I have a solo show opening up at this week SNAP at in Edmonton. If you are in town, drop by on Thursday night for the opening reception from 7-9pm or during gallery hours until May 31st.
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Category Archives: New Work
New Etching
As I make forays into my new The Body, Stranger series/project, I have created a new small etching (with drypoint and chine colle).
No Choice in What Remains (etching, drypoint and chine colle)
The Body, Stranger
I’ve begun working on some new pieces that examine my experiences living with MS and inflammatory arthritis. While I am lucky that my disease is so far on the mild end of the spectrum, it has nonetheless shaped me and brought me into contact with drugs and aspects of medical practice that are outside the experience of many people. I seek to bring my own adventures to light and examine them within the greater context of contemporary medicine. To start, I’ve created some small etchings that touch on the internally sensed aspect of my illnesses. Find new works under my The Body, Stranger page under the Artworks header.
Sensory Limitation (Etching and Chine Colle) 4 1/2″ x 3 3/4″
When Istanbul was Constantinople…
I recently completed a small suite of prints inspired by a recent trip to Turkey. I was struck by the depth of history in the country as it seemed you couldn’t walk a block without tripping on seven layers of magical wonders from great civilizations of the past. A visit to the Cappadocia region revealed caves and churches built into a surreal landscape of spires and cliffs where Byzantinians and later Christians hid from persecution. As a tourist, we were shown the bright sides of life in Turkey and we were humbled upon our return to see that areas we walked through just days before were now full of protesters and police. You never really get to know a country just roaming through it for a few weeks but it can definitely leave an impression that lingers beyond the visit.
Overwritten (silkscreen) 11″ x 15″
Soft Surfacing (silkscreen) 15″ x 11″
Lost Texts Readable (silkscreen)11″ x 15″
Renaming the New (Silkscreen) 11″ x 15″
New Prints
Gallery
This gallery contains 2 photos.
Sometimes when I am stressed, I take some of that nervous energy and apply it to the studio. Its either that or bad TV and the chocolate dregs in the cupboard.
Fibre Fortnight Miniature Auction
Every spring, the Fibre department takes over the main mall at ACAD to show off the great work of students in our program. There is also a miniature works show and silent auction to raise money for the program (to bring in visiting artists, fund projects by students and other activities that complement curriculum). I’ve created a sculptural piece for my contribution this year. Bidding opens on Monday, March 11th and closes on Thursday, March 21st.
Cordyceps Wood, paint, tiny dish, fake grass, plastic. 9.25″ x 7.5″ x 4.25″
The piece was inspired by a chance viewing of a type of fungus called cordyceps which invades its host, changes its behaviour so that it ends up where it wants and then kills the host. Its strange, horrible and beautiful all at once. I wanted to imagine an architectural event similar to that of cordyceps, so, voila!
The Imagined Past opens Friday!
The works for my exhibition The Imagined Past have been in the works for several years now so it feels strange to finally have them set up and working in the gallery. I can’t quite believe they are finally doing what they’re supposed to as I’ve spent the past few days patching code and fixing lose connections (on top of tinkering with them for the past few years, making them work more effectively). Will my amateur electronics/code/construction techniques hold up? Join me on Friday February 22nd at 8:00pm at Stride Gallery or on Saturday February 23rd at 2:00pm for my artist talk to find out! The show is up until March 22nd. Stride is located at 1004 MacLeod Trail SE in Calgary.
Marc Dulude is showing works in the upstairs gallery in his exhibition Have You Seen This? Its a great show by an excellent Quebec artist whose practice concerns itself with sublime spatial experiences using mirrors, the viewer and nature. His artist talk is the same day as mine at 1:00pm.
The Imagined Past in the Stride Project Room (Calgary).
The Imagined Past in Stride’s Project Room
I’ve been putting the finishing touches on my upcoming show in Stride’s Project Room. This is my first solo show featuring my sculptural work. This body of work is a personal attempt to step outside of my comfort zone. “Push yourself!” I yell at my students. So I decided to yell at myself a little bit. Four of the works have micro controllers and sensors that allow either a light to respond to movement or Servo motors. I am not a 3-D artist nor am I knowledgeable with electronics but I was determined to create work that responded to the viewer’s movements. Come by Stride on February 22nd to check them out.
The Future In Retrospect IV (detail)
The Future In Retrospect II
High Five
As I discussed in a previous post, I am participating in an interesting portfolio exchange where the artists involved are responding to each other’s prints. Here is my response to Lou Joseph’s piece. I’m looking forward to seeing his response to mine.
World Falls Down
(silkscreen, 15″ x 11″)
New Prints
I spent much of my summer working on these two new large prints. They are both silkscreen on a full sheet of BFK Rives Grey and are 44″ x 30″ each. The pain in the butt factor definitely increases with the size of paper and I do believe that my edition sizes will be about half of what I started with.
Collapsed Distance
(silkscreen, 44″ x 30″)
Separation Plane
(silkscreen, 44″ x 30″)