WAG Current Exhibitions
Life on the Back of a Turtle
Woodlands and Plains Indigenous Art
Daphne Odjig (Potawatomi and Odawa, 1919 – 2016) An Eternal Vision, c. 1985 Acrylic on Canvas.
Promised Gift of the ABLL Collection.
Exhibition Run: February 16, 2019 – January 25, 2020
Opening Reception: February 16, 2019 at 2 pm.
Curated by Maxine Noel, C.M.
In the histories of the Anishinaabe peoples, Turtle Island began as a piece of earth placed on the back of a turtle. The soil began to grow, creating the Place of the Great Turtle’s Back. A large private collection representing the past fifty years of artwork created on Turtle Island will be exhibited together for the first time. The exhibition features the artwork of over forty artists including: Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, and Carl Beam.
Life on the Back of a Turtle Brochure
The Loved Object: Recent Acquisitions
Samuel Philips (British), after William Hogarth (British) 1697-1764. Taste in High Life (detail). 1808. Engraving on paper. 21 x 28 cm. Gift of Karen Mulhallen.
Exhibition Run: Saturday November 10, 2018 to October, 2019
Opening Reception: Saturday November 10, 2018 at 2 pm
Curated by: Adam Whitford, WAG Curatorial/ Collections Intern.
A loved object is any item that is the cause or subject of passion. Everyday objects, including artworks, are often the recipients of our emotional investments. The artworks featured in The Loved Object were acquired by the Woodstock Art Gallery in the last six years and have been the subject of the passions of their owners and creators, past and present.
Picturing Arctic Modernity: North Baffin Drawings from 1964
Exhibition Run: February 16, 2019 - June 30, 2019
Opening Reception: February 16, 2019 at 2 pm
Curated by: Dr. Norman Vorano
Queen's National Scholar and Curator of Indigenous Art at Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Through 50 original drawings — created in 1964 by Inuit men and women of North Baffin Island — this exhibition explores a transformative era for the people of Canada’s Eastern Arctic. The drawings offer rare first-person perspectives on daily life, history and memory during a time when Inuit communities were transitioning from traditional nomadic hunting camps to permanent settlements.
EATING ANIMALS
Eating Animals, created by The Enormous Elsewhere, Alexa Fraser and Clelia Scala.
Exhibtion Run: February 16, 2019 - April 27, 2019
Opening Reception: February 16, 2019 at 2 pm
Eating Animals is a darkly humorous puppet installation that playfully explores the idea of what - and who - we consume.
