[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/toledan_exchange.jpg” caption=”Toledan Exchange”]'Toledan Exchange', an international exhibition now on in the completely refurbished New Space (Togo Salmon Hall 114) brings a taste of Spain to Hamilton, featuring work by School of the Arts professors Judy Major-Girardin and Graham Todd, fellow Canadian Lorraine Samuel, and Spanish artisits Pablo Sanguino and Ma Deva Sufi.

Spain's important ceramic tradition is at the heart of the show. The
artists have introduced new shapes, outside influences (like Japanase
raku), and the latest technology to create a vibrant visual experience.

“Commercial ceramic factories in Spain have a long history of allowing
artists to use their facilities,” says Todd, who created many of his own pieces in one such factory just outside Toledo. His work, along with that of Samuel, Sanguino and Sufi, was the basis of the original
exhibition which showed at major ceramic museums in Toledo and Talavera de la Reina late last year. At McMaster, they are joined by Judy Major-Girardin, who travelled to Spain this spring and found inspiration for her exhilarating mixed media works in the geometric patterns of the Arab mosaics of Cordoba, Toledo, and Malaga.

'Toledan Exchange' can seen at the New Space (TSH 114), Tuesday to Friday, 12 to 4 p.m.

Photo caption: Graham Todd and Judy Major-Girardin with their ceramic work.