Expeditions/
Artists:
Daniel Young & Christian Giroux (Guelph and Montreal), http://cgdy.com/
Penny McCann (Ottawa), http://vimeo.com/pennymccann
Katie Bethune-Leamen (Toronto), http://katiebethuneleamen.com/home.html
Cecilia Nygren (Stockholm), http://www.cecilianygren.com/
Peter Michael Wilson (Hamilton).
The Ottawa Art Gallery, Contemporary Galleries and surrounding
Curator: Ola Wlusek (OAG)
21 September 2012 – 13 January 2013
Opening Reception: 20 September 2012 pm with DJ set by ELECTRIC YOUTH
This group exhibition explores the idea of artists’ experiences with the Canadian “landscape.” It offers locations and places as alien, foreign, new, and fantastical, with a hint of nostalgia, creating an atmosphere of reflection and a meditation on the mundane and the science-fiction element of landscape. Through aural and visual scapes and interventions within the given spaces, the exhibition will give birth to a new place of reflection.
http://www.ottawaartgallery.ca/
Image : Katie Bethune-Leamen, Iceberg for Fogo Island When There Are None, 2012, foam insulation board, expandable polyurethane foam, paint, person, Fogo Island, 72″ x 43″ x 39″, courtesy of the artist