Anticipated Limited Duties Appointments (Fall/Winter 2012-2013)

Please click on this link to see the notice of anticipated limited duties appointments (Fall/Winter 2012-2013) in the Department of Visual Arts.

Somehow Connected
A collaborative exhibition organized by Beal Art and Artlab Gallery, Western

10-18 May, 2012

Opening Thursday May 10 >7-9pm
Remarks: 7:30pm

What unites all of the artists in this exhibition is the fact that all of them, at one time or another, have studied at Beal Arts and then gone on to either garner a degree, take a course, teach, work, or guest lecture here in the Visual Arts Department, Western.

Works in this exhibition include artists Greg Curnoe, Tom Benner, Doug Mitchell, James Kirkpatrick, Patrick Howlett , Jessica Desparois , Peter Thompson, Rene Vandenbrink, Wyn Geleynse, project organizer Greg Ludlow and many others.         

Negotiation within the Frame: textual and pictoral connections in art

at McIntosh Gallery from 11 April to 14 December, 2012

Negotiation within the Frame: textual and pictorial connections in art presents works of art that combine text and image. The topic is particularly relevant today, given the array of visual material that combine text and images encountered in daily life. Typically found in advertisements, such image-text combinations also appear regularly in the context of social media, for example, with Facebook “memes”. Selected from McIntosh Gallery’s collection, the works in the exhibition depart from the sort of bombardment typically associated with advertising to reveal ways in which combining texts and images can result in more subtle associations that create unexpected tensions, oscillations and harmonies.
Negotiation within the Frame is organized by McIntosh Gallery. It includes work by Margot Ariss, Ron Benner, Robert Frank, Pierre Raymond Gaudard, Arthur Handy, Antje Laidler, Ian MacEachern, Paddy Gunn O’Brien, Aidan Urquhart and Joyce Wieland. It is curated by McIntosh interns Samantha Angove and Stefani Klaric, who are Visual Arts Department graduate students at Western University.
For more information, contact Catherine Elliot Shaw at celliots@uwo.ca or 519 661-3181 ext. 84601.

Image: Robert Frank Sick of Goodbye's 1978, McIntosh Gallery Collection, Western University, Purchase, McIntosh Fund, 1979

Bon à Tirer 2012 launch - 30 March 2012

Bon à Tirer is a student-run academic publication committed to showcasing excellent undergraduate work on art history and visual culture. This year, students from a range of disciplinary backgrounds have contributed insightful commentaries on a wide array of exciting topics. From the Neo-Baroquain discussion of Alexander McQueen's fashion practices to the examination of Andy Warhol's impact on the political image of China's Mao Tse-Tung, the papers presented in our fifth annual issue represent some of the most engaging conversations about art today.

No. 21: (OVER)

Homemade breads baked by Bonnie Jarvis Goodden, Katrina Farrow Jones, Parker Branch, Jamie Q, and Jessie Roder, with a sculpture  from 1977 by David Merritt.
OPENS  THURS MAY 3, from 6-9 pm. Show runs month of May.
Open by appointment.
PARKER BRANCH
99 1/2 STANLEY STREET
LONDON ON CANADA
Parker Branch is an independent micro-museum focusing on collections, artifacts, and ephemera brought together through associative logic and incidental attractions.

Co-directors: Anna Madelska & Jason Hallows

Exhibition curated by faculty members Sarah Bassnett and Patrick Mahon

The exhibition, Picturing Immigrants in the Ward: How photography shaped ideas about Central and Eastern European immigrants in early 20th-century Toronto, is on display at the City of Toronto Archives Gallery from June 22, 2012 to the end of May 2013.

ART IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE  

 ART IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE  

The University of Western Ontario, Department of Visual Arts is pleased to present the Winter 2012 Art in the Public Sphere series of speakers and exhibitions. This important series provides unique opportunities to engage with local, national, and international artists, curators, and scholars. All events are free and are open to the public.

SPEAKER SERIES

19.01.2012, 7PM, McIntosh Gallery, Suzy Lake: Poetic Politics, Artist Talk and Opening Reception

02.02.2012, 7PM, Conron Hall, University College (Room 224), Steve Loft: States of Postcoloniality: Steve Loft and Gina Badger discuss FUSE Magazine

01.03.2012, 8PM, Visual Arts Centre Room 100, Nathalie Quagliotto: Interaction and Relational Aesthetics - Sculpture and Public Engagement

08.03.2012, 8PM, Visual Arts Centre Room 100, Miranda Urbanski: Role of Auction House in Contemporary Art (Please note this talk has been CANCELLED.)

15.03.2012, 8PM, Visual Arts Centre Room 100, Sky Glabush: Discussion about Background, Glabush's recent solo exhibition at MKG 127 in Toronto

22.03.2012, 8PM, Visual Arts Centre Room 100, Jason Hallows: Parker Branch and 'The Micro Museum'

EXHIBITIONS

GALLERY HOURS: MON - FRI 12-6PM, THURS 12-8PM

Sean Smith, 12-26 January 2012, Opening 12.01.2012 7:30 - 9:30PM, Performance 8:46PM

Annual Juried Exhibition, 2-17 February 2012, Opening 02.02.2012 4:30 - 6:30PM, Remarks: 6:00PM

Cohen Project, 28 February - 1 March 2012, Opening 28.02.2012 5:30 - 7:30PM, Remarks: 6:30PM

Gallery Practices Class: "Streaming # pomo", 8-22 March 2012, Opening 08.03.2012 5:30 - 7:30PM, Remarks: 6:30PM

Practicum Class: "LIMBO", 30 March - 13 April 2012, Opening 30.03.2012 7:00 - 9:00PM, Remarks: 7:30PM

Museum Studies Class (Concourse Gallery), 30 March - 13 April 2012, Opening 30.03.2012 7:00 - 9:00PM, Remarks: 7:30PM