"Thinking Animals"
curated by John McEwen
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Shary Boyle, Wendy Coburn, Stephen Cruise, John McEwen, Veronica Verkley, Brandon Vickerd
curated by John McEwen
KORPER OLGA Gallery
17 Morrow Avenue Toronto, Canada M6R 2H9
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August 4th > 25th, 2018
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Olga Korper Gallery is pleased to present a special exhibition curated by our own John McEwen featuring guest artists Shary Boyle, Wendy Coburn, Stephen Cruise, Veronica Verkley and Brandon Vickerd. Thinking Animals will open on Saturday August 4th, 2-5 PM and will remain on view until August 25th.
The works in Thinking Animals were chosen because they make a contribution to the field of animal studies as works of art. The artists did not need to be an expert in either the theory or representation of animals but simply present one convincing model of our ongoing need for them.
Notes from the Curator
The philosopher Kelly Oliver begins her book Animal Lessons with the long lived idea of necessity; that we humans are here by necessity, (whether of religion or nature), and not by chance. Each work in the exhibition Thinking Animals confronts, in its own way, this idea of necessity and each work can be seen as a lesson in our need for animals and how animals teach us what it means to be human and at what cost.
I wish to thank each artist for their considerable generosity in participating in the exhibition Thinking Animals.
The works in Thinking Animals were chosen because they make a contribution to the field of animal studies as works of art. The artists did not need to be an expert in either the theory or representation of animals but simply present one convincing model of our ongoing need for them.
Notes from the Curator
The philosopher Kelly Oliver begins her book Animal Lessons with the long lived idea of necessity; that we humans are here by necessity, (whether of religion or nature), and not by chance. Each work in the exhibition Thinking Animals confronts, in its own way, this idea of necessity and each work can be seen as a lesson in our need for animals and how animals teach us what it means to be human and at what cost.
I wish to thank each artist for their considerable generosity in participating in the exhibition Thinking Animals.
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Saturday August 4th, 2-5 PM
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