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CURRENT EXHIBITION

Chris Myhr, Ab-Solutes: Lake Erie (Untitled #C1b)
A black, cone shaped piece of earthen material floating against a black background A black, cone shaped piece of earthen material floating against a black background

Chris Myhr: Salients

Salients is a solo exhibition of work by Hamilton-based artist and researcher Chris Myhr. The exhibition brings together photographs from an interrelated series developed by Myhr between 2016 and 2022, exploring themes related to water, the ecosystem, complex interconnectivity, and materiality through a photo-based approach.

The notion of “salience” describes what is most prominent – the point of critical mass, or that which emerges from the background, gesturing outwards for our attention. Depicting both human-made artifacts and ecological materials recovered from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, the banks of the Athabasca River (northern Alberta), and the waters of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, the photographs explore the salient, or the material legacy of human endeavour and action, shaped and marked by water over long passages of time. Presented together, the work ruminates on the permanence of things, the tendency of matter to persist, and the ways in which the imprint humans leave on the material realm bridges and blurs delineations between past, present, and future – for better or for worse.

Salients includes projects developed with support from the Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council.

EVENTS

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 26th, 5:30 – 8:30 PM

Artist talk: Thursday, February 9th, 12:30 – 1:20 PM

Artists: Chris Myhr

December 20, 2022 – March 24, 2023

VIEW ARCHIVE
Link to Exhibitions Archive for a complete list of past exhibitions

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SUBMISSIONS & ASSISTANCE

POLICY:

To promote and stimulate learning, interest and continued enjoyment about the visual arts, the Museum will organize an annual programme of temporary exhibitions for presentation year round.

Exhibition proposals/submissions are accepted on an on-going basis.

The Director/Curator will select and establish the annual exhibition programme in collaboration with the curatorial team. An exhibition schedule will be presented by the Director/Curator to the Advisory Board of the Museum once each year

PROCEDURE:

Proposals are accepted from artists and curators.

REQUIREMENTS:

10-20 digital images, project description, and CV.

View digital image requirements

PLEASE SEND PROPOSALS TO:

Carol Podedworny, Director and Curator
McMaster Museum of Art
University Ave, McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L6
podedwo@mcmaster.ca

ASSISTANCE:

The McMaster Museum of Art is a third party recommender for Ontario Arts Council (OAC) Exhibition Assistance Grants.

The 2022-23 program is open from June 23, 2022 until January 13, 2023. Our deadlines for the programming year are:

  • September 15, 2022, 1 p.m. ET
  • December 15, 2022, 1 p.m. ET

Please follow the guidelines established by the Ontario Arts Council, apply directly through their website, and submit the following with your applications:

Brief artist statement
Confirmation letter from the gallery/museum/venue
Budget
CV
Digital images of work