In Conversation: Artist Gord Peteran and Curator David Liss
About the event
Artist Gord Peteran and curator David Liss in conversation exploring Lessons in Objectology
Join artist Gord Peteran and curator David Liss for a conversation exploring Lessons in Objectology, Peteran’s inventive and thought-provoking exhibition that examines our complex relationships with the objects that surround us.
The program will conclude with questions from the audience.
Immediately following the conversation, join Cybèle Young for an artist walkthrough of Kamiphony at the Koffler Gallery. Enjoy an afternoon of two engaging programs with artists! Register here: https://artist-walkthrough-cybele-young.eventbrite.ca
Each event requires a separate registration.
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Toronto sculptor Gord Peteran has exhibited and lectured extensively throughout North America. His work is held in numerous private and public collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Canadian Museum of History.
A professor at the Ontario College of Art and Design University for 30 years, Peteran has also taught at several institutions and received numerous grants and awards, including the Jean A. Chalmers Award. His work has been the subject of a mid-career retrospective and four published catalogues.
David Liss is an independent curator, writer and artist currently living in Toronto. From 2000 to 2020 he was Director, Curator and Artistic Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto. From 1995 to 2000 he was Director and Curator of the Gallery of the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts in Montreal. During the early 1990s he contributed art and music reviews to the Montreal Gazette, Vice, Canadian Art, and other publications. Since the late 1980s he has organized, curated, written texts and essays, published books and developed interdisciplinary programs for numerous exhibitions and projects in Toronto, Montreal, and venues across Canada and internationally.
