Upcoming Exhibitions
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GALLERY LEVEL ONE
AGH Members receive Free Admission to all exhibitions.
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The Spectacle of Play
On view May 25, 2013 to January 12, 2014
Curated by Melissa Bennett, Curator of Contemporary Art,
Tobi Bruce, Senior Curator, Canadian Historical Art, and
Dr. Benedict Leca, 18th and 19th-century French art specialist
Play: the word and related concepts yield a dizzying array of meanings, activities and states of mind. In considering this thicket of meanings one might enact a behavior, fulfilling a role in a single event (play) that might be both sporting match and theatrical performance, or indeed part of a constructed persona played out in the real world. Play therefore can mean that we remove ourselves from our conventional contexts, refashion ourselves and our usual roles. But just as one might actively participate in play, the term can also denote a less active time spent in leisure, one more cerebral than physical.
In this special exhibition, the flagship presentation of the 2013 theme World at Play, historic and contemporary artworks present these variations in tandem. An 18 foot salon-style installation of 19th-century paintings redolent of the Parisian Salon—the epitome of period spectacle—will be juxtaposed with a dramatic, oversized black and white film devoted to chess by contemporary Canadian artist Marcel Dzama. Portraits of sports players, and memorable moments in sports history, as well as a contemporary sculpture by Graeme Patterson depicting Daryl Sittler’s famous 10-goal hockey game in 1976 will take us into the heart of the most literal meaning of play: the sports world.
The notion of chance, integral to another facet of play—the gambling table—will be represented by such works as Canadian artist Barbara Steinman's Roulette, an etched glass and brass sculpture in the shape of a roulette table.
In all, the exhibition will range across a multitude of contexts, as well as media, to have us ponder anew the relationship between art and 'play.'
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Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins:
The Collaborationists
On view June 13 to September 29, 2013
Co-curated by Melissa Bennett and Linda Jansma, Curator, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
The Collaborationists is an extensive exhibition of the multi-faceted works of Canadian artists Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins. Comprised of major installations and kinetic sculptures, as well as a selection of paintings and an audio station, this landmark exhibition highlights the recent production of this highly insightful artist duo. Drawing from the theories of mid-century modernist art, with a focus on information as a subject, the works explore intellectual subjects in a refreshingly playful manner.
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Graeme Patterson: Secret Citadel
On view October 19, 2013 to January 5, 2014
Co-curated by Melissa Bennett and Sarah Fillmore
Co-produced with the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
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GALLERY LEVEL TWO
Free admission courtesy of Orlick Industries.
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A Play on Nature
On view July 6, 2013 until February 2014
Curated by Tobi Bruce, Senior Curator, Canadian Historical Art
Ontario-based artists Viktor Tinkl and Joseph Calleja share a fundamental joy in the making of things. And while their respective artistic paths are divergent, both have spent more than five decades exploring the nature of things, playing with materials and concepts in unorthodox and unexpected ways. Their approach to art making is open ended and exploratory, beyond traditional or sanctioned boundaries. And there is both rapture and wonder in their shared visions of nature, a curiosity and connection to their materials and perceptions of the world around them that disarms and engages at every turn. A Play on Nature presents Tinkl’s masterful Bird Trees (four larger-than-life kinetic trees in which a flock of carved birds reconstitute the foliage) together with a selection of Joseph Calleja’s whimsical and provocative plant sculptures. Together the artists rethink and reshape form and content, transforming elements of our natural world into objects that are extraordinary, lasting and animate.
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The Painter Pictured: French Nineteenth-Century Paintings and Portrait Photographs
Part 2: Opening September 14, 2013
Curated by Dr. Benedict Leca
With new technical advances and reduced sitting time portrait photographs were widespread in nineteenth-century France, servicing a broad swath of an increasingly urban population that included many artists. While some became photographers themselves, most benefited from a now ubiquitous medium that not only recorded their work, their appearance and their workplaces, but also assisted them in achieving a heightened social and professional standing.
Comprising select paintings and sculptures from The Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Collection at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the core of the Gallery’s rich holdings of nineteenth-century material, and matched with rare portrait photographs from a French private collection, this special exhibition will provide visitors with a two-fold view of the French nineteenth-century art world. From formal photographic portraits to studio views to casual snapshots of artistic life, the exhibited photographs form a visual record of some of the greatest artists of the period, including Jean-Léon Gerome, Auguste Rodin, William Bouguereau, and Henri Fantin-Latour. Each portrait photograph is placed next to objects of the pictured artist’s creation, allowing us in this way to appreciate specific artworks while peering into the world that gave rise to them.
The exhibition comprises two six-month rotations beginning in February 2013.
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The Jean and Ross Fischer Gallery
Free admission courtesy of Orlick Industries.
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Hamilton & Scourge Sunken Sunset: Images from the Underwater Survey
On view June 22 to November 10, 2013
Presented by the Hamilton and Scourge Society and the City of Hamilton
The epic story of the Hamilton and Scourge shipwrecks is seen in a completely different light through Hamilton & Scourge Sunken Sunset: Images from the 2008 Underwater Survey.
One hundred years before Titanic met its end the armed American schooners Hamilton and Scourge sank in the waters of Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. The exhibit is lit up by vivid red/gold sonar like a sunken sunset; brilliant red 3-D point clouds; hypnotic underwater video; models of the schooners; a painting of the vessels by celebrated artist Peter Rindlisbacher, and more.
Described as floating coffins by the crews who served aboard them, the overloaded vessels were struck by a squall that seemed to come out of nowhere and in a span of moments took 53 sailors to Davy Jones locker! The ghostly images are a haunting and emotional testament to the forever-altered lives of those on board.
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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. 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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