The Monte Clark Gallery is pleased to announce the solo exhibition Mom and Dad from
Vancouver-based artist Douglas Coupland. Coupland uses personal family experience and
his decades working within the pop culture arena to compile a set of works that
renegotiate his ongoing relationship with Andy Warhol.

Says Coupland, who never knew Warhol, “He cast the largest artistic shadow of the 20th
century. All 21st century artists have to constantly redefine their professional relationship with
him.” This show reflects Coupland’s current thoughts on Warhol.

The works are highly personal, based on his B.C. upbringing in a family heavy with guns and
taxidermy. Using unexpected materials, Coupland finds a route to Andy Warhol that is
personal, shamanic and eternal.

A second part of the show is a set of graphic works incorporating Warhol’s seminal Marilyn
paintings and prints.

For further information and press materials please contact the Monte Clark Gallery
2339 Granville Street, Vancouver BC. V6H 3G4
info@monteclarkgallery.com
604-730-5000