material + time

 Jan. 24 – April 15, 2022
Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan
Organized by Cole Thompson

Drawn from the University of Saskatchewan Art Collection, material + time presents divergent associations with structural modes, moving away from static moments—the blueprint, the cross-section, the flow chart—towards an understanding of structure as an ongoing process of dissolution. Considered against the backdrop of social, historical, cultural and affective entanglements, forms perceived as stable in stasis become malleable in duration. Architecture crumbles, technology become obsolete and systems deteriorate or fail.

Artists in material + time include Vikky Alexander, Ralph Allen, Carl Beam, Jill Crossen-Sargent, Paul de Guzman, Gay Outlaw, Cherie Moses, David Rokeby, Victor Vasarely, Margot Wawra, Elizabeth Willmott, Jack Wise and Morgan Wood, with additional material courtesy of the University of Saskatchewan Archives and Special Collections and the City of Saskatoon Archives.

As recipient of the biannual Structurist Prize Award, scholar, curator and filmmaker Márton Orosz will debut a new documentary film on the Hungarian artist, theorist and educator György Kepes at Remai Modern in March 2022. During this time, Orosz will also present his research at a symposium hosted by the University of Saskatchewan. material + time exists in conversation with these events.

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