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IRWIN, NSK State Pavillion, 2017. Colour photo, 166 x 216 x 6 cm. Photo by Jaka Babnik. Courtesy of Galerija Gregor Podnar.
Nations by Artists explores how artists have engaged the trappings of the nation-state as a material for protest, parody, or collective utopian wish, dreaming counter-realities that exceed and resist prevalent paradigms of nationalism.
Nations by Artists looks at critical interventions in the performance of nation/nationalism, and artists’ capacities to complicate and make fissures through standing notions of territory, belonging, authenticity, citizenship, and borders. The works included offer possibilities to disrupt colonial power structures, exhume suppressed histories, and create new political scripts. Timely subjects explored in the exhibition include contestations of public monuments, counter-archival research into ... view more »
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Admission to the Nations by Artists exhibition is free. No advance registration required.
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Public Programs:Nations by Artists PodcastA four-part series inviting artists, activists, and scholars to deliver a state of the nation on nations, interrogating ideas of nationhood, borders, power, and dissent. Episodes centre on themes of monuments, contested territories, archives and counter-archives, and sites of silence. Produced by Aliya Pabani and hosted by exhibition curators Mikinaak Migwans & Sarah Robayo Sheridan. Listen to the released episodes.
Artist Roundtable: “Under the Museum, Under the University, Under the City: the Land” Wednesday, March 30, 4pm. University College, UC140. Register
All programs are free with registration. For more information, visit: artmuseum.utoronto.ca/programs/
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15 King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H7
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