The Work Locates Itself
Curated by Robin Cameron and Kari Cwynar
Exhibition: January 18 - February 10, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, January 20, 5-7pm
Lucien Durey
Shayne Ehman
Allison Freeman
Bitsy Knox
Arvo Leo
Davida Nemeroff
Tabitha Gwyn Osler
This exhibition began as a consideration of the dispersion of Canada’s
artistic community, questioning the existence of common ways of
thinking and making when artists pass like ships in the night. This is
the new internationalism and an age-old Canadian tradition. Leaving.
But to relocate to unfamiliar territory can be both challenging and
productive, and the seven artists brought together here in New York
demonstrate a variety of approaches to art-making completed during or
after a significant journey. Journeys of mind, body, object, idea and
memory. Common threads emerge in spite of geographical gaps. Above
all, the work itself communicates a purposeful engagement with one’s
surroundings. New places of living and working exist simultaneously
with lingering specters of past homes, senses of longing and distance,
and spaces between here and there. Is it time to consider the Canadian
art scene as a constellation of disparate geographies? Think about the
point of origin, the journey, the goal and the final destination. Why
did you go where you went? How do you work now that you work where you
work? From where does the work originate?
artistic community, questioning the existence of common ways of
thinking and making when artists pass like ships in the night. This is
the new internationalism and an age-old Canadian tradition. Leaving.
But to relocate to unfamiliar territory can be both challenging and
productive, and the seven artists brought together here in New York
demonstrate a variety of approaches to art-making completed during or
after a significant journey. Journeys of mind, body, object, idea and
memory. Common threads emerge in spite of geographical gaps. Above
all, the work itself communicates a purposeful engagement with one’s
surroundings. New places of living and working exist simultaneously
with lingering specters of past homes, senses of longing and distance,
and spaces between here and there. Is it time to consider the Canadian
art scene as a constellation of disparate geographies? Think about the
point of origin, the journey, the goal and the final destination. Why
did you go where you went? How do you work now that you work where you
work? From where does the work originate?
LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University School of the Arts
310 Dodge Hall, 2960 Broadway (at 116th Street), (212) 854-7641
Gallery Hours: Mon - Fri, 9am to 5pm
Closed on Saturday and Sunday
For information on past exhibitions please visit:
The LeRoy Neiman Exhibition Archive
