Collective XX
Proto
Opening Oct. 3rd, 2013
7pm – 10pm
Exhibition Dates: Oct. 3rd - 18th
Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing.[1]
Collective XX consists of artists Myfanwy Ashmore, Elizabeth Fearon, Fiona Smyth, Marie de Sousa and K.D. Thornton. The collective did not start out with the intention of only including female artists but it is something that still, in these days, invites comments. Immediate questions are about the collective's intentionality – is its mandate feminist? Why are there no males involved? Questions that likely wouldn't be asked if the collective consisted only of male artists. The intentionality around the members of the collective consisted of considerations about mutual support, shared ideas and skills. Is there a feminist mandate? Yes. But only in so far as feminism should really be considered humanism – it is about support for men and women of all races, creeds, colours and sexual orientation. Feminism is about being concerned with universal issues that are often experienced or expressed through personal examples. That is the tie that links these artists and their works together.
An excerpt of the text Collective XX: Powerful Things by Virginia Eichhorn, Director & Chief Curator, Tom Thomson Art Gallery
1 Phylicia Rashad
Beaver Hall
29 McCaul, Toronto
ON M5T 1V7
Proto
Opening Oct. 3rd, 2013
7pm – 10pm
Exhibition Dates: Oct. 3rd - 18th
Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing.[1]
Collective XX consists of artists Myfanwy Ashmore, Elizabeth Fearon, Fiona Smyth, Marie de Sousa and K.D. Thornton. The collective did not start out with the intention of only including female artists but it is something that still, in these days, invites comments. Immediate questions are about the collective's intentionality – is its mandate feminist? Why are there no males involved? Questions that likely wouldn't be asked if the collective consisted only of male artists. The intentionality around the members of the collective consisted of considerations about mutual support, shared ideas and skills. Is there a feminist mandate? Yes. But only in so far as feminism should really be considered humanism – it is about support for men and women of all races, creeds, colours and sexual orientation. Feminism is about being concerned with universal issues that are often experienced or expressed through personal examples. That is the tie that links these artists and their works together.
An excerpt of the text Collective XX: Powerful Things by Virginia Eichhorn, Director & Chief Curator, Tom Thomson Art Gallery
1 Phylicia Rashad
Beaver Hall
29 McCaul, Toronto
ON M5T 1V7
Info: 416
654 3232 or 416 995 2022
collectivexxto@gmail.com
Gallery Hours: Thurs. – Sun. 11 am – 6pm or by appointment
collectivexxto@gmail.com
Gallery Hours: Thurs. – Sun. 11 am – 6pm or by appointment
