Sherry Simon, professor in the Department of French Studies at Concordia and a specialist in translation studies, examines from an oblique point of view, two works by Sylvia Safdie. Simon’s text is published in an accompanying exhibition brochure, available at the Gallery.

CAPSULE is an exhibition program that invites a writer from a discipline outside of the visual arts and art history to select a work from the Gallery’s Permanent Collection as a departure point for a consideration of art and issues.

The Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery’s contemporary exhibition program is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.