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Unsettling the Viewer: the Art of Ken Lum

Since the 1980s Ken Lum has been creating work that addresses social divisions and disconnect by weaving wry humour into his poignant critique.

Carl Schaefer: Home for the Holidays

In his drawing “Christmas Motif, Hanover”, the artist links a festive moment to his place of inspiration, his hometown in south-western Ontario.

Manitoba Party by William Kurelek: Impressions of Rural Life in Canada

In 1964 William Kurelek exhibited a series of works based on the life of his father and other Ukrainian immigrants in Canada.

Emily Carr in Brittany: Moment of Artistic Breakthrough

Emily Carr's stay in Brittany in 1910–11 proved a formative period that propelled her art beyond traditionalism into modernist expression.

Life in Saint John: Miller Brittain and a portrait of the people

Miller Brittain's paintings accurately portrayed the daily life of the people and the atmosphere in his native Saint John in the 1930s.

William Kentridge: the world stage of "More Sweetly Play the Dance"

The procession installation by South-African artist William Kentridge at the NGC is an enveloping human journey in film and animation.

Pissarro's prints: light, atmosphere and "plein air"

Around 1880 Camille Pissarro created a series of prints that mirrored his Impressionist vision of light, atmosphere and plein-air painting

Isolation in War: James Wilson Morrice

In 1918 the Canadian modernist artist James Wilson Morrice travelled to the front in war-torn France to document the aftermath of battle for the Canadian War Records Office.

A.Y. Jackson in Europe: A Brush with Impressionism

Travelling in Europe between 1905 and 1913, A.Y. Jackson became fascinated by Impressionism and began to explore the movement's painterly effects and use of colour in his own work.

Taryn Simon's "Paperwork and the Will of Capital": perspectives on transience of power

Covering deals brokered over 35 years, Taryn Simon's series Paperwork and the Will of Capital chronicles the topics and realms of influence covered by these historic political and economic agreements.
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