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‘A Home Without Innocence’ by Joshua Franklin @ theDock

24 February – 18 April 2023
theDock: Centre for Social Impact (300-722 Cormorant St, Victoria)
M-F 8:30am-5:00pm

A Home Without Innocence looks at Franklin‘s childhood experiences of sexual abuse as a means to generate community awareness and conversation about ending the cycle of abuse. Additionally, the exhibition looks to provide support and a platform to victims and other survivors. Franklin pulls from primary imagery, Google street view and memory to construct a narrative of the environments of his upbringing. Utilizing imagery of the houses he lived in and where the abuse took place, the work examines the psychological space of that time period.Joshua Richard Franklin is a multimedia artist whose practice incorporates painting, performance, installation, collage, and sculpture. Franklins’ work takes reference from modern architecture as a means to contextualize the physical and psychological connection to one’s environment. 

Biography
Joshua Richard Franklin is a multimedia artist whose practice incorporates painting, performance, installation, collage, and sculpture. Franklins’ work takes reference from modern architecture as a means to contextualize the physical and psychological connection to one’s environment.

Joshua Richard Franklin is an emerging contemporary artist living and working in Victoria, BC, Canada. He graduated in 2020 from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction and Honours. He grew up in Prague, Southern California and British Columbia.