MKG127 is pleased to present Record Shop, a group exhibition including work by Sonny Assu (Vancouver), Deanna Bowen, Bill Burns, Dave Dyment, Roula Partheniou, Geoffrey Pugen, Marla Hlady, Christof Migone, Jacob Robert Whibley (Toronto), Michael Dumontier, Suzie Smith (Winnipeg), Instant Coffee (Vancouver/Winnipeg), Jeffrey & Humphrey (New York/Winnipeg), Laura Kikauka (Meaford, ON) and Eleanor King (New York).
Opening Saturday, June 30, 2-5 PM.
Guest DJ Ankle Mix
Winnipeg in the seventies was home to the upscale Opus 69 where you could listen to albums with headphones on cozy chairs in private lounges. There was also Music Explosion, with its blacklight-lit second story full of posters and pinball machines, and Autumn Stone, housing the city’s best selection of used records. Toronto, of course, had the iconic Sam the Record Man, but also boasted shops like Record Peddler, Driftwood and Vortex. Travelling meant discovering the best record shops in every city: the amazing Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, Wax Traxx in Chicago, Rough Trade in San Francisco and Bleecker Bob’s in New York. Record shops were a place of discovery. You could take a chance on a record by its cover art. Those record shops that survive today have had to survive radio, television, compact discs, franchising, megastores, online retail, downloads and streaming. In the last few years, vinyl has made a comeback. CDs are becoming obsolete as musicians, DJs and music fans alike realize the distinct and unmatchable sound quality of the LP, leading to a resurgence in record shops. The featured artists in this exhibition present work surrounding the record shop theme, working with record shop materials like posters or song lists, or from the actual record form, its material and sentiment. A series of guest curated playlists can be heard daily starting at 4 PM. Thursday July 19, 7 PM RECORD CLUB |