Artist Talk: Milutin Gubash | Thursday 17 February

Montreal-based artist Milutin Gubash will discuss his multidisciplinary practice and works on view in our Permanent Collection exhibition, At the far edge of worlds, curated by Žana Kozomora.

This virtual event will be hosted on Zoom. Please register in advance to participate using the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xfLw6NnrTUSPCmY883loKg

Milutin Gubash’s multidisciplinary practice plays with narrative codes of video, sculpture, and photography, as much as performance. Gubash does not hesitate to alter a fact in order to make the underlying reality of his subjects and themes more credible, understandable. The artist exacerbates the issues of memory by deploying a set of family stories that constantly intertwines facts and fiction, past and present, idealization and historical acuity, building over time a real, serious and amazing saga. Having immigrated to Canada as a young child, Gubash has continued to build a relationship with his native country, through his parents’ stories of their life in Serbia, intensive research, and his own imaginings to fill in the gaps. With humor and intelligence, the artist addresses ideas of authenticity and perceptions of cultural, political and social identities. He highlights the contradictions of our capacity to construct a sense of identity.

Artist Photo: Annie Gauthier

Artist Talks at KWAG are kindly supported by Momentum Developments and Sorbara Law.