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London, Ontario 22 February 2010: The McIntosh Gallery
at Western presents a new exhibition that looks at
our relationship to the natural environment.
Susan Dobson, from the series "Natural Law" 2001,
c-print photograph, collection of the artist
Natural. Disaster
4 March to 24 April 2010
Genetic modification, climate
change, land rights, technologies of war and related concerns
are discussed every day in the media. They are also the
subject of much contemporary art.
The twelve artists in this exhibition—Barbara Astman,
Carl Beam, Ron Benner, Susan Dobson, Murray Favro, Elle
Flanders, Wyn Geleynse, Frances Leeming, Gwen MacGregor,
Dennis Oppenheim, Heidi Schaefer and Jamasie Teevee—address
these issues and the broader relationship of nature and
human nature to culture and technology.
With specific reference to topics
ranging from cultural colonialism to energy production and
consumption, these artists address the problem of achieving
balance between nature and
the world created through culture and technology. As a series
of forces to be navigated and, variously, overcome or accommodated,
nature may produce disasters, but it is in the
encounter with human will that the meaning of the disastrous
can be discerned.
Natural. Disaster
is the culmination of research undertaken by Jessica Wyman
in 2009 during the first contemporary curatorial residency
at the McIntosh Gallery. It includes works
from the collection and by artists in Canada and the UK.
A publication is forthcoming.
Jessica
Wyman, Contemporary Curator in Residence during 2009, will
present a free Curator's Talk on her exhibition Natural.
Disaster
on Thursday, March 11 at 12:30 pm. Everyone is welcome
to attend!
About the Curator:
Jessica Wyman is an independent curator, writer and
art historian based in Toronto and teaching at Ontario College
of Art and Design. She is a contributing editor to FUSE
Magazine
and a board member of the Toronto Arts Council. Her writing
on contemporary art has been published internationally in
Springer Kunst, FUSE, Ciel Variable, Open Letter, Women’s
Art
Magazine and Performance Research. In 2007, her three-volume
edited book Pro Forma: visual art/language/text was
published by YYZBooks.
For more information contact:
James Patten at: jpatten2@uwo.ca;
(519) 661-2111 ext. 84602
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McIntosh Gallery Annual
Report 2008-2009
Please
click here
to download McIntosh Gallery's Annual Report for the 2008-2009
year.
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Free Parking
Free Parking
for visitors to the McIntosh Gallery is available daily.
Need directions to that parking?
From
the main gates on Richmond Street: Turn
onto University Drive through the main gates. At the second
traffic light, turn left onto Lambton Road
and follow the road until the second stop sign. Turn right
onto Kent Drive and stop at the Parking Kiosk (where you
will also see the Ivey School of Business and
3M Medical Center).
Tell
the attendant that you are going to the McIntosh Gallery
and you will be given a parking pass. From there, proceed
straight veering to the right of University College
(the large building that is straight ahead when you enter
the parking lot). Once you pass University College, turn
onto the small roadway to the left where you will find
two
parking spots reserved for the McIntosh Gallery.
From
the gates on Western Road:
Turn
onto Lambton Road and go through the gates, go half-way
around the traffic circle veering right and staying on
Lambton Road.
You will come to a three way stop with the Kent Drive
Parking Kiosk on the left. See
above for further directions.
Visit http://www.uwo.ca/parking/visitormap.pdf
or call the gallery if you need further assistance.
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McIntosh Gallery Resource Centre
Did you
know the McIntosh Gallery has resources for you to use?
Our Recourse Centre is located on the lower level
of the gallery. We have many reference books on art history,
art theory, museology, dictionaries and exhibition catalogues.
The McIntosh
Resource Centre materials are for reference only. You
may drop in Monday to Friday, 9:15am to 5:00pm
or call/email ahead to be sure.
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