Curator Tour | Stanley Wany: For Those Who Chose the Sea

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Join Catherine Sinclair (OAG Deputy Director, Chief Curator) for an in-person tour of Stanley Wany’s exhibition For Those Who Chose the Sea.

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Based in Montreal, Afro-Canadian artist Stanley Wany explores his own coming-to-terms with the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade through a powerful multimedia installation that brings together immersive video footage of the unpredictable waves of the Atlantic Ocean, sculptural approximations of the compartments in which human beings were stored below decks on slaving ships, and accompanying mixed-media work. Please note this program will take place in English. Photo: Stanley Wany, For those who Chose the Sea. Installation at the Ottawa Art Gallery, 2022.

Catherine Sinclair is Deputy Director, Chief Curator at the Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) and is the curator of Stanley Wany: For those who Chose the Sea (2022). At the OAG since 2006, she has curated over forty-five exhibitions, including most recently Don Kwan: Landscape, Legacy and Loss (co-curated with Don Kwan and Meghan Ho) (2022) and Sheltered in Place: Portraits of self, family and community (co-curated with Rebecca Basciano and Michelle Gewurtz) (2021). She has presented at the Universities Art Association of Canada Conference (UAAC) and the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Conference (CWAHI), and published in The Journal of Curatorial Studies (2018, co-author) and esse arts + opinions (2019). She has participated in the AAMC Foundation Engagement Program for International Curators (2017-19; and 2021-22).

La sous-directrice et commissaire en chef de la GAO Catherine Sinclair offre une visite sur place, à la GAO, de l’exposition de Stanley Wany À ces âmes qui ont choisi la mer. Installé à Montréal, l’artiste afro-canadien Stanley Wany explore son acceptation du patrimoine légué par le trajet transatlantique de la traite des esclaves à travers une puissante installation comprenant une vidéo immersive des vagues imprévisibles de l’océan Atlantique, des représentations sculptées approximatives de compartiments dans lesquels étaient entreposés des êtres humains sur les navires servant à transporter des esclaves, et des œuvres sur papier à techniques mixtes. Cette activité se déroulera en anglais.Photo : Vue de l’installation, Stanley Wany. À ces âmes qui ont choisi la mer , GAO, 2022.

Catherine Sinclair, sous-directrice et commissaire en chef de la Galerie d’art d’Ottawa (GAO) est la commissaire de l’exposition Stanley Wany. À ces âmes qui ont choisi la mer (2022). À la GAO depuis 2006, elle y a organisé plus de quarante expositions, dont Don Kwan. Paysage, perte, et patrimoine, en collaboration avec Don Kwan et Meghan Ho (2022), et Rester chez soi. Portraits d'artistes, de familles, de communautés (organisée avec Rebecca Basciano et Michelle Gewurtz) (2021). Elle a présenté lors du Congrès de l'Association d'art des universités du Canada (AUUC) ainsi qu’au colloque du Réseau d’étude sur l’histoire des artistes canadiennes (REHAC) et l’on retrouve ses publications dans The Journal of Curatorial Studies (2018, coauteure) et dans la revue esse arts + opinions (2019). Entre 2017 et 2019, elle a participé au Engagement Program for International Curators, le programme pour commissaires internationaux de la AAMC Foundation.

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