Saturday, January 12, 2013 / 3:00pm – 4:00pm
COOPER COLE GALLERY
1161 Dundas Street West,
Toronto ON, M6J1X3
T: 647 – 347 – 3316
E-mail: info@coopercolegallery.com
www.coopercolegallery.com
Hours: Wed–Sat 1–7, Sun 1–6 p.m.
Join exhibition curator Lucas Soi as he tours De-Accessioned. Leading a walk around the gallery space that will reveal the contours of his curatorial composition, he will reminisce about the de-centralization of the exhibition space, institutional critique via art transportation materials, acts of appropriation through renouncing of the art object and the process of re-interpretation as camouflage.
De-Accessioned is an exhibition that imagines the de-centralization of the exhibition space. Taking as its title the term describing the deliberate removal of an artwork from a museum’s permanent collection, it is one of the most controversial decisions an institution can make. Disrupting the “museum’s stated ambitions to assemble disparate objects into a single space and to bestow on them the intellectual, aesthetic, and categorical coherence of a collection, conserving these objects for posterity,” de-accessioning a work and releasing it back into the world is a process of re-interpretation. Separated from their functional context and circulated back into the real world, the works in De-Accessioned declare the transitory space between package and delivery as the site of exhibition. Many of the artworks on display use art transportation materials as their medium. In transit, the artwork assigns specific function to the practice of location, commanding a re-evaluation of its site-specificity. This socio-critical action allows works that are recognizable, such as paintings, to perjure the installation with their symbolism, leaving the audience to imagine a more appropriate arrangement in another ideal environment.
For more information about the show please check http://coopercolegallery.com/exhibitions/34/de-accessioned/profile.
The show is open till January 19, 2013.