Two exhibitions
dal 17/5/2012 al 8/9/2012
Segnalato da
Mosom Maskwa
Jana Sterbak
Colleen Wolstenholme
Attila Richard Lukacs
Mitch Mitchell
Duke & Battersby
Till Friewald
Shary Boyle
Evergon
Vito Acconci
Kent Monkman
Michel Campeau
Cora Cluett
Eliane Excoffier
Emily Falencki
Alexandra Flood
Eric Fischl
Rebecca Fisk
Doug Guildford
David. R Harper
Sarah Maloney
Kathleen Sellars
Marion Wagschal
Janice Wright Cheney
17/5/2012
Two exhibitions
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
Ned Bear is renowned for his hand-carved masks that have an energy and aesthetic that both embrace the traditional, but also the modern without overly romanticizing the images he creates. Skin: the seduction of surface brings together works by artists whose work explore notions of skin in paint, print, sculpture.
Mosom Maskwa - Pawakan (Grandfather Bear - Spirit-Guides)
May 18 - September 3, 2012
curated by Shannon Parker
Ned Bear is renowned for his hand-carved masks that have an energy and aesthetic that both embrace the traditional, but also the modern without overly romanticizing the images he creates. The exaggerated features and the larger-than-life faces immediately identify them as something supernatural, yet grounded in nature through the materials used to carve and embellish them.
The masks he makes are of Pawakan (spirit-guides) and in recent years, Ned has taken to carving Pawakan faces in living trees around New Brunswick. An anthropologist or archaeologist may look at this activity and immediately relate it to a “culturally modified tree” and that it is an implied act of ownership. But that is not Ned’s intent – the act of carving a living tree is, for him, just the first step in a relationship with that particular tree, in that particular location. Unlike his masks which have a point of completion, the Pawakan carved in living trees are continually changing. It is this metamorphosis that fully embodies the energy of his carved masks, imbued with the energy and spirit of a living thing that interacts with the carving to create a whole new work of art. It is not just a carving, it is a living performance that will continue for the life of the tree and beyond.
Most of the trees Ned has carved are not in any way advertised. They are situated in places that inspired Ned and then left for accidental discovery. For the first time, this exhibition will bring these carvings together as large-scale photographs, capturing the living Pawakan at a moment in time. Interspersed with the photographs, will be Ned’s masks adding an element of three dimensionality and creating an overall feeling of walking through a forest of Pawakan.
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SKIN: the seduction of surface
May 19 to September 9, 2012
curated by Sarah Fillmore
Place, race, religion, fragility, identity and sexuality are all probed through physical and conceptual ideas of skin. This exhibition brings together works by Canadian and international artists whose work explore notions of skin in paint, print, sculpture and performance. Opening a dialogue that goes beyond sex and figure, the artworks included in this exhibition help articulate the seduction of surface.
Artists include: Jana Sterbak, Colleen Wolstenholme, Attila Richard Lukacs, Mitch Mitchell, Duke & Battersby, Till Friewald, Shary Boyle, Evergon, Vito Acconci, Kent Monkman, Michel Campeau, Cora Cluett, Eliane Excoffier, Emily Falencki, Alexandra Flood, Eric Fischl, Rebecca Fisk, Doug Guildford, David. R Harper, Sarah Maloney, Kathleen Sellars, Marion Wagschal and Janice Wright Cheney.
Press contact:
Donna Wellard - Marketing & Communications
tel 902 4242903 wellardc@gov.ns.ca
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
1723 Hollis Street Halifax, NS B3J 1V9 Canada
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Monday Closed
Admission:
Adult $12
Senior (age 60+) $10
Student (with valid ID) $7
Family (max. 2 adults & 3 youths) $30
Youth (age 6-17) $5
Child (age 5 & under) Free