SAVAC and the Doris McCarthy Gallery co-present: Urban Myths & Modern Fables
Curated by Haema Sivanesan
review in Asian Art News
Where: Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail
When: March 19th - May 11th, 2008
Opening Reception: March 19th, 5 to 9 PM
Check out this new exhibition presented by SAVAC and the Doris McCarthy Gallery. 11 contemporary artists from Australia, Canada, Germany, Pakistan, the U.K. and the U.S.A. interpret urban myths and modern fables. Drawing on the notion of myth, a perpetuating narrative featuring heroic or supernatural characters and events, or the idea of a fable, an aphoristic or instructive story, these artists employ fictive strategies to comment on the contemporary world.
Artists, Hamra Abbas, Khadim Ali, Henna Nadeem, Hitesh Natalwala,Tazeen Qayyum, Nusra Latif Qureshi, Naeem Rana, Sabeen Raja, Amin Rehman, Sangeeta Sandrasegar and Alia Toor work with conceptual techniques of visual puns, quotation and metaphor to re-invent and challenge master narratives informing perceptions of culture. The work of these artists speaks of culture as operating between the past and the present, the real and the imagined, as an ongoing process of myth-making and story-telling.
Public Programs Calendar:
March 26th, 12 to 4 PM: Miniature painting lecture and demonstration with artist Tazeen Qayyum:
April 2nd, 7 PM: Discussion with Anna Sloan, Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Michigan, and curator Haema Sivanesan:
April 13th, 12 to 5 PM: Contemporary Art Bus Tour:
May 4th, 2 to 5 PM: Catalogue Launch and SAVAC Salon
