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Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2015, mixed media including gramophone horn, ceramic birds, metal flowers, strung beads, fabric, metal and mannequin, 284.5 x 150 x 122 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. © Nick Cave, courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo: NGC
The fourth edition of the Canadian Biennial brings together a comprehensive selection of works acquired since 2014 by the Gallery’s departments of Contemporary Art, Indigenous Art, and the Canadian Photography Institute, and is the first to date to feature artists working both in Canada and internationally. The exhibition reveals the dynamic ways in which artists engage with the increasingly globalized world of contemporary art through a wide range of media including painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, printmaking, video and installation-based practices. Migration, the impact and interpretation of history and belief systems on contemporary art and culture, stereotypes of identity and nationhood, and the emancipatory potential of the imagination and creativity, are some of the themes and subjects addressed in the Biennial that reflects the Gallery’s pursuits in building an outstanding and pertinent collection of art today.
Featured Artists
Barry Ace
John Akomfrah*
Benoit Aquin
Shuvinai Ashoona & Shary Boyle
BGL
Valérie Blass
Shannon Bool
Mark Bradford*
Anthony Burnham
Nick Cave
Patrick Coutu
Chris Curreri
Beau Dick
Stan Douglas
Jessica Eaton
Latifa Echakhch
Tracey Emin
Cynthia Girard-Renard
Andreas Gursky
Thomas Houseago
Christian Jankowski
Brian Jungen
Shelagh Keeley
Ruben Komangapik
Jonathan Lasker
lessLIE
Maya Lin
Elaine Ling
Angela Marston
Julie Mehretu*
Kent Monkman
Wangechi Mutu
Nadia Myre
Chris Ofili*
Jamasee Padluq Pitseolak
Susan Point
Mika Rottenberg
Collier Schorr
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg
Wael Shawky
Steven Shearer
Taryn Simon
Kiki Smith
Monika Sosnowska
Zin Taylor
Mickalene Thomas
Wolfgang Tillmans
Jutai Toonoo
Renée Van Halm
Hajra Waheed*
Daniel Young & Christian Giroux
* Featured exclusively in Turbulent Landings: The NGC 2017 Canadian Biennial presented at the Art Gallery of Alberta
Latifa Echakhch, Untitled (Black Cloud) IV, 2015, China ink, wood, canvas, acrylic paint and steel wire, 100 x 250 x 50 cm (approx.), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Latifa Echakhch, courtesy Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich
Latifa Echakhch, Untitled (Black Cloud) IV, 2015, China ink, wood, canvas, acrylic paint and steel wire, 100 x 250 x 50 cm (approx.), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Latifa Echakhch, courtesy Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich
Stan Douglas, Luanda-Kinshasa, 2013, high-definition video, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Stan Douglas, courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London and Victoria Miro, London, Photo: Courtesy of the Artist
Stan Douglas, Luanda-Kinshasa, 2013, high-definition video, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Stan Douglas, courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London and Victoria Miro, London, Photo: Courtesy of the Artist
Kent Monkman, Casualties of Modernity, 2015, mixed media installation with HD video, 14:45 minutes, (no fixed height) x 272 x 525 cm, Purchased 2016 through the generous donation of Marnie Schreiber and Karen Schreiber, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Kent Monkman, Photo : Tony Hafkenscheid
Kent Monkman, Casualties of Modernity, 2015, mixed media installation with HD video, 14:45 minutes, (no fixed height) x 272 x 525 cm, Purchased 2016 through the generous donation of Marnie Schreiber and Karen Schreiber, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Kent Monkman, Photo : Tony Hafkenscheid
Shuvinai Ashoona; Shary Boyle, Inagaddadavida, 2015, coloured pencil, watercolour, pastel and black felt pen on wove paper, 122.8 x 218.4 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Shary Boyle & Shuvinai Ashoona, with courtesy of Dorset Fine Arts, Photo: NGC
Shuvinai Ashoona; Shary Boyle, Inagaddadavida, 2015, coloured pencil, watercolour, pastel and black felt pen on wove paper, 122.8 x 218.4 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Shary Boyle & Shuvinai Ashoona, with courtesy of Dorset Fine Arts, Photo: NGC
Cynthia Girard-Renard, No Foreigners, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 182.9 x 274.4 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Cynthia Girard-Renard, Photo: NGC
Cynthia Girard-Renard, No Foreigners, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 182.9 x 274.4 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Cynthia Girard-Renard, Photo: NGC
Angela Marston, Healing Rattle: Water, 2010, yellow cedar, acrylic paint, abalone inlay, red cedar bark, yellow cedar bark, bear grass, raffia, dye, white pebbles, pearls, and Tzhoulem crystals, dimension are missing, Gift from the Salish Weave Collection of George and Christiane Smyth, Victoria, 2016, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Angela Marston, Photo: NGC
Angela Marston, Healing Rattle: Water, 2010, yellow cedar, acrylic paint, abalone inlay, red cedar bark, yellow cedar bark, bear grass, raffia, dye, white pebbles, pearls, and Tzhoulem crystals, dimension are missing, Gift from the Salish Weave Collection of George and Christiane Smyth, Victoria, 2016, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Angela Marston, Photo: NGC
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, Hoktemberjan, Armavir, 2000, gelatin silver print, 40.2 x 50.5 cm, Gift of the artist, Berlin, Germany, 2015, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Ursula Schulz-Dornburg. courtesy of the artist and Gallery Luisotti, Photo : NGC
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, Hoktemberjan, Armavir, 2000, gelatin silver print, 40.2 x 50.5 cm, Gift of the artist, Berlin, Germany, 2015, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Ursula Schulz-Dornburg. courtesy of the artist and Gallery Luisotti, Photo : NGC
Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2015, mixed media including gramophone horn, ceramic birds, metal flowers, strung beads, fabric, metal and mannequin, 284.5 x 150 x 122 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Nick Cave, courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, Photo: NGC
Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2015, mixed media including gramophone horn, ceramic birds, metal flowers, strung beads, fabric, metal and mannequin, 284.5 x 150 x 122 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, © Nick Cave, courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, Photo: NGC
Hear Stan Douglas, Mika Rottenberg, Chris Curreri, Shuvinai Ashoona and the three members of the BGL collective talk about their work on view in the 2017 Canadian Biennial.
