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McMaster Museum of Art (McMaster Art Gallery) Exhibitions from 1967 - present CTRL F to search by word. 1967/1968/1969/1970/1971/1972/1973/1974/1975/1976/1977/1978/1979/ 1980/1981/1982/1983/1984/1985/1986/1987/1988/1989/1990/1991/1992/ 1993/1994/1995/1996/1997/1998/1999/2000/2001/2002/2003/2004/2005/ 2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2011/2012/2013 1967 CANADIAN PAINTINGS September 29 - October 31, 1967 Selections from the Sam and Ayala Zacks Collection THE NEW DOCUMENT November 1 - November 22, 1967 Organized and circulated by the Museum of Modern Art ARTS FESTIVAL ENVIRONMENT November 4 - November 11, 1967 CANADA THE NEW ART November 15 - December 15, 1967 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH WATERCOLOUR November 17 - December 17, 1967 (Art Gallery of Ontario) 1968 POSTERS BY PAINTERS January 4 - January 31, 1968 (Art Gallery of Ontario) THE MANY WORLDS OF LUTZ DILLE February 1 - February 29, 1968 CANADIAN PAINTINGS OF THE 1930s March 1 - March 30, 1968 (Art Gallery of Ontario) MORANDI ETCHINGS March 26 - April 10, 1968 ROY COLE COLLECTION April 19 - May 20, 1968 COUGHTRY, MARKLE, AND RAYNER EXHIBITION September 5 - September 29, 1968 EVERYDAY OBJECTS IN EARLY CANADA October 2 - October 21, 1968 In collaboration with the Department of Extension THE HEART OF LONDON October 25 - November 15, 1968 T.R. MACDONALD EXHIBITION November 19 - December 20, 1968 In collaboration with the Women's Committee of the Art Gallery of Hamilton 1969 SOREL ETROG: ONE DECADE EXHIBITION January 6 - February 2, 1969 PATTERSON EWEN RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION February 5 - February 28, 1969 PAINTINGS OF OLITSKY, STELLA, AND NOLAND March 6 - March 30, 1969 SELECTIONS FROM MR. ROY G. COLE'S COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE WOODCUTS April 7 - May 7, 1969 THE RENAISSANCE IMAGES OF ROLOFF BENY September 8 - September 29, 1969 SCULPTURES BY JOHN, GEORGE AND NANCY October 1969 EARLY CANADIAN ARCHITECTURE November 3 - November 24, 1969 MILNE WAR SKETCHES November 30 - December 30, 1969 FOUR CENTURIES OF MASTER DRAWINGS December 5 - December 26, 1969 HOW PRINTS ARE MADE December 19 - January 11, 1969 1970 OTTO DIX January 8 - January 30, 1970 FOUR PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM MONTREAL January 23 - February 15, 1970 VENICE IN THE 18TH CENTURY February 1 - March 2, 1970 POSTERS FROM THREE WARS March 6 - March 29, 1970 ART FOR ARCHITECTURE March 2 - March 23, 1970 YOUNG SCULPTORS FROM MONTREAL April 15 - May 10, 1970 3-D INTO THE 70'S: ASPECTS OF SCULPTURE September 18 - October 10, 1970 Highlights the various preoccupations of Canadian sculpture during the past decade. Featured artists: Robert Downing, Les Levine, Ralph Allen and more. GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST PRINTS October 15 - November 15, 1970 A.J. CASSON RETROSPECTIVE November 10 - December 10, 1970 GUY DUNCORNET November 20 - December 11, 1970 POL CORVEZ PHOTOGRAPHS December 15 - December 31, 1970 GEORGE RACKUS December 15 - December 31, 1970 Anodized aluminum 1971 CANADIAN ART TEACH-IN March 4 - March 7, 1971 Student organized show for the CANADIAN FESTIVAL Weekend March 5 - March 9, 1971 WALL HANGINGS: TRADITIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL March 9 - March 30, 1971 (Art Gallery of Ontario) ANNUAL STUDENT SHOW April 4 - April 26, 1971 DUNCAN COLLECTION EXHIBITION May 2 - May 31, 1971 ONTARIO POTTERY June 4 - June 25, 1971 THEMES IN HOGARTH AND OLYMPIC POSTERS September 14 - September 30, 1971 BRASS RUBBINGS October 6 - November 24, 1971 DÜRER December 10 - Jan 8, 1972 1972 INUA January 13 - February 11, 1972 50 works from the Cappadocia Collection of Eskimo Art PICASSO: THE VOLLARD SUITE January 13 - February 11, 1972 (National Gallery of Canada) THE COMIC STRIP ART SHOW February 17 - March 15, 1972 From the collection of Captain George STUDENTS' CHOICE February 17 - March 15, 1972 An exhibition organized by the students of McMaster University CHINESE JADES February 17 - March 15, 1972 An exhibition in conjunction with the 18th century SIGNS AND SYMBOLS April 14 - May 5, 1972 A multi-media presentation of the significance of symbols and signs for mankind from the earliest times to the present times 18TH CENTURY VENETIAN PRINTS April 17 - May 14, 1972 28 etchings by 3 of the greatest 18th Century Masters: Canaletto, Tiepolo, and Piranesi. (Organized by the National Gallery of Canada) MUETHING AND BENAZON May 11 - June 2, 1972 Sculpture and painting by two well-known Ontario Artists. A SELECTION FROM THE "SOCIETY OF CANADIAN PAINTER-ETCHERS AND ENGRAVERS" May 13 - June 9, 1972 SCULPTURES BY ALMUTH LUTKENHAUS AND PAINTINGS BY OPHRA BENAZON May 19 - June 9, 1972 INTERNATIONAL GRAPHICS September 7 - September 28, 1972 (Art Gallery of Ontario) PIRANESI October 5 - November 5, 1972 ROUAULT: "MISERERE" November 14 - December 5, 1972 ROUAULT: "PERE UBU" November 15 - December 15, 1972 National Gallery of Canada COLLECTION December 19 - January 7, 1973 1973 GRAPHICS BY WILLIAM WOOD curated by John Hartman January 11 - January 30, 1973 Ontario artist associated with the Group of Seven; a retrospective exhibition. CHILDREN'S ART January 11 - February 9, 1973 Works by children aged 12-15 in a variety of media. HUGH CALVERLY February 12 - March 11, 1973 19th CENTURY FRENCH PRINTS February 2 - February 25, 1973 (Art Gallery of Ontario) KURT KRANZ March 16 - April 15, 1973 DAVID NASBY March 16 - April 15, 1973 ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION April 19 - May 13, 1973 ENGLISH PORTRAITS May 17 - June 17, 1973 JOSEPH DRENTERS June 4 - June 21, 1973 PAINTERS ELEVEN 1953-1959 September 6 - October 8, 1973 Abstract Art from McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. ORIENTAL CARPETS AND ANTIQUES October 13- November 1, 1973 GOYA: THE DISASTERS OF WAR November 3 - November 29, 1973 National Gallery of Canada QUEBEC PAINTERS AND PRINTS BY PAINTERS December 1- January 2, 1973 Art Gallery of Ontario and McMaster University. 1974 VASARELY January 5- January 24, 1974 Art Gallery of Ontario THE CONCERNED PHOTOGRAPHER February 2 - February 25, 1974 Art Gallery of Ontario CHARLES PACHTER March 4 - March 25, 1974 From the Artists with Their Work Programme, Art Gallery of Ontario ANNUAL MCMASTER STUDENT ART April 10 - May 2, 1974 TONY TASCONA May 4 -May 30, 1974 (Art Gallery of Brant) MASTER PHOTOGRAPHERS May 24- June 7, 1974 HIROKO MATSUURA June 2 - June 27, 1974 PERMANENT COLLECTION July - August 1974 CANADIAN WEST COAST HERMETICS September 1974 Presented in collaboration with the University of British Columbia. CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN PRINTS AND DRAWINGS October 2 - October 30, 1974 JOAN VAN DAMME, ANNETTE FRANCOISE, SUSAN SCHNEIDER October 15 - November 6, 1974 RECENT ACQUISITIONS OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PRINTS October 30 - November 22, 1974 MCMASTER COLLECTORS December 1974 1975 EMILY CARR January 8 - January 30, 1975 Art Gallery of Ontario A CHILD OF SIX COULD DO IT! February 1 - February 28, 1975 National Gallery of Canada OLD MASTERS AT MCMASTER March 3 - March 31, 1975 Michelangelo Symposium organized by McMaster University ANNUAL MCMASTER STUDENT ART April 1 - April 27, 1975 CHARLES S. BAND MEMORIAL September 9 - October 12, 1975 Exhibition of Canadian Paintings and Sculptures GREEK AND ROMAN LIFE MINIATURE November 8 - December 1, 1975 GROUP OF SEVEN SKETCHES December 2 - December 31, 1975 1976 EDWIN HOLGATE January 5 - February 2, 1976 ART AND MIND OF VICTORIAN ENGLAND February 15 - March 6, 1976 Presents life and social conditions back in the 19th century THREE CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN ARTISTS March 2 - March 22, 1976 ANTWERP'S GOLDEN AGE March 6 - April 18, 1976 Curator: Brian Crowe ONTARIO POTTERS' ASSOCIATION JURIED EXHIBITION May 14 - June 12, 1976 PERMANENT COLLECTION July - August 1976 CHAIRS September 11 - September 30, 1976 Organized and circulated by the AGO SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION October 7 - October 24, 1976 SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION October 30 - November 14, 1976 AT HOME AND IMAGES OF NATURE November 18 - December 15, 1976 An exhibition of photography 1977 EDUARDO O. PAULOZZI January 1 - January 31, 1977 In collaboration with the National Gallery of Canada ATLANTIC COAST AND THE ARTIST'S WORKSHOP January 5 - January 30, 1977 MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS January 5 - January 30, 1977 111 DRAWINGS FROM QUEBEC February 5 - February 24, 1977 PAMELA GOLMAN SMITH EXHIBITION February 15 - February 24, 1977 Presented in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Irish Studies ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION April 14 - 30, 1977 MCMASTER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION May 18 - June 6, 1977 Works by three McMaster graduates: John Hartman, Marguerite Pirosha, and Dirk Vermeulen. AND NOW A MESSAGE… A CENTURY OF AMERICAN ADVERTISING August 27 - September 25, 1977 From the Smithsonian Institute METHODS OF PRINTMAKING August 27 - September 25, 1977 This exhibition is specifically for students in art History 2J3, followed by an exhibition of Artistic Methods for students in Art History 1A6. TAKING PHYSICK: MEDICINE IN THE XVIII CENTURY October 13 - October 30, 1977 Prints, books, and artifacts from the Drake Collection of the Academy of Medicine, Toronto, to take place during the 18th century Symposium. CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN INDIAN ART November 3 - December 8, 1977 North American Indian Art from the National Museum EXPOSITION December 4 - December 15, 1977 Annual Exhibition of the Colour and Form Society CANADIAN LANDSCAPE: SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION December 12 - February 26, 1977 Works by Homer Watson, George Reid, Franklin Carmichael, Lionel Lemoine Fitzgerald, Milne, Franz Johnson, William Kurelek, and Alex Colville 1978 PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOSEPH SUDEK January 5 - January 31, 1978 From the Eastman-Kodak Collection ROSES: PAST AND PRESENT February 6 - February 26, 1978 From the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. THREE CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN ARTISTS March 1 - March 22, 1978 DAVID MILNE EXPLORING THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY OF CANADA March 1- March 31, 1978 A small exhibit of works by David Milne (1882-1953) circulated by the National Gallery of Ottawa. ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION April 16 - April 30, 1978 ONTARIO POTTERS AND GLASSBLOWERS May 12 - June 23, 1978 A LITTLE NIGHTLIFE September 7 - September 25, 1978 The photographs of Michael Mitchell GERMAN PRINTS FROM THE TURN OF THE CENTURY September 28 - October 23, 1978 18TH CENTURY PORTRAITURE October 28 - November 27, 1978 Art of Sir Joshua Reynolds and William Hogarth among others GIFTS, LOANS AND ACQUISITIONS December 4 - 20, 1978 1979 CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION January 15 - February 11, 1979 FOR JOHN CONSTABLE January 15 - February 1, 1979 Consists of nineteen prints by contemporary British artists who pay tribute to the life and work of landscape painter John Constable (1776 - 1837) SHAMANS AND SPIRITS - MYTH, RELIGION, AND MEDICAL SYMBOLISM IN ESKIMO ART February 15 - March 15, 1979 Examines the complex mythological, spiritual, and medical world of the Eskimos AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY JANET HENDERSHOT February 19 - March 11, 1979 Exhibition includes acrylic and pastel drawings by the Toronto artist GEORGE ROUAULT'S MISERERE March 15- April 8, 1979 Prints from the McMaster University Permanent Collection. ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION April 15 - April 30, 1979 ANNUAL ALUMNI EXHIBITION May 9 - May 27, 1979 Displays prints collected by McMaster University's Department of Art and Art History over some 15 years of printmaking classes WATERCOLOURS AND OILS BY RALPH ASHTON September 2 - September 30, 1979 MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE IN ART September 15 - October 1, 1979 MEDIA IN ART October 1 - October 17, 1979 JAPANESE THEATRICAL PRINTS OF THE 18th CENTURY October 11 - October 28, 1979 100 YEARS OF THE POSTER IN CANADA November 1 - November 25, 1979 NATURALISM IN 19th CENTURY ETCHING November 14 - December 13, 1979 ROBIN HOPPER: EXPLORATION WITHIN A LANDSCAPE November 15 - December 15, 1979 1980 KATJA JACOBS: OPEN STUDIO 38 PRINTS January 7 - January 31, 1980 Local artist known for her strong and exciting abstract oils, acrylic and metallic compound exhibits her canvases CONRAD FELIXMULLER January 31 - February 15, 1980 CLARK MCDOUGALL: OUTLINE IN BLACK February 4 - March 4, 1980 Featuring McDougall's unique colour works including paintings executed in black enamel, oil paintings, and a number of limited edition silk-screen prints. ALBERTO BURRI February 4 - March 4, 1980 Featuring prints by Italian artist Alberto Burri. UKRAINIAN ART Contemporary Ukrainian art shown in conjunction with Ukrainian week on campus BRITISH ART FROM THE ART GALLERY OF HAMILTON February 22 - March 20, 1980 JACK SHADBOLT EXHIBITION March 5 - April 6, 1980 ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION April 15 - May 6, 1980 COINS OF THE CLASSICAL WORD May 18 - June 1, 1980 Exhibit of Greek and Roman coins supported by artefacts selected from the McMaster Collection KETUBAH: THE JEWISH MARRIAGE CONTRACT August - September 21 / November 7, 1980 - November 30, 1980 A compilation of Illuminated Manuscripts from Italy, Spain, Persia, India, Europe, etc. from the 17th century to the present W.M. BERRY COLLECTION OF ESKIMO ART September 25 - October 26, 1980 Inuit Sculptures, Prints and Artefacts gifted to McMaster. Many are from the Cape Dorset area of Baffin Island MEDIA TECHNIQUE IN ART September 29 - October 15, 1980 JAMES BARROWMAN October 20 - November 9, 1980 EXPRESSIONIST THEATRE October 29 - November 9, 1980 SWISS PHOTOGRAPHS: FROM 1840 - PRESENT November 13 - December 11, 1980 Photographs pressed by the Swiss Foundation for Photography in Cooperation with the Foundation from Zurich. A photo-documentary exhibit 1981 VAN DYCK'S ICONOGRAPHY January 5 - 29, 1981 MENNONITE DECORATIVE ARTS EXHIBITION February 1 - 22, 1981 EARLY ARCHITECTURE IN HAMILTON February 5 - 22, 1981 SATIRE AND HUMOUR IN THE 18TH CENTURY February 26 - April 22, 1981 KAREL APPEL March 5 - April 12, 1981 ALUMNI JURIED EXHIBITION May 17 - June 7, 1981 ANNE KAHANE SCULPTURE, PRINTS AND DRAWINGS September 3 - October 11, 1981 PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES September 6 - 20, 1981 MEDIA TECHNIQUES IN ART September 24 - October 11, 1981 ONTARIO CRAFTS COUNCIL EXHIBITION October 15 - November 15, 1981 CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART FROM THE MCMASTER COLLECTION October 22 - November 15, 1981 ALEX COLVILLE: WAR ARTIST November 18 - December 13, 1981 JACK MACAULAY PHOTOGRAPHS November 18 - December 13, 1981 1982 AN ALBUM OF 18TH CENTURY VENETIAN OPERATIC CARICATURES January 4 - 24, 1982 Organized and circulated by the AGO LEONARD HUTCHINSON January 7 - January 24, 1982 THANATOPSIS: IMAGES OF DEATH IN EUROPEAN GRAPHICS January 28 - February 18, 1982 MAX PECHSTEIN February 1 - February 18, 1982 PAINTINGS OF IMPERIAL AND PRINCELY INDIA February 22 - March 21, 1982 40 paintings from classical Persian and Islamic Court of the 16th and 18th centuries. From the National Gallery of Canada ROBERT LANGSTADT: WOODCUTS February 25 - March 21, 1982 NADAR AND THE EARLY HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN FRANCE March 24 - April 11, 1982 Consulate General of France THE SHALOM EXHIBITION March 28 - April 11, 1982 THE ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION April 15 - May 9, 1982 NORTH AND SOUTH: PAUL DUFF May 3 - May 30, 1982 Includes his new paintings of Cootes Paradise SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION May 13 - June 6, 1982 INSCAPE/OUTSCAPE September 2 - October 3, 1982 Show of work by three Ontario artists: Cathy Gibbon, Marguerite Larmand and John Hartman. MOVING PICTURE: AN ART HISTORY FILM SERIES September 1982 FACULTY EXHIBITION: Show of work by the Studio Faculty of the Department of Art and Art History. October 7 - November 7, 1982 Artists include: Don Carr, Hugh Galloway, Marguerite Larmand, and Lorne Toews. MEDIA AND TECHNIQUES IN ART October 13 - October 31, 1982 PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS OF CLASSICAL COINS OPENS October 29 1982 Greek and Roman Political Propaganda: Literary and Numismatic Aspects will run in accordance with the opening of the classical coins installation. MAX BECKMAN: "GESICHTER" PORTFOLIO November 6 - December 12, 1982 Organized and circulated by the AGO MAPS AND THE BODY November 11 - December 12, 1982 Memorial University Art Gallery A display of anatomical illustrations dating from the middle of the fourteenth to the middle of the nineteenth centuries. 1983 THE CONFEDERATION GENERATION January 3 - January 30, 1983 Circulated by the Royal Ontario Museum EDWARD S. CURTIS: PHOTOGRAPHER February 3 - 28, 1983 From the Royal Ontario Museum RURAL VISIONS/ URBAN SURREALITIES February 6 - February 27, 1983 The drawings of Sonja Piushschak ONTARIO CRAFTS COUNCIL March 6 - April 12, 1983 DECADENCE AND HUMAN FOLLY: SELECTION FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION March 6 - April 12, 1983 AROUND AMERICAN POP August 30 - October 24, 1983 FROM ISTANBUL TO BOKHARA: Antique Carpets of the Near East September 6 - October 4, 1983 ONE HUNDRED GOLDEN YEARS: CANADIAN ART 1830 - 1930 October 13 - December 4, 1984 Selections from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Hamilton 1984 WAYNE BOUCHER January 4 - February 2, 1984 ARLENE BERMAN January 4 - February 2, 1984 NEW STUDIO FACULTY SHOW February 9 - March 8, 1984 Artists: Judy Major and Graham Todd MEDIA TECHNIQUE IN THE HISTORY OF ART February 15 - March 6, 1984 ANIMALS IN ART March 15 - April 15, 1984 An exhibition of drawings circulated by the National Gallery of Canada. RECENT ACQUISITIONS April 24 - May 31, 1984 ONTARIO AT WORK: A JURIED PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION April 29 - May 18, 1984 Circulated by the Lynnwood Arts Centre THE MAGNA CARTA May 29 - June 8, 1984 THROUGH WESTERN EYES: TOM HAMILTON September 5 - September 23, 1984 FIGURES AND LANDSCAPES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION September 5 - September 23, 1984 IMPOSED ORDER ON A FALLEN TREE September 5- September 23, 1984 Murray Kropf Paintings SELECTED STUDENT WORKS September 5 - September 23, 1984 (First Juried Student Show) DAVID WRIGHT PAINTINGS 1971-1984 October 2 - November 11, 1984 DAVID LUKAS: TWENTY YEAR RETROSPECTIVE November 18 - December 16, 1984 MSU COLLECTION November 18 - December 16, 1984 1985 A STUDIED BEAUTY: PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY BY CECIL BEATON January 5 - February 3, 1985 MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE IN THE HISTORY OF ART January 5 - February 3, 1985 LUPE RODRIGUEZ: VUELTA ESPANA February 10 - March 18, 1985 An exhibition of recent Paintings AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AWARD POSTERS February 10 - March 18, 1985 GRAPHEX 9 March 25 - April 29, 1985 ANTIQUE MAPS March 25 - April 29, 1985 SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION May 5 - May 24, 1985 CANADIAN PAINTINGS FROM THE 60s AND 70s September 3 - September 29, 1985 Collections of 16 paintings from the collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton and McMaster University MASTER PRINTMAKERS September 3 - September 29, 1985 Chartering the evolution of print with a collection of works that extends from 15th century printed books to 17th century etchings by Rembrandt and atmospheric prints by modern master James McNeill Whistler DAVID THAUBERGER PRINTS September 3 - September 29, 1985 Everyday images and their role as symbols and emblems are explored in this series of 15 screenprints. Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario IN THE FACE OF REPRESSION - POPULAR CULTURE IN PRESENT DAY CHILE September 3 - September 29, 1985 Twelve small tapestries or "arpilleras" recently brought to Hamilton from Chile. 20TH CENTURY INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE October 6 - November 10, 1985 MEDIA AND TECHNIQUES EXHIBITION October 6 - November 10, 1985 From the Permanent Collection ART AFFAIRS NORTH November 17 - December 15, 1985 A traveling juried exhibition of work by Northern Ontario artists circulated by Ontario Artists North CONTEMPORARY NATIVE PAINTINGS FROM NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO November 17 - December 15, 1985 Artists: Morrisseau and Debassige 1986 ANNA MIEDAN SCULPTURE January 5 - February 2, 1986 Portraits and figure studies by Hamilton artist Anna Miedan SELECTED STUDENT WORK January 5 - February 16, 1986 Paintings, drawings, and prints by students EXPANDING THE TRADITION February 9 - March 16, 1986 David Alexander Paintings Contemporary landscape paintings by Saskatoon artist David Alexander. Circulated by the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon SMALL PAINTINGS BY THE GROUP OF SEVEN February 23 - March 16, 1986 From the Collection of Mr. Jennings Young GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST PRINTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION March 19 - April 9, 1986 CONTEMPORARY NON-CONFORMIST ART FROM EASTERN EUROPE March 21 - April 9, 1986 ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION April 13 - May 17, 1986 EDOUARDO BOUBAT May 25 - June 28, 1986 A portfolio of photographs. Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION May 20 - August 17, 1986 BRENDER A BRANDIS: WOOD ENGRAVINGS August 25 - September 28, 1986 FACULTY SHOW '86 September 2 - September 28, 1986 Including recent works by Don Carr, Hugh Galloway, Judy Major-Girardin and Lee Paquette from the Department of Art and Art History IMAGES OF ONTARIO: LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND October 5 - November 9, 1986 Organized and Circulated by the AGO MEDIA AND TECHNIQUES October 5 - November 9, 1986 CAPE DORSET PRINTS AND SCULPTURES November 16 - December 14, 1986 Includes works from the University's and local collections ROGER YOUNG: PHOTOGRAPHS November 16 - December 14, 1986 Collection of photographs of decaying barns and rural buildings document the disappearance of aspects of our historical and architectural heritage INSTALLATION BY GARY SPEARIN November 16 - December 14, 1986 Featuring a unique site-specific installation 1987 DIDEROT EXHIBITION January 1987 (French Consulate) FIREWORKS '86 January 4 - February 8, 1987 Featuring works by craftsmen from across Canada, organized by Ontario Potters Association SELECTED STUDENT WORKS January 6 - February 15, 1987 Paintings, prints and drawings are featured in a series of two-week mini exhibits. A Student Juried exhibition "CHROMA" … QUEBEC February 11 - March 8, 1987 Juried exhibition presents work by a cross-section of Quebec-Artists (Conseil des Artistes Peinters du Quebec) EUROPEAN PRINTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION February 18 - March 15, 1987 These prints represent the major developments in printmaking techniques, 16th century to the turn of the 20th century 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN PAINTING March 15 - April 12, 1987 Featuring works by leading American artists from the Art Gallery of Hamilton AMERICAN PRINTS March 15 - April 12, 1987 A selection from McMaster's Permanent Collection STUDENT SHOW April 15 - April 30, 1987 A yearly exhibition containing all mediums, created throughout the academic year by McMaster art students ALUMNI '87 May 3 - May 22, 1987 Juried Alumni Exhibition GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST PRINTS May 28 - July 21, 1987 From McMaster's Permanent Collection BOX ART September 7 - September 27, 1987 Organized and circulated by the Durham Art Gallery. Painted boxes by Ontario artists including Tony Urquhart, Otis Tamasauskas, and Harold Klunder CHILDREN'S CENTENNIAL ART EXHIBITION September 7 - September 27, 1987 Art work produced by Hamilton area primary school children PARALLEL ITINERARIES September 7 - September 27, 1987 An exhibition of contemporary Italian painting from Abruzzo. A Festitalia Exhibition TREASURES OF MCMASTER October 4 - October 25 1, 1987 Includes Paintings, prints, sculpture, rare books, ceremonial silver and other fine objects exhibited from a variety of University collections PRINTS AND WATERCOLOURS BY CHARLES TOMLINSON October 4 - October 25 1, 1987 Recent work by this English poet and artist ART IN MEDICINE: Medical Illustration 1520-1987 October 31 - December 13, 1987 Represents the various ways in which the human form has been perceived. A centennial project organized by the Department of Anatomy, Department of Art and Art History and the McMaster Art Gallery. Guest curators Mimi Cazort and Ken Roberts. The support of Upjohn, Searle, and Siemens is gratefully acknowledged THE DEAD AND THE NAKED October 31 - December 13, 1987 TAIT MCKENZIE SCULPTURE October 31 - December 13, 1987 40-FOOT-WALK-THROUGH OF THE HUMAN STOMACH October 31 - December 13, 1987 Ewart Angus 20TH CENTURY MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION October 31 - December 13, 1987 Ewart Angus REGULAR SCREENINGS OF FILMS AND VIDEOS October 31 - December 13, 1987 Ewart Angus 1988 SELECTED STUDENT WORK January 5 - February 4, 1988 THE FINE ART GESTURE: DRAWINGS BY FERDINAND HODLER February 7 - March 6, 1988 Focus on the Swiss artist's preoccupation with the human gesture. Organized and circulated by the Montreal Museum of Fine Art WATERCOLOURS BY S.K. WONG February 7 - March 6, 1988 KAYO O'YOUNG: IN COLOUR February 7 - March 6, 1988 Ceramics of Kayo O'Young. Organized and circulated by the Ontario Crafts Council RECENT ACQUISITIONS March 13- April 10, 1988 Includes recent donations and purchases to the McMaster Collection MINI-EXHIBITION TO CELEBRATE MOULTON COLLEGE CENTENNIAL April 17- April 22, 1988 STUDENT ART April 17 - May 15, 1988 SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION May 22 - August 21, 1988 RAY MEAD PAINTINGS September 1 - September 28, 1988 CANADIAN PRINTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION September 1 - September 28, 1988 ART/FACTS October 2 - October 30, 1988 An educational exhibition about the physical attributes of works of art C.P. FELL BEQUEST OF CHINESE ARTIFACTS October 2 - October 30, 1988 CONDE AND BEVERIDGE November 6 - December 6, 1988 Photographs by Carol Conde and Karl Beveridge Organized and circulated by the AGO ARTSCAN JURIED PRINTS EXHIBITION November 6 - December 11, 1988 Arranged in conjunction with The Hamilton and Region Arts Council and generously sponsored by DOFASCO BANK'S FLORILEGIUM November 21 - December 23, 1988 Circulated by the National Library of Canada. McMaster University and the Royal Botanical Gardens contributed to the purchase of the Florilegium - botanical illustrations from Captain Cook's 1768 -1771 voyage 1989 HALLOWED OBJECTS January 8 - January 30, 1989 Contemporary liturgical objects. Organized and circulated by the Ontario Crafts Council SELECTED STUDENT WORKS January 8 - January 30, 1989 ARTISTS BY ARTISTS February 5 - March 1, 1989 Prints from the permanent collection INSTALLATION: ART CANADA COUNCIL ART BANK February - March 1, 1989 ELIZABETH HOLBROOK RETROSPECTIVE March 5 - April 9, 1989 GEORGE ROUAULT'S MISERERE March 5 - April 9, 1989 SUMMA SHOW April 16- April 30, 1989 ANNUAL ALUMNI SHOW May 2, 1989 - May 14, 1989 CHILDREN'S ART May 21 - June 23, 1989 SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION May 21 - August 30, 1989 MCMASTER / DVSA FACULTY SHOW September 5 - October 1, 1989 Art by Don Carr, Hugh Galloway, Judy Major-Girardin, Graham Todd, Naomi Jackson Groves, Arthur Handy, Trevor Hodgson, Stan Hughes, Alison Bindner-Ouelette, Lee Paquette, John Wilkinson PURLOINED PORTRAITS September 5 - October 1, 1989 Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario ART/FACTS October 8 - November 5, 1989 Media, techniques, process, conservation, hands-on CANADIAN SCULPTURES FROM THE ART GALLERY OF HAMILTON October 8 - November 5, 1989 In celebration of the Art Gallery of Hamilton's 75th anniversary THE MCMASTER COMMUNITY COLLECTS November 12 - December 10, 1989 TOO MANY PEOPLE SUFFERING November 12 - December 10, 1989 Poster Art from South Africa. Organized and sponsored by CUSO 1990 INUIT ART FROM THE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION January 3 - January 28, 1990 SELECTED STUDENT WORK January 3 - January 28, 1990 MEMORIES/ASSOCIATIONS/MYTHOLOGIES: PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES BY GEORGE WOOD February 4 - March 4, 1990 Supported by the Alberta Art Foundation, Government of Alberta ART/FACTS February 4- March 4, 1990 OS: THE LOVE DARTS OF THE SLUG AN INSTALLATION BY RAE ANDERSON March 11- April 10, 1990 Supported by the Explorations Program, The Canada Council ANDRE DERAIN: LE SATYRICON March 11 - April 10, 1990 ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION: SUMMA April 15- April 30, 1990 OPEN STUDENT SHOW May 1 - May 13, 1990 RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION May 20 - August 4, 1990 LANGUAGE IN ART September 4- September 30, 1990 INQUIRIES: LANDSCAPE INTO ART September 4 - September 30, 1990 Organized and Circulated by the AGO ART/FACTS October 14 - November 11, 1990 JAMES MORRISON: WORKS ON PAPER October 14 - November 11, 1990 JOYCE WIELAND: QUILTS IN CONTEXT November 28 - December 16, 1990 SMS: A COLLECTION OF MULTIPLES November 28 - December 16, 1990 Organized and Circulated by the AGO 1991 PAST AND PRESENT: Antique Biscuit Jars from the Collection of Christine Brown and Co. Ltd. January 2 - February 3, 1991 INUIT SCULPTURE FROM THE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION February 10 - March 10, 1991 CAPE DORSET SCULPTURE February 10 - March 10, 1991 RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION March 17- April 10, 1991 WILSON WOOD ENGRAVINGS March 17 - April 10, 1991 ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION (SUMMA) April 30 - May 12, 1991 ARTISTS IN HAMILTON: SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION May 20 - August 15, 1991 LEVY COLLECTION WORKS ON PAPER May 20 - August 15, 1991 BENEATH A CANOPY OF BLUE June 21- July 28, 1991 SCHRITTWECHSEL/CHANGE OF GAIT August 23 - September 12, 1991 Contemporary East German Art. The Gallery gratefully acknowledges a grant from the Federal Republic of Germany through the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Toronto for the presentation of this exhibition GERMAN PRINTS FROM THE MCMASTER COLLECTION September 15- September 29, 1991 ART/FACTS (TWO PARTS) October 6- November 2, 1991 An educational exhibition about the physical properties of works of art - from the McMaster collection WATERCOLOURS BY STAN PERROTT November 10 - December 8, 1991 FABRIC PAINTINGS BY GHITTA WHILLIER November 10 - December 8, 1991 LANDSCAPES BY BUTTERCUP GARRAD November 10 - December 8, 1991 1992 RE:TURNING - WORKS BY STEPHAN HOGBIN January 5- February 2, 1992 Wood projects made with a lathe. Organized and circulated by the Ontario Crafts Council JOHN MASSEY PHOTOGRAPHS January 5- February 2, 1992 Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario RECENT VIDEO January 5 - February 2, 1992 An Artists with Their Work Project through the Art Gallery of Ontario. A collaboration with the Hamilton Artists Inc. RECENT ACQUISITIONS February 9 - March 18, 1992 Notable additions to the McMaster collection SELECTED STUDENT ART February 9 - March 18, 1992 REMINDER OF THEIR PRESENCE: WORKS BY NORTHWEST COAST BASKETMAKERS March 15 - April 12, 1992 Curated by the Ontario Crafts Council INUIT PRINTS FROM THE MCMASTER COLLECTION March 15 - April 12, 1992 SUMMA GRADUATION STUDENTS SHOW April 14 - April 26, 1992 GENERAL STUDENTS SHOW April 28 - May 10, 1992 SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION May 17- August 21, 1992 SEPTEMBER '67 REVISITED September 4 - September 30, 1992 A recreation of the Gallery's first exhibition in September 1967. Paintings from the collection of the Art Gallery of Hamilton and McMaster University FACULTY SHOW October 4 - November 1, 1992 Hugh Galloway, Jean Maddison, Judy Major-Girardin, Graham Todd HANNAH HOCH: 1889-1978/COLLAGEN November 8- December 13, 1992 Collages by a major German Dada artist. Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario 1993 CANADIAN ARTISTS IN PARIS January 4 - January 31, 1994 From Caroline and Frank Armington (Art Gallery of Peel) to the present IN THE NAME OF ART, IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE February 7 - March 7, 1993 Exhibition about conservation. Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario GEMS FROM THE LEVY COLLECTION March 5 - March 7, 1993 BRUCE JOHNSON: MAKING THE NEWS March 14 - April 11, 1993 (Mt. Saint Vincent University Art Gallery) SUMMA - STUDENT SHOW April 15 - May 16, 1993 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER May 23 - August 20, 1993 The McMaster Art Gallery's anniversary exhibition KEN CURRIE: THE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY August 30- September 26, 1993 A series of 26 etchings by Scottish artist Ken Currie ART/FACTS October 3- October 24, 1993 27 X SONIA October 28 - December 5, 1993 Portraits of composer and musician Sonia by Walter Gramatte. 1994 Closed till June 7, 1994 for move to the New McMaster Museum of Art Building WORKS ON PAPER June 8 - August 31, 1994 From Dürer to Braque, Joos van Cleve to Morandi. Focus on selected drawings, watercolours, and prints THE HERMAN HERZOG LEVY COLLECTION June 8 - August 31, 1994 Seventeenth century portraits and still lifes; English portraiture; 19th century French paintings, prints, drawings and sculpture, early European abstraction LEVY BEQUEST PURCHASES June 8 - August 31, 1994 Old Master drawings, Flemish portraits, German Expressionist art, historical European landscapes, English 20th century paintings prints, drawings and sculptures, early European abstraction NUMISMATIC AND ANTIQUITIES June 8 - August 31, 1994 INUIT ART June 8 - August 31, 1994 MCMASTER COLLECTS June 19 - August 21, 1994 THIS OBJECT, THAT OBJECT: TO REVEAL THE HIDDEN MEANING OF THINGS September 4 - October 16, 1994 CHINESE CERAMICS October 8 - December 11, 1994 JOE TILSON: NATURAL ELEMENTS October 9 - January 22, 1994 "I've been trying to rub out the categories of both the print as a minor medium and what you can do in a print." Joe Tilson. Works from the permanent collection. ALUMNI GIFTS October 9 - January 22, 1995 SCOTTISH ARTISTS' PRINTS October 23 - November 20, 1994 Selections from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, organized and circulated by the British Council. YORK WILSON: THE GEOMETRIC WORKS 1966-71 November 24 - December 21, 1994 Between 1966 to 1971, Canadian artist York Wilson created a focussed, dramatic and integrated body of hard-edged, brilliantly coloured, rhythmical paintings. These paintings have never previously been exhibited or examined as a group ABSTRACTION December 11 - March 19, 1995 1995 ALEX COLVILE: SELECTED DRAWINGS January 8 - February 5, 1995 Organized and circulated by the Owens Art Gallery ACQUIRE January 29 - April 8, 1995 Recent Acquisitions TEXTILES OF LAOS AND SOUTHEAST ASIA February 12 - March 12, 1995 17TH CENTURY DUTCH ART February 12 - April 13, 1995 MICHAEL SNOW March 19 - April 16, 1995 IDEALS AND ILLUSION April 9 - June 11, 1995 ENDURING INFLUENCES April 5 - June 11, 1995 356 DAYS April 21 - May 21, 1995 Graduating Students from McMaster's School of Art, Drama, and Music CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS May 21 - August 27, 1995 NEW AND NOTABLE May 28 - August 20, 1995 POP ART June 18 - August 20, 1995 CHROMA August 27 - October 22, 1995 DANCE OF DEATH September 3 - October 29, 1995 Prints and drawings from the National Gallery of Canada tracing the theme of mortality in the work of European artists from the 15th to mid-20th century. Artists: Hans Holbein, Albrecht Dürer, Otto Dix, and Marc Chagall WITH MINIMAL MEANS: JOHN HARTMAN PRINTS 1985-1995 November 5 - December 17, 1995 A survey of works by McMaster Graduate John Hartman who combines personal and elemental references to capture and convey the essence of the Canadian landscape. Sponsored by Zurich Canada. 1996 MEDITATIONS AND REVELATIONS January 7 - February 18, 1996 International Art from the University's Permanent Collection. THE FIGURE January 21 - April 14, 1996 THE OTHER January 21 - April 14, 1996 VESNA TRKULJA: WAR(D)ROBE February 25 - April 7, 1996 A recent graduate of McMaster University, Vesna Trulja creates armature-like apparel which invites a simultaneously inhibits use MARBLE PILLOWS February 25 - April 7, 1996 Montreal-based artist Danica Jojich subverts tradition artistic and social norms and investigates issues related to gender and loss through installations that are interactive SUMMA: THE EXHIBITIONS April 14 - May 12, 1996 An annual exhibition featuring work in a variety of media and addressing a diversity of concerns by Fine Arts students graduating from McMaster University's School of Art, Drama, and Music YEAR BY YEAR April 21 - June 9, 1996 I KNOW WHAT I LIKE May 26 - August 18, 1996 An Exhibition which looks at the impact of radical developments in modern and contemporary art of everyday life through the juxtaposition of works of fine art with readily-available consumer goods CELEBRITY SELECTS June 9 - August 25, 1996 THE LEVY LEGACY September 1 - November 3, 1996 WORKS ON PAPER September 1 - December 15, 1996 THE LEVY LEGACY II November 10 - December 15, 1996 SMASHING THE CAMERA November 10 - January 5, 1997 Photography 1997 IN SYNC January 5 - February 16, 1997 McMaster Fine Art Department Faculty Exhibition SCOTTISH ART NOW January 23 - February 23, 1997 HENRY MATISSE - JAZZ February 23 - April 13, 1997 THE PINAKOTHEK PORTFOLIO March 2 - May 18, 1997 An exhibition of 17 etchings by contemporary artists. The portfolio is one of McMaster's Levy Bequest purchases. FECUNDITY (ART EXHIBITION): SUMMA 1997 April 20 - May 18, 1997 Students of the Studio Art programme at McMaster. TAKING AND GIVING May 27 - August 23, 1997 British contemporary sculptures OF CONSEQUENCE June 1 - August 17, 1997 "30" the second half of 3&30 exhibition program NORTH OF AMERICA September 7 - October 26, 1997 Contemporary installation by Douglas Clark GRAND EMOTIONS: FANTASY, YEARNING AND AMOUR IN ROMANTIC ART October 12 - January 11, 1997 19th century Romantic Art. National Gallery of Canada. BY OSMOSIS November 2 - December 21, 1997 Michael Allgoewer, Christianne L'Espérance, Philip Grant, Ivan Jurakic, Clare Pearson, Carolyn Samkova. New work by an area artist collective inspired by and shown with selected work from the McMaster Collection. 1998 UP NORTH January 11 - February 23, 1998 This contemporary art installation by artist/curator Andrew Hunter uses fiction to create parallels between painter Tom Thomson and hockey player Bill Barilko. KÄTHE KOLLWITZ AND ERNST BARLACH January 18 - March 29, 1998 Permanent collection exhibition. POINT OF VIEW: CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN WOMEN ARTISTS March 1 - April 12, 1998 Recent acquisitions to McMaster's permanent collection. GEORGE WALLACE COLLECTION OF PICTORIAL TITLE PAGES AND FRONTISPIECES April 5 - June 7, 1998 FRENCH ART April 5 - June 7, 1998 Selections from the permanent collection SUMMA: 9 ON THE WALL, 10 ON THE FLOOR, 5 UNDECIDED April 19 - May 17, 1998 Graduates of the Studio Art Programme at McMaster's School of the Arts. Annual show featuring works from Graduates of the Studio Art Program at McMaster AT THE EDGE OF PARADISE May 24 - August 16, 1998 Contemporary art from the collection that involves interaction with nature $PENT May 24- August 16, 1998 An exhibition of all works acquired for McMaster's permanent collection courtesy of the generous Herman Levy Bequest INNER NATURE June 14- August 16, 1998 Post-Impressionist and early Modernist art that renders nature or emotion in a non-literal manner THE ARCAND COLLECTION September 1 - October 4, 1998 A selection of classical ceramics, glass and jewellery with the liturgical artefacts from the donation by Jennifer and Theodore Arcand GEIST September 6 - October 25, 1998 McMaster's newly acquired Expressionist and contemporary German art GREAT ROMANTICS October 8 - October 11, 1998 An exhibition complementing the annual Great Romantics Festival coordinated by The City of Hamilton in association with The American Liszt Society and School of the Arts, McMaster University MAX BECKMANN PRINTS October 11 - November 8, 1998 One in a series of ongoing in-depth focus exhibitions to feature significant artists that are represented in the collection LINES OF ENQUIRY November 1 - December 13, 1998 Circulated by the National Gallery of Canada and on David Lemon Collection, this exhibition is presents a survey of British printmaking from Romantic to Modernism. BRITISH PRINTS November 15 - December 20, 1998 Highlights from McMaster's print collection to complement Lines of Enquiry 1999 DAVID URBAN: PARTS OF THE WORLD January 5 - February 14, 1999 A solo exhibition by one of Canada's leading young abstract painters ABSTRACT ART January 10 - February 21, 1999 Painting and prints from the McMaster collection selected in part by David Urban as presented with works of art from David Urban's personal collection WILL MACLEAN: CARDINAL POINTS February 21- April 18, 1999 An exhibition of paintings and constructions on the themes of Arctic exploration, migration and coastal culture by one of Scotland's leading contemporary artists. INUIT ART SCULPTURE AND PRINTS February 28 - May 30 A selection from the McMaster's substantial collection of Cape Dorset Prints, sculptures and artifacts to complement Will MacLean: Cardinal Points SUMMA - CLASS WORK April 18 - May 23, 1999 Graduates of McMaster School of the Arts Studio Program 1999. Annual exhibition by students who have completed the Studio Art Programme in the University's School of Art, Drama and Music TOXICITY May 30 - August 15, 1999 A thematic exhibition of contemporary art from McMaster's collection that explores "toxic" sides of art whether from materials used or feeling provoked SKY June 6 - August 15, 1999 An "antidote" to Toxicity, Sky presents lyrical contemplative, religious and abstract art with the theme of the sky TRANSLINEAR September 5 - October 24, 1999 Contemporary Canadian abstract painting shown in the context of European art from the McMaster collection. Curated by Michael Davidson and Ihor Holubizky. This exhibition toured nationally SORROWFUL IMAGES - EARLY NETHERLANDISH DEVOTIONAL DIPTYCHS September 12 - November 7, 1999 This exhibition of devotional panels organized and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada included McMaster's panels by Aelbrecht Bouts CHRISTIAN IMAGES September 12 - November 7, 1999 Prints and Drawings from the McMaster Collection BOUND AND UNBOUND October 31 - December 12, 1999 Some of the greatest 19th and 20th century series of prints including Goya's Disasters of War, Rouault's Miserere and Passion and Pechstein's Lord's Prayer HENRI MATISSE: JAZZ PORTFOLIO November 14 - January 9, 1999 A complement to Bound and Unbound MARCEL DUCHAMP: THE BOX IN A VALISE November 14 - January 9, 1999 A complement to Bound and Unbound 2000 2000 LUX January 4 - February 13, 2000 Contemporary art from the turn of the century that uses light as the medium for expression. Included works by Lisa Neighbour, Dianne Bos, Michael Hayden, Mario Merz and Vong Phaophanit FIN DE SIECLE January 6- April 2, 2000 European Art from the late 19th and early 20th century from the McMaster Collection THE VISUAL IMAGINATION OF LUCY MAUDE MONTGOMERY February 20- April 9, 2000 An exhibition of photographs by Lucy Maude Montgomery. Organized and circulated by the Confederation Centre Art Gallery & Museum, Charlottetown, PEI MIMMO PALADINO April 9 - May 28, 2000 Prints from the collection by contemporary Italian artist Mimmo Paladino INFESTATION April 18 - May 14, 2000 The art of Beth McEachen SUMMA: ALTERNATING CURRENTS April 16 - May 21, 2000 EDWARD BURTYNSKY PHOTOGRAPHS May 28 - August 27, 2000 A solo exhibition of landscape photographs that document human intervention in the landscape JOAN JONAS PHOTOGRAPHS May 28 - August 20, 2000 Cibachrome, dramatic photographs by contemporary American artist Joan Jonas ARBORETUM June 4 - September 3, 2000 A collection of trees in art drawn from the McMaster art collection ZONE 6B June 21 - September 4, 2000 Art in the Environment - As part of a regional, inter-institutional, collaborative outdoor art exhibition the museum presented Michael Allgoewer's Islands #1 and #2 sculptures in the Faculty Hallow at the center of the McMaster campus ANTIQUITY REVISITED: THE 19TH CENTURY September 3 - October 22, 2000 CLASSICAL/ANTI-CLASSICAL September 10 - November 5, 2000 NATURE OVER AGAIN: AFTER POUSSIN November 1 - December 17, 2000 Installation of Photographs and music by Scottish artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay.On loan from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. THE VAULTS REVEALED: A PRIVATE COLLECTION November 10 - January 12, 2001 BERTRAND RUSSELL'S ODYSSEY November 12 - January 7, 2001 An exhibition in celebration of the Bertrand Russell Research Centre. Philosopher, mathematician, jail bird, Nobel prize winner, social critic, author and teacher, his life journey is reflected in a series of still photographs and art work 2001 JAN WADE January 7- February 18, 2001 Curated by Kim G. Ness An exhibition of paintings, sculpture, photographs, and alter pieces by Vancouver-based, Hamilton born Jan Wade. Her artwork explores formidable issues associated with multiracial heritage (African, Caribbean, Western European), New world imagery and popular culture with humour, sensitivity and eloquence. Catalogue designed and written by Andrew Hunter THE SPIRITUAL IN ART January 7- February 18, 2001 Curated by Kim G. Ness SHELLEY NIRO: UNBURY MY HEART February 25- April 8, 2001 Curated by Kim G. Ness Internationally recognized Mohawk artist Shelley Niro has created a special installation that eloquently presents themes of history and interconnectedness LEONARD BASKIN: AMERICAN INDIAN SERIES April 22 - June 24, 2001 Displaying an impressive series of recently donated prints by Leonard Baskin SUMMA EXHIBITION: CATCH 22 April 15 - May 20, 2001 McMaster School of the Arts Graduating Studio art students. Annual exhibition featuring work in a variety of media and addressing a diversity of concerns by students graduating from the Studio Art Programme, School of the Arts, McMaster University. LOOKING FORWARD: NEW VIEWS OF THE CRAFT OBJECT November 18 - December 16, 2001 Organized and circulated by the Ontario Crafts Council. Explores the significance of hand-made objects in a high-tech era and inspires fresh thought about the value of craft as part of our visual culture. Exceptional works by both established and emerging future designers/makers, jewellery, metalsmiths, ceramists and glass, leather and textile artists represent a rich tapestry of Canadian craftsmanship 2002 EVOKING PLACE January 6 - February 24, 2002 Place, memory and identity are explored in the work of contemporary photographers Lorna Brown, Katherine Knight, April Hickox and Brenda Pelkey. Organized and Circulated by the National Gallery of Canada SITE ILLUMINATED January 13 - March 17, 2002 Curated by Kim G. Ness A selection of photographs from McMaster's permanent collection including Edward Burtynsky, Hamish Fulton, Andy Goldsworthy and Brenda Pelkey to complement Evoking Place 1911: THE ART OF C. WELLS March 3 - April 14, 2002 Hamilton based artist C. Wells is outstanding for his vigorous commitment to conceptually based art. In 1911, the index of the painted line in the road serves as a source for an exploration of perception, irony, urbanization, landscape and place MARKERS March 10 - June 2, 2002 Curated by Kim G. Ness The Boyle Family, Marcel Duchamp, Naum Gabo, Gerhard Richter, Alexander Rodchenko, and others. A permanent collection exhibition of important 20th century markers of key development in art that point the way to 1911 ALL OUR LOVE: SUMMA EXHIBITION April 21 - May 19, 2002 An annual exhibition featuring work in a variety of media and addressing a diversity of concerns by students graduating from McMaster's School of the Arts MEDIEVAL TO MUD May 26, 2002 - August 18, 2002 Curated by Kim G. Ness McMaster possesses one of the finest University Collections of work on paper in North America. Medieval to Mud is an opportunity to highlight strengths and notable recent growths as well as the present number of acquisitions that have never before been exhibited at the Museum - From Wolgemut and Dürer to Hockney and Long SACRED June 9, 2002 - September 29, 2002 Paintings from the permanent collection complement medieval manuscripts on loan from Research Collections at McMaster University SACRED AND PROFANE June 9, 2002 - September 8, 2002 Secular and irreverent themes are explored through a selection of art work from the permanent collection GERMAINE KOH: OPEN HOURS September 1, 2002 - October 20, 2002 Germaine Koh 's ongoing piece Knitwork will be complemented by a new site specific installation and various interventions within the Museum and on the University campus. An Artists with Their Work Program which is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and generously supported by the J.P. Bickell Foundation EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE September 15 2002 - November 3, 2002 Featuring a recent donation of photographs from Muybridge's revolutionary 1887 publication Animal Locomotion THE VAULTS REVEALED - MODERN EUROPEAN MASTERS November 3 - December 1, 2002 Curated by Christine Butterfield Modern and Contemporary European paintings and sculpture from McMaster University's permanent collection THE VAULTS REVEALED - A PRIVATE COLLECTION November 10 - January 12, 2002 Curated by Christine Butterfield Significant works of art on extended loan from private collectors 2003 FLOW January 5- February 23, 2003 The merging cultures, blurring of borders and camouflaging of history are explored in the critical and often humorous photographs of Vancouver artist Gu Xiong. Catalogue Yellow River/Blue Culture by Andrew Hunter complements exhibition MADE IN CANADA January - March 16, 2003 Curated by Kim G. Ness The exhibition, presented as a complement to the Gu Xiong: FLOW exhibition, is a visual discussion about the relationship between landscape and Canadian identity using works from McMaster University's permanent collection MCMASTER FACULTY EXHIBITION March 2 - April 13, 2003 Featuring: Graham Todd, Judy Major/Girardin, Don Carr, Liss Platt, Robert Hamilton, Alan Flint, Maria Whiteman INFLUENCE/CONFLUENCE March 23- May 11, 2003 Curated by Christine Butterfield A complement to the Faculty and SUMMA exhibitions featuring 20th century art from McMaster University's permanent collection by artists who are also influential educators. This exhibition includes works by Max Beckmann, John Bellany, Jorg Immendorf, Kathe Kollwitz and Adrian Wiszniewski … AND THEN THE WORLD April 20, 2003 - May 16, 2003 The annual exhibition by the graduating studio art students from McMaster University's School of the Arts ART = H2O May 25, 2003 - August 17, 2003 Curated by Christine Butterfield A selection of art from McMaster University's permanent collection in which water serves as the primary subjects of inspiration, whether the focus is leisure, weather, or spirituality. Presented as a part of the province-wide WATER Project, coordinated by the Ontario Society of Artists COUNTER CULTURE May 25, 2003 - August 17, 2003 Curated by Christine Butterfield The reaction to high art, popular culture and the process of painting itself is explored using late 20th century art from McMaster's permanent collection THE PRINTS OF BETTY GOODWIN August 31, 2003 - October 19, 2003 One hundred works from the vast body of highly original prints created between 1969 and 1974 by one of Canada's greatest contemporary artists. Organized and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada. Curated by Rosemarie Tovell, Curator, Canadian Prints and Drawing, NGC. Organized and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada RE:CYCLE October 6- November 16, 2003 A series of site-responsive outdoor sculpture installations on campus. Scheduled to coincide with the opening of the Road World Cycling Championship in Hamilton. Recycle is a collaborative programming project coordinated by the Hamilton Artists Inc., The Art Gallery of Hamilton, the McMaster Museum of Art, and the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre EINSTEIN'S BRAIN November 9 - January 11, 2004 Nature of abstraction and figuration in art. Includes works from McMaster's permanent collection. Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce GENERAL IDEA EDITIONS 1967-1995 November 16 - January 4, 1004 Influence of art collective: General Idea- changing forms of art practice and their relation to commerce and fashion. Co-presented by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the M.M.A. 2004 PAST MODERN: THE SINGH TWINS January 11 - February 29, 2004 Curated by Kim G. Ness The Twins award winning paintings combine elements from Western and Eastern aesthetics to create a unique genre, which asserts the value of traditional and non-European art forms to the continuing development of Contemporary Art Practice THE PRINTS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH January 15 - February 22, 2004 "Enlightenment Materialism and the 'Modern Moral Subjects' of William Hogarth." COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING February 29- June 13, 2004 Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce Highlighting specific art collectors who have donated to McMaster University as well as the practice of art collecting. Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce. MCMASTER COLLECTS CANADIAN ART March 7 - April 18, 2004 Recognize the contribution of indigenous peoples to Canadian Identity and the spiritual power of their transformative art. Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce SUMMA EXHIBITION: THE A-TEAM April 25 - May 21, 2004 The annual exhibition by the graduating studio art students from McMaster University's School of the Arts FLOTILLA: ERIKA JAMES June 13 - August 22, 2004 Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce Sculptural pieces using light. James presents a sound and sensory experience with objects that shape an unnatural environment or landscape. Complementary essay by McMaster's Dr. Richard Butler MY MOTHER TONGUE: LEE MYUNGSOOK June 13 - August 22, 2004 Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce Lee Myungsook gives us vectors, force lines and the complex perspectives that relate to machine intelligence. Complementary essay by McMaster's Dr. Miroslav Lovric CAPE DORSET: THE ART OF SURVIVAL June 20 - November 4, 2004 Curated by Jooyen Rhee A survey of graphic works and sculpture from Cape Dorset highlights the practices and issues explored in the work of Inuit women artists. Includes works from McMaster's collection and works on loan from the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre in Guelph THE COLD CASE FILES June 20 - November 4, 2004 Curated by Katherine Racho An exhibition of works received in a 1963 bequest, stemming from research by Curatorial intern and McMaster student, Katherine Racho PALIMPSEST: YECHEL GAGNON August 29 - November 28, 2004 Montreal-based artist, Yechel Gagnon's monumental plywood relief murals, formed by ripping and chiselling with grinders, routers, sanders and knives suggest topographical forms, Chinese landscapes and a fictional mapping of the world. Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce THE RESURRECTION OF ROBERT HARRIS September, 2004 Selected works from the permanent collection. Curatorial project by 4th year Art History student Mira Radanovic THE RBC CANADIAN PAINTING COMPETITION November 9 - 14, 2004 Award exhibition. The 7th annual juried exhibition of paintings by 15 finalists from across Canada. Sponsored by RBC Investments and The Canadian Art Foundation ILLUMINATIONS November 21 - February 6, 2005 Illuminations explores the mystery of religious symbolism depicted in the visual art of diverse cultures, regions and epochs. Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer LANDeSCAPES: SIMON FRANK AND REINHARD REITZENSTEIN December 12 - February 27, 2005 Sculpture and installation work look at the similarities and differences in the eco-art practices of these two artists 2005 PORTRAIT … THE POLITICS OF LOOKING February 8 - March 6, 2005 Curated by Sally Frater Issues of race, representation and collecting practices as they intersect in the public space of an art institution are explored using works from McMaster's collection LEAVING THEIR MARK February 13 - May 15, 2005 Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer This exhibition is intended as an "evolution of the practice" survey using examples of printmaking from the Museum's historical and contemporary collections, as they relate to the practices of contemporary artists, Yael Brotman, Shelly Bahl and Libby Hague CATHY BUSBY: SORRY GARY NEILL KENNEDY: FAILURE OF INTELLIGENCE March 6 - April 24, 2005 Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce Two senior Canadian artists, both professors at the Nova Scotia School of Art and Design, team up to present complementary installations based on their respective practices in conceptual art UNTITLED NO. 27 May 1 - 29, 2005 The McMaster Museum of Art presents the School of the Arts annual graduating student exhibition, featuring the work of 27 students. Sponsored by TD Waterhouse JOURNEY OF PEACE May 3 - 8, 2005 Stories depicting life in Afghanistan by Yar Taraky. Presented in conjunction with the McMaster Lancet Challenge Conference: Peace Through Health; Learning from Action HAGGADAH May 10 - 29, 2005 An exhibition of lithographs by New York artist Ben Simon is presented in conjunction with a colloquium sponsored by the Canada Research Chair in Modern Jewish Thought, presented by McMaster's Department of Religious Studies SUBJECTIVE DISTANCE May 22 - August 21, 2005 Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer Photographers Edward Burtynsky, Cees Van Gemerden and Peter Karuna frame the texture, architecture and machinery that narrate the conflict between industrial and natural environments NAOMI JACKSON GROVES: Northern Soul May 31 - August 21, 2005 Curated by Teresa Gregorio Naomi Jackson Groves, niece of A.Y. Jackson, taught painting at McMaster University in the fifties. Her expertise on the work of Ernst Barlach contributed greatly to the acquisition of German Expressionist prints for the University's collection. The exhibition of ten paintings by Jackson Groves from McMaster's collection draws on the connection between the group of Seven and Jackson Groves' own work ACTIVE LAYERS June 12 - August 14, 2005 Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer Computer game characters, a light-sensitive surface for video projection, an interactive website, optical illusions in viewfinders, and robotic wire sculptures set the stage for engagement with new media art in this group exhibition, featuring works by Teresa Ascenção, Michelle Gay, Amelia Jiménez, Liss Platt and Veronica Verkley THE TOGO SALMON CENTENARY EXHIBITION The Classical World and its Influence Curated by Dr. Howard Jones A memorial exhibition including Aegean and Roman items bequeathed by Togo Salmon, etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Luigi Rossini, 15th-20th century art from McMaster's permanent collection, and contemporary work by Spring Hurlbut, Edward Tabachnik, and Audra Schoblocher ...THE BEAST NOT FOUND IN VERSE November 6 - December 23, 2005 Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer An investigation of the human condition through the animal imagery of Daniel Erban, Mary Catherine Newcomb, Leesa Streifler, Michael Belmore, and Mary Anne Barkhouse UN-NATURAL DISASTERS November 10, 2005 - March 12, 2006 Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer Historical moments of tragedy and upheaval are explored through the art of Goya, Dix, Turner, Kollwitz and others from McMaster's permanent collection CHEWA MASKS OF PAIN AND LOSS: AIDS IN MALAWI November 1 - December 23, 2005 Curated by Dr. Mané Arratia Dr. Arratia is an anthropologist whose research on AIDS in Africa has introduced her to the work of popular folk artists in Malawi. The masks are contemporary expressions of the ancient artistic tradition of carved masks that narrate experiences of and for the artist's community 2006 BETWEEN HISTORY AND MEMORY January 8 - February 26, 2006 Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer This exhibition will use examples from the Museum's own collection to highlight work from twentieth century artists of Latin American origin including Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991), Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982), Tellez (b.1939) and Alfredo Jaar (b.1956) WILFREDO PRIETO January 22 - February 26, 2006 Wilfredo Prieto is a rising young Cuban artist whose work was included in a recent exhibition at Toronto's Powerplant, at the last Bienal de La Habana and a number of galleries in Europe. His exhibition is intended as a site-specific project that involves access to the process of collecting and sorting objects and ideas EMBODIED MATTER March 5 - May 28, 2006 Showcasing works by women from McMaster's collection including Barbara Hepworth, Anne Kahane, Betty Goodwin, Clarissa Schmidt Inglis and Liz Magor, the exhibit engages with ideas about bodies and representation. Guest curated by Dr. Mary O'Connor and Dr. Janice Hladki THE NEUE FRAU: Representations of Women From Expressionism to the New Objectivity March 1 - April 16, 2006 An exhibition of selected German works from the McMaster Museum of Art Collection. Curated by MMA Education Officer Greg Rennick PRIMA MATERIA Dianne Baker, Elaine Whittaker, Lynda Gammon March 12 - April 23, 2006 Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer Exploring the common element in the work of these three women, their relationship to the materials with which they create art THE NAMED AND THE UNNAMED: REBECCA BELMORE March 16 - April 23, 2006 Belmore represented Canada at the prestigious 2005 Venice Biennale. This 2002 installation by Belmore engages a commemoration of the women who have gone missing in the downtown east side of Vancouver, while recalling other unnamed histories that constitute our national identity, and hers IN EXCESS April 18 - June 29, 2006 Works of art that address the concept of excess as it relates to consumption (physical and psychological), ecological sustainability, and standard of life Curated by Sapphire Singh, an Art History student at McMaster University 705 600: SUMMA EXHIBITION April 30 - May 26, 2006 The annual presentation of work by the graduating studio art students from McMaster's School of the Arts BEYOND THE WOODLAND SCHOOL June 8 - August 19, 2006 An exhibition of contemporary native art including works by Shelley Niro, Norval Morrisseau, Carl Beam, and others. Curated by Rick Monture, PhD Candidate, English and Cultural Studies Department; and Sara General, McMaster student and member of the McMaster First Nations Student Association MAKING SENSE OF THINGS L. Frank Manriquez Tanis S'eiltin Frank Shebageget Nadia Myre June 15 - August 19, 2006 Four emerging First Nations artists exhibit their work in this collaboration between MMA and the Gorman Museum, University of California. Co-curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer and Veronica Passalacqua Reception: Saturday June 17, 2-4 pm THE LIFE AND DEATH OF I.D. September 2 – November 2, 2006 The work of Buseje Bailey, Ulysses Castellanos, Brendan Fernandes, Insoon Ha, Sadko Hadzihasanovic, Dana Inkster, Shelley Niro and Ho Tam highlights current expressions of identity politics in Canadian art. Curated by Sally Frater. This project is funded by the Canada Council. Public Reception: Thursday September 14, 6-8pm Panel Discussion with moderator Andrea Fatona and artists Buseje Bailey, Brendan Fernandes, Shelley Niro, and Ho Tam: Saturday September 23, 1 pm Curatorial Talk: Thursday October 12, 12:30 pm THE MCMASTER/GOETHE PROJECT September 1, 2006 – August 25, 2007 German Expressionist prints from the permanent collection complement a collaboration between McMaster and the Goethe-Institut. Curated by Greg Rennick, Dr. Alison McQueen, Debra Antoncic, Ruth Renters. A MILLENNIUM FOR YOUTH/JOVEN MILENIO September 14 – November 4, 2006 Curated by Gabriel Baquero Barbosa Art by emerging artists and art students from Colombia. