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Agenda / July 18–September 23, 2018

Final Girl

Shary Boyle (Canadian, b. 1972), <em>Looney Tunes</em>, 2016. Porcelain and terra cotta, 28cm x 20cm x 20cm. Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery Collection. Purchased with the support of the York Wilson Endowment Award, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, 2017. / Oeuvre achetée avec l'aide du prix de la dotation York-Wilson, administré par le Conseil des arts du Canada, 2017. © Shary Boyle. Shary Boyle (Canadian, b. 1972), Looney Tunes, 2016. Porcelain and terra cotta, 28cm x 20cm x 20cm. Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery Collection. Purchased with the support of the York Wilson Endowment Award, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, 2017. / Oeuvre achetée avec l'aide du prix de la dotation York-Wilson, administré par le Conseil des arts du Canada, 2017. © Shary Boyle.
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery

101 Queen Street North

Kitchener, Ontario

Date

July 18–September 23, 2018

Curator

Crystal Mowry

The horror and thriller cinematic trope of the “final girl” who ends up the sole survivor at film’s end inspires this selection of works exploring endurance as a strength that surfaces in images of or by women in KWAG’s Permanent Collection.