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Recorded: Wednesday, April 20, 7 pm @ Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario
Duration: 01:29:55
Paterson Ewen’s paintings are kin to phenomenological philosophy, in that they spring from a sense of wonder at the things around us and plunge us into insights about the nature of things and ourselves. In many of his works, Ewen seeks to show, in paint and wood, celestial bodies that are out of this world and beyond easy perceptual grasp. In bringing these things down to earth, he illuminates fundamental dimensions of perceptual experience: spatial and temporal scale, movement and our rootedness in place, surface and depth, lighting and the lit. The talk will introduce phenomenology and its relationship with painting. No philosophy background needed, just wonder.
David Morris has explored the phenomenology of body, mind, life and nature in numerous publications and presentations, with special attention to the phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Morris is Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University, Montréal.
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Recorded: Wednesday, April 13, 7 pm @ Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario
Duration: 01:11:27
Paterson Ewen (1925-2002) is one of Canada’s most acclaimed painters. Throughout his career Ewen’s search has been to make the observed world tangible and real. His work stands as a testimony to the cycles of nature, its terror and its beauty. Matthew Teitelbaum, AGO Director and CEO, as well and curator of the exhibition Paterson Ewen: Inspiration and Influencewill place Ewen in the context of his times and highlight his influences and enthusiasms. He will also reveal the full breadth of the AGO’s holdings.
The AGO is the central public collection for the study and enjoyment of Paterson Ewen’s artworks. Matthew Teitelbaum, Director & CEO of the Art Gallery of Ontario, explains how this came to be.
