The artwork features playful reproductions of commodities you might find in a gift shop. The duo seeks to deconstruct cultural trends inspired by nature, by exploring wilderness aesthetics. The General Store seeks to encourage dialogue within outdoor communities and tourism economies, and ultimately create a positive impact. The broadly titled General Store leaves space for various iterations in shifting contexts. Open to collaboration between community members, and for the evolution of the project over time.
The General Store by Ben Evely & Nahanni McKay
artsPlace Community Exhibition
NOV. 13 – DEC. 19
November 13 – December 19, 2024
FREE
NOV. 13 – DEC. 19
Meet The Artists
Nahanni McKay
Nahanni McKay is a Metis-Cree artist and photographer based in Treaty 7 Territory. Born and raised in Banff, her creative practice has focused on National Parks in Canada and the human impact on surrounding natural environments as well as the decolonization of land. She uses her art practice to bring awareness of the need to coexist with wildlife to prevent further harm to the land we reside on.
Ben Evely
Ben Evely is a visual artist from Banff, Alberta, on Treaty 7 Territory. He primarily works with painting, collage and drawing. He often works collaboratively and on projects in public spaces. Sorting and filtering fragments, Ben often sources images through collage, making digital compositions prior to physical work. Observing the transformations and distortions that happen while merging analog and digital mediums. A common thread in his work is the interplay of organic and synthetic, and human experiences within nature. Ben currently lives and works on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, otherwise known as Vancouver.
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