Robert McKaskell

R O B E R T M C K A S K E L L

+ Marcel Duchamp Research Files

Robert McKaskell was born in Montreal in 1943. After receiving degrees in music and comparative arts from Acadia University, Indiana University and Ohio University, and teaching for several years in the United States, he accepted a teaching position in contemporary art theory and criticism at (then) the University of Western Ontario in 1974. In 1990, he took a challenging joint position with the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the University of Manitoba and a one-year curator contract at the Glenbow Museum during this time. He returned to Southwestern Ontario in 1996 to become Curator of Historical Art and the Collection at the Art Gallery of Windsor. After 2002, Robert worked as an independent curator, living between Port Dover, Ontario, and Oaxaca, Mexico, and where he initiated a program of exhibitions of regional artists.

Left:
Bob by Wyn Gelenyse
Graphite on ground glass sandwiched between broken glass and clear glass, Translucent tape.
Glass size: 18 x 13 cm.
With Mahogany base:
20 x 9 x 19 cm.

Courtesy and copyright of the artist.

Photographs courtesy of Hugh Barrett

Homage to Marcel Duchamp, 1987
A collaboration between Forest City Gallery, London Regional Art Gallery and McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario

16-page PDF:
Cover, introductions, McKaskell text, first image page of the opening and closing performance, and credit page.

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From the archives of Jamelie Hassan

Introduction to Iain Baxter, Products, Place, Phenomenon
Art Gallery of Windsor, 1996

3-page PDF.

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Neo-Dada
Art Gallery of Windsor, 2000

4-page PDF.

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Robert mentions the concurrent Komar and Melamid exhibition (right) in Neo-Dada (above).

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Superlatives
Mendel Art Gallery, 2000

4-page PDF.

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1953
The introduction to Robert McKaskell’s essay and concluding paragraph, with related footnotes
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 2003

4-page PDF followed by two images (pictured below).

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Beyond Bounds, Art in London 1970-1987
Museum London 2005-2006

The Embassy Cultural House, 1983 – 1990

41 page PDF.

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