New World. Contemporary Canadian Print Art
2013. Mar. 31. - 2013. Jun. 23.
MODEM’s large-scale selection featured over half a hundred works by contemporary Canadian print artists. The twelve artists in the exhibition live and work in different provinces of Canada, but they all share a dedication and passion for the art of print, whether traditional paper-ink or cutting-edge digital techniques. For the group presentation, each artist created a new work, with an additional curiosity in the form of a highly topical, shared theme. Stereotypically associating the word New World – the 18th century name for the exhibiting artists’ country – with the era and conditions of European colonialism, the artists sought to answer the question of identity for Canadians who embraced foreign cultures.
Curator: Derek Michael Besant
Artists: Alexandra Haeseker, Bonnie Baxter, Liz Ingram — Bernd Hildebrandt, Liz Ingram, Mark Bovey, Sean Caulfield, Tanya Harnett, Guy Langevin, Davida Kidd, Karen Dugas, Walter Jule, Derek Michael Besant