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Brown Foundation Gallery
It is what it is. Or is it?
On View: May 12 – July 29, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, May 11, 2012 | 7-9PM
Marcel Duchamp’s readymades are an unmistakably radical gesture in the history of modern art. First produced in 1913, the readymades were, for the artist, “a form of denying the possibility of defining art.” Today, the readymade—as both an object and as an idea—has been so integrated into artistic strategy and discourse that the idea is a readymade itself. It is what it is. Or is it? attempts to recuperate a sense of the radicality of Duchamp’s gesture and to update dialogues around the notion of the readymade, thinking of them less as static objects than as active processes of articulating thought. Artists today use the simple materiality and economy of means conveyed by the form to address a diversity of social, political, aesthetic, and temporal issues. It is what it is. Or is it? is organized by Dean Daderko, Curator at CAMH, and marks his curatorial debut at the Museum.
Participating artists include Ellen Altfest, Fayçal Baghriche, Bill Bollinger, Chto delat/What is to be done?, William Cordova, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Latifa Echakhch, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Claire Fontaine, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Rachel Hecker, Jamie Isenstein, Luis Jacob, Patrick Killoran, Jiri Kovanda, Klara Lidén, Catherine Murphy, and Pratchaya Phinthong.
Zilkha Gallery
Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX
On View: April 13 – July 8, 2012
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 12, 2012 | 6:30-9PM
Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX transforms CAMH’s Zilkha Gallery into a unique cinémathèque space for a celebration of the expansive nature of moving image media and the power of montage. CINEPLEX explores the landscape of cinematic experience through various artists’ reflections on, responses to, and transformations of movie culture. Unfolding over the course of twelve weeks of projections, screenings, and events, the exhibition features a variety of experimental works, essay films, documentaries, and live cinema events that appropriate and creatively transform existing movie material. In addition to weekly Thursday evening screenings and events throughout the run of the exhibition, many projected works will be on view during regular museum hours in installation format as well.
The catalogue for Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX includes descriptions of the works on view as well as of the weekly screenings and events. We are pleased to offer it for free during the weekly screenings (while supplies last) or you can download it here.
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