January 18th, 2011
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Proms, grads and high school dances are stressful enough for teens, but throw in a natural disaster and who knows how the youth will react.
Toronto visual artist and performer, Kirsten Johnson brings her humorous show Prom Storm to town tomorrow. The series of paintings, shadow boxes and video depict the confusion of adolescence with the unpredictability of the weather, highlighted by six large oil paintings of teens at a prom during a hurricane.
Johnson is no stranger to the study of human behaviour in tense situations: her previous work included cat-fighting flight attendants and geishas.
We’re all for a little teen angst, just as long as no one is channeling Carrie.
Until February 19 at Axis Contemporary Art, Art Central, 107, 100 Seventh Ave. SW, Calgary, 403-262-3356, www.axisart.ca
