Opening Reception Friday February 9, 8pm Artist talk Saturday February 10, 2pm Exploring the complex relationship between the human and animal worlds, Eleanor Morgan’s practice examines empathy in light of cultural and personal politics. The artist writes, we can only understand animals as metaphors for our own behavior, so there is a constant attempt and […]
Juan Gaitan, a PhD candidate in art history at the University of British Columbia and the co-curator of Exponential Future at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, participate. Thursday, March 27, 8pm Juan A. Gaitán (curator) Speakeasy: Frontierism is a series that addresses notions of unchecked urban expansion within a larger consideration of the […]
Conversation with Gareth James and Eric Fredericksen – Saturday, May 21, 2pm What are the outcomes of an exhibition that “refuses to deliver”? Gareth James, in conversation with curator Eric Fredericksen, will examine ideas of refusal, denial, and the strategies of exhibition-making. What is the status of the object within current art practices? How does […]
Opening: Friday, June 6, 8pm. June 7 to July 26,2014. CATHY BUSBY, DAVID MACWILLIAM, RACHELLE SAWATSKY, KRISTA BELLE STEWART Curated by JONAH GRAY Boris Groys recently claimed that artworks are inherently sick and require a curator to heal them by including them in an exhibition.[1] While this was likely more of a rhetorical flourish than […]