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Witness: Edward Burtynsky

January 20 - May 21, 2018

AGH Members Free

Acclaimed Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky brings environmental issues to our attention through awe-inspiring and often abstract images that document industrial sites. The photographs are a reflection of our times, and show the complex effects that global manufacturing, and the demands of first world consumers have on the planet. From aerial views of oil fields in Nigeria, to salt pans in India, to Italian Carrara marble quarries and nickel tailings in Sudbury, his stunning large-format photographs made over the past three decades bear sublime witness to the reality of current environmental issues. This exhibition celebrates a recent gift of 76 photographs donated by the artist to the AGH; the largest donation he has made to a museum.

Edward Burtynsky’s distinctions include the TED Prize and the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. In 2006 he was awarded Officer of the Order of Canada and currently holds seven honorary doctorate degrees. Burtynsky lives and works in Toronto and is represented by Nicholas Metivier Gallery in Toronto.

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Curated by Melissa Bennett

Edward Burtynsky (Canadian b. 1955) Salt Pan #25, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India, 2016, chromogenic colour print, ed. 6/6. Art Gallery of Hamilton, Purchase, Permanent Collection Fund, 2017. © Edward Burtynsky

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Exhibition Material at the Shop at AGH

Water catalogue, $120
China catalogue, $120
Essential Elements catalogue, $92
Oil catalogue, $120
Quarries catalogue, $120
Salt Pans catalogue, $120
Watermark film, $27

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From the International Art Collection


Esquisse, Composition Polychrome 1947

Fernand Léger (French 1881-1955)

oil on canvas, Gift of the Ontario Heritage Foundation, 1988, donated by Walter Carsen, 1976
© Estate of Fernand Léger / SODRAC (2016)

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