The McMaster Museum of Art
Shelagh Keeley
September 10 - October 30, 2010
Image: Shelagh Keeley, detail from A Space for Breathing 1992-1997, series of ten works on paper.
Collection of McMaster Museum of Art.
Curated by Linda Jansma and Carol Podedworny.
Thursday September 16, 6 - 8 pmThursday October 21, 6 - 8 pm
This exhibition presents a twenty-five year retrospective look at the work of Canadian artist Shelagh Keeley. Beginning with work from 1984; including drawings from the 1990s and 2000s; bookworks from throughout the 25 year period in review; as well as a steel wall work from the early 2000s; the exhibition closes with a work from the artist’s 2009 residency in Shanghai, China.
The exhibition provides a view to Keeley’s contribution to the discourse on art in this country and seeks to position her practice within a global view. Her work reveals a record of themes that have pervaded artistic practice in the art world during the past two and a half decades: diversity, history, representation, the body and, in general, that which is political and social. What had previously been considered external to the museum and to an artist’s practice, came to the forefront of artistic discourse in Canada during Keeley’s entrée to the scene. Her work has had a significant impact, nationally and internationally, for its thematic interests, as well as for the way she handles the materials—the hand of the artist is evident throughout her production, from small scale drawings and bookworks to large wall-scaled works.
An award winning exhibition catalogue, with essays by Peggy Gale and Christopher Dewdney, accompanies the exhibition.
The exhibition and catalogue were produced in collaboration with The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.
Venues for this travelling exhibition include The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa; McMaster Museum of Art; Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; and the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.
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Related Links:
REVIEW by Regina Haggo in Hamilton Spectator Oct 16/10
REVIEW by Gil McElroy on AKIMBLOG
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List of Works in Exhibition:
(in chronological order)
Dogon World of Spirits 1984
Traces of the Body 1986
Objects of Daily Use 1987
And this goodness of things 1988
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The Five Viscera 1990
Notes on the Body 1991
A Space for Breathing 1992-97
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A Space for Breathing 1992
Computation Book, India 2004-05
Steel Notebook, New Delhi, India 2004
Workers’ Pavilion: Shanghai Project, China 2009
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