WESTERN FRONT – Golden Age of Jazz

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Golden Age of Jazz

Description:

Golden Age of Jazz featured a display of Bob Parent’s photographs depicting jazz legends from the 1940s and 1950s. A screening was also presented in tandem with the exhibition.

Curated by Eric Metcalfe.

Photographic prints of jazz musicians are hung in rows on the gallery walls.

Photographic prints of jazz musicians are hung in rows on the gallery walls. Several visitors contemplate the prints.

Nine photos of jazz musicians are nailed directly to the gallery wall. Six of the images are album covers arranged in a tight grid. The remaining three are portraits printed with thick white boards.

Related People

Eric Metcalfe (Curator)

Related Events

1979

Screening by Bob Parent

Captions:

Bob Parent: Golden Age of Jazz, installation view, Dec 16 – 20, 1979.
Bob Parent: Golden Age of Jazz, installation view, Dec 16 – 20, 1979.
Bob Parent: Golden Age of Jazz, installation view, Dec 16 – 20, 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.