SARA CWYNAR: GILDED AGE II

SARA CWYNAR: IN DISCUSSION Friday, September 6 at 7pm 

Join us for an artist talk and discussion about the exhibition Sara Cwynar: Gilded Age II with three esteemed presenters. Brooklyn-based artist Sara Cwynar will introduce her work, followed by commentary by the exhibition curator Jenn Jackson and National Gallery of Canada Associate Curator Jonathan Shaughnessy. Following these remarks, the artist and curators will engage in conversation about the timely themes and context of Gilded Age II, and what these images tell us about the unique cultural moment in which we find ourselves today.

The following day, September 7 at 3pm, Sara Cwynar and Jenn Jackson will participate in a discussion at the Vancouver Art Gallery. 

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Sara Cwynar

Guest Curator: Jenn Jackson

Sara Cwynar is a multimedia artist who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Primarily working in video and photography, Cwynar’s artworks evolve from a cyclical process of collecting, creating, and re-presenting both original and found visual material. Her luminous and iridescent collages allude to the staggering proliferation of images in contemporary visual culture. Outmoded technologies and studio tropes converge with digital artefacts and futuristic imagery, creating kaleidoscopic tableaus displaced in time.

Organized by Vancouver curator Jenn Jackson, Gilded Age II is Cwynar’s first solo exhibition on the West Coast. The exhibition features recent photographs and two videos, reflecting Cwynar’s interest in the enduring legacies of design and popular imagery in contemporary consciousness.  Across Cwynar’s works, found photographs, everyday artefacts, illustrations, notes, and models unfold and challenge enduring systems of value and meaning.

Sara Cwynar (b. 1985, Vancouver, BC) holds an MFA from Yale University, New Haven, CT and a Bachelor of Design from York University, Toronto, ON. Selected exhibitions include The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, USA (2019); Image Model Muse, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, USA (2019); Rose Gold, The approach, London, UK (2018); Hard to Picture: A Tribute to Ad Reinhardt, Mudam, Luxembourg (2018); Subjektiv, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden (2017); L’Image Volée, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy (2016); and Greater New York, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY (2015/16). Cwynar’s monograph, Kitsch Encyclopedia (2014), was published by Blonde Art Books, and she is represented by Cooper Cole, Toronto and Foxy Production, New York.

EXHIBITION TOURS 

Tours of Gilded Age II will be hosted every Saturday at 2PM. To join the tour, meet at the ground floor lobby at 1:55PM. These tours are recommended for general visitors as an introduction to the exhibition.

Friday, September 6 24-hour showing of The Clock (until Saturday, September 7 at 5pm)

Sara Cwynar: In Discussion at 7pm