Translated: A Curator's Talk
March 23, 2013, 2PM and 3PM
about the curator's talk
Please join Rachel Anne Farquharson for a walk through the exhibition, Translation, during
which she will explain the impetus behind her curatorial theme as well as unpack the reasons
why each of the works included in the show make good bed-fellows. The material enigma of
Petrina Ng's dog fur diamonds presents an opportunity for the consideration of how we each
memorialize our family members and pets while John Monteith's film exposes a strange truth
about a political and social condition peculiar to present day North Korea. Alex Fischer
illuminates the peculiarities of today's techno-focused climate and Callum Schuster waxes
philosophical by reimagining the daily journal. Audience members will have a chance to ask
questions of the curator and the artists present.
Two sessions will take place, starting at 2 pm and 3 pm. Please RSVP to info@oborncontemporary.com
and indicate which session you will be attending. Space is limited.
about rachel anne farquharson
Rachel Anne Farquharson is Associate Director of O'Born Contemporary, where she
compliments and supports the Director's creative pursuits. While maintaining this role,
Farquharson continues her practice as an essayist and curator. The Tate Britain has published
her critical writings on the Gallery's new acquisitions and a monograph essay relating Brian
Adam Douglas's cut paper images to choreographic revolutionary Pina Bausch was produced
by DRAGO in 2011.
Farquharson is a regular feature contributor to C Magazine, having published an interpretive
essay on Kerry Tribe in the fall of 2012. She also writes content for Carousel Magazine and
the Huffington Post, critiquing both local and international exhibitions and artists. Over the
past two years, she has published texts on O'Born Contemporary artists Alex Fischer and John
Monteith in addition to moderating a round-table seminar with Kate McQuillen in
conjunction with her 2011 solo exhibition, Conventional Weapons. Recently, as a part of "C
Magazine|Conversations" at Art Toronto 2012, Farquharson conducted a public interview
with artists Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky (Public Studio) which focused on the social
politics of architecture within visual art. Translation, a group exhibition opening at O'Born
Contemporary in March 2013, will represent her first curated show at the gallery.
Farquharson read Modern and Contemporary Art History and Connoisseurship at Christie's
Education, London, earning a First in her Master's Degree.
