Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965–1980

Exhibition Dates: September 11–November 28, 2010
The exhibition will travel across Canada in 2011–12.

Venues: the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, the University of Toronto Art Centre, the Blackwood Gallery and the Doris McCarthy Gallery. (See below for gallery times and coordinates.)

Opening Receptions:
Friday, September 10, 2010
6:30 p.m. at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
7:30 p.m. at the University of Toronto Art Centre

Sunday, September 12, 2010
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Blackwood Gallery
2:00 – 5:00 p.m. at the Doris McCarthy Gallery
(Free shuttle bus departs Hart House at 1:00 pm. For reservations call the Blackwood Gallery at 905.828.3789 or email blackwood [dot] gallery [at] utoronto [dot] ca by Friday, September 10th.

The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of the first major exhibition documenting the many manifestations of Conceptual Art in Canada. Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965–1980 maps the diverse, centripetal and eccentric manifestations of Conceptualism as its premises were enacted, hybridized and inflected by the particular local and geographic needs and interests of urban arts communities. Presenting works in a diversity of media by over seventy Canadian artists, many of them internationally renowned, the exhibition includes such iconic works as Michael Snow’s Authorization, Lisa Steele’s Birthday Suit, Jeff Wall’s Landscape Manual, N.E. Thing Co.’s ACTs, David Askevold’s Project Class and Suzy Lake’s Identity Transfers among others.

Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965–1980 is curated jointly by Grant Arnold (Vancouver Art Gallery), Catherine Crowston (Art Gallery of Alberta), Barbara Fischer (Justina M. Barnicke Gallery), Michèle Thériault with Vincent Bonin (Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal), and Jayne Wark (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design).
Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Alberta, the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery and the Vancouver Art Gallery, in partnership with the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery (Concordia University) and Halifax, INK.

Financially supported by the Museums Assistance program of the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Contact: Rebecca Gimmi at 416.978.8463 or rebecca [dot] gimmi [at] utoronto [dot] ca
Backgrounder and complete list of artists/works available on request.

Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle
416.978.8398
jmbgallery [at] utoronto [dot] ca
jmbgallery.ca

University of Toronto Art Centre
University College, 15 King’s College Circle
utac.utoronto.ca

Blackwood Gallery
3359 Mississauga Road North
Mississauga Campus
blackwoodgallery.ca

Doris McCarthy Gallery
1265 Military Trail
Scarborough Campus
utsc.utoronto.ca/dmg

Admission to all galleries is free. Galleries closed on statutory holidays.

Contact: Rebecca Gimmi at 416.978.8463 or rebecca [dot] gimmi [at] utoronto [dot] ca
Backgrounder and complete list of artists/works available on request.