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January 26, 1998
Bag Your Bra and Open the Curtains

Feminist and Activist Views of Life Portrayed through Art...

By Denee Wells and Bianca Beckett

Feminism and activism are

the two different ideas
expressed by married couple
Bill Horne and _= Claire

Kujundzic in their exhibit
opening which took place at
the Prince George Art Gallery
on January 15. While Claire’s
exhibit
expresses|
the life of a
* housewife
through ak
flamboyant
and _ colorful
kitchen, Bill's
exhibit
expresses
his need to
be heard on
certain politi
cal issues by
creatively
combining
his letter writ-
ing with art.
Originally
ho ky Ge mn

and
Claire moved
to the small
town of
Wells, BC to
open “Amazing Space’, their
own art gallery which dis-
plays the couple’s work.
Open and friendly, Claire and
Bill reveal individual ideas of
the world by combining their
art with reality.

Dressed to match her exhib-
it, Claire Kujundzic trans-
forms the lower half of the
gallery into a vibrant and
unique kitchen. Her Kitchen
Project “Home Is Where The
Art Is” uses the theme of fly-
ing as a “metaphor for free-

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dom from mental or physical
limitations” of a housewife.
Claire uses images of women
optimistically tossing laundry
in the air and juggling time
and money to represent the
life of her mother. She uses
colors such as bright blues,

Bill Horne and Claire Kujundzic reveal individ-
ual ideas of the world combining their art with

pinks and yellows, to further
reveal the positive aspects of
a kitchen. While talking to
Claire, we asked her to
describe the ideas behind her
favorite painting “The New
World Wash’. Claire explains
that it is a rep-
resentation of
feminist views
of the ideal
world. The
painting?
includes dif- |
Te rT en th
aspects’ of
equality such
as: a_ busi-
nessman
helping with
the laundry

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while playing with the chil-
dren, an Ismaili female casu-
ally doing laundry with the
Queen, a television used as a
laundry stand, and a country-
side that overpowers the city.
This painting was created
through the ideas of three of
Claire’s closest
friends: Eleanor
Kenai geht,
Elizabeth Caton,
and Ann
Kujundzic (her
mother). Claire’s
most influential
image is
“Blackie Bags a
Bra’, a 3-D
painting of a
black crow flying
away with a red
lace bra in its
mouth. This
symbolizes the
-|idea that the
kitchen is a
woman’s
domain and
strengthens
Claire’s theme
of feminist free-
dom.

Bill Horne
began writing letters to differ-
ent government officials

when he was in tenth grade.
Since then he has continued
his admiration for writing,
while incorporating respons-
es he has received through

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his art. His exhibit is entitled
“Behind the Lines”. He writes
as a citizen rather than an
artist because his letters are
of very serious content
including many of his own
acts of activism.

In his
display,
“Major
Vessels’,
he re-
placed
ferry pam-
phiets
Wo ot on
brochures
stating
that the
ferry route
was a
“Nuclear
War
Zone”. Bill
told us
that he
made
21,000
copies of
these new
pamphlets and distributed
them on numerous BC
Ferries. This elevated a nasty
response from the govern-
ment and the pamphlets were
quickly removed, but he had
certainly made his point.
During the interview with Bill,
he said humorously, “You
should call up the local police

station and ask if they have

Bill Horne’s art “Major
Vessels”.
(Photo by Bianca Beckett)

any leftover photos of me.”
Bill also stated that many of
the responses to the letters
he had written were “com-
plete bull——.” Bill's works
are represented as “curtains
which hide or reveal images
that contradict or
enhance” the
responses to his
letters. This is a
way for Bill to
portray different
layers of reality.
In the middle of
his exhibit, Bill
there is a type-
writer to encour-
# age his guests to

comment or

activism. Bill def-
i initely combines
his intelligence
with art to bring
public attention
to important
social issues.
Bill and Claire’s
exhibit is both entertaining as
well as educational. Their
exhibit is on from January 15,
1998 through until February
22, 1998. If you are at all
interested in feminism,
activism, or art, you should
definitely check it out!

Claire Kujundzic’s
painting “The New
World Wash’.

(Photo by Bianca
Beckett)