Curatorial Tour: Earthwork
A program of:
Earthwork
Saturday, September 6
3pm–4pm
University of Toronto Art Centre
15 King’s College Circle
Join curator Mikinaak Migwans for an in-depth exploration of Earthwork. During this tour, Migwans will share his curatorial interest in reassessing the art historical framing of “earthwork” popularized by the Land Art movement of the 1960s and 1970s, reclaiming it through an Indigenous lens.
Free and open to the public! Registration is recommended but not required.
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About the Curator
Mikinaak Migwans is a member of Wiikwemikoong Unceded Territory, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History, and Curator of Indigenous Art in the Art Museum at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on the politics of place-making from the land to the museum, with special attention to natural fibre weaving in Anishinaabe territory. Migwans has worked with the Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts & Culture at Carleton University, the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation in M’Chigeeng First Nation, and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
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Image: Alex Jacobs-Blum, Ga.ih.wa.ne:ge:’. 2019. Digital photograph, inkjet print on Hanemühle Photo Rag Bright White mounted on 3mm Alupanel, 13” x 20”. Courtesy of the artist.
