Curated by Pan Wendt 

An art collection is a project of preservation, reflecting a public desire for cultural continuity. But it is also a perpetual work in progress, animated and reshaped by changing conditions, attitudes and values, and reawakened by the engagement of each visitor. In a parallel manner, Together with Time—an exhibition that aims to provide a broad overview of a collection spanning over sixty-years—is arranged to make new and unexpected connections between works from different eras and worldviews, as well as with new audiences.

The works selected for this exhibition embody art’s capacity to bring past and present together in imaginative ways. These include the collapse of separate times and spaces; tactics of shapeshifting in which a work can be several entities simultaneously; the capture of a lengthy process in a static form; the activation or participation of a viewer; the combination of multiple perspectives or memories; and the mapping of movement, metamorphosis, and patterns of historical change. The goal is not to flatten history, but to acknowledge its continuity with the present and bring it to life through fresh insights and perspectives.

Karen Stentaford, jump rocks or leap rocks, 2014
archival pigment print on paper
97.8 x 67.8 cm
Purchased, 2016
2016.11.1

Leslie Poole, Repositioning the Past: Self Portrait, 2000
acrylic on canvas
101.6 x 152.6 cm
Gift of the artist, 2009
2009.2.4

Cozic (Monic Brassard and Yvon Cozic), Face-à-face, 2002
cardboard, fabric and plastic
320 x 610 x 12 cm
Purchased, 2016
2016.7

Catherine Miller, Lists of Life, 2018
cotton and silk thread
62 x 43 cm
Gift of the artist, 2019
2019.2.8