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the YMCA Peace Week celebrations in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Hamilton. ARNAUD MAGGS: NOMENCLATURE November 23, 2006 – Jan 20, 2007 Curated by Linda Jansma A collaboration between the McMaster Museum of Art, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa; & Gallery One, One, One, Winnipeg Internationally acclaimed, Canadian Arnaud Maggs (1926-) investigates classifications of colour by photographing each page of two 19th century texts. The first, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814) was praised by Darwin for its merits to the arts and sciences. It contains pages of colour chits, accompanied by listings of the colour’s appearance in other forms in nature. The other text, Cercles Chromatiques (1861) by M.E. Chevreul, is a rare publication of purely theoretical content including eleven colour wheels.Maggs received the 2006 Governor General’s Award. SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION November 16, 2006 – January 6, 2007 This exhibition features prints from McMaster University's collection by many of the masters of late 19th – early 20th-century French art. THE PAST IS FORGIVEN: HERMAN LEVY AND JOSEF HERMAN, IN THEIR TIMES November 16, 2006 – April 28, 2007 Curated by Ihor Holubizky The exhibition focuses on the 15 Herman Levy collection works by Polish-born artist Josef Herman (1911-2000), the largest single holding that Levy acquired by a living artist. SHARON SWITZER: FALLING FROM GRACE, SCENES 4,5 AND 6 November 23, 2006 – January 20, 2007 Curated by Carla Garnet with essays by Steve Reinke and Linda Steer Since 2000, Toronto-based Sharon Switzer has been combining video and text to create arresting works of pathos, meditation, and often, humour. Her series Falling from Grace (2005-06), uses light as a metaphor for searching, stumbling, and generally making one’s way through the darkest of thoughts and places. The videos relate small moments in time, and focus the viewer on desire, yearning, loss and confusion–the regular feelings that fill a life. 2007 RE-MEDIATIONS: STEPHEN FOSTER AND JAMES GILLESPIE February 1 - March 31, 2007 Curated by Janet Jones. Provocative photo-media works and video projections by Foster (Kelowna) and Gillespie (Toronto) comment on how the media represents us. Presented in collaboration with the Kelowna Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Sudbury. Exhibition will also tour to the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba. CANADIAN LANDSCAPES February 15 - April 28, 2007 Curated by Carol Podedworny Paintings from McMaster’s collection by definitive Canadian landscape artists of the early twentieth century including Carmichael, Fitzgerald, Holgate, Phillips, Watson, Casson, Jackson and Thomson. SUMMA 2007 April 12 - May 19, 2007 Summa 2007 is the Museum's annual exhibition by the graduating Studio Art students from McMaster's School of the Arts. This exhibition has been generously sponsored by TD Waterhouse. NORTHERN ART in the Age of Cock, Dürer, Rubens & Rembrandt The Levy Series - Part II May 10 - October 27, 2007 Curated by Carol Podedworny An exhibition featuring early German and Netherlandish works from the Herman Levy collection and the Levy Bequest Purchase Programme. DADA & THEIR COLLEAGUES May 10 - August 25, 2007 Curated by Carol Podedworny An exhibition of selections from the permanent collection including works by Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, and George Grosz. LISTENING AWRY: Christian Marclay, Santiago Sierra, Kimsooja, Su-Mei Tse May 31 - September 1, 2007 Curated by Jim Drobnick Works by four internationally prominent artists engaging with sound will present video, installation, and performance documentation to highlight the diverse means by which sound can be utilized as a tool for reflection and critique. QUANTAL STRIFE: Scott Carruthers, Crystal Mowry, Marc Ngui September 13 - November 3, 2007 Curated by Sally McKay. Art is an invitation. Art is for everyone. If you like art, video games, brain teasers, graphic novels, zines and thinking about how the world works, this is a contemporary art show for you. Organized and circulated by the Doris McCarthy Gallery. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council. THE FIRST TOURIST Selections from the Permanent Collection Guest Curated by Nancy Campbell September 6, 2007 - February 23, 2008 This selection of works from the Inuit collection of McMaster University reflects the impact of the tourist trade on Inuit sculpture, dolls and prints. VOICES ON THE RISE: Afghan Women Making the News September 13 - October 27, 2007 Curated by Khorshied Samad and Jane McElhone Presenting an exhibition of 42 photographs by Afghan, Canadian and international photographers. Voices on the Rise provides a look into the lives of Afghan women journalists helping to rebuild Afghanistan. POZO Autumn 2007 A communal sculptural project by McMaster art professor Graham Todd. Exploring the notions of village, Todd invites the public to leave their mark on one of hundreds of balls of clay, individual ceramic records, which will then be collected, fired and returned to the piece. The growth and progress of this project will be posted at www.pozo.ca. UKNOWN SPACES: MICHAEL ALLGOEWER AND PETER KIRKLAND November 8, 2007 - January 5, 2008 Curated by Carol Podedworny. An exhibition of paintings by two Hamilton-based contemporary artists TROUBLING ABSTRACTION: ROBERT HOULE November 22, 2007 - January 19, 2008 Curated by Carol Podedworny Guest essays by Mark Cheetham, Gerald McMaster & Jackson Rushing. Produced in collaboration with the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. This exhibition features works produced between 1982 and 2007 and encourages the viewer to consider Houle's abstract history within contentious contemporary practice. DON JEAN-LOUIS: SILVER WORKS November 22, 2007 - January 19, 2008 Curated by Ihor Holubizky and Lisa Baldissera. Organized and circulated by the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. Don Jean-Louis has been an innovative figure in the world of Canadian contemporary art since the nineteen sixties. The exploration of new media and technologies is a hallmark of his practice, always within a directed and coherent vision. This exhibition concentrates on a brief unique period of Jean-Louis’ oeuvre that deals with paintings called Silver Works produced in 1985-86. THE FIRST TOURIST: Selections from the Permanent Collection Guest Curated by Nancy Campbell September 6, 2007 - January 5, 2008 This selection of works from the Inuit collection of McMaster University reflects the impact of the tourist trade on Inuit sculpture, dolls and prints. 2008 ROMAN VISHNIAC: A Vanished World January 17 - March 1, 2008 An exhibition of photographs of Jewish life in cities and in the poorest villages of Eastern Europe between 1935 and1938, from the Roman Vishniac Collection at the International Center of Photography, New York. FOUR COUNTRIES: FIVE ARTISTS January 17 - March 1, 2008 Selections from the permanent collection by Auerbach, Soutine, Baselitz, Moholy Nagy, and Brandtner. JOHN ABRAMS: Cinema Vernis January 31 - March 29, 2008 curated by RM Vaughan An exhibition of contemporary, film-inspired paintings by Canadian artist John Abrams is complemented by short essays by Canadian filmmakers Sky Gilbert, John Greyson, Jeremy Podeswa, and Christina Zeidler. TASMAN RICHARDSON January 31 - March 29, 2008 curated by Clara Hargittay A presentation of the contemporary Canadian film artist’s 2006 Shadowplay. The video lays bare the post-human vacuity of pre-recorded existence, echoing Burroughs’ reflection on modern civilization, “nothing here but the recordings.” THE FRENCH SCHOOL March 13 - December 13, 2008 A permanent collection exhibition highlighting works from the French School by such artists as Bernard, Bonnard, Braque, Degas, Dufy, Friesz, Gaugin, Marquet, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Rouault, and Le Sidaner. MATISSE: JAZZ March 13 - September 6, 2008 An exhibition of Henri Matisse's, Jazz, 20 original pochoirs (stencil) prints from the book work printed in 1947. The prints are part of McMaster's permanent collection, purchased with Levy Bequest funds. ARE YOU WITH ME? SUMMA 2008 April 10 - 26, 2008 The Museum's annual exhibition by the graduating studio art students from McMaster's School of the Arts. Generously sponsored by Rogers Wireless Inc. RECENT ACQUISITIONS OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART Selections from the Permanent Collection May 8 - June 14, 2008 A selection of work by five Canadian artists: John Abrams, Ted Bieler, Ed Burtynsky, Betty Goodwin and Angela Grauerholz. GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST ART Selections from the Permanent Collection May 8 - June 14, 2008 Highlights from the University's German Expressionist collection including works by Kollwitz, Pechstein, and Dix, as well as recent acquisitions by Paula Modersohn-Becker and George Grosz. SUSAN DETWILER: FERAL June 26 - August 30, 2008 Detwiler explores our relationship with backyard wildlife through performative video, installation, sculpture and drawing. GEORGE WALLACE September 11 - October 11 Selections from the permanent collection by Canadian artist and Professor emeritus, George Wallace. Alexander McKay Memorial Lecture: The Art of Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) Thursday October 16 at 12:30 pm. by Dr. Ross S. Kilpatrick, Professor Emeritus of Classics, Queen’s University RECIPROCAL: McMaster Fine Art Faculty and juried alumni exhibition September 11 - November 1 Faculty: Andy Fabo, Judy Major-Girardin, Briana Palmer, Graham Todd Alumni: Jacqueline Huget, Steven Thai, Ehryn Torrell, Matt Sparling The alumni, all practicing artists, were selected by a jury of Canadian artists (Sally McKay, John Hartman '73, David Merritt). SANITATION IS DIGNITY October 15 - November 1 United Nations University International Network on Water, Environment and Health and McMaster University presents this German Toilet Organization Exhibition, highlighting the importance of sanitation in the United Nations International Year of Sanitation. SYNESTHESIA: ART AND THE MIND Presented in collaboration with the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University. September 18 - December 20 The impact of brain phenomena on visual art is explored in this exhibition featuring the art of David Hockney, Joan Mitchell, Marcia Smilack, Carol Steen, Charles Burchfield, Tom Thomson, Wassily Kandinsky, and Vincent van Gogh. Co-Curated by: Carol Steen and Greta Berman. RICHARD FUNG: LANDSCAPES November 20, 2008 - January 17, 2009 New video projections by Fung, Toronto-based video artist and cultural critic, interplay recent footage from Ontario sites with 19th century engravings and paintings by J.M.W. Turner. Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. J.M.W. TURNER November 20, 2008 - January 17, 2009 Selections from the Permanent Collection of Turner's Harbours and Rivers of England. DIE BRÜCKE December 18, 2008 - July 4, 2009 Highlights from the German Expressionist Collection of McMaster Museum of Art. The exhibition features important works by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Max Pechstein and Emil Nolde. ALBRECHT DÜRER December 18, 2008 - July 4, 2009 Selections from the permanent collection by German artist, Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), long considered the greatest printmaker of his time. 2009 MATTHEW VAREY: BUILDING ON HISTORY January 29 - March 28, 2009 Urban skylines in recent paintings by Toronto-based artist and McMaster alumnus, Matthew Varey. An exhibition catalogue including an essay by Gary Michael Dault will be available. ALLYSON MITCHELL: LADIES SASQUATCH January 29 - March 28, 2009 Curated by Carla Garnet. Freestanding, figurative, sculptural works by Toronto-based Mitchell actively marry feminist theory with the artist's favorite material, fun fur. BEFORE THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL: Post Modern Germany January 8 - April 4, 2009 Selected permanent collection works produced in the 1980s by German artists including Joseph Beuys, Jörg Immendorf and Anselm Kiefer. PLAY NICE: SUMMA 200 April 14 - 25, 2009 The Annual exhibition of art work by graduating students from McMaster's School of the Arts Studio Art Program. Generously sponsored by Rogers Wireless Incorporated. MATT SPARLING: CROSSROADS May 7 - August 29, 2009 Matt Sparling's installation of large-scale composite photographs chronicles journeys through southern Ontario's back roads and ghost towns. FAUSTA FACCIPONTE: RELIABLE May 7 - August 29, 2009 Commonplace objects are transformed by time, experience and the photographic process in the work of Ontario artist, Facciponte. LEONARD BASKIN April 18 - October 17, 2009 Selections by American artist Leonard Baskin from the collections of Rabbi Bernard Baskin and the McMaster Museum of Art. ERNST BARLACH AND KÄTHE KOLLWITZ September 1 - October 17, 2009 Selections from the permanent collection by two German artists offer a searing account of the human condition during the first half of the 20th century. LIGHT ECHO: DIANNE BOS AND DOUG WELCH September 17 - October 31, 2009 Artist Dianne Bos and astronomer Doug Welch collaborate on this installation exploring supernovae in UNESCO’s International Year of Astronomy. A FIELD GUIDE TO OBSERVING ART September 17 - October 31, 2009 Curated by Dianne Bos. Highlighting links between science and art in works from McMaster’s collection THE GULF IN HISTORIC MAPS (15th-19th centuries) October 31, 2009 - February 27, 2010 This exhibition of ninety-seven significant historic maps from the private collection of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council - Ruler of Sharjah, offers a fascinating glimpse into the histories of both cartography and the Gulf region itself. NATALKA HUSAR: BURDEN OF INNOCENCE November 19, 2009 - January 16, 2010 Co-produced by the McMaster Museum of Art, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph and Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound In this exhibition, celebrated Canadian artist Natalka Husar takes her lifelong obsession with painting and with Ukraine, her ancestral home, into new territory and presents three interwoven, though unresolved narratives, in the form of a history play in three acts. 2010 FIERCE: Women's Hot-Blooded Film/Video January 28 - March 27, 2010 Curated by Janice Hladki. A group exhibition of video and experimental film works by Maureen Bradley, Dana Claxton, Allyson Mitchell, and b. h. Yael: women who are at the forefront of Canadian based, media production and installation. More information. MUSE ME: Summa 2010 April 10 – May 1, 2010 The Annual exhibition of art work by graduating students from McMaster University's School of the Arts Studio Art Program. View the ONLINE CATALOGUE. ANGELA GRAUERHOLZ May 6 – June 5, 2010 Organized by the McMaster Museum of Art. Recent and new photoworks by Canadian artist Angela Grauerholz are presented in conjunction with the John Douglas Taylor Conference, “The Archive and Everyday Life.” More information OIL CLOTH LUNCH, AND OTHER REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL March 12 – August 14, 2010 The historical pursuit of the artist to both learn and break from the art of the past is explored in this exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints from the permanent collection, including works by Willem Claesz. Heda, Philips Breughel, Utagawa Hiroshige, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Gustave Courbet, Tony Scherman, Eric Atkinson, Richard Hamilton and Rick Pottruff. More information FURTHER THAN CONFEDERATION March 19 – August 14, 2010 John Abrams’ Canadian History Trilogy and Shelley Niro’s untitled drawing are the keystone and counterpoint works for this permanent collection exhibition examining images of the Canadian nation-form as a work in progress. The exhibition includes works by Adamie Alaku, Kenojuak Ashevak, David Blackwood, Ed Burtynsky, Naomi Jackson Groves, Robert Harris, John Hartman, Brenda Pelkey, and Tom Thomson. More information KATHERINE MACDONALD June 11 – August 28, 2010 A lifelong passion for painting and portraiture is highlighted in this first solo exhibition of Katherine MacDonald’s work at the McMaster Museum. MacDonald teaches at the Dundas Valley School of Art and Sheridan Institute. Organized by the McMaster Museum of Art. More information. GEORGE WALLACE: AS I WAS SAYING June 11 – August 28, 2010 The exhibition commemorates Irish-born Canadian artist George Wallace (1920-2009), who taught at McMaster University for 25 years. Organized by the McMaster Museum of Art. More information. SHELAGH KEELEY 10 September - 30 October 2010 Curated by Linda Jansma and Carol Podedworny At a very early point in the debates that challenged and, ultimately, changed the global art world, Keeley was investigating issues such as access, representation and diversity. This retrospective exhibition was produced in collaboration with the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. More information. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE LINE August 21 2010 – November 27 2010 There is No Limit to the Line explores a range of strategic approaches to mark-making. The exhibition includes works from the McMaster collection by 20th century European and Canadian artists. Organized by the McMaster Museum of Art. More information. THE BLIND ARCHITECT MEETS REMBRANDT 28 August 2010 – 8 January 2011 São Paulo-based artist/theoretical architect Alexander Pilis presented his 2004 video-work The Blind Architect Meets Rembrandt as the “centrepiece” for a site-responsive installation. Working with Senior Curator Ihor Holubizky, he developed and articulated a dialogue between the explicit and implicit visual texts in his video-work, and works from the Museum’s collection. More information. SCRAPES: UNRULY EMBODIMENTS IN VIDEO ART 18 November - 22 January 2011 Co-curated by Drs. Sarah Brophy and Janice Hladki, McMaster University. The exhibition features video art from Canada, Australia, and the U.S. that mobilizes the body as the method of political, social, and cultural investigation. More information LANDSCAPE, MEMORY, DESIRE 9 December, 2010 - 29 January, 2011 The McMaster Museum of Art and the Department of Family Medicine present this permanent collection exhibition, curated by Family Medicine Residents as their culminating activity in the innovative new Visual Literacy course, The Art of Seeing. More information. 2011 THE PAUL R. MACPHERSON COLLECTION OF WOODLAND ART February 3 – March 5, 2011 This exhibition celebrates Paul MacPherson’s significant collection of First Nations paintings, generously donated to McMaster in 2011. Review by Regina Haggo, Hamilton Spectator CHRISTOS DIKEAKOS: PATISSERIE DUCHAMP/ PUIS-JE FUMER January 27 – March 26, 2011 The exhibition combines drawing, collage, photography, and sculpture, which unpacks Dikeakos' 40-year interest in Marcel Duchamp’s work and thoughts. More information. STEVE HIGGINS: ALL THINGS CONSIDERED THOUGHTS ABOUT CITIES AND HISTORY, WAR AND PEACE January 27 – March 26, 2011 The exhibition focuses on Higgins' urban fiction; process printwork and his 2006-2009 Urban sculptures of utopias past and present. More information. ENCOUNTERS: Summa 2011 April 7 – 30, 2011 The Annual exhibition of art work by graduating students from McMaster University's School of the Arts Studio Art Program. AutoPlasmic March 12 - May 28, 2011 Curated by Michael Davidson. Contemporary works by Michael Davidson (Toronto), Mario Scattoloni (Barcelona), Jacques Oulé (Toronto) interplay with MMA collection works; Paul Klee, Katsura Funakoshi, David Haughton, Peter Nadin, Gerhard Richter, August Rodin and Don Van Vliet. More information GARY PEARSON: 1 2 3 Soliloquy 20 January - 13 August 2011 1 2 3 Soliloquy is an exhibition about expressions of everyday realities, and our often strained and ambiguous distal relationship to those realities. It includes Kelowna-based artist Gary Pearson’s recent Soliloquy videos and his related “short fiction” photo-prints combined with works selected from the McMaster Museum of Art’s German collection, expanded to include American Hollywood photography of the period, and contemporary European work. More information BY DESIGN AND BY CHANCE, provisional sites in contemporary sculpture and photography May 14 – August 20, 2011 A McMaster Collection exhibition of sculpture and camerawork by Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gehr, Anish Kapoor, Paul Kipps, Richard Long, Margaret Priest, Richard Patterson, and Susan Schelle. More information. JOHN MIECZNIKOWSKI May 21 – August 20, 2011 A survey exhibition of sculpture, drawing, and painting by Ontario-based artist John Miecznikowski. More information. ANNE KAHANE June 9 – August 13, 2011 A McMaster collection exhibition featuring sculpture and works on paper by Montreal based artist Anne Kahane (Canadian, born 1924), with complementary works by Ossip Zadkine, Marino Marini, Robert Langstadt and others. More information. RISING TO THE OCCASION: THE LONG 18TH CENTURY September 3 - November 5, 2011 Download the EXHIBITION GUIDE This exhibition opens discussions of the legacies of the 18th century—enlightenment, empiricism, revolution and innovation. It includes major works by both 18th century artists Houdon, Gainsborough, Romney, Verelst and Taillasson; and senior contemporary Canadian artists Rebecca Belmore, Angela Grauerholz, Tony Scherman, John Massey, and Jiri Ladocha. More information Jinny Yu and Don Andrus: Cadenza September 3 - November 5, 2011 Two well-known Canadian artists from different parts of the country use an 18th century Venetian mural by Tiepolo as a starting point for an inquiry into the nature of painting today. Cadenza is a collaborative project by artists Don Andrus (a former professor in Art History at Concordia University Montréal, now based in PEI) and Jinny Yu (born in Korea, now teaching at the University of Ottawa) which originated at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in 2011. More information THE "FLOATING URBANITIES" OF UTAMARO AND HOGARTH: Pictures for Women? August 23, 2011 - January 7, 2012 Guest curated by Dr. Mark A. Cheetham. Prints from the collections of the McMaster Museum of Art and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Presented as part of The Long 18th Century Project. More information FIRST CONTACT? Artists of the Cook Voyages August 26, 2011 – January 7, 2012 Drawings and engravings from the collections of the Library and Archives Canada and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Presented as part of The Long 18th Century Project. More information A GLIMPSE OF CHINA IN THE 18TH CENTURY August 23, 2011 - January 7, 2012 Guest curated by Dr. Angela Sheng. Presented as part of The Long 18th Century Project. More information GREG STAATS: liminal disturbance November 17, 2011 – January 28, 2012 The exhibition brings together several works by Greg Staats (Toronto-based, b. Ohsweken, Ontario) that reference language loss, acquisition and resurgence through photographic series, video works, and personal archival materials. More information. RAMONA RAMLOCHAND: unfallen November 17, 2011 – January 28, 2012 Unfallen is a project-installation by Montreal-based artist Ramona Ramlochand. It opens up a broad discussion of “place” for her and is, in part, fuelled by the rapidly changing environment and technologically enhanced world that we live in. More information. 2012 PERCEPTIONS OF PROMISE: Biotechnology, Society and Art February 9 - March 31, 2012 This interdisciplinary collaboration brings together internationally recognized artists with scientists and scholars to produce a body of art and essays exploring the complex legal, ethical and social issues of stem cell research. More information. WISE UP: Summa 2012 April 12 – 28, 2012 The Annual exhibition of art work by graduating students from McMaster University's School of the Arts Studio Art Program. 125 & 45: AN INTERROGATIVE SPIRIT January 20 – August 4, 2012 in Tomlinson Gallery January 27 – May 12, 2012 in Levy Gallery The Museum of Art celebrates both the 125th anniversary of McMaster University and the 45th anniversary of the Museum in 2012. The two part exhibition highlights some of the key donors, benefactors and landmark moments represented by collection art works. More Information. GARY SPEARIN: iNifiNiTi May 12 – August 18, 2012 A installation of vibrant abstract paintings explore and visualize the resonant dynamics of time and our perception of it. More Information. PAINTING BEYOND a body of views May 12 - August 18, 2012 As a complement to iNifiNiTi, Gary Spearin explores what artists have to say about art. This MMA collection exhibition includes works by Gerhard Richter, Marcel Duchamp and others. More Information. THE LAST THINGS BEFORE THE LAST May 24 – August 4, 2012 Toronto-based artist, composer and curator E.C. Woodley draws on McMaster’s art collection in this curatorial project and exhibition. More Information. BARBARA ASTMAN: Dancing with Che: Enter Through the Gift Shop February 16 - August 25, 2012 In this exhibition—a museum gift shop intervention-installation—Toronto-based artist Barbara Astman explores the commodification of iconic revolutionary Che Guevara. More Information. CONSPIRACIES OF ILLUSION Projections of Time & Space Curators: Mark A. Cheetham, Andy Patton, Christine Sprengler August 28 – November 3, 2012 Photo and moving image-based works by Canadians Janice Gurney, Nestor Kruger, Yam Lau, American David Reed, and a foundational work by the late German artist Blinky Palermo, challenge our commonly held notions of time and space. An exhibition catalogue, with essays by the curators, is available. More Information. TAKAO TANABE: Chronicles of Form and Place Curators: Ihor Holubizky (McMaster Museum of Art) and Darrin Martens (Burnaby Art Gallery) August 18 – December 8, 2012 Over his long career, west coast artist Takao Tanabe (b. 1926) has gained acclaim as one of Canada’s most important painters. This first ever sweeping retrospective exhibition of Tanabe’s works on paper, drawn from the artist’s private collection, features drawings and watercolours from 1945 to the present day. More Information. BREAKING BLACK: NICOLE COLLINS November 15, 2012 – January 12, 2013 As part of an on-going curatorial methods initiative, Toronto-based artist Nicole Collins has been invited to develop an exhibition from the McMaster Museum of Art collection along with her own work. Taking her cues from alchemy, Collins has made a selection that includes work by Louis Comtois, Anselm Kiefer, David Nash and Sigmar Polke, and invited Czech-born Toronto artist Jiri Ladocha into the mix.. More Information. JEFF THOMAS - Mapping Iroquoia: Cold City Frieze November 15, 2012 – January 12, 2013 Jeff Thomas builds on 20 years of looking at historical and stereotypical representations of First Nations peoples and his personal quest to show the perspective of contemporary urban Iroquoians. This exhibition of more than 60 images combines Thomas’s highly respected artistic, archival and curatorial practices for the first time. More Information. Vision Circle: THE ART OF ROY THOMAS A Retrospective Exhibition Organized and Circulated by the Thunder Bay Art Gallery Exhibition Curator: Elizabeth McLuhan December 20, 2012 – February 23, 2013 An exhibition of more than 40 paintings by critically acclaimed Thunder Bay Ahnisnabae artist Roy Thomas (1949-2004). More Info 2013 ABOUT THE MIND Wyn Geleynse (Canada) Shaun Gladwell (Australia) Mischa Kuball (Germany) Paulette Phillips (Canada) January 24 – March 30, 2013 This exhibition explores the concept of "mind" and how we may think. It includes my kultureBOT 1.0, a roving robot developed collaboratively by Dr. David Harris Smith, Dept of Communication Studies and Multimedia, McMaster University and Dr. Frauke Zeller, University College London, UK. More Info

