An Opulence of Squander
The Morris and Helen Belkin Art GallerySeptember 3 – December 8, 2024
Image: Kelly Wood, Garbage Bag (Negative), 1997,
Part of the series Continuous Garbage Project.
Collection of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Anonymous Gift, 2005.
Forthcoming exhibition curated by Weiyi Chang.
Featuring works by Lorna Brown, Alexandra Dikeakos, Geoffrey Hendricks, Stu Horn, Deborah Koenker, Richard Ibghy & Marilous Lemmens, Mike MacDonald, Robert Rauschenberg, Soft Turns, Howard Ursuliak, and Kelly Wood.
Featuring works by Lorna Brown, Alexandra Dikeakos, Geoffrey Hendricks, Stu Horn, Deborah Koenker, Richard Ibghy & Marilous Lemmens, Mike MacDonald, Robert Rauschenberg, Soft Turns, Howard Ursuliak, and Kelly Wood.
An Opulence of Squander features artworks from the Belkin’s collection and beyond that critique the imperative for growth at all costs, growth that has contributed to our collective ecological and social conundrum. The works – including those by Richard Ibghy & Marilou Lemmens, Mike MacDonald and Kelly Wood – critique and resist the growth imperative, recognizing both the limits to productivity and the contradictory ideological premises that foster and justify the continued exploitation of labour and nature.