TRAFFIC: CONCEPT ART IN CANADA - Leonard & Bina Ellen exhibition

Excerpt from press release:

In the past decade, the global impact of conceptual art has been the subject of numerous historical studies and exhibitions. Its various manifestations in Canada, however, have remained a limited concern. Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980 is the first major exhibition to track the influence and diversity of conceptual art across Canada, bringing together works by over 70 artists who participated locally in this international phenomenon.

Conceptual art practices in Montréal cannot be dissociated from the political, social, and cultural turmoil of the time, marked by the modernization of state institutions, the democratization of culture, and francophone Québec’s project of national sovereignty. Many of the most prominent practitioners of conceptual art were anglophone (Tom Dean, Suzy Lake, Bill Vazan), however francophone artists (Rober Racine, Françoise Sullivan, Serge Tousignant) were equally drawn to dematerialized, interdisciplinary, and experimental approach to art-making, as an alternate way to inscribe themselves in Québec’s program of cultural modernization.

Click here for the full press release page on the Leonard & Bina Ellen gallery site.

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TRAFFIC: CONCEPTUAL ART IN CANADA 1965-1980
Part 1: Montreal + Toronto + Guelph + London

January 14 - February 25, 2012
Free admission (for opening hours, click here.)
at
Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen
Concordia University - McConnell Library Building
1400 blvd. de Maisonneuve West
(Métro Guy-Concordia, between Mackay and Bishop)

ellengallery.concordia.ca

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