Organized by and presented in partnership with John B. Aird Gallery, 900 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario
Curated by Taryn Foss and Carla Garnet
Waking Dream is a multimedia project by New York-based artist Bill Jones that traces the first hundred years of photography, from its invention in 1839 to its modernist triumphs in the early 20th century. The exhibition integrates still and moving imagery and a wide range of media techniques to reinterpret historical works. Looking to the composite images of 19th-century British photographer Henry Peach Robinson and the sequenced motion studies of Robinson’s contemporary Eadweard Muybridge, through to the advent of cinema, Jones maps early analogue history onto the contemporary digital landscape.
CONTINENTAL DRIFT: Conceptual Art in Canada: The 1960s and 70s. Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany. Part I: April 19.-June 23; Part II: June 28-August 9, 2013. CONTINENTAL DRIFT is devoted to a significant and hitherto underrepresented period in Canadian art. Involving a broad spectrum of materials and media, the exhibition sheds light on some of the most unique characteristics of Canadian conceptual art—especially the role of artists’ collectives and the network of artist-run centers, but also the development of new artistic mediums and the influence of Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan. The exhibition accentuates a diversity of local vantage points in the ongoing project of revisiting the history of conceptual art globally. More info
2010-2012
Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965 – 1980. Curated by Grant Arnold, Catherine Crowston, Barbara Fischer, Michèle Thériault with Vincent Bonin, and Jayne Wark. Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada c. 1965-1980 is the first major account of the development of Conceptual Art in Canada from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s. By far one of the most important and long-lasting art movements of the 20th Century, Conceptual Art originated within the social and political turmoil of the 1960s – from feminism and gay liberation to anti-racism and anti-war movements – and presented a profound challenge to the institution of art. More info
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery
January 13 – February 25, 2012 — Toronto and Montreal sections
March 16 – April 28, 2012 — Vancouver, Central, and Halifax sections
Montreal, Quebec
Vancouver Art Gallery
September 29, 2012 – January 20, 2013
Vancouver, British Columbia
2009
Bill Jones and Ben Neill at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn
Bill Jones and Ben Neill perform Afterimage at Issue Project Room,
Music by Ben Neill, Interactive video by Bill Jones
2008
The New AGO: Frank Gehry’s Redesign. Selections from the permanent collection, reopened November 13, 2008. More info
Bill Jones, Elevations, Levitations and the Twist. 7 tables with photographic surfaces with color photographic overlays. 4 x 48 feet (variable) Collection The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (detail table 2)
Past Exhibitions: Selections 1969 – 2000
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Pulse 48, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, Solo, 1999
Bill Jones, Second Sight, found eyeglasses, ball chain, alligator clips. Installation view The Koffler Gallery, May 8- June 15 1997.
Bill Jones Installation view, The Khofler Centre, 1997, Toronto
Metaphysical Metaphors, The High Museum, Atlanta GA, 1994
Bill Jones, Superstition, Installation view, Garnett Press Gallery Toronto, 1994
Bill Jones, Superstition, Installation view, Garnett Press Gallery Toronto, 1994
Bill Jones, Installation view Investigation, Meditations, Lamentations, Selections 1970-1990. Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver BC, Oct 19 – Nov. 25 1990.
Bill Jones, Soul Catcher, 1989, silver prints on gold paper, 13 prints 139 x 193 cm, 55 x 76 inches each, steel, magnets, crystal lamp, eyeglasses, Installation view The Brooklyn Museum.
Bill Jones, Soul Catcher, 1989, silver prints on gold paper, 13 prints 139 x 193 cm, 55 x 76 inches each, steel, magnets, crystal lamp, eyeglasses, Installation view The Brooklyn Museum.
Bill Jones, Orectic Object , 1989, 54 x 80 inches, silver print on gold paper. Installation view Amy Lipton Gallery.
Bill Jones, Installation view, 1989, Amy Lipton Gallery, NY
Bill Jones, Installation view, 1989, Amy Lipton Gallery, NY
Bill Jones, The Uses of Would, 1988, Silver print, lantern, window, 122 x 549 cm, 48 x 216 in, Installation view YYZ Gallery, Toronto.
Bill Jones, The Uses of Would, 1988, Silver print, lantern, window, 122 x 549 cm, 48 x 216 in, detail, YYZ Gallery, Toronto.
Mirrored Chamber, Color photographs and mirrored tiles, Installation view Art City, NY, 1986
Bill Jones, The Garden Path, 1980, polyptych, color and silver prints, installation view Bill Jones 10 Years of Multiple Image Narratives, International Center of Photography, New York, 61 x 1219 cm, 2 x 40 feet
Bill Jones, The Garden Path, 1980, polyptych, colour and silver prints, (detail triptych 1), 61 x 1219 cm, 2 x 40 feet.
Bill Jones, The Garden Path, 1980, polyptych, colour and silver prints, (detail triptych 2), 61 x 1219 cm, 2 x 40 feet.
Bill Jones, Les Crimes de l’ Amour, 1978, Colour and black and white photographs, 40.6 x 1219 cm, 16 x 480 in. Installation view PS 1. Collection The Art Bank
Bill Jones, Les Crimes de l’ Amour, 1978, Colour and black and white photographs, 40.6 x 1219 cm, 16 x 480 in. (detail diptych 1). Collection The Art Bank
Bill Jones, Les Crimes de L’Amour, 1978. Color and black and white photographs, 16 x 480 inches (detail triptych 3). Collection The Art Bank.
Bill Jones: A Survey, The Vancouver Art Gallery (catalog), Solo, 1976
Casino Royale, A Space, Toronto, 1975
The Merchant of Venice, Installation view, Pacific Vibrations, The Vancouver Art Gallery, 1973
Bill Jones, Landscape # 4, 1971, black and white photographs mounted on wood with cut glass overlays, 4 x 48 feet. (destroyed) Installation view Musee d’ Art Moderne, Paris, France.
Exploratory Space, The Vancouver Art Gallery, Solo, 1972
Bill Jones, Landscape #1, 1971, silver print, cut glass, 122 x 122 cm, 48″ x48″. Collection The Vancouver Art Gallery.
A Plastic Presence, The Jewish Museum, New York, 1969
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