Sciences Participating with Arts & Culture in Education

The Human Body in Art:  Dr. Nelson and Dr. Tembeck

As part of a series of events, presentations and exhibitions that address The Human Body:  Then, Now and in the Future,  S.P.A.C.E. (Sciences Participating with Arts and Culture in Education) invites you to attend the following two presentations:

Dr. Tamar Tembeck:  Illness and (Self-) Representation in Contemporary Art
Dr. Charmaine Nelson:  Representing the Black Female Body in Western Art

Dawson College theatre, 2000 Atwater, Friday November 23, 2012, from 3:00 pm to 5:15 pm.
(Entrance is free)

Tamar Tembeck's  presentation is entitled "Auto/Pathographies: Illness and (Self-)Representation in Contemporary Art." This talk examines works presented in the recent Auto/Pathographies exhibition presented at the OBORO gallery in Montreal, as well as the curatorial rationale guiding its conception. Artists whose works will be presented include Angela Ellsworth, Tina Takemoto, Christina Lammer, and Jo Spence.

www.tembeck.org

http://www.oboro.net/en/activity/autopathographies-0

Dr. Charmaine Nelson's presentation is entitled Representing the Black Female Body in Western Art, and it will trace the history of the visual representation of black female subjects in western art, with special attention to the academic obstacles and challenges for the recuperation of the Black Diasporic experience in Canada. Canada’s colonial history is often denied and has not been accorded a place in the national imaginary.  In opposition to the celebration of Canadians as liberators of African-American slaves through the Underground Railroad stands the prolific denial of Canadian slavery. This neglect has impacted all branches of academic scholarship.

http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs/faculty/nelson