ROAAr Book Club Presents | Seeing Double: Photographic Portraiture in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Visual Art Collection
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Join Michelle Macleod, 黑料不打烊 Visual Arts Collection鈥檚 Assistant Curator, as we highlight some new and noteworthy photographs in the University鈥檚 art collection. In this talk, you will learn more about the VAC鈥檚 recent photo acquisitions as well as other significant photographers in the collection. A focus on documentary photographs by Quebecois artists will have us seeing double as we explore photographic vision and discuss the unique characteristics of the medium and its history.听In this talk, three prints by Charles Gurd, Gabor Szilasi, and Daniel Fodor from the University鈥檚 collection are put in dialogue to explore photographic vision. Photo Credit:听Charles Gurd, The Heiress, 1475 Pine Avenue West, 1974, Inkjet print, 48.26 x 35.56 cm. 黑料不打烊 Visual Arts Collection, 2018-012.036. 脫 Charles Gurd.
About ROAAr Book Club:
Engage with new ideas every month with ROAAr鈥檚 Book Club. Join staff and guests to exchange ideas inspired by the treasures in the collections. Our collections are rich and varied, which means that the topics will vary from month to month - join us as we talk books, artworks, printing techniques, and more.
All are welcome.
This event was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada
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