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Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980

 

Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980 @ the University of Toronto Art Centre, 2010. Left image: Bill Jones Landscape # 1 second from right.

Travelling from 2010-2013

Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada c. 1965-1980 is the first major account of the development of Conceptual Art in Canada from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s.  By far one of the most important and long-lasting art movements of the 20th Century, Conceptual Art originated within the social and political turmoil of the 1960s – from feminism and gay liberation to anti-racism and anti-war movements – and presented a profound challenge to the institution of art.  

This exhibition focuses on specific manifestations of Conceptual Art practices in urban centres across Canada, with particular attention to the inter-regional and international traffic that facilitated fertile cross-pollinations and exchanges amongst artists in this country.

Curated by Grant Arnold, Catherine Crowston, Barbara Fischer, Michèle Thériault with Vincent Bonin, and Jayne Wark.

Organized by the Art Gallery of Alberta, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (Hart House, University of Toronto) and the Vancouver Art Gallery, in partnership with the  Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery (Concordia University), Halifax, INK and with the support of the University of Toronto Art Centre, Blackwood Gallery (UTM), Doris McCarthy Gallery (UTS) 

Dummy 1997-2007

Dummy is a collaborative installation project with art writer and philologist Thomas McEvilley. It is a media project which pairs text by McEvilley and images by Jones. It comprises four sets (issues) of magazine "dummies" which when opened and displayed on magazine shelves form multiple montaged images as their pages are turned. The four sets of 9 hand bound digitally printed "magazines" are set to four seasons. The texts relate ancient philosophical, poetic and cultural knowledge and play off the landscape imagery, much of it shot in and around Vancouver BC over the past 30 years.

Bill Jones, Dummy (Spring edition), in collaboration with Thomas McEvilley,  2007, 9 digitally printed magazines arranged as spreads, 91x122x8 cm, 36x48x3 inches.

Bill Jones, Dummy (Summer edition), in collaboration with Thomas McEvilley,  2007, 9 digitally printed magazines arranged as spreads, 91x122x8 cm, 36x48x3 inches.

Bill Jones, Dummy (Fall edition), in collaboration with Thomas McEvilley,  2007, 9 digitally printed magazines arranged as spreads, 91x122x8 cm, 36x48x3 inches.

Bill Jones, Dummy (Winter edition), in collaboration with Thomas McEvilley,  2007, 9 digitally printed magazines arranged as spreads, 91x122x8 cm, 36x48x3 inches.

Palladio, 2005

Palladio, an interactive, playable movie by Bill Jones + Ben Neill premieres in New York at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space, March 4-5 2005.

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Artistic passion and commercial greed collide in a digitally created narrative/performance format that fluidly mixes sampled commercials, live action cinematic drama, DJ / VJ culture and live music. Palladio asks the question, "In a world where the line between culture and commerce is increasingly blurred, can you really sell out anymore?" Based on the 1998 novel Palladio by New York Times Magazine writer Jonathan Dee, Neill and Jones' new media performance work tells the story of an unlikely romantic triangle set against the backdrop of the often conflicting worlds of music, art and advertising.

Palladio Titles (Kicked) from billjones and Vimeo.

Swimming with the Fishes from billjones and Vimeo.

Truth Transmitters from billjones and Vimeo.