PAST EXHIBITION
GROUP EXHIBITION: By Design and By Chance
Provisional Sites in Contemporary Sculpture and Photography
Reception: Saturday June 11, 2-4 pm
A correlation between sculpture and photography seems unlikely. In general terms, the concerns and expressions of sculpture are in “the real” — materials, mass, volume and form—whereas photography presents us with images from the world through chemistry and light as a continuous tonal surface, and where scale is always relative and mutable.
Through diverse works from the Museum collection—Canadian and international sculpture, photography, and hybridised camera works—another perspective on contemporary practices is teased out. These are artist questions and articulations of site as place and consciousness. In short, the natural and built environment can be observed and a consciousness of being visualized. The responses can be regarded as provisional, beyond what is verifiable or measurable—actuality as a perceptual signal; an intense or focused moment of revelation wherein the work of art is both site and portal to space and time. American art historian George Kubler (The Shape of Time, 1962) wrote:
“Actuality is when the lighthouse is dark between flashes: it is the instant between the ticks of the watch: it is a void interval slipping forever through time: the rupture between past and future: the gap at the poles of the revolving magnetic field, infinitesimally small but ultimately real. It is the interchronic pause when nothing is happening. It is the void between events.”
The exhibition title is drawn from a Richard Long statement, describing his working in the world and “the beauty of objects, thoughts, places and actions.” Anish Kapoor offers a further, and complementary thought: “all the objects in the world are symbolic… it’s the artist’s duty to find poetic meaning in things.”
List of Works in Exhibition:
Edward Burtynsky (Canadian, born 1955)
Rock of Ages #25 Abandoned Section,
Adam-Pirie Quarry, Barre, Vermont, 1991
chromogenic colour print
75 x 100 cm
Gift of Mrs. Brenda and Mr. Roger Glassco, 1999
Andreas Gehr (Swiss, born 1942)
?T?, 1986
glass, fibreglass
230 x 103 x 230 cm
Gift of Leo Meyer, 2009
Anish Kapoor (English, born India, 1954)
Oblivion,1995
fibreglass and pigment
105 x 115 x 105 cm
Levy Bequest Purchase, 1995
Paul Kipps (Canadian, born 1948)
Cathexis #4, 1996-1998
black and white lexan covered photo
183 x 244 x 183 cm
Gift of the artist, 2010
Richard Long (English, born 1945)
Spring Showers Line, 1992
Delabole slate
414 x 70 cm
Levy Bequest Purchase, 1993
Richard Patterson (English, born 1963)
Heat, 1995
R-Type photograph
60.6 x 90.4 cm
General Acquisition Fund Purchase, 1997
Margaret Priest (born England 1944, lives in Canada)
The View From Here of the View of the City, 1995-2011
digital print
Courtesy of the artist
photo: Michael Awad
Susan Schelle (Canadian b. 1949)
Seascape, 1993
two framed black and white photographs
each 103 x 162 cm
Promised gift of the artist
Curated by: McMaster Museum of Art
May 14, 2011 – August 20, 2011
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SUBMISSIONS & ASSISTANCE
SUBMISSIONS:
The McMaster Museum of Art is presently not accepting artists’ submissions for exhibitions at this time of leadership change at the museum. Our Interim Director will be undertaking a review of the museum’s forward exhibition schedule, as well as our policies and procedures, in the coming months. Our present focus is the ongoing maintenance of our permanent collection and storage needs for future collection activities.
The museum remains committed to our collecting priority in the continued support of early career, mid-career and established Indigenous artists, artists of the Black diaspora and racialized artists through purchases and commissions. Donations will be welcomed and reviewed at a future date which will be posted on our website.
ASSISTANCE:
The McMaster Museum of Art is a third party recommender for Ontario Arts Council (OAC) Exhibition Assistance Grants.
The museum is currently accepting applications. Our next program deadline is: December 16, 2024.
Priorities:
Artists who demonstrate an interest and consideration of art as a medium for social change and action.
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
