The picture above is a photographic mural on display at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. The work, entitled Muckamuck Strike Then and Now (2018), is both a document of the job action taken by workers at Davie Street's Muckamuck restaurant (1978-1983) and a montage that has more recent artist-activists inserted within it. The author of the work is Dana Claxton, in collaboration with Sean Griffin, who I believe took the original photo.
For further reading on the Muckamuck labour dispute, click here for Janet Mary Nicol's "Unions Aren't Native': the Muckamuck Restaurant Labour Dispute, Vancouver, B.C. (1978-1983)." For further reading on Muckamuck owner and Ace Gallery founder Doug Christmas, click here, and here for coverage of artist Andy Warhol's 1976 visit to Vancouver for the opening of his show at Christmas's gallery.
No comments:
Post a Comment