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1967

CANADIAN PAINTINGS
September 29 - October 31, 1967
Selections from the Sam and Ayala Zacks Collection
THE NEW DOCUMENT
November 1 - November 22, 1967
Organized and circulated by the Museum of Modern Art
ARTS FESTIVAL ENVIRONMENT
November 4 - November 11, 1967

CANADA THE NEW ART
November 15 - December 15, 1967

19TH CENTURY ENGLISH WATERCOLOUR
November 17 - December 17, 1967
(Art Gallery of Ontario)

1968

POSTERS BY PAINTERS
January 4 - January 31, 1968
(Art Gallery of Ontario)

THE MANY WORLDS OF LUTZ DILLE
February 1 - February 29, 1968

CANADIAN PAINTINGS OF THE 1930s
March 1 - March 30, 1968
(Art Gallery of Ontario)

MORANDI ETCHINGS
March 26 - April 10, 1968
ROY COLE COLLECTION
April 19 - May 20, 1968

COUGHTRY, MARKLE, AND RAYNER EXHIBITION
September 5 - September 29, 1968

EVERYDAY OBJECTS IN EARLY CANADA
October 2 - October 21, 1968
In collaboration with the Department of Extension

THE HEART OF LONDON
October 25 - November 15, 1968

T.R. MACDONALD EXHIBITION
November 19 - December 20, 1968
In collaboration with the Women's Committee of the Art Gallery of Hamilton

1969

SOREL ETROG: ONE DECADE EXHIBITION
January 6 - February 2, 1969

PATTERSON EWEN RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION
February 5 - February 28, 1969

PAINTINGS OF OLITSKY, STELLA, AND NOLAND
March 6 - March 30, 1969

SELECTIONS FROM MR. ROY G. COLE'S COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE WOODCUTS
April 7 - May 7, 1969

THE RENAISSANCE IMAGES OF ROLOFF BENY
September 8 - September 29, 1969

SCULPTURES BY JOHN, GEORGE AND NANCY
October 1969

EARLY CANADIAN ARCHITECTURE
November 3 - November 24, 1969

MILNE WAR SKETCHES
November 30 - December 30, 1969

FOUR CENTURIES OF MASTER DRAWINGS
December 5 - December 26, 1969

HOW PRINTS ARE MADE
December 19 - January 11, 1969

1970

OTTO DIX
January 8 - January 30, 1970

FOUR PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM MONTREAL
January 23 - February 15, 1970

VENICE IN THE 18TH CENTURY
February 1 - March 2, 1970

POSTERS FROM THREE WARS
March 6 - March 29, 1970

ART FOR ARCHITECTURE
March 2 - March 23, 1970

YOUNG SCULPTORS FROM MONTREAL
April 15 - May 10, 1970

3-D INTO THE 70'S: ASPECTS OF SCULPTURE
September 18 - October 10, 1970
Highlights the various preoccupations of Canadian sculpture during the past decade. Featured artists: Robert Downing, Les Levine, Ralph Allen and more.

GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST PRINTS
October 15 - November 15, 1970

A.J. CASSON RETROSPECTIVE
November 10 - December 10, 1970

GUY DUNCORNET
November 20 - December 11, 1970

POL CORVEZ PHOTOGRAPHS
December 15 - December 31, 1970

GEORGE RACKUS
December 15 - December 31, 1970
Anodized aluminum

1971

CANADIAN ART TEACH-IN
March 4 - March 7, 1971

Student organized show for the CANADIAN FESTIVAL Weekend
March 5 - March 9, 1971

WALL HANGINGS: TRADITIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL
March 9 - March 30, 1971
(Art Gallery of Ontario)

ANNUAL STUDENT SHOW
April 4 - April 26, 1971

DUNCAN COLLECTION EXHIBITION
May 2 - May 31, 1971

ONTARIO POTTERY
June 4 - June 25, 1971

THEMES IN HOGARTH AND OLYMPIC POSTERS
September 14 - September 30, 1971

BRASS RUBBINGS
October 6 - November 24, 1971

DÜRER
December 10 - Jan 8, 1972

1972

INUA
January 13 - February 11, 1972
50 works from the Cappadocia Collection of Eskimo Art

PICASSO: THE VOLLARD SUITE
January 13 - February 11, 1972
(National Gallery of Canada)

THE COMIC STRIP ART SHOW
February 17 - March 15, 1972
From the collection of Captain George

STUDENTS' CHOICE
February 17 - March 15, 1972
An exhibition organized by the students of McMaster University

CHINESE JADES
February 17 - March 15, 1972
An exhibition in conjunction with the 18th century

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
April 14 - May 5, 1972
A multi-media presentation of the significance of symbols and signs for mankind from the earliest times to the present times

18TH CENTURY VENETIAN PRINTS
April 17 - May 14, 1972
28 etchings by 3 of the greatest 18th Century Masters: Canaletto, Tiepolo, and Piranesi. (Organized by the National Gallery of Canada)

MUETHING AND BENAZON
May 11 - June 2, 1972
Sculpture and painting by two well-known Ontario Artists.

A SELECTION FROM THE "SOCIETY OF CANADIAN PAINTER-ETCHERS AND ENGRAVERS"
May 13 - June 9, 1972

SCULPTURES BY ALMUTH LUTKENHAUS AND PAINTINGS BY OPHRA BENAZON
May 19 - June 9, 1972

INTERNATIONAL GRAPHICS
September 7 - September 28, 1972
(Art Gallery of Ontario)

PIRANESI
October 5 - November 5, 1972

ROUAULT: "MISERERE"
November 14 - December 5, 1972

ROUAULT: "PERE UBU"
November 15 - December 15, 1972
National Gallery of Canada

COLLECTION
December 19 - January 7, 1973

1973

GRAPHICS BY WILLIAM WOOD

curated by John Hartman
January 11 - January 30, 1973
Ontario artist associated with the Group of Seven; a retrospective exhibition.

CHILDREN'S ART
January 11 - February 9, 1973
Works by children aged 12-15 in a variety of media.

HUGH CALVERLY
February 12 - March 11, 1973

19th CENTURY FRENCH PRINTS
February 2 - February 25, 1973
(Art Gallery of Ontario)

KURT KRANZ
March 16 - April 15, 1973

DAVID NASBY
March 16 - April 15, 1973

ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION
April 19 - May 13, 1973

ENGLISH PORTRAITS
May 17 - June 17, 1973

JOSEPH DRENTERS
June 4 - June 21, 1973

PAINTERS ELEVEN 1953-1959
September 6 - October 8, 1973
Abstract Art from McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.

ORIENTAL CARPETS AND ANTIQUES
October 13- November 1, 1973

GOYA: THE DISASTERS OF WAR
November 3 - November 29, 1973
National Gallery of Canada

QUEBEC PAINTERS AND PRINTS BY PAINTERS
December 1- January 2, 1973
Art Gallery of Ontario and McMaster University.

1974

VASARELY
January 5- January 24, 1974
Art Gallery of Ontario

THE CONCERNED PHOTOGRAPHER
February 2 - February 25, 1974
Art Gallery of Ontario

CHARLES PACHTER
March 4 - March 25, 1974
From the Artists with Their Work Programme, Art Gallery of Ontario

ANNUAL MCMASTER STUDENT ART
April 10 - May 2, 1974

TONY TASCONA
May 4 -May 30, 1974
(Art Gallery of Brant)

MASTER PHOTOGRAPHERS
May 24- June 7, 1974

HIROKO MATSUURA
June 2 - June 27, 1974

PERMANENT COLLECTION
July - August 1974

CANADIAN WEST COAST HERMETICS
September 1974
Presented in collaboration with the University of British Columbia.

CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
October 2 - October 30, 1974

JOAN VAN DAMME, ANNETTE FRANCOISE, SUSAN SCHNEIDER
October 15 - November 6, 1974

RECENT ACQUISITIONS OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PRINTS
October 30 - November 22, 1974

MCMASTER COLLECTORS
December 1974

1975

EMILY CARR
January 8 - January 30, 1975
Art Gallery of Ontario

A CHILD OF SIX COULD DO IT!
February 1 - February 28, 1975
National Gallery of Canada

OLD MASTERS AT MCMASTER
March 3 - March 31, 1975
Michelangelo Symposium organized by McMaster University

ANNUAL MCMASTER STUDENT ART
April 1 - April 27, 1975

CHARLES S. BAND MEMORIAL
September 9 - October 12, 1975
Exhibition of Canadian Paintings and Sculptures

GREEK AND ROMAN LIFE MINIATURE
November 8 - December 1, 1975

GROUP OF SEVEN SKETCHES
December 2 - December 31, 1975

1976

EDWIN HOLGATE
January 5 - February 2, 1976

ART AND MIND OF VICTORIAN ENGLAND
February 15 - March 6, 1976
Presents life and social conditions back in the 19th century

THREE CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN ARTISTS
March 2 - March 22, 1976

ANTWERP'S GOLDEN AGE
March 6 - April 18, 1976
Curator: Brian Crowe

ONTARIO POTTERS' ASSOCIATION JURIED EXHIBITION
May 14 - June 12, 1976

PERMANENT COLLECTION
July - August 1976

CHAIRS
September 11 - September 30, 1976
Organized and circulated by the AGO

SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION
October 7 - October 24, 1976
SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
October 30 - November 14, 1976

AT HOME AND IMAGES OF NATURE
November 18 - December 15, 1976
An exhibition of photography

1977

EDUARDO O. PAULOZZI
January 1 - January 31, 1977
In collaboration with the National Gallery of Canada

ATLANTIC COAST AND THE ARTIST'S WORKSHOP
January 5 - January 30, 1977

MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS
January 5 - January 30, 1977 111

DRAWINGS FROM QUEBEC
February 5 - February 24, 1977

PAMELA GOLMAN SMITH EXHIBITION
February 15 - February 24, 1977

Presented in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Irish Studies

ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION
April 14 - 30, 1977

MCMASTER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
May 18 - June 6, 1977
Works by three McMaster graduates: John Hartman, Marguerite Pirosha, and Dirk Vermeulen.

AND NOW A MESSAGE… A CENTURY OF AMERICAN ADVERTISING
August 27 - September 25, 1977
From the Smithsonian Institute

METHODS OF PRINTMAKING
August 27 - September 25, 1977
This exhibition is specifically for students in art History 2J3, followed by an exhibition of Artistic Methods for students in Art History 1A6.

TAKING PHYSICK: MEDICINE IN THE XVIII CENTURY
October 13 - October 30, 1977
Prints, books, and artifacts from the Drake Collection of the Academy of Medicine, Toronto, to take place during the 18th century Symposium.

CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN INDIAN ART
November 3 - December 8, 1977
North American Indian Art from the National Museum

EXPOSITION
December 4 - December 15, 1977
Annual Exhibition of the Colour and Form Society

CANADIAN LANDSCAPE: SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
December 12 - February 26, 1977
Works by Homer Watson, George Reid, Franklin Carmichael, Lionel Lemoine Fitzgerald, Milne, Franz Johnson, William Kurelek, and Alex Colville

1978

PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOSEPH SUDEK
January 5 - January 31, 1978
From the Eastman-Kodak Collection

ROSES: PAST AND PRESENT
February 6 - February 26, 1978
From the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.

THREE CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN ARTISTS
March 1 - March 22, 1978

DAVID MILNE

EXPLORING THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY OF CANADA
March 1- March 31, 1978
A small exhibit of works by David Milne (1882-1953) circulated by the National Gallery of Ottawa.

ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION
April 16 - April 30, 1978

ONTARIO POTTERS AND GLASSBLOWERS
May 12 - June 23, 1978

A LITTLE NIGHTLIFE
September 7 - September 25, 1978
The photographs of Michael Mitchell

GERMAN PRINTS FROM THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
September 28 - October 23, 1978

18TH CENTURY PORTRAITURE
October 28 - November 27, 1978
Art of Sir Joshua Reynolds and William Hogarth among others

GIFTS, LOANS AND ACQUISITIONS
December 4 - 20, 1978

1979

CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
January 15 - February 11, 1979

FOR JOHN CONSTABLE
January 15 - February 1, 1979
Consists of nineteen prints by contemporary British artists who pay tribute to the life and work of landscape painter John Constable (1776 - 1837)

SHAMANS AND SPIRITS - MYTH, RELIGION, AND MEDICAL SYMBOLISM IN ESKIMO ART
February 15 - March 15, 1979
Examines the complex mythological, spiritual, and medical world of the Eskimos

AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY JANET HENDERSHOT
February 19 - March 11, 1979
Exhibition includes acrylic and pastel drawings by the Toronto artist

GEORGE ROUAULT'S MISERERE
March 15- April 8, 1979
Prints from the McMaster University Permanent Collection.

ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION
April 15 - April 30, 1979

ANNUAL ALUMNI EXHIBITION
May 9 - May 27, 1979
Displays prints collected by McMaster University's Department of Art and Art History over some 15 years of printmaking classes

WATERCOLOURS AND OILS BY RALPH ASHTON
September 2 - September 30, 1979

MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE IN ART
September 15 - October 1, 1979

MEDIA IN ART
October 1 - October 17, 1979

JAPANESE THEATRICAL PRINTS OF THE 18th CENTURY
October 11 - October 28, 1979

100 YEARS OF THE POSTER IN CANADA
November 1 - November 25, 1979

NATURALISM IN 19th CENTURY ETCHING
November 14 - December 13, 1979

ROBIN HOPPER: EXPLORATION WITHIN A LANDSCAPE
November 15 - December 15, 1979

1980

KATJA JACOBS: OPEN STUDIO 38 PRINTS
January 7 - January 31, 1980
Local artist known for her strong and exciting abstract oils, acrylic and metallic compound exhibits her canvases

CONRAD FELIXMULLER
January 31 - February 15, 1980

CLARK MCDOUGALL: OUTLINE IN BLACK
February 4 - March 4, 1980
Featuring McDougall's unique colour works including paintings executed in black enamel, oil paintings, and a number of limited edition silk-screen prints.

ALBERTO BURRI
February 4 - March 4, 1980
Featuring prints by Italian artist Alberto Burri.

UKRAINIAN ART

Contemporary Ukrainian art shown in conjunction with Ukrainian week on campus

BRITISH ART FROM THE ART GALLERY OF HAMILTON
February 22 - March 20, 1980

JACK SHADBOLT EXHIBITION
March 5 - April 6, 1980

ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION
April 15 - May 6, 1980

COINS OF THE CLASSICAL WORD
May 18 - June 1, 1980
Exhibit of Greek and Roman coins supported by artefacts selected from the McMaster Collection

KETUBAH: THE JEWISH MARRIAGE CONTRACT
August - September 21 / November 7, 1980 - November 30, 1980
A compilation of Illuminated Manuscripts from Italy, Spain, Persia, India, Europe, etc. from the 17th century to the present

W.M. BERRY COLLECTION OF ESKIMO ART
September 25 - October 26, 1980
Inuit Sculptures, Prints and Artefacts gifted to McMaster. Many are from the Cape Dorset area of Baffin Island

MEDIA TECHNIQUE IN ART
September 29 - October 15, 1980

JAMES BARROWMAN
October 20 - November 9, 1980

EXPRESSIONIST THEATRE
October 29 - November 9, 1980

SWISS PHOTOGRAPHS: FROM 1840 - PRESENT
November 13 - December 11, 1980
Photographs pressed by the Swiss Foundation for Photography in Cooperation with the Foundation from Zurich. A photo-documentary exhibit

1981

VAN DYCK'S ICONOGRAPHY
January 5 - 29, 1981

MENNONITE DECORATIVE ARTS EXHIBITION
February 1 - 22, 1981

EARLY ARCHITECTURE IN HAMILTON
February 5 - 22, 1981

SATIRE AND HUMOUR IN THE 18TH CENTURY
February 26 - April 22, 1981

KAREL APPEL
March 5 - April 12, 1981

ALUMNI JURIED EXHIBITION
May 17 - June 7, 1981

ANNE KAHANE SCULPTURE, PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
September 3 - October 11, 1981

PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES
September 6 - 20, 1981

MEDIA TECHNIQUES IN ART
September 24 - October 11, 1981

ONTARIO CRAFTS COUNCIL EXHIBITION
October 15 - November 15, 1981

CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART FROM THE MCMASTER COLLECTION
October 22 - November 15, 1981

ALEX COLVILLE: WAR ARTIST
November 18 - December 13, 1981

JACK MACAULAY PHOTOGRAPHS
November 18 - December 13, 1981

1982

AN ALBUM OF 18TH CENTURY VENETIAN OPERATIC CARICATURES
January 4 - 24, 1982
Organized and circulated by the AGO

LEONARD HUTCHINSON
January 7 - January 24, 1982

THANATOPSIS: IMAGES OF DEATH IN EUROPEAN GRAPHICS
January 28 - February 18, 1982

MAX PECHSTEIN
February 1 - February 18, 1982

PAINTINGS OF IMPERIAL AND PRINCELY INDIA
February 22 - March 21, 1982
40 paintings from classical Persian and Islamic Court of the 16th and 18th centuries. From the National Gallery of Canada

ROBERT LANGSTADT: WOODCUTS
February 25 - March 21, 1982

NADAR AND THE EARLY HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN FRANCE
March 24 - April 11, 1982
Consulate General of France

THE SHALOM EXHIBITION
March 28 - April 11, 1982
THE ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION
April 15 - May 9, 1982

NORTH AND SOUTH: PAUL DUFF
May 3 - May 30, 1982
Includes his new paintings of Cootes Paradise

SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
May 13 - June 6, 1982

INSCAPE/OUTSCAPE
September 2 - October 3, 1982
Show of work by three Ontario artists: Cathy Gibbon, Marguerite Larmand and John Hartman.

MOVING PICTURE: AN ART HISTORY FILM SERIES
September 1982

FACULTY EXHIBITION: Show of work by the Studio Faculty of the Department of Art and Art History.
October 7 - November 7, 1982
Artists include: Don Carr, Hugh Galloway, Marguerite Larmand, and Lorne Toews.

MEDIA AND TECHNIQUES IN ART
October 13 - October 31, 1982

PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS OF CLASSICAL COINS OPENS
October 29 1982
Greek and Roman Political Propaganda: Literary and Numismatic Aspects will run in accordance with the opening of the classical coins installation.

MAX BECKMAN: "GESICHTER" PORTFOLIO
November 6 - December 12, 1982
Organized and circulated by the AGO

MAPS AND THE BODY
November 11 - December 12, 1982
Memorial University Art Gallery
A display of anatomical illustrations dating from the middle of the fourteenth to the middle of the nineteenth centuries.

1983

THE CONFEDERATION GENERATION
January 3 - January 30, 1983
Circulated by the Royal Ontario Museum

EDWARD S. CURTIS: PHOTOGRAPHER
February 3 - 28, 1983
From the Royal Ontario Museum
RURAL VISIONS/ URBAN SURREALITIES
February 6 - February 27, 1983
The drawings of Sonja Piushschak
ONTARIO CRAFTS COUNCIL
March 6 - April 12, 1983

DECADENCE AND HUMAN FOLLY: SELECTION FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
March 6 - April 12, 1983

AROUND AMERICAN POP
August 30 - October 24, 1983

FROM ISTANBUL TO BOKHARA: Antique Carpets of the Near East
September 6 - October 4, 1983

ONE HUNDRED GOLDEN YEARS: CANADIAN ART 1830 - 1930
October 13 - December 4, 1984
Selections from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Hamilton

1984

WAYNE BOUCHER
January 4 - February 2, 1984

ARLENE BERMAN
January 4 - February 2, 1984

NEW STUDIO FACULTY SHOW
February 9 - March 8, 1984
Artists: Judy Major and Graham Todd

MEDIA TECHNIQUE IN THE HISTORY OF ART
February 15 - March 6, 1984

ANIMALS IN ART
March 15 - April 15, 1984
An exhibition of drawings circulated by the National Gallery of Canada.

RECENT ACQUISITIONS
April 24 - May 31, 1984

ONTARIO AT WORK: A JURIED PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
April 29 - May 18, 1984
Circulated by the Lynnwood Arts Centre

THE MAGNA CARTA
May 29 - June 8, 1984

THROUGH WESTERN EYES: TOM HAMILTON
September 5 - September 23, 1984

FIGURES AND LANDSCAPES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
September 5 - September 23, 1984

IMPOSED ORDER ON A FALLEN TREE
September 5- September 23, 1984
Murray Kropf Paintings

SELECTED STUDENT WORKS
September 5 - September 23, 1984

(First Juried Student Show)

DAVID WRIGHT PAINTINGS 1971-1984
October 2 - November 11, 1984

DAVID LUKAS: TWENTY YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
November 18 - December 16, 1984

MSU COLLECTION
November 18 - December 16, 1984

1985

A STUDIED BEAUTY: PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY BY CECIL BEATON
January 5 - February 3, 1985

MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE IN THE HISTORY OF ART
January 5 - February 3, 1985

LUPE RODRIGUEZ: VUELTA ESPANA
February 10 - March 18, 1985
An exhibition of recent Paintings

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AWARD POSTERS
February 10 - March 18, 1985

GRAPHEX 9
March 25 - April 29, 1985

ANTIQUE MAPS
March 25 - April 29, 1985

SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
May 5 - May 24, 1985

CANADIAN PAINTINGS FROM THE 60s AND 70s
September 3 - September 29, 1985
Collections of 16 paintings from the collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton and McMaster University

MASTER PRINTMAKERS
September 3 - September 29, 1985
Chartering the evolution of print with a collection of works that extends from 15th century printed books to 17th century etchings by Rembrandt and atmospheric prints by modern master James McNeill Whistler

DAVID THAUBERGER PRINTS
September 3 - September 29, 1985
Everyday images and their role as symbols and emblems are explored in this series of 15 screenprints. Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario

IN THE FACE OF REPRESSION - POPULAR CULTURE IN PRESENT DAY CHILE
September 3 - September 29, 1985
Twelve small tapestries or "arpilleras" recently brought to Hamilton from Chile.

