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
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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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EDITORIAL TEAM

ONLINE FOUNDER
Tariq Hassan Gordon

COFOUNDERS & CURATORIAL ADVISORS  
Jamelie Hassan & Ron Benner

ADVISORY CIRCLE
Samer Abdelnour, Marnie Fleming, Wyn Geleynse, Fern Helfand, S F Ho, Lorraine Klaasen, Judith Rodger, Ruth Skinner, Mary Lou and Dan Smoke,  and Lucas Stenning 

COORDINATING EDITORS
Tariq Hassan Gordon & Olivia Mossuto

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Blessy Augustine, Anahí González, Ira Kazi, ​Shelley Kopp, Ashar Mobeen & Michelle Wilson. 

VIRTUAL TOUR
Andreas Buchwaldt
OUR STORY
Artists Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner and jazz musician Eric Stach founded the Embassy Cultural House (1983-1990) located in the restaurant portion of the Embassy Hotel at 732 Dundas Street in East London. In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Embassy Cultural House was re-envisioned as a virtual artist-run space and website. 
The Embassy Cultural House gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the London Arts Council through the City of London's Community Arts Investment Program.
The Embassy Cultural House is thankful for the Mentorship program established by the Visual Arts department and the continued support of the students and faculty of Arts & Humanities at Western University. 

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The Embassy Cultural House (ECH) is located in London, Ontario, Canada on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Lenape, Attawandaron and Huron-Wendat peoples, at the forks of Deshkan Ziibi (Antler River), an area subject to the Dish with One Spoon Wampum and other treaties. The ECH strives to create meaningful relationships between the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island and our contributors. The ECH honours the stewardship of the many Indigenous peoples who have resided on these lands since time immemorial. 
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