CONTINENTAL DRIFT
Conceptual Art in Canada: The 1960s and 70s
Badischer Kunstverein
Waldstraße 3, Karlsruhe, Germany
Part I: April 19 - June 23 2013
Opening: Thursday 18 April, 2013, 7 pm
Part II: June 28 - September 8 2013
Opening: Thursday 27 June, 2013, 8 pm
From April to September 2013, Badischer Kunstverein is hosting a major exhibition and series of events on conceptual art in Canada with a special focus on the 1960s and 1970s. This exhibition is the first comprehensive presentation of Canadian conceptual art in Europe and is part of Badischer Kunstverein's ongoing interest in histories of conceptual art, explored in exhibitions such as 'Why here is always somewhere else' (2008) and 'Nancy Holt: Sightlines' (2011). CONTINENTAL DRIFT presents works of more than 100 artists on all three floors of the Kunstverein. Featured artists include important Canadian protagonists Vera Frenkel, General Idea, Garry Neill Kennedy, Ken Lum, N.E. Thing Co., Michael Snow, Françoise Sullivan, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, and Joyce Wieland, as well as American and European artists who realized important pieces in Canada during this time and had a lasting effect on conceptual art there, such as John Baldessari, Dan Graham, Sol LeWitt, Martha Rosler and Robert Smithson.
CONTINENTAL DRIFT is devoted to a significant and hitherto underrepresented period in Canadian art. Involving a broad spectrum of materials and media, the exhibition sheds light on some of the most unique characteristics of Canadian conceptual art - especially the role of artists' collectives and the network of artist-run centers, but also the development of new artistic mediums and the influence of Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan. The exhibition accentuates a diversity of local vantage points in the ongoing project of revisiting the history of conceptual art globally.
Organized thematically, CONTINENTAL DRIFT features five intertwined chapters in two consecutive parts. The first part will be dedicated to the artistic exploration of geography, mapping, landscape, and sites. The political implications of language, communication, and discourse are the focus of a second, large constellation of artworks. A third chapter centers on the critical scrutiny of conventional approaches of teaching and pedagogy with a view to the alternative concepts applied at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design (NSCAD) in Halifax. For the second part of the exhibition, which opens in late June, two points of thematic focus will be added. First, the relationship between conceptual art and body politics will be seen against the backdrop of feminist and queer strategies. Second, the intensification of artists' networking activities and collaborative projects will be thematized.
http://www.jmbgallery.ca/ExContinentalDrift.html
バーゼルのレジデンス時に見逃した展示のうちの一つ。レジデンス・メイトのXiaさん（夏彦国）は見に行ったはず。今考えると無理しても見に行っておけば良かったかなと。
◇ Artnews.org: CONTINENTAL DRIFT: Conceptual Art in Canada: The 1960s and 70s at Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe
Participating artists:
Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, David Askevold, John Baldessari, Bruce Barber, Arthur Bardo and Gary Coward, Marcella Bienvenue, Robert Bowers, Wallace Brannen, Eric Cameron, Colin Campbell, Ian Carr-Harris, Melvin Charney, Tim Clark, Robin Collyer, Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge, Michael de Courcy, Sylvain P. Cousineau and Francis Coutelier, Kenneth Coutts-Smith, Kate Craig, Stephen Cruise, Greg Curnoe, Max Dean, Tom Dean, Jean-Marie Delavalle, Jan Dibbets, Christos Dikeakos, Brian Dyson, Dean Ellis, Gathie Falk, Gerald Ferguson, Michael Fernandes, Vera Frenkel, Jeff Funnell, Charles Gagnon, General Idea, Raymond Gervais, Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, John Greer, Hans Haacke, Noel Harding, John Heward, Douglas Huebler, Image Bank (Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov), Carole Itter, Richards Jarden, Bill Jones, Pat Kelly, Garry Neill Kennedy, Roy Kiyooka, Robert Kleyn, Suzy Lake, Gordon Lebredt, Les Levine, Glenn Lewis, Sol LeWitt, Lee Lozano, Ken Lum, Duane Lunden, Don Mabie, Allan Harding MacKay, Arnaud Maggs, John McEwen, Bruce McLean, Albert McNamara, Ian Murray, N.E. Thing Co., Gunter Nolte, Dennis Oppenheim, Andy Patton, Harold Pearse, Clive Robertson, Martha Rosler, Tom Sherman, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Lisa Steele, Françoise Sullivan, David Tomas, Serge Tousignant, John Van Saun, Bill Vazan, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, Theodore Wan, Douglas Waterman, John Watt, Lawrence Weiner, Irene F. Whittome, Joyce Wieland, Martha Wilson, Paul Woodrow, Jon Young, Tim Zuck.
◇ IAIN BAXTER&: "How I Became the &MAN" - YouTube
https://youtu.be/bB4vX4RUw4I
◇ Kasper König im Gespräch mit Garry Neill Kennedy - YouTube
https://youtu.be/ilR5vbB6xtI
◇ Garry Neill Kennedy: "The Last Art College. Nova Scotia College of Art and Design 1968-1978" - YouTube
https://youtu.be/d55w_45RkDg
◇ Suzy Lake: "Performing for the Camera in the 1960s and 70s: So Whose Gaze is it Now?" - YouTube
https://youtu.be/1zr19uPBcB4
◇ Lisa Steele: "I Will (Still) Make Boring Art (Redux)" - YouTube
https://youtu.be/AtMZby9Cqx8
◇ Ian Wallace: "The 'Impure' Aspects of Conceptual Art" - YouTube
https://youtu.be/10JzssnkTXE