20TH CENTURY INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE
October 6 - November 10, 1985

MEDIA AND TECHNIQUES EXHIBITION
October 6 - November 10, 1985
From the Permanent Collection

ART AFFAIRS NORTH
November 17 - December 15, 1985
A traveling juried exhibition of work by Northern Ontario artists circulated by Ontario Artists North

CONTEMPORARY NATIVE PAINTINGS FROM NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO
November 17 - December 15, 1985
Artists: Morrisseau and Debassige

1986

ANNA MIEDAN SCULPTURE
January 5 - February 2, 1986
Portraits and figure studies by Hamilton artist Anna Miedan

SELECTED STUDENT WORK
January 5 - February 16, 1986
Paintings, drawings, and prints by students

EXPANDING THE TRADITION
February 9 - March 16, 1986
David Alexander Paintings
Contemporary landscape paintings by Saskatoon artist David Alexander. Circulated by the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon

SMALL PAINTINGS BY THE GROUP OF SEVEN
February 23 - March 16, 1986
From the Collection of Mr. Jennings Young

GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST PRINTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
March 19 - April 9, 1986

CONTEMPORARY NON-CONFORMIST ART FROM EASTERN EUROPE
March 21 - April 9, 1986

ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION
April 13 - May 17, 1986

EDOUARDO BOUBAT
May 25 - June 28, 1986
A portfolio of photographs. Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario

SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
May 20 - August 17, 1986

BRENDER A BRANDIS: WOOD ENGRAVINGS
August 25 - September 28, 1986

FACULTY SHOW '86
September 2 - September 28, 1986
Including recent works by Don Carr, Hugh Galloway, Judy Major-Girardin and Lee Paquette from the Department of Art and Art History

IMAGES OF ONTARIO: LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND
October 5 - November 9, 1986
Organized and Circulated by the AGO

MEDIA AND TECHNIQUES
October 5 - November 9, 1986

CAPE DORSET PRINTS AND SCULPTURES
November 16 - December 14, 1986
Includes works from the University's and local collections
ROGER YOUNG: PHOTOGRAPHS
November 16 - December 14, 1986
Collection of photographs of decaying barns and rural buildings document the disappearance of aspects of our historical and architectural heritage

INSTALLATION BY GARY SPEARIN
November 16 - December 14, 1986
Featuring a unique site-specific installation

1987

DIDEROT EXHIBITION
January 1987
(French Consulate)

FIREWORKS '86
January 4 - February 8, 1987
Featuring works by craftsmen from across Canada, organized by Ontario Potters Association

SELECTED STUDENT WORKS
January 6 - February 15, 1987
Paintings, prints and drawings are featured in a series of two-week mini exhibits. A Student Juried exhibition

"CHROMA" … QUEBEC
February 11 - March 8, 1987
Juried exhibition presents work by a cross-section of Quebec-Artists
(Conseil des Artistes Peinters du Quebec)

EUROPEAN PRINTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
February 18 - March 15, 1987
These prints represent the major developments in printmaking techniques, 16th century to the turn of the 20th century

20TH CENTURY AMERICAN PAINTING
March 15 - April 12, 1987
Featuring works by leading American artists from the Art Gallery of Hamilton

AMERICAN PRINTS
March 15 - April 12, 1987
A selection from McMaster's Permanent Collection

STUDENT SHOW
April 15 - April 30, 1987
A yearly exhibition containing all mediums, created throughout the academic year by McMaster art students

ALUMNI '87
May 3 - May 22, 1987
Juried Alumni Exhibition

GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST PRINTS
May 28 - July 21, 1987
From McMaster's Permanent Collection

BOX ART
September 7 - September 27, 1987
Organized and circulated by the Durham Art Gallery. Painted boxes by Ontario artists including Tony Urquhart, Otis Tamasauskas, and Harold Klunder

CHILDREN'S CENTENNIAL ART EXHIBITION
September 7 - September 27, 1987
Art work produced by Hamilton area primary school children

PARALLEL ITINERARIES
September 7 - September 27, 1987
An exhibition of contemporary Italian painting from Abruzzo. A Festitalia Exhibition

TREASURES OF MCMASTER
October 4 - October 25 1, 1987
Includes Paintings, prints, sculpture, rare books, ceremonial silver and other fine objects exhibited from a variety of University collections

PRINTS AND WATERCOLOURS BY CHARLES TOMLINSON
October 4 - October 25 1, 1987
Recent work by this English poet and artist

ART IN MEDICINE: Medical Illustration 1520-1987
October 31 - December 13, 1987
Represents the various ways in which the human form has been perceived. A centennial project organized by the Department of Anatomy, Department of Art and Art History and the McMaster Art Gallery. Guest curators Mimi Cazort and Ken Roberts. The support of Upjohn, Searle, and Siemens is gratefully acknowledged

THE DEAD AND THE NAKED
October 31 - December 13, 1987

TAIT MCKENZIE SCULPTURE
October 31 - December 13, 1987

40-FOOT-WALK-THROUGH OF THE HUMAN STOMACH
October 31 - December 13, 1987
Ewart Angus

20TH CENTURY MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION
October 31 - December 13, 1987
Ewart Angus

REGULAR SCREENINGS OF FILMS AND VIDEOS
October 31 - December 13, 1987
Ewart Angus

1988

SELECTED STUDENT WORK
January 5 - February 4, 1988

THE FINE ART GESTURE: DRAWINGS BY FERDINAND HODLER
February 7 - March 6, 1988
Focus on the Swiss artist's preoccupation with the human gesture. Organized and circulated by the Montreal Museum of Fine Art

WATERCOLOURS BY S.K. WONG
February 7 - March 6, 1988

KAYO O'YOUNG: IN COLOUR
February 7 - March 6, 1988
Ceramics of Kayo O'Young. Organized and circulated by the Ontario Crafts Council

RECENT ACQUISITIONS
March 13- April 10, 1988
Includes recent donations and purchases to the McMaster Collection

MINI-EXHIBITION TO CELEBRATE MOULTON COLLEGE CENTENNIAL
April 17- April 22, 1988

STUDENT ART
April 17 - May 15, 1988

SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
May 22 - August 21, 1988

RAY MEAD PAINTINGS
September 1 - September 28, 1988

CANADIAN PRINTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
September 1 - September 28, 1988

ART/FACTS
October 2 - October 30, 1988
An educational exhibition about the physical attributes of works of art

C.P. FELL BEQUEST OF CHINESE ARTIFACTS
October 2 - October 30, 1988

CONDE AND BEVERIDGE
November 6 - December 6, 1988
Photographs by Carol Conde and Karl Beveridge
Organized and circulated by the AGO

ARTSCAN JURIED PRINTS EXHIBITION
November 6 - December 11, 1988
Arranged in conjunction with The Hamilton and Region Arts Council and generously sponsored by DOFASCO BANK'S FLORILEGIUM
November 21 - December 23, 1988
Circulated by the National Library of Canada. McMaster University and the Royal Botanical Gardens contributed to the purchase of the Florilegium - botanical illustrations from Captain Cook's 1768 -1771 voyage

1989

HALLOWED OBJECTS
January 8 - January 30, 1989
Contemporary liturgical objects. Organized and circulated by the Ontario Crafts Council

SELECTED STUDENT WORKS
January 8 - January 30, 1989

ARTISTS BY ARTISTS
February 5 - March 1, 1989
Prints from the permanent collection

INSTALLATION: ART CANADA COUNCIL ART BANK
February - March 1, 1989

ELIZABETH HOLBROOK RETROSPECTIVE
March 5 - April 9, 1989

GEORGE ROUAULT'S MISERERE
March 5 - April 9, 1989

SUMMA SHOW
April 16- April 30, 1989

ANNUAL ALUMNI SHOW
May 2, 1989 - May 14, 1989

CHILDREN'S ART
May 21 - June 23, 1989

SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
May 21 - August 30, 1989

MCMASTER / DVSA FACULTY SHOW
September 5 - October 1, 1989
Art by Don Carr, Hugh Galloway, Judy Major-Girardin, Graham Todd, Naomi Jackson Groves, Arthur Handy, Trevor Hodgson, Stan Hughes, Alison Bindner-Ouelette, Lee Paquette, John Wilkinson

PURLOINED PORTRAITS
September 5 - October 1, 1989
Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario

ART/FACTS
October 8 - November 5, 1989
Media, techniques, process, conservation, hands-on

CANADIAN SCULPTURES FROM THE ART GALLERY OF HAMILTON
October 8 - November 5, 1989
In celebration of the Art Gallery of Hamilton's 75th anniversary

THE MCMASTER COMMUNITY COLLECTS
November 12 - December 10, 1989

TOO MANY PEOPLE SUFFERING
November 12 - December 10, 1989
Poster Art from South Africa. Organized and sponsored by CUSO

1990

INUIT ART FROM THE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION
January 3 - January 28, 1990

SELECTED STUDENT WORK
January 3 - January 28, 1990

MEMORIES/ASSOCIATIONS/MYTHOLOGIES: PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES BY GEORGE WOOD
February 4 - March 4, 1990
Supported by the Alberta Art Foundation, Government of Alberta

ART/FACTS
February 4- March 4, 1990

OS: THE LOVE DARTS OF THE SLUG
AN INSTALLATION BY RAE ANDERSON
March 11- April 10, 1990
Supported by the Explorations Program, The Canada Council

ANDRE DERAIN: LE SATYRICON
March 11 - April 10, 1990

ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION: SUMMA
April 15- April 30, 1990

OPEN STUDENT SHOW
May 1 - May 13, 1990

RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION
May 20 - August 4, 1990

LANGUAGE IN ART
September 4- September 30, 1990
INQUIRIES: LANDSCAPE INTO ART
September 4 - September 30, 1990
Organized and Circulated by the

AGO ART/FACTS
October 14 - November 11, 1990

JAMES MORRISON: WORKS ON PAPER
October 14 - November 11, 1990

JOYCE WIELAND: QUILTS IN CONTEXT
November 28 - December 16, 1990

SMS: A COLLECTION OF MULTIPLES
November 28 - December 16, 1990
Organized and Circulated by the AGO

1991

PAST AND PRESENT: Antique Biscuit Jars

from the Collection of Christine Brown and Co. Ltd.
January 2 - February 3, 1991

INUIT SCULPTURE FROM THE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION
February 10 - March 10, 1991

CAPE DORSET SCULPTURE
February 10 - March 10, 1991

RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION
March 17- April 10, 1991

WILSON WOOD ENGRAVINGS
March 17 - April 10, 1991

ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION (SUMMA)
April 30 - May 12, 1991

ARTISTS IN HAMILTON: SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
May 20 - August 15, 1991

LEVY COLLECTION WORKS ON PAPER
May 20 - August 15, 1991

BENEATH A CANOPY OF BLUE
June 21- July 28, 1991

SCHRITTWECHSEL/CHANGE OF GAIT
August 23 - September 12, 1991
Contemporary East German Art. The Gallery gratefully acknowledges a grant from the Federal Republic of Germany through the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Toronto for the presentation of this exhibition

GERMAN PRINTS FROM THE MCMASTER COLLECTION
September 15- September 29, 1991

ART/FACTS (TWO PARTS)
October 6- November 2, 1991
An educational exhibition about the physical properties of works of art - from the McMaster collection

WATERCOLOURS BY STAN PERROTT
November 10 - December 8, 1991

FABRIC PAINTINGS BY GHITTA WHILLIER
November 10 - December 8, 1991

LANDSCAPES BY BUTTERCUP GARRAD
November 10 - December 8, 1991

1992

RE:TURNING - WORKS BY STEPHAN HOGBIN
January 5- February 2, 1992
Wood projects made with a lathe. Organized and circulated by the Ontario Crafts Council

JOHN MASSEY PHOTOGRAPHS
January 5- February 2, 1992
Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario

RECENT VIDEO
January 5 - February 2, 1992
An Artists with Their Work Project through the Art Gallery of Ontario. A collaboration with the Hamilton Artists Inc.

RECENT ACQUISITIONS
February 9 - March 18, 1992
Notable additions to the McMaster collection

SELECTED STUDENT ART
February 9 - March 18, 1992

REMINDER OF THEIR PRESENCE: WORKS BY NORTHWEST COAST BASKETMAKERS
March 15 - April 12, 1992
Curated by the Ontario Crafts Council

INUIT PRINTS FROM THE MCMASTER COLLECTION
March 15 - April 12, 1992

SUMMA GRADUATION STUDENTS SHOW
April 14 - April 26, 1992

GENERAL STUDENTS SHOW
April 28 - May 10, 1992

SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
May 17- August 21, 1992

SEPTEMBER '67 REVISITED
September 4 - September 30, 1992
A recreation of the Gallery's first exhibition in September 1967. Paintings from the collection of the Art Gallery of Hamilton and McMaster University

FACULTY SHOW
October 4 - November 1, 1992
Hugh Galloway, Jean Maddison, Judy Major-Girardin, Graham Todd

HANNAH HOCH: 1889-1978/COLLAGEN
November 8- December 13, 1992
Collages by a major German Dada artist. Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario

1993

CANADIAN ARTISTS IN PARIS
January 4 - January 31, 1994
From Caroline and Frank Armington (Art Gallery of Peel) to the present
IN THE NAME OF ART, IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE
February 7 - March 7, 1993
Exhibition about conservation. Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario

GEMS FROM THE LEVY COLLECTION
March 5 - March 7, 1993

BRUCE JOHNSON: MAKING THE NEWS
March 14 - April 11, 1993
(Mt. Saint Vincent University Art Gallery)

SUMMA - STUDENT SHOW
April 15 - May 16, 1993

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER
May 23 - August 20, 1993
The McMaster Art Gallery's anniversary exhibition

KEN CURRIE: THE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY
August 30- September 26, 1993
A series of 26 etchings by Scottish artist Ken Currie

ART/FACTS
October 3- October 24, 1993 27

X SONIA
October 28 - December 5, 1993
Portraits of composer and musician Sonia by Walter Gramatte.

1994

Closed till June 7, 1994 for move to the New McMaster Museum of Art Building

WORKS ON PAPER
June 8 - August 31, 1994
From Dürer to Braque, Joos van Cleve to Morandi. Focus on selected drawings, watercolours, and prints

THE HERMAN HERZOG LEVY COLLECTION
June 8 - August 31, 1994
Seventeenth century portraits and still lifes; English portraiture; 19th century French paintings, prints, drawings and sculpture, early European abstraction

LEVY BEQUEST PURCHASES
June 8 - August 31, 1994
Old Master drawings, Flemish portraits, German Expressionist art, historical European landscapes, English 20th century paintings prints, drawings and sculptures, early European abstraction

NUMISMATIC AND ANTIQUITIES
June 8 - August 31, 1994

INUIT ART
June 8 - August 31, 1994

MCMASTER COLLECTS
June 19 - August 21, 1994

THIS OBJECT, THAT OBJECT: TO REVEAL THE HIDDEN MEANING OF THINGS
September 4 - October 16, 1994
CHINESE CERAMICS
October 8 - December 11, 1994

JOE TILSON: NATURAL ELEMENTS
October 9 - January 22, 1994
"I've been trying to rub out the categories of both the print as a minor medium and what you can do in a print." Joe Tilson. Works from the permanent collection.

ALUMNI GIFTS
October 9 - January 22, 1995

SCOTTISH ARTISTS' PRINTS
October 23 - November 20, 1994
Selections from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, organized and circulated by the British Council.

YORK WILSON: THE GEOMETRIC WORKS 1966-71
November 24 - December 21, 1994
Between 1966 to 1971, Canadian artist York Wilson created a focussed, dramatic and integrated body of hard-edged, brilliantly coloured, rhythmical paintings. These paintings have never previously been exhibited or examined as a group

ABSTRACTION
December 11 - March 19, 1995

1995

ALEX COLVILE: SELECTED DRAWINGS
January 8 - February 5, 1995
Organized and circulated by the Owens Art Gallery

ACQUIRE
January 29 - April 8, 1995
Recent Acquisitions

TEXTILES OF LAOS AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
February 12 - March 12, 1995

17TH CENTURY DUTCH ART
February 12 - April 13, 1995

MICHAEL SNOW
March 19 - April 16, 1995

IDEALS AND ILLUSION
April 9 - June 11, 1995

ENDURING INFLUENCES
April 5 - June 11, 1995

356 DAYS
April 21 - May 21, 1995
Graduating Students from McMaster's School of Art, Drama, and Music

CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS
May 21 - August 27, 1995

NEW AND NOTABLE
May 28 - August 20, 1995

POP ART
June 18 - August 20, 1995
CHROMA
August 27 - October 22, 1995

DANCE OF DEATH
September 3 - October 29, 1995
Prints and drawings from the National Gallery of Canada tracing the theme of mortality in the work of European artists from the 15th to mid-20th century. Artists: Hans Holbein, Albrecht Dürer, Otto Dix, and Marc Chagall

WITH MINIMAL MEANS: JOHN HARTMAN PRINTS 1985-1995
November 5 - December 17, 1995
A survey of works by McMaster Graduate John Hartman who combines personal and elemental references to capture and convey the essence of the Canadian landscape. Sponsored by Zurich Canada.

1996

MEDITATIONS AND REVELATIONS
January 7 - February 18, 1996
International Art from the University's Permanent Collection.

THE FIGURE
January 21 - April 14, 1996

THE OTHER
January 21 - April 14, 1996

VESNA TRKULJA: WAR(D)ROBE
February 25 - April 7, 1996
A recent graduate of McMaster University, Vesna Trulja creates armature-like apparel which invites a simultaneously inhibits use

MARBLE PILLOWS
February 25 - April 7, 1996
Montreal-based artist Danica Jojich subverts tradition artistic and social norms and investigates issues related to gender and loss through installations that are interactive

SUMMA: THE EXHIBITIONS
April 14 - May 12, 1996
An annual exhibition featuring work in a variety of media and addressing a diversity of concerns by Fine Arts students graduating from McMaster University's School of Art, Drama, and Music

YEAR BY YEAR
April 21 - June 9, 1996

I KNOW WHAT I LIKE
May 26 - August 18, 1996
An Exhibition which looks at the impact of radical developments in modern and contemporary art of everyday life through the juxtaposition of works of fine art with readily-available consumer goods

CELEBRITY SELECTS
June 9 - August 25, 1996

THE LEVY LEGACY
September 1 - November 3, 1996
WORKS ON PAPER
September 1 - December 15, 1996

THE LEVY LEGACY II
November 10 - December 15, 1996

SMASHING THE CAMERA
November 10 - January 5, 1997
Photography

1997

IN SYNC
January 5 - February 16, 1997
McMaster Fine Art Department Faculty Exhibition

SCOTTISH ART NOW
January 23 - February 23, 1997

HENRY MATISSE - JAZZ
February 23 - April 13, 1997

THE PINAKOTHEK PORTFOLIO
March 2 - May 18, 1997
An exhibition of 17 etchings by contemporary artists. The portfolio is one of McMaster's Levy Bequest purchases.

FECUNDITY (ART EXHIBITION): SUMMA 1997
April 20 - May 18, 1997
Students of the Studio Art programme at McMaster.

TAKING AND GIVING
May 27 - August 23, 1997
British contemporary sculptures

OF CONSEQUENCE
June 1 - August 17, 1997
"30" the second half of 3&30 exhibition program

NORTH OF AMERICA
September 7 - October 26, 1997
Contemporary installation by Douglas Clark

GRAND EMOTIONS: FANTASY, YEARNING AND AMOUR IN ROMANTIC ART
October 12 - January 11, 1997
19th century Romantic Art. National Gallery of Canada.

BY OSMOSIS
November 2 - December 21, 1997
Michael Allgoewer, Christianne L'Espérance, Philip Grant, Ivan Jurakic, Clare Pearson, Carolyn Samkova. New work by an area artist collective inspired by and shown with selected work from the McMaster Collection.

1998

UP NORTH
January 11 - February 23, 1998
This contemporary art installation by artist/curator Andrew Hunter uses fiction to create parallels between painter Tom Thomson and hockey player Bill Barilko.

KÄTHE KOLLWITZ AND ERNST BARLACH
January 18 - March 29, 1998
Permanent collection exhibition.

POINT OF VIEW: CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN WOMEN ARTISTS
March 1 - April 12, 1998
Recent acquisitions to McMaster's permanent collection.

GEORGE WALLACE COLLECTION OF PICTORIAL TITLE PAGES AND FRONTISPIECES
April 5 - June 7, 1998

FRENCH ART
April 5 - June 7, 1998
Selections from the permanent collection

SUMMA: 9 ON THE WALL, 10 ON THE FLOOR, 5 UNDECIDED
April 19 - May 17, 1998
Graduates of the Studio Art Programme at McMaster's School of the Arts. Annual show featuring works from Graduates of the Studio Art Program at McMaster

AT THE EDGE OF PARADISE
May 24 - August 16, 1998
Contemporary art from the collection that involves interaction with nature

$PENT
May 24- August 16, 1998
An exhibition of all works acquired for McMaster's permanent collection courtesy of the generous Herman Levy Bequest

INNER NATURE
June 14- August 16, 1998
Post-Impressionist and early Modernist art that renders nature or emotion in a non-literal manner

THE ARCAND COLLECTION
September 1 - October 4, 1998
A selection of classical ceramics, glass and jewellery with the liturgical artefacts from the donation by Jennifer and Theodore Arcand

GEIST
September 6 - October 25, 1998
McMaster's newly acquired Expressionist and contemporary German art

GREAT ROMANTICS
October 8 - October 11, 1998
An exhibition complementing the annual Great Romantics Festival coordinated by The City of Hamilton in association with The American Liszt Society and School of the Arts, McMaster University

MAX BECKMANN PRINTS
October 11 - November 8, 1998
One in a series of ongoing in-depth focus exhibitions to feature significant artists that are represented in the collection

LINES OF ENQUIRY
November 1 - December 13, 1998
Circulated by the National Gallery of Canada and on David Lemon Collection, this exhibition is presents a survey of British printmaking from Romantic to Modernism.

BRITISH PRINTS
November 15 - December 20, 1998
Highlights from McMaster's print collection to complement Lines of Enquiry

1999

DAVID URBAN: PARTS OF THE WORLD
January 5 - February 14, 1999
A solo exhibition by one of Canada's leading young abstract painters

ABSTRACT ART
January 10 - February 21, 1999
Painting and prints from the McMaster collection selected in part by David Urban as presented with works of art from David Urban's personal collection

WILL MACLEAN: CARDINAL POINTS
February 21- April 18, 1999
An exhibition of paintings and constructions on the themes of Arctic exploration, migration and coastal culture by one of Scotland's leading contemporary artists.

INUIT ART SCULPTURE AND PRINTS
February 28 - May 30
A selection from the McMaster's substantial collection of Cape Dorset Prints, sculptures and artifacts to complement Will MacLean: Cardinal Points

SUMMA - CLASS WORK
April 18 - May 23, 1999
Graduates of McMaster School of the Arts Studio Program 1999.
Annual exhibition by students who have completed the Studio Art Programme in the University's School of Art, Drama and Music

TOXICITY
May 30 - August 15, 1999
A thematic exhibition of contemporary art from McMaster's collection that explores "toxic" sides of art whether from materials used or feeling provoked

SKY
June 6 - August 15, 1999
An "antidote" to Toxicity, Sky presents lyrical contemplative, religious and abstract art with the theme of the sky

TRANSLINEAR
September 5 - October 24, 1999
Contemporary Canadian abstract painting shown in the context of European art from the McMaster collection. Curated by Michael Davidson and Ihor Holubizky. This exhibition toured nationally

SORROWFUL IMAGES - EARLY NETHERLANDISH DEVOTIONAL DIPTYCHS
September 12 - November 7, 1999
This exhibition of devotional panels organized and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada included McMaster's panels by Aelbrecht Bouts

CHRISTIAN IMAGES
September 12 - November 7, 1999
Prints and Drawings from the McMaster Collection

BOUND AND UNBOUND
October 31 - December 12, 1999
Some of the greatest 19th and 20th century series of prints including Goya's Disasters of War, Rouault's Miserere and Passion and Pechstein's Lord's Prayer

HENRI MATISSE: JAZZ PORTFOLIO
November 14 - January 9, 1999
A complement to Bound and Unbound

MARCEL DUCHAMP: THE BOX IN A VALISE
November 14 - January 9, 1999
A complement to Bound and Unbound

2000

2000 LUX
January 4 - February 13, 2000
Contemporary art from the turn of the century that uses light as the medium for expression. Included works by Lisa Neighbour, Dianne Bos, Michael Hayden, Mario Merz and Vong Phaophanit

FIN DE SIECLE
January 6- April 2, 2000
European Art from the late 19th and early 20th century from the McMaster Collection

THE VISUAL IMAGINATION OF LUCY MAUDE MONTGOMERY
February 20- April 9, 2000
An exhibition of photographs by Lucy Maude Montgomery. Organized and circulated by the Confederation Centre Art Gallery & Museum, Charlottetown, PEI

MIMMO PALADINO
April 9 - May 28, 2000
Prints from the collection by contemporary Italian artist Mimmo Paladino

INFESTATION
April 18 - May 14, 2000
The art of Beth McEachen

SUMMA: ALTERNATING CURRENTS
April 16 - May 21, 2000

EDWARD BURTYNSKY PHOTOGRAPHS
May 28 - August 27, 2000
A solo exhibition of landscape photographs that document human intervention in the landscape

JOAN JONAS PHOTOGRAPHS
May 28 - August 20, 2000
Cibachrome, dramatic photographs by contemporary American artist Joan Jonas

ARBORETUM
June 4 - September 3, 2000
A collection of trees in art drawn from the McMaster art collection

ZONE 6B
June 21 - September 4, 2000
Art in the Environment - As part of a regional, inter-institutional, collaborative outdoor art exhibition the museum presented Michael Allgoewer's Islands #1 and #2 sculptures in the Faculty Hallow at the center of the McMaster campus

ANTIQUITY REVISITED: THE 19TH CENTURY
September 3 - October 22, 2000

CLASSICAL/ANTI-CLASSICAL
September 10 - November 5, 2000

NATURE OVER AGAIN: AFTER POUSSIN
November 1 - December 17, 2000
Installation of Photographs and music by Scottish artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay.On loan from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.

