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Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue with Objects
Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue with Objects
Toronto, Canada
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Other Projects by SOCA | Studio of Contemporary Architecture
Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue with Objects
Toronto, Canada
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Built
YEAR
2023
As a British and Kenyan woman, Dame Magdalene Odundo has deep roots in both contemporary and traditional ceramic practices, often drawing upon both her experience growing up in East Africa and the stolen objects she would visit at European museums.
For her largest exhibition in North American to date, SOCA took these ambiguities as a starting point. The white cube of the Gardiner Museum’s interior is obscured with an earthen limewash treatment, creating a ‘clay cube’ to house 20 works spanning her career. These are placed in conversation with objects as diverse as an ancient Cycladic marble figurine, a Ndebele apron from South Africa, and a painting by the late Trinidadian-Canadian artist Denyse Thomasos, each selected by the artist from the museum’s permanent collection. Gardiner Museum Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Dr. Sequoia Miller requested an atmosphere that would dramatically showcase Odundo’s work but not upstage it.
Two arcuate plaster pedestals ground the room, echoing the bold, bellied forms and carbonized terracotta textures of her celebrated vessels. These hold visitors in an intimate embrace with Odundo’s work, prioritizing bodily, emotive encounters over a narrative or chronological trajectory.
Photos: Jack McCombe, Toni Hakenscheid
For her largest exhibition in North American to date, SOCA took these ambiguities as a starting point. The white cube of the Gardiner Museum’s interior is obscured with an earthen limewash treatment, creating a ‘clay cube’ to house 20 works spanning her career. These are placed in conversation with objects as diverse as an ancient Cycladic marble figurine, a Ndebele apron from South Africa, and a painting by the late Trinidadian-Canadian artist Denyse Thomasos, each selected by the artist from the museum’s permanent collection. Gardiner Museum Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Dr. Sequoia Miller requested an atmosphere that would dramatically showcase Odundo’s work but not upstage it.
Two arcuate plaster pedestals ground the room, echoing the bold, bellied forms and carbonized terracotta textures of her celebrated vessels. These hold visitors in an intimate embrace with Odundo’s work, prioritizing bodily, emotive encounters over a narrative or chronological trajectory.
Photos: Jack McCombe, Toni Hakenscheid
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