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)