THE VAULTS REVEALED: A PRIVATE COLLECTION
November 10 - January 12, 2001

BERTRAND RUSSELL'S ODYSSEY
November 12 - January 7, 2001
An exhibition in celebration of the Bertrand Russell Research Centre. Philosopher, mathematician, jail bird, Nobel prize winner, social critic, author and teacher, his life journey is reflected in a series of still photographs and art work

2001

JAN WADE
January 7- February 18, 2001
Curated by Kim G. Ness
An exhibition of paintings, sculpture, photographs, and alter pieces by Vancouver-based, Hamilton born Jan Wade. Her artwork explores formidable issues associated with multiracial heritage (African, Caribbean, Western European), New world imagery and popular culture with humour, sensitivity and eloquence. Catalogue designed and written by Andrew Hunter

THE SPIRITUAL IN ART
January 7- February 18, 2001
Curated by Kim G. Ness

SHELLEY NIRO: UNBURY MY HEART
February 25- April 8, 2001
Curated by Kim G. Ness
Internationally recognized Mohawk artist Shelley Niro has created a special installation that eloquently presents themes of history and interconnectedness

LEONARD BASKIN: AMERICAN INDIAN SERIES
April 22 - June 24, 2001
Displaying an impressive series of recently donated prints by Leonard Baskin

SUMMA EXHIBITION: CATCH 22
April 15 - May 20, 2001
McMaster School of the Arts Graduating Studio art students.
Annual exhibition featuring work in a variety of media and addressing a diversity of concerns by students graduating from the Studio Art Programme, School of the Arts, McMaster University.

LOOKING FORWARD: NEW VIEWS OF THE CRAFT OBJECT
November 18 - December 16, 2001
Organized and circulated by the Ontario Crafts Council.
Explores the significance of hand-made objects in a high-tech era and inspires fresh thought about the value of craft as part of our visual culture. Exceptional works by both established and emerging future designers/makers, jewellery, metalsmiths, ceramists and glass, leather and textile artists represent a rich tapestry of Canadian craftsmanship

2002

EVOKING PLACE
January 6 - February 24, 2002
Place, memory and identity are explored in the work of contemporary photographers Lorna Brown, Katherine Knight, April Hickox and Brenda Pelkey. Organized and Circulated by the National Gallery of Canada

SITE ILLUMINATED
January 13 - March 17, 2002
Curated by Kim G. Ness
A selection of photographs from McMaster's permanent collection including Edward Burtynsky, Hamish Fulton, Andy Goldsworthy and Brenda Pelkey to complement Evoking Place

1911: THE ART OF C. WELLS
March 3 - April 14, 2002
Hamilton based artist C. Wells is outstanding for his vigorous commitment to conceptually based art. In 1911, the index of the painted line in the road serves as a source for an exploration of perception, irony, urbanization, landscape and place

MARKERS
March 10 - June 2, 2002
Curated by Kim G. Ness
The Boyle Family, Marcel Duchamp, Naum Gabo, Gerhard Richter, Alexander Rodchenko, and others. A permanent collection exhibition of important 20th century markers of key development in art that point the way to 1911

ALL OUR LOVE: SUMMA EXHIBITION
April 21 - May 19, 2002
An annual exhibition featuring work in a variety of media and addressing a diversity of concerns by students graduating from McMaster's School of the Arts

MEDIEVAL TO MUD
May 26, 2002 - August 18, 2002
Curated by Kim G. Ness
McMaster possesses one of the finest University Collections of work on paper in North America. Medieval to Mud is an opportunity to highlight strengths and notable recent growths as well as the present number of acquisitions that have never before been exhibited at the Museum - From Wolgemut and Dürer to Hockney and Long

SACRED
June 9, 2002 - September 29, 2002
Paintings from the permanent collection complement medieval manuscripts on loan from Research Collections at McMaster University

SACRED AND PROFANE
June 9, 2002 - September 8, 2002
Secular and irreverent themes are explored through a selection of art work from the permanent collection

GERMAINE KOH: OPEN HOURS
September 1, 2002 - October 20, 2002
Germaine Koh 's ongoing piece Knitwork will be complemented by a new site specific installation and various interventions within the Museum and on the University campus. An Artists with Their Work Program which is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and generously supported by the J.P. Bickell Foundation

EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE
September 15 2002 - November 3, 2002
Featuring a recent donation of photographs from Muybridge's revolutionary 1887 publication Animal Locomotion

THE VAULTS REVEALED - MODERN EUROPEAN MASTERS
November 3 - December 1, 2002
Curated by Christine Butterfield
Modern and Contemporary European paintings and sculpture from McMaster University's permanent collection
THE VAULTS REVEALED - A PRIVATE COLLECTION
November 10 - January 12, 2002
Curated by Christine Butterfield
Significant works of art on extended loan from private collectors

2003

FLOW
January 5- February 23, 2003
The merging cultures, blurring of borders and camouflaging of history are explored in the critical and often humorous photographs of Vancouver artist Gu Xiong. Catalogue Yellow River/Blue Culture by Andrew Hunter complements exhibition

MADE IN CANADA
January - March 16, 2003
Curated by Kim G. Ness
The exhibition, presented as a complement to the Gu Xiong:

FLOW exhibition, is a visual discussion about the relationship between landscape and Canadian identity using works from McMaster University's permanent collection

MCMASTER FACULTY EXHIBITION
March 2 - April 13, 2003
Featuring: Graham Todd, Judy Major/Girardin, Don Carr, Liss Platt, Robert Hamilton, Alan Flint, Maria Whiteman

INFLUENCE/CONFLUENCE
March 23- May 11, 2003
Curated by Christine Butterfield
A complement to the Faculty and SUMMA exhibitions featuring 20th century art from McMaster University's permanent collection by artists who are also influential educators. This exhibition includes works by Max Beckmann, John Bellany, Jorg Immendorf, Kathe Kollwitz and Adrian Wiszniewski

… AND THEN THE WORLD
April 20, 2003 - May 16, 2003
The annual exhibition by the graduating studio art students from McMaster University's School of the Arts

ART = H2O
May 25, 2003 - August 17, 2003
Curated by Christine Butterfield
A selection of art from McMaster University's permanent collection in which water serves as the primary subjects of inspiration, whether the focus is leisure, weather, or spirituality. Presented as a part of the province-wide WATER Project, coordinated by the Ontario Society of Artists

COUNTER CULTURE
May 25, 2003 - August 17, 2003
Curated by Christine Butterfield
The reaction to high art, popular culture and the process of painting itself is explored using late 20th century art from McMaster's permanent collection

THE PRINTS OF BETTY GOODWIN
August 31, 2003 - October 19, 2003
One hundred works from the vast body of highly original prints created between 1969 and 1974 by one of Canada's greatest contemporary artists.
Organized and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada. Curated by Rosemarie Tovell, Curator, Canadian Prints and Drawing, NGC. Organized and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada

RE:CYCLE
October 6- November 16, 2003
A series of site-responsive outdoor sculpture installations on campus. Scheduled to coincide with the opening of the Road World Cycling Championship in Hamilton. Recycle is a collaborative programming project coordinated by the Hamilton Artists Inc., The Art Gallery of Hamilton, the McMaster Museum of Art, and the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre

EINSTEIN'S BRAIN
November 9 - January 11, 2004
Nature of abstraction and figuration in art. Includes works from McMaster's permanent collection. Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce

GENERAL IDEA EDITIONS 1967-1995
November 16 - January 4, 1004
Influence of art collective: General Idea- changing forms of art practice and their relation to commerce and fashion. Co-presented by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the M.M.A.

2004

PAST MODERN: THE SINGH TWINS
January 11 - February 29, 2004
Curated by Kim G. Ness
The Twins award winning paintings combine elements from Western and Eastern aesthetics to create a unique genre, which asserts the value of traditional and non-European art forms to the continuing development of Contemporary Art Practice

THE PRINTS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH
January 15 - February 22, 2004
"Enlightenment Materialism and the 'Modern Moral Subjects' of William Hogarth."

COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING
February 29- June 13, 2004
Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce
Highlighting specific art collectors who have donated to McMaster University as well as the practice of art collecting. Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce.
MCMASTER COLLECTS CANADIAN ART
March 7 - April 18, 2004
Recognize the contribution of indigenous peoples to Canadian Identity and the spiritual power of their transformative art. Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce

SUMMA EXHIBITION: THE A-TEAM
April 25 - May 21, 2004
The annual exhibition by the graduating studio art students from McMaster University's School of the Arts

FLOTILLA: ERIKA JAMES
June 13 - August 22, 2004
Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce
Sculptural pieces using light. James presents a sound and sensory experience with objects that shape an unnatural environment or landscape. Complementary essay by McMaster's Dr. Richard Butler

MY MOTHER TONGUE: LEE MYUNGSOOK
June 13 - August 22, 2004
Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce
Lee Myungsook gives us vectors, force lines and the complex perspectives that relate to machine intelligence. Complementary essay by McMaster's Dr. Miroslav Lovric

CAPE DORSET: THE ART OF SURVIVAL
June 20 - November 4, 2004
Curated by Jooyen Rhee
A survey of graphic works and sculpture from Cape Dorset highlights the practices and issues explored in the work of Inuit women artists. Includes works from McMaster's collection and works on loan from the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre in Guelph

THE COLD CASE FILES
June 20 - November 4, 2004
Curated by Katherine Racho
An exhibition of works received in a 1963 bequest, stemming from research by Curatorial intern and McMaster student, Katherine Racho

PALIMPSEST: YECHEL GAGNON
August 29 - November 28, 2004
Montreal-based artist, Yechel Gagnon's monumental plywood relief murals, formed by ripping and chiselling with grinders, routers, sanders and knives suggest topographical forms, Chinese landscapes and a fictional mapping of the world. Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce

THE RESURRECTION OF ROBERT HARRIS

September, 2004

Selected works from the permanent collection. Curatorial project by 4th year Art History student Mira Radanovic

THE RBC CANADIAN PAINTING COMPETITION
November 9 - 14, 2004
Award exhibition. The 7th annual juried exhibition of paintings by 15 finalists from across Canada. Sponsored by RBC Investments and The Canadian Art Foundation

ILLUMINATIONS
November 21 - February 6, 2005
Illuminations explores the mystery of religious symbolism depicted in the visual art of diverse cultures, regions and epochs. Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer

LANDeSCAPES: SIMON FRANK AND REINHARD REITZENSTEIN
December 12 - February 27, 2005
Sculpture and installation work look at the similarities and differences in the eco-art practices of these two artists

2005

PORTRAIT … THE POLITICS OF LOOKING
February 8 - March 6, 2005
Curated by Sally Frater
Issues of race, representation and collecting practices as they intersect in the public space of an art institution are explored using works from McMaster's collection

LEAVING THEIR MARK
February 13 - May 15, 2005
Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer
This exhibition is intended as an "evolution of the practice" survey using examples of printmaking from the Museum's historical and contemporary collections, as they relate to the practices of contemporary artists, Yael Brotman, Shelly Bahl and Libby Hague

CATHY BUSBY: SORRY
GARY NEILL KENNEDY: FAILURE OF INTELLIGENCE
March 6 - April 24, 2005
Curated by Dr. Alexandria Pierce
Two senior Canadian artists, both professors at the Nova Scotia School of Art and Design, team up to present complementary installations based on their respective practices in conceptual art

UNTITLED NO. 27
May 1 - 29, 2005
The McMaster Museum of Art presents the School of the Arts annual graduating student exhibition, featuring the work of 27 students. Sponsored by TD Waterhouse

JOURNEY OF PEACE
May 3 - 8, 2005
Stories depicting life in Afghanistan by Yar Taraky. Presented in conjunction with the McMaster Lancet Challenge Conference: Peace Through Health; Learning from Action

HAGGADAH
May 10 - 29, 2005
An exhibition of lithographs by New York artist Ben Simon is presented in conjunction with a colloquium sponsored by the Canada Research Chair in Modern Jewish Thought, presented by McMaster's Department of Religious Studies

SUBJECTIVE DISTANCE
May 22 - August 21, 2005
Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer
Photographers Edward Burtynsky, Cees Van Gemerden and Peter Karuna frame the texture, architecture and machinery that narrate the conflict between industrial and natural environments

NAOMI JACKSON GROVES: Northern Soul
May 31 - August 21, 2005
Curated by Teresa Gregorio
Naomi Jackson Groves, niece of A.Y. Jackson, taught painting at McMaster University in the fifties. Her expertise on the work of Ernst Barlach contributed greatly to the acquisition of German Expressionist prints for the University's collection. The exhibition of ten paintings by Jackson Groves from McMaster's collection draws on the connection between the group of Seven and Jackson Groves' own work

ACTIVE LAYERS
June 12 - August 14, 2005
Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer
Computer game characters, a light-sensitive surface for video projection, an interactive website, optical illusions in viewfinders, and robotic wire sculptures set the stage for engagement with new media art in this group exhibition, featuring works by Teresa Ascenção, Michelle Gay, Amelia Jiménez, Liss Platt and Veronica Verkley

THE TOGO SALMON CENTENARY EXHIBITION
The Classical World and its Influence
Curated by Dr. Howard Jones
A memorial exhibition including Aegean and Roman items bequeathed by Togo Salmon, etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Luigi Rossini, 15th-20th century art from McMaster's permanent collection, and contemporary work by Spring Hurlbut, Edward Tabachnik, and Audra Schoblocher

...THE BEAST NOT FOUND IN VERSE
November 6 - December 23, 2005
Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer
An investigation of the human condition through the animal imagery of Daniel Erban, Mary Catherine Newcomb, Leesa Streifler, Michael Belmore, and Mary Anne Barkhouse

UN-NATURAL DISASTERS
November 10, 2005 - March 12, 2006
Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer
Historical moments of tragedy and upheaval are explored through the art of Goya, Dix, Turner, Kollwitz and others from McMaster's permanent collection

CHEWA MASKS OF PAIN AND LOSS: AIDS IN MALAWI
November 1 - December 23, 2005
Curated by Dr. Mané Arratia
Dr. Arratia is an anthropologist whose research on AIDS in Africa has introduced her to the work of popular folk artists in Malawi. The masks are contemporary expressions of the ancient artistic tradition of carved masks that narrate experiences of and for the artist's community

2006
BETWEEN HISTORY AND MEMORY
January 8 - February 26, 2006
Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer
This exhibition will use examples from the Museum's own collection to highlight work from twentieth century artists of Latin American origin including Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991), Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982), Tellez (b.1939) and Alfredo Jaar (b.1956)
WILFREDO PRIETO
January 22 - February 26, 2006
Wilfredo Prieto is a rising young Cuban artist whose work was included in a recent exhibition at Toronto's Powerplant, at the last Bienal de La Habana and a number of galleries in Europe. His exhibition is intended as a site-specific project that involves access to the process of collecting and sorting objects and ideas

EMBODIED MATTER
March 5 - May 28, 2006
Showcasing works by women from McMaster's collection including Barbara Hepworth, Anne Kahane, Betty Goodwin, Clarissa Schmidt Inglis and Liz Magor, the exhibit engages with ideas about bodies and representation. Guest curated by Dr. Mary O'Connor and Dr. Janice Hladki

THE NEUE FRAU:
Representations of Women From Expressionism to the New Objectivity
March 1 - April 16, 2006
An exhibition of selected German works from the McMaster Museum of Art Collection. Curated by MMA Education Officer Greg Rennick

PRIMA MATERIA
Dianne Baker, Elaine Whittaker, Lynda Gammon
March 12 - April 23, 2006
Curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer
Exploring the common element in the work of these three women, their relationship to the materials with which they create art

THE NAMED AND THE UNNAMED: REBECCA BELMORE
March 16 - April 23, 2006
Belmore represented Canada at the prestigious 2005 Venice Biennale. This 2002 installation by Belmore engages a commemoration of the women who have gone missing in the downtown east side of Vancouver, while recalling other unnamed histories that constitute our national identity, and hers

IN EXCESS
April 18 - June 29, 2006
Works of art that address the concept of excess as it relates to consumption (physical and psychological), ecological sustainability, and standard of life
Curated by Sapphire Singh, an Art History student at McMaster University

705 600: SUMMA EXHIBITION
April 30 - May 26, 2006
The annual presentation of work by the graduating studio art students from McMaster's School of the Arts

BEYOND THE WOODLAND SCHOOL
June 8 - August 19, 2006
An exhibition of contemporary native art including works by Shelley Niro, Norval Morrisseau, Carl Beam, and others. Curated by Rick Monture, PhD Candidate, English and Cultural Studies Department; and Sara General, McMaster student and member of the McMaster First Nations Student Association

MAKING SENSE OF THINGS
L. Frank Manriquez
Tanis S'eiltin
Frank Shebageget
Nadia Myre
June 15 - August 19, 2006
Four emerging First Nations artists exhibit their work in this collaboration between MMA and the Gorman Museum, University of California. Co-curated by Ingrid Mayrhofer and Veronica Passalacqua
Reception: Saturday June 17, 2-4 pm

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF I.D.
September 2 – November 2, 2006
The work of Buseje Bailey, Ulysses Castellanos, Brendan Fernandes, Insoon Ha, Sadko Hadzihasanovic, Dana Inkster, Shelley Niro and Ho Tam highlights current expressions of identity politics in Canadian art. Curated by Sally Frater. This project is funded by the Canada Council.
Public Reception: Thursday September 14, 6-8pm
Panel Discussion with moderator Andrea Fatona and artists Buseje Bailey, Brendan Fernandes, Shelley Niro, and Ho Tam: Saturday September 23, 1 pm
Curatorial Talk: Thursday October 12, 12:30 pm

THE MCMASTER/GOETHE PROJECT
September 1, 2006 – August 25, 2007
German Expressionist prints from the permanent collection complement a collaboration between McMaster and the Goethe-Institut. Curated by Greg Rennick, Dr. Alison McQueen, Debra Antoncic, Ruth Renters.

A MILLENNIUM FOR YOUTH/JOVEN MILENIO
September 14 – November 4, 2006
Curated by Gabriel Baquero Barbosa
Art by emerging artists and art students from Colombia. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the YMCA Peace Week celebrations in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Hamilton.

ARNAUD MAGGS: NOMENCLATURE
November 23, 2006 – Jan 20, 2007
Curated by Linda Jansma
A collaboration between the McMaster Museum of Art, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa; & Gallery One, One, One, Winnipeg
Internationally acclaimed, Canadian Arnaud Maggs (1926-) investigates classifications of colour by photographing each page of two 19th century texts. The first, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814) was praised by Darwin for its merits to the arts and sciences. It contains pages of colour chits, accompanied by listings of the colour’s appearance in other forms in nature. The other text, Cercles Chromatiques (1861) by M.E. Chevreul, is a rare publication of purely theoretical content including eleven colour wheels.Maggs received the 2006 Governor General’s Award.

SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
November 16, 2006 – January 6, 2007
This exhibition features prints from McMaster University's collection by many of the masters of late 19th – early 20th-century French art.

THE PAST IS FORGIVEN: HERMAN LEVY AND JOSEF HERMAN, IN THEIR TIMES
November 16, 2006 – April 28, 2007
Curated by Ihor Holubizky
The exhibition focuses on the 15 Herman Levy collection works by Polish-born artist Josef Herman (1911-2000), the largest single holding that Levy acquired by a living artist.

SHARON SWITZER: FALLING FROM GRACE, SCENES 4,5 AND 6
November 23, 2006 – January 20, 2007
Curated by Carla Garnet
with essays by Steve Reinke and Linda Steer
Since 2000, Toronto-based Sharon Switzer has been combining video and text to create arresting works of pathos, meditation, and often, humour. Her series Falling from Grace (2005-06), uses light as a metaphor for searching, stumbling, and generally making one’s way through the darkest of thoughts and places. The videos relate small moments in time, and focus the viewer on desire, yearning, loss and confusion–the regular feelings that fill a life.

2007
RE-MEDIATIONS: STEPHEN FOSTER AND JAMES GILLESPIE
February 1 - March 31, 2007
Curated by Janet Jones.
Provocative photo-media works and video projections by Foster (Kelowna) and Gillespie (Toronto) comment on how the media represents us.
Presented in collaboration with the Kelowna Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Sudbury. Exhibition will also tour to the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba.

CANADIAN LANDSCAPES
February 15 - April 28, 2007
Curated by Carol Podedworny
Paintings from McMaster’s collection by definitive Canadian landscape artists of the early twentieth century including Carmichael, Fitzgerald, Holgate, Phillips, Watson, Casson, Jackson and Thomson.
SUMMA 2007
April 12 - May 19, 2007
Summa 2007 is the Museum's annual exhibition by the graduating Studio Art students from McMaster's School of the Arts. This exhibition has been generously sponsored by TD Waterhouse.

NORTHERN ART in the Age of Cock, Dürer, Rubens & Rembrandt

The Levy Series - Part II

May 10 - October 27, 2007
Curated by Carol Podedworny
An exhibition featuring early German and Netherlandish works from the Herman Levy collection and the Levy Bequest Purchase Programme.

DADA & THEIR COLLEAGUES

May 10 - August 25, 2007
Curated by Carol Podedworny
An exhibition of selections from the permanent collection including works by Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, and George Grosz.

