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Contemporary Art Symposium

Because of the need for physical distancing, many programs have had to be suspended.
Please check out our reopening FAQ page often for the latest info.

 

Contemporary Art Symposium visual identity.

 

History, Collecting and the Art Object

Friday February 9, 2018
9 am – 4 pm
Auditorium

Registration for this event is now closed. 

What are the implications of past choices on future collection practices? Is an object altered by becoming part of an institution's collection; is the institution altered? How are contemporary artists re-visiting historical narratives and forms of representation in their work?

Join artists, curators and academics at the National Gallery of Canada as they discuss history, collecting and the art object. Participants include Shannon Bool, David Hartt, Robert Houle, Maria Hupfield, Johanne Lamoureux, lessLIE, Landon Mackenzie, Diana Nemiroff, Jamasee Pitseolak, Hajra Waheed and Stan Douglas.

Unless indicated in the schedule below, this event takes place in English. Simultaneous French interpretation is available if you register and make your interpretation request before February 1, 2018.

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Schedule

9 – 9:05 am

Auditorium

Welcome: Katja Canini, Education Officer, Education and Public Programs, National Gallery of Canada

9:05 – 9:15 am

Auditorium

Introduction: Marc Mayer, Director and CEO, National Gallery of Canada

9:15 – 10:30 am

Auditorium

Building a Collection

Connected to the reinstallation of the contemporary galleries from 1968 - present, this panel focuses on how curators’ voices, past and present, continue to shape the NGC’s collection.

Moderator: Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Senior Curator, Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Canada

Panelists: 

  • Johanne Lamoureux
  • Diana Nemiroff
  • Landon Mackenzie

This panel will take place in English and in French. Simultaneous interpretation is available if you register and make your interpretation request before February 1, 2018.

10:30 – 11 am

Health Break

11 am – 12:30 pm

Auditorium

Past is Present: Engaging History, Working Globally

This panel explores how contemporary artists re-visit historical narratives and forms of representation in their work, especially as these relate to colonial pasts and their impact on present-day understandings of identity, culture, gender and sexuality.

Moderator: Jonathan Shaughnessy, Associate Curator, Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Canada

Panelists: 

  • Shannon Bool
  • David Hartt
  • Hajra Waheed
  • lessLIE

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Lunch Break

1:30 – 2:45 pm

Auditorium

art / alt / museum

A mask, a painting, a photograph, and a photograph of a painted mask.

Is an object altered by becoming part of an institution's collection; is the institution altered?

Moderator: Greg A. Hill, Audain Senior Curator, Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada

Panelists: 

  • Robert Houle
  • Jamasee Pitseolak
  • Maria Hupfield

2:45 – 3:15 pm

Health Break

3:15 – 4:15 pm

Auditorium

Stan Douglas in Conversation with Marc Mayer

4:15 – 4:30 pm

Auditorium

Concluding Remarks

 

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