The Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) is hosting a party to celebrate the opening of its summer exhibitions on May 2, 2016.
DJ Memetic will play an all-vinyl set at the launch and Sylvie Gilbert, director of the Visual Arts Section at the Canada Council for the Arts, will provide opening remarks. Artists Meryl McMaster, Noriko Shinohara, Maura Doyle and Barry Pottle will also be present.
When: Monday, May 2, 2016 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Opening Remarks at 6 p.m
Where: CUAG, Carleton University
Further details can be found here: http://cuag.carleton.ca/index.php/exhibitions/events.
Location and parking:
CUAG is located in the St. Patrick’s Building, at the north end of the campus. See CUAG’s website for a map of the gallery’s location, parking, and bike route: http://cuag.carleton.ca/index.php/visiting/directions/.
This year’s summer exhibitions include:
Meryl McMaster: Confluence
May 2 to Aug. 28, 2016
Curated by Heather Anderson
The potent, alluring self-portraits of Ottawa-based artist Meryl McMaster explore the fluid domain of identity, and the creative potential of rethinking the self and its representation. Placing her body centrally in front of the camera, McMaster transforms her appearance, whether by layering photographic images onto her body or through elaborate costumes and props she creates and inhabits. An individual of Plains Cree and Euro-Canadian heritage, McMaster explores the dimensions of her own sense of identity, and the complex history of the photographic representation of Indigenous peoples.
Noriko Shinohara: Cutie and Bullie
May 2 to Aug. 7, 2016
Curated by Cayllan Cassavia
Cutie and Bullie features the manga-inspired work of the New-York-based Japanese artist Noriko Shinohara, the unsung heroine of the film Cutie and the Boxer, nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature. The exhibition features a 64-foot-long mural entitled Love is a Roarrr—!!!, which immerses us in the world of Cutie and Bullie, characters representing the artist and her husband, the “boxing painter” Ushio Shinohara. The mural unfolds as a series of vignettes starting with the couple’s love-struck meeting, tumultuous relationship and Cutie’s eventual revelation that she can control her destiny by harnessing her creative powers.
Maura Doyle: the Vessel, that with fugitive Articulation answer’d, how deep is your love?
May 2 to Aug. 28, 2016
Curated by Heather Anderson
How do we know a pot? The Ottawa-based artist Maura Doyle considers the vessel, a hollow form with a hole, and how we come to know it through interaction and use, representation and museum display. With a “body,” “neck,” “feet” and “mouth,” pots are rich in metaphor, and have been written about for thousands of years. Doyle’s pots are hand-built and fired unglazed, not unlike those made by ancient civilizations. She considers the making of pots as a collaborative effort between the pot, the potter and over 10,000 years of history. Her playful installation includes several pre-Columbian pots selected from CUAG’s collection.
Keeping Record: The Documentary Impulse in Inuit Art
May 2 to Aug. 28, 2016
Curated by Amy Prouty
Critics have often described Inuit art as memory art, understood as having a seemingly apolitical focus on pre-contact life. This exhibition recasts the subjects addressed by Inuit artists by viewing their depictions of traditional practices as acts of cultural resilience, in which they have recorded their knowledge during periods of seismic change. Their artworks strengthen Inuit culture, communicate its unique values and advocate for its importance to non-Inuit audiences. Keeping Record features the work of Barry Pottle, Malaya Akulukjuk, Thomassie Kudluk, Zacharias Kunuk, Mattoo Moonie Michael, Agnes Nanogak, Joanessie Napartook, Josie Papialook, Kananginak Pootoogook, Andrew Qappik and Elisha Sanguya.
These exhibitions were made possible with support from Carleton University; the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario, and the Canada Council for the Arts.
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