The most aggravating aspect of the exhibit "Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980" is that it is impossible to find anything on the Web that shows comprehensive, or even more than sketchy, information about the show. I searched Google using the title of the exhibit, and as far as I can tell, none of the galleries, and there were many, that showed the exhibit, did more than create a very basic website. One link I did find was to a lecture by Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge, who talk about their work, which was shown in the exhibit at Dalhousie Art Gallery.
The Wikipedia entry for Conceptual Art covers mostly American artists, a number of which are represented in the show. I am going to try and find more information about the art that was shown, since I have a copy of the catalogue (not the catalogue that the essay mentioned below appears in) that accompanied the exhibit at three university galleries in Halifax - Dalhousie Art Gallery, MSVU Art Gallery, which has some information and a link to a catalogue essay by Jayne Wark, and St. Mary's Art Gallery. I spent several hours at these wonderful, marvellous, exhibits, and include for now some images of the catalogue (with my own attempt at conceptual art through blacking out some of the text). I'll try and find more information about the artists who were included - I wrote down some of the titles (thank goodness there were lists of the artists represented in each gallery).
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