outsider will probably never fully piece together, but one can surely try.<\/p>\n

Emily Lawrence<\/p>\n

*Exhibition information: March 24 \u2013 April 30, 2016, Clint Roenisch Gallery, 190 Saint Helens Avenue, Toronto. Gallery hours: Wed \u2013 Sat, 12 \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

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by Emily Lawrence<\/strong>
\nEach work in the show has themes of cultural appropriation, racial politics, identity, and capitalism. <\/p>\n

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