Esker Foundation

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4th Floor, 1011 – 9th Avenue S.E.
Calgary, Ab T2G 0H7 Get Directions

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  • Artist Talk with Johnathan Onyschuk

    Esker Foundation 4th Floor, 1011 – 9th Avenue S.E., Calgary, Ab

    In this artist talk, Johnathan Onyschuk will discuss the ideas and processes behind Old Growth, his installation exploring the recurring image of the human face emerging from plant life and wood. Drawing from a collection of anonymous folk art “spirit carvings,” Onyschuk combines found sculptures into intricate basswood reliefs where individual faces merge into dense,...

  • Panel Discussion: Have We Failed Contemporary Art?

    Esker Foundation 4th Floor, 1011 – 9th Avenue S.E., Calgary, Ab

    This new annual initiative of talks and panels emerges out of an ongoing attempt to grapple with the state of contemporary art.Demands placed on contemporary art—for directness, spectacle, or a reduction to economic functionality—will be central to these conversations. This series is interested in thinking through how these pressures inflect not only the production of...