During this time, Edmonton was recognized internationally as a centre for the creation and collection of modernist painting and sculpture. In particular, the exhibition traces the relationship between the work produced by the faculty at the University of Alberta’s Department of Art and Design and the strong support of modern art by The Edmonton Art Gallery under the curatorial leadership of Karen Wilkin and Terry Fenton. Seeing Through Modernism also examines the development of important sites of critique and opposition, specifically the formation of the artist-run centre Latitude 53 in 1973 and the establishment of the Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists (SNAP) in 1982.

This exhibition is curated by Dr. Anne Whitelaw, Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta. She is currently co-editing a reader on 20th Century Visual Arts in Canada for Oxford University Press. In 2006 she curated the exhibition The Edmonton Art Gallery: Building a Collection at the AGA. 

Exhibition runs: March 1-May 4, 2008 

Associated Programming: Seeing Through Edmonton Lecture Series  

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Media Kit

James Rosati, Edmonton, 1971. Art Gallery of Alberta Collection, purchased for the Edmonton Art Gallery by the Clifford E. Lee Foundation, 1972

Douglas Haynes, Cardinal Green, 1979. Art Gallery of Alberta Collection, purchased with funds donated by the Presidents Circle.