UWAG presents YONDER opening Thursday January 12, 5-8 pm, ECH 1239

[Jurakic, Ivan]

YONDER

Sarindar Dhaliwal, Brendan Fernandes, Rafael Goldchain, Jérôme Havre, Luis Jacob, Esmond Lee, Julius Poncelet Manapul, Sanaz and Mani Mazinani, Divya Mehra, Zinnia Naqvi, José Luis Torres, 2Fik, Blue Republic, Diana Yoo, Jinny Yu, Z’otz* Collective

January 12–March 4, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 12, 5:00–8:00 PM

Exploring themes of intercultural translation, displacement and identity construction, this exhibition brings together a group of Canadian artists from diverse cultural backgrounds whose works examine the immigrant condition. Comprising recent and new works in a variety of media, including site-specific installations, Yonder approaches the notion of immigration through a process of “personal sociology,” moving from an investigation of subjective inquiries to larger questions and shared experiences. Following its recent installation at the Koffler Gallery and Artscape Youngplace, the project crosses beyond the borders of the University of Waterloo Art Gallery into the broader space of the Fine Arts Department, engaging shared public areas in East Campus Hall as well as the building’s exterior.

Offering many voices and perspectives, the works invite a deep reflection on the dislocations and adaptations triggered by the complex decision to uproot oneself and to cross borders, reaching for a yonder home. Drawing upon their own narratives as first or second generation Canadians, the artists consider the spaces between spoken and encountered languages, relinquished and adoptive homelands, idiosyncratic and historic timelines. By foregrounding these intimate presentations over globalizing political positions, the exhibition aims to generate a meaningful dialogue between artworks and audiences, offering visitors points of resonance to make connections with their own individual narratives.
Mona Filip and Matthew Brower, Co-Curators

Yonder has been organized by the Koffler Gallery, Toronto, and supported by lead exhibition sponsor Partners in Art, with additional support from Circuit Gallery and the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto.

Please join us for this thought-provoking group exhibition
Exhibition is free and open to the public

ADMIT EVERYONE
University of Waterloo Art Gallery
East Campus Hall 1239
519.888.4567 ext. 33575
uwag.uwaterloo.ca
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HOURS
Tuesday to Saturday 12:00-5:00 PM
Or by appointment

CONTACT
Ivan Jurakic, Director / Curator
519.888.4567 ext. 36741
ijurakic at uwaterloo.ca

DRIVING
263 Phillip Street, Waterloo
East Campus Hall (ECH) on Phillip Street off University Avenue West, behind University Shops Plaza, use south entrance to ECH across from Engineering 6

PARKING
Visitor Parking is available in Lot E6 or Q for a flat rate of $5.00
http://www.uwaterloo.ca/map/index.php

MAILING
University of Waterloo Art Gallery
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1



Image: Divya Mehra, There are Greater Tragedies (detail), 2014, custom digital printed flag, 70 demier high tenacity nylon. Courtesy of the artist and Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto.
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