Eric Metcalfe
Bio:
Eric Metcalfe is an artist based in Vancouver, Canada. His early practice explored drawing, printmaking, painting, and Fluxus conceptual art, and developed to include elements of video, ceramics, sculpture, installation, and performance—which he often engaged in as his alter ego Dr. Brute. Metcalfe was a co-founder of Western Front and was responsible for much of its early performance art programming.
Related People
- Reece Metcalfe
- The MacBooty Brothers (Member)
- The Raiders (Member)
Related Events
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2023Apparition Room
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201845th Anniversary Gala and Art Auction
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2014Image Process
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201037th Anniversary Gala and Art Auction: The New Deal
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2008Delicate Issues: A Roundtable Conversation on the Practice of Kate Craig
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2008Talk by Eric Metcalfe
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200734th Anniversary Gala and Art Auction: Gold Rush!
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2007Art's Birthday: World Briefing
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2004P.E.R. &
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2003Western Front 30th Anniversary Bash - Cabaret Vulgare
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2002Abe's Roast
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2001Free Meat
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2000Temporal Distortions
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1999Nancy Drew and the Mystery of the Haunted Body
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1998Diva TV
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1998Re-inventing the Diva
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1996One Fine Evening
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1996The French Revolution in Three Parts
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1995Name the Speaker, Toast the City
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1994Cabaret Vulgare
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1992Philosophically in Love
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1991Interviews with Yvonne Parent
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1990Duster Cabaret
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1990Duster
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1989Hank's Industrial Cabaret
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1988Tales of the Old West
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1987MacBooty Bros at Documenta 8
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1987Rites of Spring
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1986Concert by David Moss
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1986Peep Show
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1985Ninjazz
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1984The MacBooty Brothers
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1984Sax Island
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1983Gilt Feelings
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1981Out of Control
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1980Steel and Flesh
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1979Screening by Bob Parent
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1979Oh Yes, Oh No
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1979Mondo Arte Cabaret
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1979Golden Age of Jazz
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1979Three Musicians
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1979Pin Up Portraits
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1978Piranha Farms
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1977Spots Before Your Eyes
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1977Howard Hughes Inc.
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1977Spruce Goose
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1977Howard Huge
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1976Brute Sax Cabaret
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1976An Existential Definition of Religion at the Western Front
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1975Western Front at A Space
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1975Nite Spots
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1975Charles Parker Memorial Jazz Breakfast
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1975Amy Vanderbilt's Valentine's Ball
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1975Second Annual Zootomic Dinner
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1974Flying Leopard
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1974Blocking
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1974The First BC Art Race
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1974Surfacing on the Subliminal
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1974Spaceshow
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1974Concert by Pascal
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1974Art's Birthday and the Hollywood Decca Dance
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1973Spots Before Your Eyes
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1973New York Corres Sponge Dance School of Vancouver at the Blue Horizons Swimming Pool
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1973Intermedia History
Western Front is a non-profit
artist-run centre in Vancouver.
We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.