The exhibition is closed. Please s ee our d epartment COVID-19 update for further details.
The AHVA graduate symposium and its concurrent exhibition is a collaborative\, inter disciplinary event\, organized by current AHVA graduate students. In line w ith the University’s mandate our programming is aimed at creating a rich ac ademic environment and fostering intellectual exchange among graduate stude nts. This exhibition is a unique opportunity to engage in questions concern ing cultural mediation within visual art and the histories of art and archi tecture.
Originating in the Latin roots de\, meaning “apart/ down” and cadere\, meaning “to fall\,” decadence came to signify d ecay\, or a fall from a more vital state. Beyond its linguistic origins\, d ecadence has taken on a plurality of often contradictory meanings. Deca dence: Flows of Abundance and Decay welcomes a variety of perspectives that explore the term’s malleability\, taking decadence as a generative fo rce in understanding past and contemporary culture and politics. Considerin g Charles Baudelaire’s statement that decadence is “an ingenious style comp lex\, wise\, full of nuances and refinements\, forever extending the limits of language\, borrowing from all technical lexicons\, taking colours from e very palette and notes from every musical instrument.” This exhibition sets out to locate and examine these complexities within distinct historical an d cultural contexts.
The exhibition is mounted as part of the 43rd An nual AHVA Graduate Symposium\, held March 6 in the Audain Art Centre.
Artists: Aileen Bahmanipour (Art University of Tehran\, UBC)\, Anna Firth (Evergreen State College\, Emily Carr University)\, Hamidreza Jadid (SFU)\, Sharona Franklin\, Martin Katzoff (UBC)\, Malina Sintnicolaas (York Univer sity\, Emily Carr University)
AHVA Gallery
Audain Art Centre
63
98 University Blvd.
Exhibition runs
March 5 – 26\, 2020
Tue
sday – Saturday
12 – 4 PM