Rebekah Johnson, Andrew Silk, Lindsay Delaronde, and Thomas Chisholm
Opening reception Friday, June 5, 2009 from 7 to 9 PM
Exhibition runs through to Sunday, June 28, 2009
This group exhibition is comprised of recent work from first-year MFA candidates at the University of Victoria. Our work is diverse in materials and concept; the exhibition places our work together, creating parallel points of reference within our practices.
Rebekah Johnson’s lit sculpture explores the theme of legacy as expressed through handwriting. Using the construction of a hand bound book or family bible, this piece with its translucent vellum pages, explores how succeeding generations gradually obscure the ones that go before, until nothing is left but handwriting, which is here elevated to the status of, literally, an illuminated manuscript.
Andrew Silk’s sculptures focus on both the functional and the aesthetic. His objects reflect the perceived narrative of the object while questioning these narratives through reinterpretation of the object with scrutiny of medium. Focusing mainly on popular cultural iconographic images, he attempts to confront and upset the object.
Lindsay Delaronde’s series, lakon:kwe, is a series of 16 brightly painted silkscreen prints on paper. The juxtaposed images of Princess Diana and a Pow-Wow Princess creates an interpretation of contemporary native culture.
Thomas Chisholm’s paintings are created within a set of boundaries which remain constant across the body of work. The focus on light and space within each painting cements the work as an autonomous and complex individual within its family. The similarity of each painting creates a situation where small variations between works, now highlighted, undermine the identification of the works as “all the same.”
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