The Love that Remains
The Love that Remains brings together three Toronto-based artists whose contemporary textile practices recover matrilineal histories of displacement and belonging. Par Nair, Julie Gladstone, and Carol Ann Apilado revitalize ancestral practices to reconnect with their families, genealogies, and homelands.
(L to R): Par Nair, Samantha Lance, Carol Ann Apilado, and Julie Gladstone at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, May 1, 2024.
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Promotion and Public Programs
When we take a closer look at the intimate bonds, tangled threads, and twisted knots in our personal journeys and familial histories, perhaps the missing stitches in our ancestries will one day be mended back together.
These textiles show us that matrilineal love comes with many complexities.
And, what better way to honour their legacies and rekindle those relationships than to thread our own life stories with theirs?
Videographer and designer: Natasha Whyte-Gray
Courtesy of the Art Museum at the University of Toronto.
Music: “moments voice memo by teesa” available from @teesadagostino
Exhibition Review by Rashana Youtzy, Artoronto.ca
"The Love that Remains is depicting the process of reconnecting with those who have lived before us in addition to those who will come after us. It is the passing of heirlooms, memories, language, and love. Lance’s curation is a thoughtful remembrance of peoples and their labours manifested in textiles."
Exhibition Review by Kexin Han: "Threads of Memories and Reflections"
"It might be personal and subjective for each person to describe their relationships with their mothers and grandmothers. However, there is no way to deny that the histories, memories, traumas, and many other things our mothers and grandmothers experienced also shape who we are today."