Art Metropole

#15948

Lost and Found: A Public Art Project by Kevin Schmidt and Holly Ward

Artists

Holly Ward and Kevin Schmidt

Curator

Yan Wu

Varley Art Gallery and Markham Public Art

Price

$15.00

Date

2024

Publisher

Varley Art Gallery and Markham Public Art

Format

Catalogues

ISBN

978-1-988436-07-4

Size

14.6 × 22.2 9

Length

84 pp

Genre

Canadian, Contemporary Art, Conversations, Installation Art, Activism, Environment

Description

A collaborative effort between the artists, the curator, and the designer, the publication Lost and Found, A Public Art Project by Kevin Schmidt and Holly Ward is conceived as the third presentation space in this project. It juxtaposes documentation of activities and events previously taken place on the Rouge Valley Trail and in the exhibition space of the Varley Art Gallery, capturing the diverse cultural heritages of the area, the unique urban natural setting of the trail, and the shifting re/presentation of aesthetic experience. Centred around a conversation between the artists and the curator and with a Foreword by Niamh O’Laoghaire, Director of the Varley Art Gallery, delineating the history of public art in Markham, this reflection traces the project’s trajectory, from initial inspirations to conceptual and artistic strategies, to aspirations for civic public space.

Project Coordinator: Alessandra Pozzuoli
Design: Mark Bennett
Copy Editing and Proofreading: Rosemary Heather
Printed in Canada by Andora Graphics

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