2015 celebrates the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relationship between China and Canada. “Transformation of Canadian Landscape Art Inside & Outside of Being” is a group exhibition of contemporary Canadian artists. By reviewing the contemporary practice of landscape art, it aims to introduce the rich and diversified creations of contemporary Canadian art comprehensively. The exhibition endeavors to conduct a mutually reciprocal dialogue with the landscape art in China and to further boost cultural exchange between the two countries.
Canada is a vast land. Folks from different regions have a variety of aesthetic experiences. It is an immigrant society of diversified ethics, cultures and de-centralized government. Canadian artists have been involved in north American contemporary art campaigns proactively since the 1950s. Plenty of master artists emerged and influenced the development of contemporary internationally, especially in the fields such as video, new media, conceptual, environmental and performing art. Edward Burtynsky raised the concept of "manufactured landscapes" as a result of his concern with the massive intervention of industrialization in nature. Andy Patton, Ron Benner and Jamelie Hassan address the regeneration of non-western civilizations in the concepts of contemporary landscape art. Michael Snow and Jean-François Côté examine the relationship between man and nature through the cross-over application of various visual media. Living in an immigrants’ country, the different cultural backgrounds of Canadian artists contribute to a totally different artistic practice after inheriting, contradicting, accepting and integrating their difference. The Lebanese Islamic artist Jamelie Hassan is representative in this aspect.
About the exhibition
Opening: 3:00pm, Jan.31, 2015
Duration: 2015.01.31–2015.03.08
Curators: Zhou Yan, Yang Chao
Artists: Edward Burtynksy, Rebecca Belmore, Wanda Koop, Andy Patton, Bonnie Devine, Ed Pien, Robert Youds, Isabelle Hayeur, Andrew White, Michael Snow, Iain Baxter & Jamelie Hassan, Ron Bennel, Jean-François Côté, Gu Xiong, Jolene Baillie Gear Shifting Dancing Work
Location: 3/F & 4/F Exhibition Hall of Building No.1, 1/F Exhibition Hall of Building No.2, Today Art Museum
Courtesy of the artists and Today Art Museum, for further information please visit www.todayartmuseum.com.
