Current & Past Events
Colour Exchanges: Interview with Paul de Guzman
“Colour marks exchange. It is border-work. Mixture is our calling.”—Lisa Robertson, How to Colour
In place of the artist talk, colourschool presents an ongoing series of artist interviews conducted by Johan Lundh, whose practice adopts the “art of conversation” as a starting point for more dynamic explorations. Since 2005, Lundh has made over thirty interviews with artists, curators, and writers about their views on contemporary art and culture in his Conversations on Contemporary Art project, which is dedicated to the definition, development, and examination of art and culture in the world today.
Colour Exchanges follow a traditional interview format, but allow for and encourage participation by visitors in the midst of the conversation.
Johan Lundh interviews Paul de Guzman for this session.
- hosts:
- Paul de Guzman and Johan Lundh
- date & time:
- December 12th, 2007 at 7 pm
- contact:
- [info@colourschool.org]
Host Biographies
Born in Manila, the Philippines, where he studied Engineering, Paul de Guzman immigrated to Canada in 1986 and currently lives and works in Vancouver. He is a self-taught artist. He recently lectured at Dalhousie University’s School for Architecture and Planning in Halifax and at The Power Plant in Toronto. Some recent exhibitions in Canada include shows at the Dalhousie Art Gallery in Halifax, the Kenderdine Art Gallery at the University of Saskatchewan, The Art Gallery of Windsor, The Vancouver Art Gallery and The Art Gallery of Ontario; and in New York at Kinz Tillou + Feigen, Hofstra University Museum, New General Catalog, and apexart; and internationally at Galerie Markus Richter in Berlin, Galerie Dominique Fiat in Paris and Transit – aktuele kunst in Antwerp.
Johan Lundh is an artist, curator, and writer, living and working in Stockholm, Sweden and Vancouver, Canada. He fosters research-based projects that explore connections between social interaction and the mechanics of contemporary art. The cornerstone of his creative practice is experimental collaboration, manifesting itself through inter/ multidisciplinary actions. He is currently working on an extensive interview-project and a series of posters, co-produced by Toronto and Vancouver-based artists, together with Vancouver-based artist and curator Alissa Firth-Eagland. He is generally perceived as “young and restless,” but in reality is old and settled.
Event Images & Documentation
Study for Some Cities , (detail) 2004. Image courtesy of Paul de Guzman