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GALLERY LEVEL ONE
Ticketed Admission applies to Level One exhibitions.
AGH Members receive Free Admission to all exhibitions.
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Anselm Kiefer
On view May 19 to September 9, 2012
Curated by Melissa Bennett
 
In 2012, the AGH is presenting solo exhibitions of acclaimed artists whose works represent a singular recognizable vision. On view are two of Anselm Kiefer’s large mixed media paintings, which are unparalleled in their powerful content, negotiating the cultural residue of WWII. Himmel Auf Erden / Heaven on Earth (1998) is composed of acrylic, oil, shellac and dried branches, under a glass-fronted vitrine that measures over three meters in length. The piece suggests a complex relationship between land, memory and spirituality. Karfunkelfee (2007), also a mixed media work, refers to a mythical fairy character while it incorporates ambiguous spiritual and geological symbols.
This rare opportunity to see Kiefer’s works in Canada should not be missed! The AGH is grateful to Dr. Stuart Seltzer and Dr. Stephen Seltzer for their generous loan of these works.
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Valérie Blass
On view Summer 2012
Organized and circulated by the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal Curated by Lesley Johnstone
Employing virtually every sculptural technique—from moulding, casting, carving and modelling to assemblage and bricolage—Valérie Blass explores the territories between animal, human and inanimate forms, creating strange, hybrid objects. The impact of Valérie Blass’s work resides in the anachronistic way she navigates between two sculptural traditions. She makes free-standing, vertical, handmade, human-scale autonomous pieces that locate her squarely within the classical tradition of figurative sculpture. But the diversity of her materials and the plethora of mass-produced, bought and found objects she uses, stemming from an enthusiastic engagement with the material culture of the twenty-first century, anchor her art in assemblage and bricolage.
This first solo exhibition of Valérie Blass’s work at the Art Gallery of Hamilton is accompanied by a major publication that includes essays by the MACM curator, Lesley Johnstone, and by feminist art historian Amelia Jones, as well as an interview with the artist by Wayne Baerwaldt, Director of Exhibitions at the Alberta College of Art + Design.
Born in 1967, Valérie Blass lives and works in Montréal. She holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in visual and media arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal. In addition to participating in the first Triennial mounted by the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, she has had solo exhibitions at Parisian Laundry, in 2008 and 2011, and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto, in 2009. In 2010, she took part in group exhibitions organized by the National Gallery of Canada, the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Her works were also previously seen at the Power Plant and the Blackwood Gallery in Toronto, and at Galerie Clark in Montréal. She is represented by Parisian Laundry.
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Aubrey Reeves: Glide
On view Fall 2012
Curated by Melissa Bennett
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ZIDANE, A 21st-Century Portrait Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno
On view Fall 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of Canada
Zinédine Zidane was a member of the French national soccer team that won both the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the Euro 2000 Championship. In Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait, internationally renowned artists Douglas Gordon (b. Glasgow, Scotland, 1966) and Philippe Parreno (b. Oran, Algeria, 1964) have deployed contemporary conventions of mass media both to “paint” a portrait of the soccer star, and to portray our cultural creation of, and fascination with, heroes and icons.
This contemporary portrait of Zinédine Zidane was filmed during a championship match between Real Madrid and Villarreal on 23 April 2005. The artists positioned seventeen cameras throughout Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu stadium and directed a team of camera operators to remain fixed on the French soccer star throughout the entire match. This installation juxtaposes a film composed of footage from all seventeen cameras with the raw footage from camera number one. Zidane’s image is projected larger than life so that his every gesture and expression are emphasized. The soundtrack shuttles the viewer between the sounds of the game and an ethereal, introspective space, creating a radically different experience of both soccer and portraiture. Zidane is highly experimental as a portrait, as cinema and as soccer, fusing familiar mediums and genres to produce a radically different experience of spectatorship.
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The Jean and Ross Fischer Gallery
Free admission courtesy of Orlick Industries.
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*Please note that as a multipurpose space, the Jean and Ross Fischer Gallery is an area where photography is allowed by patrons and members of the public in accordance with the AGH Photography Policy. Click here for the Jean and Ross Fischer Gallery Information Package.
Also, the Jean and Ross Fischer Gallery is a space that can be rented for private or corporate functions and therefore may be unavailable for viewing by the public. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you are interested in viewing this space specifically, please call ahead to ensure the exhibition installed is available at 905-527-6610.
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AGH Entrance Foyer
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Simon Frank
View (from the escarpment)
On view April 26 to September 3, 2012
Curated by Melissa Bennett
Simon Frank’s site-specific installation in the AGH foyer is a large monochromatic abstraction created by the physical destruction of the museum wall. By hammering into the drywall with a traditional log-marking tool, he symbolically investigates the history of industries such as logging, exploring their cultural and environmental impacts. Frank often incorporates the landscape in his works, which are frequently the result of performative actions. In this way, he highlights the relationship between people, their labour, and nature.
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