Communicating Vessels brings together three generations of Canadian artists from a range of backgrounds and disciplines, with works from 1965 to the present day. These works offer an examination of visual associations that are held by familiar objects and how these assumptions, when disrupted, force a self-conscious renegotiation of the body in its environment. The everyday experience of being in the world is not one of aware perception as consciousness forgets its own phenomena, allowing itself to be constituted by familiar glances. This moment of aware interaction, found in the re-presenting of familiar objects as means of bringing attention to the assumptions of looking, is taken up in the work of IAIN BAXTER&, Luis Jacob, Roula Partheniou and Judy Radul.
Communicating Vessels
Curated by Corrie Jackson
- Curator
- Corrie Jackson
Curator acknowledgments
My deepest appreciation goes out to Barbara Fisher, Julian Haladyn, Juliana Zalucky, Christine Shaw, and Phil Lee for their guidance and encouragement. David Silcox, I sincerely thank you for both your time and conversation, and the generous loan of works for the exhibition. Dax Morrison and Michael Beynon – your installation prowess is unmatched. My gratitude to Derek Liddington for both your thoughtful discussion and contributions in helping the exhibition take form. Endless thanks and love to my friends, family, and colleagues for their patience, guidance, and kindness. And with my heartfelt gratitude, to all the artists, thank you for your time, discussion, and continued output, they are invaluable. Sincere thanks to Birch Contemporary, MKG127, TrépanierBaer, and WORK Gallery in London, England for their cooperation and support.
—Corrie Jackson
The Blackwood
University of Toronto Mississauga
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