Tracing Erasure considers how the intertwi ned processes of destruction and production affect perceptions of the past and the present\, intervening in the political\, the social\, the personal\ , and the historical. In bringing together the work of five graduate studen ts from Vancouver’s three graduate fine arts programs\, this exhibition pro udly responds to the University of British Columbia’s mandate to foster a l earning environment for enriching academic exchange to serve a wider commun ity. The included artists probe the intimate and dynamic processes of cultu ral mediation to ask how we give shape to our histories and how our histori es shape us.
The process of tracing erasure is always imprecise and u ncertain\, never complete and unable to fulfil the promise of return. Yet\, as the artists showcased in this exhibition demonstrate\, through the comp lex layering of personal and cultural narratives\, assemblages of memory\, and histories\, this process can be a transformative one\, activating knowl edge by addressing the recurrence of the past in the present. Though unique in their differing approaches\, the artists in Tracing Erasure address a c ommon thread of loss\, renewal\, and fundamental changing notions of home a nd identity. Their art proposes a self-reflexive negotiation of remembering and forgetting\, upon which they may build diverging notions of belonging.
Tracing Erasure re-examines linear conceptions of time and place. Vi sitors to the exhibition are asked to consider how these preconceived notio ns may belie the complexities in the interactions between history\, culture \, and identity\; as the included artworks layer temporalities\, spatialiti es\, and materialities\, the interaction with the viewer becomes one more l ayer in the intricacies of the art.
Artists: Fadwa Bouziane\, Maj Britt Jensen\, Mandana Mansouri\, Madiha Sikander\, Emelina Soares
Co-curated by Laura Aguilera\, Gregory Elgstrand\, Schuyler Krogh\, and Catherine Volmensky
Opening reception
Thursday\, March 8\, 2018
5 – 7 pm
AHVA Gallery
Audain Ar t Centre
6398 University Blvd.
Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Saturday
12 – 4 pm
The exhibitio n is presented as part of the 41st annual AHVA Graduate Symposium in the De partment of Art History\, Visual Art and Theory (AHVA) at the University of British Columbia.
We thank our donors for their generous con tributions
Audain Endowment for Curatorial Studies
Department o f Anthropology
Department of Art History\, Visual Art and Theory
< p>Department of Asian StudiesFaculty of Arts HSS Grant
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Dean’s Office
Institute for Eur opean Studies
Liu Institute for Global Issues
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
Museum of Anthropology
Provost and Vice Pres ident Academic
School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
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