Betrayal at Babylon

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Burnaby Art Gallery, September 9 – October 23, 2016
Vernon Public Art Gallery, July 26 – October 3, 2018

SYNOPSIS

Keith Langergraber’s new body of work Betrayal at Babylon explores the subculture of meteorite hunters, following a motly group of prospectors across a surreal landscape. Focusing upon the intricacies of language, the story integrates and gradually distorts the folklore of treasure hunters and prospectors through a search that eventually brings them to the base of the Tower of Babel. Langergraber’s work looks at language, exposing it as a process rather than a constant. By problematizing the nature of fictional narrative, and the role and function of language, a sanctioned “Babel” emerges through the underlying metonymic use of myth, challenging our faith in language as a valid source of knowledge, and serving as a meditation on impermanence. – Burnaby Art Gallery

Accompanying this touring exhibit is a 112 page, hardcover artist book titled The Professionals.

GALLERY DIDACTIC PANEL (PDF)
THE PROFESSIONALS – ARTIST BOOK

Fall Arts 2016 – Visual Arts Critics’ Picks, Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight, 14 September 2016.