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Above and Below
July 18 to Sept 12, 2009

Artists: Adam David Brown, Martha Fleming/Lyne Lapointe, Inger Lise Hansen, Véronique La Perrière M., Penelope Stewart, Irene F. Whittome

Curator: Vicky Chainey Gagnon

Produced by the Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop's University

Above and Below explores the foundations of the museum using the contemporary curated exhibition as analogy for the 16th century Kunstkammer or wonder-room, regarded as a microcosm of the world and importantly, as a memory theater. In today’s post-colonial context we experience a simultaneous expansion via globalization, and contraction in terms of ethics and political positioning vis-à-vis the world. In this optic, contemporary sculpture, drawing and video by Canadian and international artists on themes related to the collection, curiosity, and scale is presented in a creative mise-en-scène that returns the exhibition to its theatrical roots and asks if the museum can play a role in the way we experience the world today.

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