Critical Writing Index

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Crossings/Traversees, 1998, pp. 1-22

Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1998

"This exhibition features the work of 15 artists from Canada and abroad, many of whom are living outside their countries of origin. It seeks to explore how exile, diaspora, and cultural globalization have changed the meaning of identity, place, and belonging in art at the end of the twentieth century.

While the work reflects in many subtle ways the diversity of the artists' cultural origins, it also vividly demonstrates the process of translation and transformation that occurs as their past and present, origin and destination, come together. These interactions propose a new perspective on the world, linking the artists to a shared global urban culture."

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ITEM RFL.078 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Todo Cambria – Kcho

A Group of Sixty-Seven – Jin-Me Yoon

Atopia – Vong Phaophanit

Cradle – Lani Maestro

Two Windows – Ilya Kabakov

Quarters – Mona Hatoum

Waiting – Alfredo Jaar

Declaration – Jana Sterbak

Acha que minto... – Jimmie Durham

Mr and Mrs Andrews Without Their Heads – Yinka Shonibare

Spoken Softly With Mama – Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons

A Book from the Sky – Xu Bing

Cry Dragon/Cry Wolf: The Ark of Genghis Khan – Cai Guo-qiang

Untitled, 1998 – Rirkrit Tiravanija

At the Speed of Your Steps – Carlos Capelan