ON THE NATURE OF THINGS
Central Gallery, 2011, On the Nature of Things, Patrik Andersson Frank Luca Central Gallery, 2011, On the Nature of Things, Patrik Andersson Frank Luca

ON THE NATURE OF THINGS

Central Gallery
October 15 to December 31, 2011

Curated by Patrik Andersson

To many Canadians the title of this exhibition will bring to mind David Suzuki’s longstanding science and nature television series of a similar name. However, in the context of this art exhibition the title is meant to summon up the words and images created by Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius in his epic poem De rerum natura. Its purpose was to explain Epicurean philosophy to Roman audiences in the 1st century BC.

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