McIntosh Gallery Exhibitions
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Publishing Against the Grain This exhibition documents the current state of international, independent publishing and art criticism. It comprises small journals, experimental publications, websites, and radio broadcasts that connect theoretical, social, political, and aesthetic questions. The projects included focus on communities of place and those defined by a specific identity or diaspora. Publishing Against the Grain provides a space for reading,
thinking, and conversing, where slowing down can become a form of intellectual
resistance. It encourages public participation and self-reflection by engaging
visitors to discover new perspectives by connecting different spheres of
contemporary art with intersecting subjects such as gender, gentrification,
race, language. Anti-profit: Independent Publishing in London During the summer of 1969, the editors of 20 Cents magazine, an independent art publication from London, Ontario, used the term “anti-profit” to describe both their endeavour and their perpetual challenge: Stop! The worst has happened! Your subscription has expired . . . No doubt you are wondering what happened to the magazine and/or your money . . . Due to the low-budget nature of our operation . . . If you act promptly, our loss can be your gain . . . If it embarrasses you to pay so little for such a fine publication, we’ll gladly accept more payment than the cover price. “Low budget” is a familiar euphemism to describe artist-run culture. Anti-profit: Independent Publishing in London explores the histories of independent arts and literary publishing by considering how and why small art presses wrangled with this seemingly perpetual precarity. Curated by Ruth Skinner from the McIntosh Gallery Curatorial Study Centre Collection of London based independent art publications, this exhibition will complement the international selection of similar material featured in Publishing Against the Grain. For more information, visit: http://mcintoshgallery.ca/ |
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