Lori Blondeau: I'm Not Your Kinda Princess

Lori Blondeau: I'm Not Your Kinda Princess"After years of planning, in the spring of 2021, we mounted a solo exhibition by renowned Winnipeg based artist Lori Blondeau. Coinciding with the artists honour by the Governors General Award, the exhibition reflected on a selected range of Blondeaus thirty plus year practice, paired together with a newly commissioned sculptural and auditory installation. The entire exhibition encompassed both of our galleries and opened to an especially uncertain

"After years of planning, in the spring of 2021, we mounted a solo exhibition by renowned Winnipeg-based artist Lori Blondeau. Coinciding with the artist’s honour by the Governor’s General Award, the exhibition reflected on a selected range of Blondeau’s thirty-plus-year practice, paired together with a newly commissioned sculptural and auditory installation.

The entire exhibition encompassed both of our galleries and opened to an especially uncertain time in the world, when, owing to a global pandemic, many public gatherings were restricted or completely prohibited. Several cultural institutions took required precautions regarding their services to the wider public, halting and limiting the rollout of programming or finding alternative ways to offer programs to audiences. Plug In ICA was no different in this respect, and as a result, this exhibition was extended and on view for five consecutive months, allowing necessary time for as many visitors as possible. Traces of this period even influenced aspects of the exhibition's commissioned work..."

Book design by Taylor Jolin, an Ojibwe artist and graphic designer based in Bawaating.
Hardcover, 208 pages