Thought\, outside is composed with an eye to how each artwork thinks t he phenomenon of the outside. This concept is variably expressed as the con dition of being out-of-doors\, beyond a geographic delineation\, without le gal recognition or unfamiliar with social custom. It is a position that is sometimes articulated in the negative: by that which is not inside. However \, the boundary between the inside and outside is rarely fixed or exclusive . Rather\, it is relational\, durational and transitory.
The exhibiti
on presents lens based artworks by Craig Berggold\,
Movement across geographic\, economic an d cultural boundaries is explored in Kiyooka’s photographs of discarded wor k gloves at Expo ’70 Osaka\, StoneDGloves (1970)\; Lum’s performan ce along the periphery of the Trans-Canada highway\, Entertainment for Surrey (1978)\; and Berggold’s documents of immigrant farming and unio n organizing in the Fraser Valley\, A Time to Change (1984).
The social inscription of the out-of-doors is closely observed in Creates’ documents of her solitary journey in Sleeping Places\, Newfoundland 19 82 (1982)\; Laiwan’s reflections on a contested ruin in African No tes Part 1 & 2 (1982)\; and Mollineaux’s pinhole exposures\, Cadbo ro Bay (1998/2020).
The ideological processes that censor permis sion and prohibition are contested in Drawing the Line (1990)\, K iss & Tell’s expansive installation on the representation of lesbian sexual ity.
Thought\, outside is curated by Amy Kazymerchyk\, a can didate for the MA in Critical and Curatorial Studies at the University of B ritish Columbia. Her exhibition is presented with support from the Killy Fo undation and the Audain Endowment for Curatorial Studies through the Depart ment of Art History\, Visual Art and Theory in collaboration with the Morri s and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia. Her r esearch is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Special thanks to Maria Hindmarch\, Simon Fraser University Spe cial Collections\, Surrey Art Gallery and Tom Thomson Art Gallery.
To accompany the exhibition curator Amy Kazymerchyk also recorded conversatio ns with the artists Craig Berggold\, Laiwan\, Melinda Mollineaux and Susan Stewart\, which can be listened to
Public critique with Denise Ryner & Michelle Jacques to be
held at 1pm December 18\, 2020 on Zoom
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Image Credit: Melinda Mollineaux\, Cadboro Bay\, 1998/2020\, 91.5 x 122cm\, gelatin silver print. Cou rtesy the artist
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