BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ahva.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211026T1620Z-1635265250.5958-EO-19847-37@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240328T025717Z CREATED:20160606T172333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T192023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080307 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080407 SUMMARY: the strange space that will keep us together – Wil Murray\; curate d by CCST candidate Jacqueline Mabey DESCRIPTION: Murray’s work explores the horrors of banal choices. To April 6th. the strange space that will keep us together is a survey exhibition of emerging\, Montreal-based painter Wil Murray. The exhibition consists of a selection of works made after the July 2003 destruction by fire of his Wes t Pender Street studio space\, the historic Pender […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
the strange space that will keep u s together is a survey exhibition of emerging\, Montreal-based pai nter Wil Murray. The exhibition consists of a selection of works made after the July 2003 destruction by fire of his West Pender Street studio space\, the historic Pender Auditorium\, to the present day. In his work\, Murray picks up the dropped threads of abstract modern painting\, playfully subver ting its dogma\, while seriously re-engaging its central themes.
Murr ays work explores the horrors of banal choices. In every choice\, there is an element of madness. The most reasoned decision is still a leap of faith into an unknowable future- a leap which is never made alone\, as its conseq uences ripple out. Paint is poured onto a support\, slowly built up layer b y layer\, sections are cut out and tacked onto other works. Marks are made and effaced\, at some points visible\, at others concealed. A story is told \, but the tale is not straightforward. Against mastery\, against autonomy\ , Murray’s process is suggestive of the tension between the terror of the c ontingency of identity and the spaces caused by incommensurable differences .
Wil Murray was born and raised in Calgary\, Alberta. He attended th e Alberta College of Art + Design for two years before moving to Vancouver to open a studio. Murray was short-listed for the RBC Painting Competition (2005) and was included in the Magenta Foundation’s Carte Blanche Vol. 2: P ainting (2007). Represented by the Patrick Mikhail Gallery\, Murray’s work is included in collections in Canada and the United States.
This exhi bition is curated by Jacqueline Mabey\, a candidate to the Masters Degree in Critical and Curatorial Studies at The University of Bri tish Columbia.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Alvin Balkind Fund for Student Curatorial Initiatives\, the Department of Art Hi story\, Visual Art\, and Theory\, and the Faculty of Arts at The University of British Columbia\, STRESSLIMITDESIGN\, the Program in Canadian Studies at The University of British Columbia\, PricewaterhouseCoopers\, the Lotus Hotel Limited\, and the UBC Alma Mater Society.
Photo: Wil M
urray
Casual Friday Morning Coming Down\, 2007\, acrylic and foam on b
oard
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