Elizabeth Zvonar, Face, 2013, inkjet print mounted on Dibond, 121.9 x 76.2 cm. Collection of Amy Kazymerchyk.

Jalal Toufic, Saving Face (still), 2003, single-channel video, 09:00 mins. Courtesy of the Artist.

Mark Lewis, From Third Beach 1, 2010, 35 mm film transferred to video, 03:35 mins. Collection of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, gift of Roger Larry and Sandra Tomc.

Dani Gal, Failed to Bind (detail), 2013, two-channel slide projection, 10:00 mins. Courtesy of the Artist and Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf.

Elizabeth Zvonar, Face, 2013, inkjet print mounted on Dibond, 121.9 x 76.2 cm. Collection of Amy Kazymerchyk.

Jalal Toufic, Saving Face (still), 2003, single-channel video, 09:00 mins. Courtesy of the Artist.

Mark Lewis, From Third Beach 1, 2010, 35 mm film transferred to video, 03:35 mins. Collection of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, gift of Roger Larry and Sandra Tomc.

Dani Gal, Failed to Bind (detail), 2013, two-channel slide projection, 10:00 mins. Courtesy of the Artist and Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf.

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Selected

Aporia (Notes to a Medium)

Opening reception and Artist Talk
Thursday, January 11
Artist talk: 5–6 pm
Reception: 6–8 pm

Aporia (Notes to a Medium) considers how history, mythology, and wishful thinking entwine across media and through mediums. In this moment where faith in media, government, and institutions is further collapsing, where binarization is on the rise, where expressions of doubt are tactical, this exhibition includes artists’ works that contend with systems of belief and perception to trouble truth’s material (and immaterial) forms. Holding space for doubt – a space of critical reflection that contains multiple truths or exposes the limits of truth – is a strength of contemporary art. Doubt is part of nuanced thinking, and ambiguity may be fertile ground for possibility and otherwise thinking. But Janus-faced doubt is also a tactic. From the Greek word aporos, the exhibition’s title engages the paradoxical or impassable. This impasse functions as an expression of real or pretend uncertainty, something the works in the exhibition collectively query and channel.

Aporia (Notes to a Medium) is curated by Melanie O’Brian and made possible with the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council, and the Belkin Curator’s Forum members. This exhibition includes work by Colleen Brown, Azza El Siddique, Dani Gal, Katie Kozak and Lucien Durey, Mark Lewis, Jenine Marsh, Jalal Toufic, and Elizabeth Zvonar.

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