Rodney Graham: That's Not Me: BALTIC Documentary

In this documentary, filmed in February 2017 on location in Vancouver and produced by BALTIC Archive, we visit Rodney Graham in the final planning stages for his exhibition at BALTIC. The documentary features interviews with Bob Rennie, Wendy Chang, Patrik Andersson, William Gibson and the artists' mother Janet as well as Rodney himself.
Rodney Graham is a Canadian artist whose genre defying avant-garde experimentalism has confounded and thrilled audiences in museums and galleries all over the world. This major exhibition combines works in film and video with an extensive presentation of his photographic images.
Often a touchstone for other artists, his diverse practice encompasses many roles; painter, photographer, writer, philosopher, actor, psychologist and musician. Through his many guises he creates works brimming with references from art history, films and literature, invariably with a cyclical or roving narrative. With considerable humour, wit and intelligence, Graham continues to ask the question - what does it mean to consider yourself an artist today?
Spanning BALTIC’s two largest galleries, the exhibition will include several installations of film and video and a collection of works inspired by literature and reading, covering more than two decades. Developed in close collaboration with the artist, this exhibition also includes new works and a large selection of his signature immersive light-box photographs, including the group The Four Seasons. These striking, complex images document suspended moments in time, mostly involving a lone Graham in the style of another character assumed or taken from history.
Rodney Graham: That's Not Me exhibition and events programme at BALTIC is supported by the High Commission of Canada in the UK and Phil Lind

[@doowwhap1]

"That's not me ", songtilte on Album Beach Boys Petsounds! Was that a hint 3:25min. in the recordshop.Great!

[@LeoWery1]

Wow, seen him at Voorlinden....total fan by now.

[@bensteyn8420]

Since I first saw Graham´s work in Berlin / Flick Collection I was deeply impressed by his turned trees and the video loops like City Self / Inner Self a.o..
Unfortunately the most works are to big for (my) home BUT there are some editions in smaller sizes and I love this a lot.
My favourite is Fishing at the Jetty, purchased by auction from Sotheby´s and one of the "upside down trees" in a smaller edition from the Vancouver Art Gallery.
I´m searching very often in the internet to find someting to buy worldwide but it is so hard to get ....I wish there would be more to buy.

[@bloxa]

He had some good looping videos, but these expensive large scale lightboxes contain a project you often find in first year art student "me in different roles". He just have better assitants to execute the work into commodities that fits into museums and gagosian galleries.