ART NOW | VIRTUAL
12 - 1 PM | FREE
Register through the University of Lethbridge here
ISABELLE SULLY | MARCH 5 | 12 - 1 PM MST | FREE
Isabelle Sully’s work is anchored to a form of feminist institutional critique that has at its heart an identity crisis around the paradox at play in the ‘solo act’. In placing importance on the ‘supporting role’, how do concurrent desires for notability prevail, persist or garner spotlight given the behind-the-scenes nature of these so-called ancillary activities? Through treating administration as material, recent works and projects have adopted techniques and measurements of performance—the monologue, the stand-in, the cameo and the understudy, or, the evaluation form, the audit report, the safety measure and the policy document—to understand the effects of standardisation on the relativity of need and expression. By playing with the uptake of roles in a context-specific way, she primarily toys with language as a means to work against providing, saying and feeling only that which is called for.
Isabelle Sully (b. 1991, AU) works across art-making, curating, editing and writing. She received a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2013 and a Master of Arts (Art Praxis) from the Dutch Art Institute in 2017. Originally from Melbourne, she now lives in Rotterdam and is assistant curator at Kunstverein, Amsterdam.
The SAAG is proud to be a partner of the University of Lethbridge’s Art NOW and Architecture & Design NOW lecture series, now streaming online over zoom. Encompassing presentations by artists, curators, critics, art historians, theorists, filmmakers, and more, these speaker series are of the largest and longest running programs in the country, having hosted more than 700 presenters over more than three decades. The SAAG contributes to the diverse spectrum of presenters by recommending our roster of contemporary practicing artists and curators as guests.
Supported by the Canada Council and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the course offers presentations from a wide array of arts professionals. Representing a wide range of contemporary practices, up to three different speakers each week discuss their ideas, working methods, and interests in the visual arts. With about 30 speakers per semester, Art NOW is an amazing resource for anyone interested in contemporary art. Best of all, the lectures are open to the public - everyone is welcome!
These events are hosted online over zoom, registration is through the University of Lethbridge.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.
