{"id":22711,"date":"2014-02-06T15:02:37","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T20:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=22711"},"modified":"2014-03-28T14:03:32","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T18:03:32","slug":"mocca-launches-the-winter-2014-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=22711","title":{"rendered":"Misled by Nature \/ Speaker Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOCCA launches the Winter 2014 season with the monumental exhibition\u00a0Misled by Nature: Contemporary Art and the Baroque<\/em>, a special presentation of our award-winning\u00a0NGC@MOCCA\u00a0<\/em>program, and in the Media\/Retail Space\u00a0The Nightwatchers<\/em>, a solo exhibition by Toronto-based artist Keita Morimoto.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>David Altmejd, The Holes<\/em> (detail), 2008. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. \u00a9 David Altmejd, Courtesy Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York. Photo \u00a9 NGC <\/strong><\/p>\n

NGC@MOCCA Special Presentation \/ Misled by Nature: Contemporary Art and the Baroque<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

David Altmejd\/ Mark Bradford\/ Lee Bul\/ Bharti Kher\/ Tricia Middleton\/ Yinka Shonibare, MBE<\/p>\n

Curated by Catherine Crowston, Jos\u00e9e Drouin-Brisebois, and Jonathan Shaughnessy.
\nOrganized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Alberta, in collaboration with MOCCA.<\/p>\n

Misled by Nature: Contemporary Art and the Baroque<\/em> showcases a selection of works by contemporary artists that draw upon aspects of the historical Baroque: material excess, accumulation, bravado, theatricality and the construction of immersive, emotive environments. This presence of what could be called the \u2018neo-baroque\u2019 has, in recent time, been a recurring facet of contemporary art in Canada and around the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

KEYNOTE LECTURE:<\/strong>
\npresented in partnership with OCAD University
\nSURROUNDING BEAUTY:<\/strong>
\nThoughts on aesthetic experience, with reference to the Baroque
\nFriday, February 28 \/ 7 \u2013 8 pm<\/strong>
\nPeter Schjeldahl, Chief Art Critic, New Yorker Magazine
\nPresented at OCAD University Auditorium, Room 190, 100 McCaul Street<\/p>\n

LECTURE<\/strong>
\nSaturday, March 1 \/ 1 \u2013 2 pm<\/strong>
\nSpeakers:
\nMichael Atkinson, Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, U of T
\nThe Second Skin: Pleasures of the Tattooed Flesh<\/strong>
\nRachel Anne Farquharson, writer and curator
\nCuriouser and Curiouser: the Anxiety of the Flat<\/strong>
\nPresented at MOCCA<\/p>\n

LECTURE<\/strong>
\nSaturday March 8 \/ 1 \u2013 2 pm<\/strong>
\nSpeakers:
\nErik Anderson, Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Drew University
\nCheesy Goodness<\/strong>
\nKevin Melchionne, artist and researcher
\nInfinite Warehouse: Art in the Age of Amazon<\/strong>
\nPresented at MOCCA<\/p>\n

Exhibition dates: February 8 – April 6, 2014, Museum Of Contemporary Canadian Art, 952 Queen Street West. Gallery hours: Tue – Sun: 11 – 6 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

February 28, March 1 and 8, 2014 <\/strong><\/p>\n

In conjunction with the exhibition Misled by Nature: Contemporary Art and the Baroque<\/em>, MOCCA is pleased to offer a FREE public speaker series <\/p>\n

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