Video: Talk by Artist/Curator Patrick Mahon
October 21, 2013
Earlier this month, Patrick Mahon, a London Ontario based artist, writer and Professor at the University of Western Ontario, presented a talk at the Museum as a complement to his exhibition VOYAGER: Albrecht Dürer, William Hogarth, and Patrick Mahon with Stowaways.
The full video of his talk, titled Brilliant Barterables or Just Junk Bonds: Trading around Dürer, Hogarth and Me is now posted online.
Enjoy!
RELATED LINKS AND CONTENT
(for those who wish to view a bit at a time)
1:12:00 To view William Hogarth’s Trade Card (in the collection of the British Museum)
4:18:00 on the ‘Artist Citizen’
6:39:00 on the Process of developing the exhibition, VOYAGER
10:56:00 on engraving and currency
15:30:00 on artwork as a form of currency
20:55:00 look at works of art in the exhibition – Albrecht Dürer
26:55:00 look at works of art in the exhibition — William Hogarth
36:19:20 look at works of art in the exhibition — Patrick Mahon
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