Events at: SFU Woodwards World Arts Centre

Visiting Artist: Gareth James

World Art Studio at SFU Woodward’s James’s work is constituted through his abiding interest in histories of iconoclasm in which the social divisions and inequities that mark and delimit artistic practice are registered most emphatically. In James’ practice as an artist and as a writer, conventional aesthetic discourse is lost and rediscovered in neighboring fields […]

Adorno’s Grey: Hito Steyert

Grey on Grey: Samir Gandesha and Jaleh Mansoor. October 16, 6pm. Samir Gandesha: The Colour of Adorno’s Thought In Negative Dialectics, Adorno posits that, “Philosophy, which once seemed obsolete, lives on because the moment to realize it failed.” By considering references to the October Revolution and Karl Marx’s program of simultaneously abolishing and realizing philosophy, […]

He Who Dreams

A new film by Dana Claxton Indigenous experimental film icon Dana Claxton takes us on a surreal journey into one man’s conflicted psyche in her absorbing new feature. With her use of symbolism and allegory she has created an experimental narrative of identity and the politics of being “Indian.” Rich in meaning and metaphor, her […]

REDx Talks: Dana Claxton

REDx Talks: A Tradition of Innovation Thursday, November 17, 2016 SFU Woodwards Cinema 149 West Hastings, Vancouver Doors open at 6:30 pm On the evening of Thursday, November 17, 2016, REDx Talks makes its debut in Squamish, Tsleil-Watuth, and Musqueam unceded territories in the city of Vancouver for REDx Talks Vancouver: A Tradition of Innovation. REDx […]

Marshall Plan Modernism Book Launch

Please join Professor Jaleh Mansoor at SFU Woodwards for the launch of her first book, Marshall Plan Modernism: Italian Post War Abstraction and the beginnings of Autonomia. Friday, February 24, 2017 7:00 PM Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts 149 W. Hastings Street Vancouver, BC Focusing on the work of Italian artists […]

A Crimp in the Fabric: Situating Painting Today

A Crimp in the Fabric: Situating Painting Today, which includes a keynote lecture by Isabelle Graw (on September 28) and day-long symposium (on September 29), presents a range of perspectives reflecting on the current state of contemporary painting practices. A Crimp in the Fabric: Situating Painting Today is co-organized by the University of British Columbia, […]