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Trans/mission: Barley-Corn-MaizeTrans/mission: Barley-Corn-Maize is Ron Benner’s mixed media installation in response to the mill as a producer of barley. Benner has devoted his artistic career to researching the economics of food and the impacts of contemporary industrialized food systems. His installations often offer visual accounts of his extensive investigation to trace back the root origin of our food and finding its migration rooted in colonialism and imperialism. Concerned with seed circulation and farming methods, local community and globalization, Benner’s work provides a unique and critical perspective on essential elements of modern food systems. Sandy Saad wrote the essay for the brochure.
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Three QuestionsIncludes interview with Julian Jason Haladyn and articles by Tony Weis, Miriam Jordan-Haladyn, Dot Tuer.
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Gardens of a Colonial Present∕Jardins d'un present colonialForeword by Brian Meehan; Introduction by Melanie Townsend; As the Crow Flies, 1984-1991 by Mireya Folch-Serra; Re-seeding Justice: Ron Benner's Native to the Americas by Len Findlay; American Cloisonné by Matthew Teitelbaum; El Inter/cambio by Adriana Premat; All That Has Value by Dianne Bos; Pondering the Importance of Food Plants by Marcel Blouin; The garden of the unsuccessful politician by Andy Patton; Ron Benner and the Ecology of Limitation by Andy Patton; An interview with Ron Benner by Barbara Fischer; Genetic Installation and Transmission of Papaya Virus Vectors by Joe Cummins; Something of the Tender: The Work of Others in Ron Benner's Gardens by Scott Toguri McFarlane; The power of the earth by Gerald McMaster; Ruminations on a Process by Ron Benner. List of works, reading list at rear. Text in French and English.
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All That Has ValueExhibition held at various galleries across Canada February 1995 to December 1996. Text by Peter White, Pat Roy Mooney, Manuel Scorza.
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The Commodification of Life
Talks presented in conjunction with artist Ron Benner's exhibition "All That Has Value" at Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, 6 April to 12 May, 1996. Organized and circulated by the McIntosh Gallery, UWO with assistance from Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council and the London Foundation. Topics include: genetic engineering safety considerations for humans and the environment; genetically engineered crops; bio-colonization.
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Exhibition Catalogues
- 2019: Saad, Sandy, Trans/mission: Barley-Corn-Maize, essay for brochure, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario
- 2018: Nanibush, Wanda, Toronto: Tributes & Tributaries, 1971-1989, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
- 2016: Ron Benner: 3 Questions, McIntosh Gallery, Western University, London, Ontario
- 2016: Imago Mundi, published by Benneton, editor, Francesca Valente, Venice, Italy
- 2014: Zhou, Yan, The Transformation of Canadian Landscape Art, Xi'an, China
- 2014: Chainey Gagnon, Vicky, Resistance 7, Manif d'art, Quebec, Quebec
- 2012: Saad, Sandy, Bread and Butter, Jackman Humanities Institute/Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
- 2010: Wyman, Jessica, Natural Disaster, McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
- 2008: Townsend, Melanie, editor of bilingual publication, (French and English), Ron Benner: Gardens of a Colonial Present, Museum London, London, Ontario
- 2002: Corbeira, Darío, To Eat or not to Eat, CASA, Salamanca, Spain
- 2002: Toguri McFarlane, Scott. Trans/mission: African Vectors, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario
- 2000: Fischer, Barbara, editor, Foodculture, YYZ Books, Toronto/ArtLab, UWO, London, Ontario
- 1998: Grenville, Bruce, editor, The Post-Colonial Landscape, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon and the Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
- 1997: Fleming, Marnie. Track Records: Trains and Contemporary Photography Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario
- 1996: White, Peter. Ron Benner All That Has Value, (catalogue) with texts by Peter White and Patrick Roy Mooney, McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
- 1993: Fischer, Barbara. Decalog, 1979-1989, YYZ, Toronto, Ontario
- 1993: Antaki, Karen. Temporal Borders - Image and Site (catalogue) Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
- 1993: Buj, Lorenzo. In Control, (catalogue), Artcite, Windsor, Ontario
- 1990: Pakasaar, Helga, Memory Track, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta
- 1990: Butler,Sheila, Regionalism in Canadian Art, (catalogue), Owen Sound, Ontario
- 1988: Dewdney, Christopher, 5 Artists from London, Ontario, (catalogue published in Spanish only) Galeria Latinoamericana, Havana, Cuba
- 1988: Teitelbaum, Matthew, Ron Benner Other Lives, (catalogue), Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- 1984: Lennon, Madelaine, How to die twice, (catalogue), McIntosh Gallery, University Of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
- 1984: Grenville,Bruce, New City of Sculpture, (catalogue) special issue of C Magazine, Toronto, Ontario
- 1985: Girling,Oliver, Riot/Calm/Luxury, (catalogue), Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
- 1982: Benner Ron, Tom Benner/Ron Benner, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
- 1982: McKabe, Kate, Selected London Sculpture, London Art Gallery, London, Ontario
- 2018: Nanibush, Wanda, Toronto: Tributes & Tributaries, 1971-1989, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Essays and Bookworks by the Artist
- 2017: Benner, Ron, Making Common Cause, conference papers, ALECC symposium, The Goose, on-line publication, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
- 2010: Benner, Ron, Testimonials as Evidence in “Orientalism & Ephemera” edited by Jamelie Hassan, West Coast Line, Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1992: Benner, Ron, inside cover, Native to the Americas, Borderlines (Journal,) Issue 23, Winter 91/92, Toronto, Ontario
- 1987: Benner, Ron, essay for Nick Johnson (catalogue), London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
- 1983: Benner, Ron, ¿Como se llama...?/How are you called...? (bookwork), McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
- 1983: Benner, Ron, State of the Art, (book work), Embassy Cultural House, London, Ontario