LISTENING AWRY: Christian Marclay, Santiago Sierra, Kimsooja, Su-Mei Tse
May 31 - September 1, 2007
Curated by Jim Drobnick
Works by four internationally prominent artists engaging with sound will present video, installation, and performance documentation to highlight the diverse means by which sound can be utilized as a tool for reflection and critique.

QUANTAL STRIFE: Scott Carruthers, Crystal Mowry, Marc Ngui
September 13 - November 3, 2007
Curated by Sally McKay.
Art is an invitation. Art is for everyone. If you like art, video games, brain teasers, graphic novels, zines and thinking about how the world works, this is a contemporary art show for you. Organized and circulated by the Doris McCarthy Gallery. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council.

THE FIRST TOURIST
Selections from the Permanent Collection
Guest Curated by Nancy Campbell
September 6, 2007 - February 23, 2008
This selection of works from the Inuit collection of McMaster University reflects the impact of the tourist trade on Inuit sculpture, dolls and prints.

VOICES ON THE RISE: Afghan Women Making the News
September 13 - October 27, 2007
Curated by Khorshied Samad and Jane McElhone
Presenting an exhibition of 42 photographs by Afghan, Canadian and international photographers. Voices on the Rise provides a look into the lives of Afghan women journalists helping to rebuild Afghanistan.

POZO
Autumn 2007
A communal sculptural project by McMaster art professor Graham Todd. Exploring the notions of village, Todd invites the public to leave their mark on one of hundreds of balls of clay, individual ceramic records, which will then be collected, fired and returned to the piece. The growth and progress of this project will be posted at www.pozo.ca.

UKNOWN SPACES: MICHAEL ALLGOEWER AND PETER KIRKLAND
November 8, 2007 - January 5, 2008
Curated by Carol Podedworny.
An exhibition of paintings by two Hamilton-based contemporary artists

TROUBLING ABSTRACTION: ROBERT HOULE
November 22, 2007 - January 19, 2008
Curated by Carol Podedworny
Guest essays by Mark Cheetham, Gerald McMaster & Jackson Rushing. Produced in collaboration with the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.
This exhibition features works produced between 1982 and 2007 and encourages the viewer to consider Houle's abstract history within contentious contemporary practice.

DON JEAN-LOUIS: SILVER WORKS
November 22, 2007 - January 19, 2008
Curated by Ihor Holubizky and Lisa Baldissera. Organized and
circulated by the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.

Don Jean-Louis has been an innovative figure in the world of Canadian contemporary art since the nineteen sixties. The exploration of new media and technologies is a hallmark of his practice, always within a directed and coherent vision. This exhibition concentrates on a brief unique period of Jean-Louis’ oeuvre that deals with paintings called Silver Works produced in 1985-86.

THE FIRST TOURIST: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Guest Curated by Nancy Campbell
September 6, 2007 - January 5, 2008
This selection of works from the Inuit collection of McMaster University reflects the impact of the tourist trade on Inuit sculpture, dolls and prints.

2008

ROMAN VISHNIAC: A Vanished World

January 17 - March 1, 2008
An exhibition of photographs of Jewish life in cities and in the poorest villages of Eastern Europe between 1935 and1938, from the Roman Vishniac Collection at the International Center of Photography, New York.

FOUR COUNTRIES: FIVE ARTISTS
January 17 - March 1, 2008
Selections from the permanent collection by Auerbach, Soutine, Baselitz, Moholy Nagy, and Brandtner.

JOHN ABRAMS: Cinema Vernis
January 31 - March 29, 2008
curated by RM Vaughan

An exhibition of contemporary, film-inspired paintings by Canadian artist John Abrams is complemented by short essays by Canadian filmmakers Sky Gilbert, John Greyson, Jeremy Podeswa, and Christina Zeidler.

TASMAN RICHARDSON
January 31 - March 29, 2008
curated by Clara Hargittay

A presentation of the contemporary Canadian film artist’s 2006 Shadowplay. The video lays bare the post-human vacuity of pre-recorded existence, echoing Burroughs’ reflection on modern civilization, “nothing here but the recordings.”

THE FRENCH SCHOOL

March 13 - December 13, 2008
A permanent collection exhibition highlighting works from the French School by such artists as Bernard, Bonnard, Braque, Degas, Dufy, Friesz, Gaugin, Marquet, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Rouault, and Le Sidaner.

MATISSE: JAZZ
March 13 - September 6, 2008
An exhibition of Henri Matisse's, Jazz, 20 original pochoirs (stencil) prints from the book work printed in 1947. The prints are part of McMaster's permanent collection, purchased with Levy Bequest funds.

ARE YOU WITH ME?
SUMMA 2008
April 10 - 26, 2008
The Museum's annual exhibition by the graduating studio art students from McMaster's School of the Arts. Generously sponsored by Rogers Wireless Inc.

RECENT ACQUISITIONS OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART
Selections from the Permanent Collection
May 8 - June 14, 2008
A selection of work by five Canadian artists: John Abrams, Ted Bieler, Ed Burtynsky, Betty Goodwin and Angela Grauerholz.

GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST ART
Selections from the Permanent Collection
May 8 - June 14, 2008
Highlights from the University's German Expressionist collection including works by Kollwitz, Pechstein, and Dix, as well as recent acquisitions by Paula Modersohn-Becker and George Grosz.

SUSAN DETWILER: FERAL
June 26 - August 30, 2008
Detwiler explores our relationship with backyard wildlife through performative video, installation, sculpture and drawing.

GEORGE WALLACE
September 11 - October 11
Selections from the permanent collection by Canadian artist and Professor emeritus, George Wallace.

Alexander McKay Memorial Lecture: The Art of Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918)
Thursday October 16 at 12:30 pm.
by Dr. Ross S. Kilpatrick, Professor Emeritus of Classics, Queen’s University

RECIPROCAL: McMaster Fine Art Faculty and juried alumni exhibition
September 11 - November 1
Faculty: Andy Fabo, Judy Major-Girardin, Briana Palmer, Graham Todd

Alumni: Jacqueline Huget, Steven Thai, Ehryn Torrell, Matt Sparling

The alumni, all practicing artists, were selected by a jury of Canadian artists (Sally McKay, John Hartman '73, David Merritt).

SANITATION IS DIGNITY
October 15 - November 1
United Nations University International Network on Water, Environment and Health and McMaster University presents this German Toilet Organization Exhibition, highlighting the importance of sanitation in the United Nations International Year of Sanitation.

SYNESTHESIA: ART AND THE MIND
Presented in collaboration with the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University.

September 18 - December 20
The impact of brain phenomena on visual art is explored in this exhibition featuring the art of David Hockney, Joan Mitchell, Marcia Smilack, Carol Steen, Charles Burchfield, Tom Thomson, Wassily Kandinsky, and Vincent van Gogh. Co-Curated by: Carol Steen and Greta Berman.

RICHARD FUNG: LANDSCAPES
November 20, 2008 - January 17, 2009
New video projections by Fung, Toronto-based video artist and cultural critic, interplay recent footage from Ontario sites with 19th century engravings and paintings by J.M.W. Turner. Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.

J.M.W. TURNER
November 20, 2008 - January 17, 2009
Selections from the Permanent Collection of Turner's Harbours and Rivers of England.

DIE BRÜCKE
December 18, 2008 - July 4, 2009
Highlights from the German Expressionist Collection of McMaster Museum of Art. The exhibition features important works by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Max Pechstein and Emil Nolde.

ALBRECHT DÜRER
December 18, 2008 - July 4, 2009
Selections from the permanent collection by German artist, Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), long considered the greatest printmaker of his time.

2009

MATTHEW VAREY: BUILDING ON HISTORY

January 29 - March 28, 2009

Urban skylines in recent paintings by Toronto-based artist and McMaster alumnus, Matthew Varey. An exhibition catalogue including an essay by Gary Michael Dault will be available.

ALLYSON MITCHELL: LADIES SASQUATCH
January 29 - March 28, 2009
Curated by Carla Garnet. Freestanding, figurative, sculptural works by Toronto-based Mitchell actively marry feminist theory with the artist's favorite material, fun fur.

BEFORE THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL: Post Modern Germany
January 8 - April 4, 2009
Selected permanent collection works produced in the 1980s by German artists including Joseph Beuys, Jörg Immendorf and Anselm Kiefer.

PLAY NICE: SUMMA 200
April 14 - 25, 2009
The Annual exhibition of art work by graduating students from McMaster's School of the Arts Studio Art Program. Generously sponsored by Rogers Wireless Incorporated.

MATT SPARLING: CROSSROADS
May 7 - August 29, 2009
Matt Sparling's installation of large-scale composite photographs chronicles journeys through southern Ontario's back roads and ghost towns.

FAUSTA FACCIPONTE: RELIABLE
May 7 - August 29, 2009
Commonplace objects are transformed by time, experience and the photographic process in the work of Ontario artist, Facciponte.

LEONARD BASKIN
April 18 - October 17, 2009

Selections by American artist Leonard Baskin from the collections of Rabbi Bernard Baskin and the McMaster Museum of Art.

ERNST BARLACH AND KÄTHE KOLLWITZ
September 1 - October 17, 2009

Selections from the permanent collection by two German artists offer a searing account of the human condition during the first half of the 20th century.

LIGHT ECHO: DIANNE BOS AND DOUG WELCH
September 17 - October 31, 2009

Artist Dianne Bos and astronomer Doug Welch collaborate on this installation exploring supernovae in UNESCO’s International Year of Astronomy.

A FIELD GUIDE TO OBSERVING ART
September 17 - October 31, 2009

Curated by Dianne Bos. Highlighting links between science and art in works from McMaster’s collection

THE GULF IN HISTORIC MAPS (15th-19th centuries)
October 31, 2009 - February 27, 2010
This exhibition of ninety-seven significant historic maps from the private collection of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council - Ruler of Sharjah, offers a fascinating glimpse into the histories of both cartography and the Gulf region itself.

NATALKA HUSAR: BURDEN OF INNOCENCE
November 19, 2009 - January 16, 2010
Co-produced by the McMaster Museum of Art, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph and Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound
In this exhibition, celebrated Canadian artist Natalka Husar takes her lifelong obsession with painting and with Ukraine, her ancestral home, into new territory and presents three interwoven, though unresolved narratives, in the form of a history play in three acts.

2010

FIERCE: Women's Hot-Blooded Film/Video
January 28 - March 27, 2010

Curated by Janice Hladki. A group exhibition of video and experimental film works by Maureen Bradley, Dana Claxton, Allyson Mitchell, and b. h. Yael: women who are at the forefront of Canadian based, media production and installation. More information.

MUSE ME: Summa 2010
April 10 – May 1, 2010

The Annual exhibition of art work by graduating students from McMaster University's School of the Arts Studio Art Program. View the ONLINE CATALOGUE.

ANGELA GRAUERHOLZ
May 6 – June 5, 2010
Organized by the McMaster Museum of Art. Recent and new photoworks by Canadian artist Angela Grauerholz are presented in conjunction with the John Douglas Taylor Conference, “The Archive and Everyday Life.” More information

OIL CLOTH LUNCH, AND OTHER REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
March 12 – August 14, 2010
The historical pursuit of the artist to both learn and break from the art of the past is explored in this exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints from the permanent collection, including works by Willem Claesz. Heda, Philips Breughel, Utagawa Hiroshige, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Gustave Courbet, Tony Scherman, Eric Atkinson, Richard Hamilton and Rick Pottruff. More information

FURTHER THAN CONFEDERATION
March 19 – August 14, 2010
John Abrams’ Canadian History Trilogy and Shelley Niro’s untitled drawing are the keystone and counterpoint works for this permanent collection exhibition examining images of the Canadian nation-form as a work in progress. The exhibition includes works by Adamie Alaku, Kenojuak Ashevak, David Blackwood, Ed Burtynsky, Naomi Jackson Groves, Robert Harris, John Hartman, Brenda Pelkey, and Tom Thomson. More information

KATHERINE MACDONALD
June 11 – August 28, 2010
A lifelong passion for painting and portraiture is highlighted in this first solo exhibition of Katherine MacDonald’s work at the McMaster Museum. MacDonald teaches at the Dundas Valley School of Art and Sheridan Institute. Organized by the McMaster Museum of Art. More information.

GEORGE WALLACE: AS I WAS SAYING
June 11 – August 28, 2010
The exhibition commemorates Irish-born Canadian artist George Wallace (1920-2009), who taught at McMaster University for 25 years.

Organized by the McMaster Museum of Art. More information.

George Wallace

SHELAGH KEELEY
10 September - 30 October 2010

Curated by Linda Jansma and Carol Podedworny

At a very early point in the debates that challenged and, ultimately, changed the global art world, Keeley was investigating issues such as access, representation and diversity. This retrospective exhibition was produced in collaboration with the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. More information.

Erb THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE LINE
August 21 2010 – November 27 2010
There is No Limit to the Line explores a range of strategic approaches to mark-making. The exhibition includes works from the McMaster collection by 20th century European and Canadian artists.

Organized by the McMaster Museum of Art. More information.

Erb THE BLIND ARCHITECT MEETS REMBRANDT
28 August 2010 – 8 January 2011

São Paulo-based artist/theoretical architect Alexander Pilis presented his 2004 video-work The Blind Architect Meets Rembrandt as the “centrepiece” for a site-responsive installation. Working with Senior Curator Ihor Holubizky, he developed and articulated a dialogue between the explicit and implicit visual texts in his video-work, and works from the Museum’s collection. More information.

Lozano SCRAPES: UNRULY EMBODIMENTS IN VIDEO ART
18 November - 22 January 2011

Co-curated by Drs. Sarah Brophy and Janice Hladki, McMaster University. The exhibition features video art from Canada, Australia, and the U.S. that mobilizes the body as the method of political, social, and cultural investigation. More information

LANDSCAPE, MEMORY, DESIRE
9 December, 2010 - 29 January, 2011

The McMaster Museum of Art and the Department of Family Medicine present this permanent collection exhibition, curated by Family Medicine Residents as their culminating activity in the innovative new Visual Literacy course, The Art of Seeing. More information.

2011

woodland graphic THE PAUL R. MACPHERSON COLLECTION OF WOODLAND ART
February 3 – March 5, 2011
This exhibition celebrates Paul MacPherson’s significant collection of First Nations paintings, generously donated to McMaster in 2011.

Review by Regina Haggo, Hamilton Spectator

CHRISTOS DIKEAKOS: PATISSERIE DUCHAMP/ PUIS-JE FUMER
January 27 – March 26, 2011
The exhibition combines drawing, collage, photography, and sculpture, which unpacks Dikeakos' 40-year interest in Marcel Duchamp’s work and thoughts. More information.

STEVE HIGGINS: ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

THOUGHTS ABOUT CITIES AND HISTORY, WAR AND PEACE
January 27 – March 26, 2011
The exhibition focuses on Higgins' urban fiction; process printwork and his 2006-2009 Urban sculptures of utopias past and present. More information.

ENCOUNTERS: Summa 2011
April 7 – 30, 2011

The Annual exhibition of art work by graduating students from McMaster University's School of the Arts Studio Art Program.

AutoPlasmic
March 12 - May 28, 2011

Curated by Michael Davidson.
Contemporary works by Michael Davidson (Toronto), Mario Scattoloni (Barcelona), Jacques Oulé (Toronto) interplay with MMA collection works; Paul Klee, Katsura Funakoshi, David Haughton, Peter Nadin, Gerhard Richter, August Rodin and Don Van Vliet. More information

GARY PEARSON: 1 2 3 Soliloquy
20 January - 13 August 2011

1 2 3 Soliloquy is an exhibition about expressions of everyday realities, and our often strained and ambiguous distal relationship to those realities. It includes Kelowna-based artist Gary Pearson’s recent Soliloquy videos and his related “short fiction” photo-prints combined with works selected from the McMaster Museum of Art’s German collection, expanded to include American Hollywood photography of the period, and contemporary European work. More information

BY DESIGN AND BY CHANCE,

provisional sites in contemporary sculpture and photography
May 14 – August 20, 2011

A McMaster Collection exhibition of sculpture and camerawork by Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gehr, Anish Kapoor, Paul Kipps, Richard Long, Margaret Priest, Richard Patterson, and Susan Schelle. More information.

JOHN MIECZNIKOWSKI

May 21 – August 20, 2011
A survey exhibition of sculpture, drawing, and painting by Ontario-based artist John Miecznikowski. More information.

ANNE KAHANE
June 9 – August 13, 2011

A McMaster collection exhibition featuring sculpture and works on paper by Montreal based artist Anne Kahane (Canadian, born 1924), with complementary works by Ossip Zadkine, Marino Marini, Robert Langstadt and others. More information.

scherman RISING TO THE OCCASION: THE LONG 18TH CENTURY
September 3 - November 5, 2011

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This exhibition opens discussions of the legacies of the 18th century—enlightenment, empiricism, revolution and innovation. It includes major works by both 18th century artists Houdon, Gainsborough, Romney, Verelst and Taillasson; and senior contemporary Canadian artists Rebecca Belmore, Angela Grauerholz, Tony Scherman, John Massey, and Jiri Ladocha. More information

Jinny Yu and Don Andrus: Cadenza
September 3 - November 5, 2011
Two well-known Canadian artists from different parts of the country use an 18th century Venetian mural by Tiepolo as a starting point for an inquiry into the nature of painting today. Cadenza is a collaborative project by artists Don Andrus (a former professor in Art History at Concordia University Montréal, now based in PEI) and Jinny Yu (born in Korea, now teaching at the University of Ottawa) which originated at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in 2011. More information

THE "FLOATING URBANITIES" OF UTAMARO AND HOGARTH:

Pictures for Women?

August 23, 2011 - January 7, 2012

Guest curated by Dr. Mark A. Cheetham.
Prints from the collections of the McMaster Museum of Art and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Presented as part of The Long 18th Century Project.

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FIRST CONTACT? Artists of the Cook Voyages

August 26, 2011 – January 7, 2012

Drawings and engravings from the collections of the Library and Archives Canada and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Presented as part of The Long 18th Century Project.

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A GLIMPSE OF CHINA IN THE 18TH CENTURY

August 23, 2011 - January 7, 2012

Guest curated by Dr. Angela Sheng. Presented as part of The Long 18th Century Project.

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GREG STAATS: liminal disturbance

November 17, 2011 – January 28, 2012

The exhibition brings together several works by Greg Staats (Toronto-based, b. Ohsweken, Ontario) that reference language loss, acquisition and resurgence through photographic series, video works, and personal archival materials. More information.

RAMONA RAMLOCHAND: unfallen

November 17, 2011 – January 28, 2012

Unfallen is a project-installation by Montreal-based artist Ramona Ramlochand. It opens up a broad discussion of “place” for her and is, in part, fuelled by the rapidly changing environment and technologically enhanced world that we live in. More information.

2012

PERCEPTIONS OF PROMISE: Biotechnology, Society and Art
February 9 - March 31, 2012
This interdisciplinary collaboration brings together internationally recognized artists with scientists and scholars to produce a body of art and essays exploring the complex legal, ethical and social issues of stem cell research. More information.

WISE UP: Summa 2012
April 12 – 28, 2012

The Annual exhibition of art work by graduating students from McMaster University's School of the Arts Studio Art Program.

125 & 45: AN INTERROGATIVE SPIRIT
January 20 – August 4, 2012 in Tomlinson Gallery
January 27 – May 12, 2012 in Levy Gallery

The Museum of Art celebrates both the 125th anniversary of McMaster University and the 45th anniversary of the Museum in 2012. The two part exhibition highlights some of the key donors, benefactors and landmark moments represented by collection art works. More Information.

GARY SPEARIN: iNifiNiTi
May 12 – August 18, 2012
A installation of vibrant abstract paintings explore and visualize the resonant dynamics of time and our perception of it.

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spearin_collection poster image PAINTING BEYOND a body of views
May 12 - August 18, 2012

As a complement to iNifiNiTi, Gary Spearin explores what artists have to say about art. This MMA collection exhibition includes works by Gerhard Richter, Marcel Duchamp and others.

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THE LAST THINGS BEFORE THE LAST
May 24 – August 4, 2012

Toronto-based artist, composer and curator E.C. Woodley draws on McMaster’s art collection in this curatorial project and exhibition.

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BARBARA ASTMAN: Dancing with Che: Enter Through the Gift Shop
February 16 - August 25, 2012
In this exhibition—a museum gift shop intervention-installation—Toronto-based artist Barbara Astman explores the commodification of iconic revolutionary Che Guevara.

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CONSPIRACIES OF ILLUSION
Projections of Time & Space
Curators: Mark A. Cheetham, Andy Patton, Christine Sprengler
August 28 – November 3, 2012
Photo and moving image-based works by Canadians Janice Gurney, Nestor Kruger, Yam Lau, American David Reed, and a foundational work by the late German artist Blinky Palermo, challenge our commonly held notions of time and space. An exhibition catalogue, with essays by the curators, is available.

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TAKAO TANABE: Chronicles of Form and Place
Curators: Ihor Holubizky (McMaster Museum of Art)
and Darrin Martens (Burnaby Art Gallery)
August 18 – December 8, 2012
Over his long career, west coast artist Takao Tanabe (b. 1926) has gained acclaim as one of Canada’s most important painters. This first ever sweeping retrospective exhibition of Tanabe’s works on paper, drawn from the artist’s private collection, features drawings and watercolours from 1945 to the present day. More Information.

BREAKING BLACK: NICOLE COLLINS
November 15, 2012 – January 12, 2013

As part of an on-going curatorial methods initiative, Toronto-based artist Nicole Collins has been invited to develop an exhibition from the McMaster Museum of Art collection along with her own work. Taking her cues from alchemy, Collins has made a selection that includes work by Louis Comtois, Anselm Kiefer, David Nash and Sigmar Polke, and invited Czech-born Toronto artist Jiri Ladocha into the mix.. More Information.

JEFF THOMAS - Mapping Iroquoia: Cold City Frieze
November 15, 2012 – January 12, 2013

Jeff Thomas builds on 20 years of looking at historical and stereotypical representations of First Nations peoples and his personal quest to show the perspective of contemporary urban Iroquoians. This exhibition of more than 60 images combines Thomas’s highly respected artistic, archival and curatorial practices for the first time. More Information.

Vision Circle: THE ART OF ROY THOMAS
A Retrospective Exhibition
Organized and Circulated by the Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Exhibition Curator: Elizabeth McLuhan
December 20, 2012 – February 23, 2013

An exhibition of more than 40 paintings by critically acclaimed Thunder Bay Ahnisnabae artist Roy Thomas (1949-2004). More Info

2013

ABOUT THE MIND
Wyn Geleynse (Canada)
Shaun Gladwell (Australia)
Mischa Kuball (Germany)
Paulette Phillips (Canada)
January 24 – March 30, 2013
This exhibition explores the concept of "mind" and how we may think. It includes my kultureBOT 1.0, a roving robot developed collaboratively by Dr. David Harris Smith, Dept of Communication Studies and Multimedia, McMaster University and Dr. Frauke Zeller, University College London, UK. More Info