Leidy Churchman, Disappearing Acts (detail), 2019. Oil on linen, 142.2 × 177.8 × 3.2 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2020 (49086). © Leidy Churchman, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery. Photo: NGC
Movement: Expressive Bodies in Art
Drawn from the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, this exhibition celebrates the expressive energy of the human body. From seventeenth-century prints to contemporary performance, paintings, photographs and videos, the show demonstrates how the body endures as a subject for artists wishing to explore issues of social concern, or express the many possibilities of human contact and interaction.
Supported by the Scotiabank Photography Program at the National Gallery of Canada.
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Daphne Odjig, Pow Wow Dancer, 1978. Acrylic on canvas, 91 × 86 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Gift of John W. and Bernice W. Forster, Vancouver, 2022 (2014.0310.1). © Estate of Daphne Odjig. Photo: NGC
Daphne Odjig, Pow Wow Dancer, 1978. Acrylic on canvas, 91 × 86 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Gift of John W. and Bernice W. Forster, Vancouver, 2022 (2014.0310.1). © Estate of Daphne Odjig. Photo: NGC
Katherine Takpannie, Our Women and Girls are Sacred # 3, 2016. Inkjet print, 91 x 137 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2022 (2022.0305.3). © Katherine Takpannie. Photo: courtesy the artist
Katherine Takpannie, Our Women and Girls are Sacred # 3, 2016. Inkjet print, 91 x 137 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2022 (2022.0305.3). © Katherine Takpannie. Photo: courtesy the artist
Jacques Callot, Fracischina and Gian Farina, c. 1622. Etching on laid paper, 9.5 × 12.6 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Gift of Philip R.L. Somerville, Ottawa, 1997 (39293.17). Photo: NGC
Jacques Callot, Fracischina and Gian Farina, c. 1622. Etching on laid paper, 9.5 × 12.6 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Gift of Philip R.L. Somerville, Ottawa, 1997 (39293.17). Photo: NGC
Brian Jungen, Performance Bonnet, 2019. Nike Air Jordan athletic shoes, 87.5 × 76 × 67 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2021 (49592). © Brian Jungen. Photo: NGC
Brian Jungen, Performance Bonnet, 2019. Nike Air Jordan athletic shoes, 87.5 × 76 × 67 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2021 (49592). © Brian Jungen. Photo: NGC
Lisette Model, Pearl Primus, New York, 1943. Gelatin silver print, 35.4 x 43.1 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Gift of the Estate of Lisette Model, 1990, by direction of Joseph G. Blum, New York, through the American Friends of Canada. © Estate of Lisette Model. Photo: NGC
Lisette Model, Pearl Primus, New York, 1943. Gelatin silver print, 35.4 x 43.1 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Gift of the Estate of Lisette Model, 1990, by direction of Joseph G. Blum, New York, through the American Friends of Canada. © Estate of Lisette Model. Photo: NGC
Leidy Churchman, Disappearing Acts, 2019. Oil on linen, 142.2 × 177.8 × 3.2 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2020 (49086). © Leidy Churchman, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery. Photo: NGC
Leidy Churchman, Disappearing Acts, 2019. Oil on linen, 142.2 × 177.8 × 3.2 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2020 (49086). © Leidy Churchman, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery. Photo: NGC
Kent Monkman, still from Dance to Miss Chief, 2010. Colour, English and German with English subtitles 4:49 min. Vtape, Toronto. © Kent Monkman. Photo: Courtesy the artist
Kent Monkman, still from Dance to Miss Chief, 2010. Colour, English and German with English subtitles 4:49 min. Vtape, Toronto. © Kent Monkman. Photo: Courtesy the artist
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