Collection Kinships and Departures
Collection Kinships and Departures
This exhibition is devoted to exploring points of connection and divergence within the permanent collection. Located in Colville Gallery, this exhibition features a shifting selection of works curated on an informal basis by staff, student interns, faculty, and other community members. The works on display thus represent a range of interests, ideas, tangents, and other points of departure for conversations or private reflections.
We are proud to inaugurate this project with a selection of work curated by this year’s Bourne Summer Interns: Emma Neilson and Shivanya Ra. As part of their internship, Neilson and Ra devised a curatorial theme, selected works, and arranged them in the gallery space. Together, they chose to focus on the relationship between movement and stillness and the exhibition offers a wide-ranging perspective on this theme. Works on display include Alex Colville’s Seven Crows (1980), Roy Lichtenstein’s Explosion (1967), and Deborah Margo’s Register of Attendance (2005). A highlight of the exhibition is the recent acquisition of six drawing transfers from Rotchild Choisy’s ongoing series Strike a pose/pause or wear your emotions!, which explores the emotional aspect of performing identity through gesture, posture, dress, and camouflage.
Neilson and Ra’s internships are made possible thanks to a generous gift from Mount Allison alumni Ian and Heather Bourne (both Class of ’69).
Meet the 2024 Bourne Summer Interns: Emma Neilson (’27) and Shivanya Ra (’24)
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Accessibility
The stairs to the Owens from the entrance nearest the University Chapel have a handrail. There is also ramp access at this entrance, however, the ramp is steep. The stairs to the Owens entrance off York Street also have a handrail, but there is no ramp. The main floor of the Owens is wheelchair accessible. Our second-floor gallery is not wheelchair accessible. Two flights of stairs lead to the second floor. Find more information at owensartgallery.com/visit/accessibility/
Top Image: Rotchild Choisy, Strike a pose/pause or wear your emotions!, 2023, transfers on paper, purchased with funds from the Ruth Lockhart Eisenhauer Art Fund. © Rotchild Choisy