Header photo: Visitors appreciate Marcel Dzama’s Ghosts of Canoe Lake exhibit at the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art.
Credit: Karen Asher

The exhibit explores themes of landscape from Canadian history, and Dzama’s own childhood memories of the Manitoba and Saskatchewan wilderness. Through the exhibit, Dzama acknowledges the landscape artists before him, especially Tom Thomson.

Dzama was born in 1974 and studied art at the University of Manitoba. He ascended to prominence in the 90s and has been featured worldwide, including museums in London, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles, Montréal, Ottawa, and Vancouver.

The Plug In ICA, at 460 Portage Ave, is open Tuesday-Saturday afternoons, and the exhibit, running until March 8, is free.

The exhibition was organized and circulated by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in partnership with Contemporary Calgary.