WESTERN FRONT – Pin Up Portraits

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Pin Up Portraits

Description:

An exhibition of hundreds of portraits organized through an open call.

Curated by Eric Metcalfe.

A wide-angle image from the east corner of a gallery space. There are a series of small pin-up images scattered across the walls. Two large light fixtures are mounted on the ceiling and illuminate the works.

A wide-angle image captures a section of the gallery space where a collection of portraits in a variety of styles are mounted with pins on the wall.

A person in the foreground smiling in front of a wall of portraits. In the background, two people address their attention to the exhibited images.

Three people stand in front of a series of exhibited pin-up portraits. Two people stand close together, and on their left, a person holds their hand in their pocket and addresses their attention to the camera.

A person wearing a dolman-sleeve shirt addresses their attention to the camera, and smiles while pointing with their left hand to a polaroid image on the wall. In their right hand they hold a glass goblet.

Three people are situated in a gallery setting. On the right, a person sits on a loveseat bench and looks at the person standing to their right. They stand with their hands behind their back and a clip holds their bob-shapped hair away from their face. Behind them is a person who rests their right hand to their chin and regards the camera.

A medium-shot portrait of a person in a collared shirt with their arms crossed, addressing their attention to their right with raised eyebrows and a jovial expression. Behind them are pinned-up portraits on a gallery wall.

A person with a shag-style hair cut, and long sleeve shirt rolled up to their elbows, addresses the camera and holds a glass goblet in their left hand. In front of them are a series of portrait photographs that are pinned-up to a gallery wall.

Related People

Eric Metcalfe (Curator)

Captions:

Pin Up Portraits, installation view (1979).
Pin Up Portraits, installation view (1979).
Eric Metcalfe at Pin Up Portraits (1979).
Unidentified, Marian Penner-Bancroft, Iain Baxter& at Pin Up Portraits (1979).
Pin Up Portraits, installation view (1979).
Kate Craig, Glenn Lewis, Jane Ellison at Pin Up Portraits (1979).
Eric Metcalfe at Pin Up Portraits (1979).
Paul Wong at Pin Up Portraits (1979).

Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.