2023 GLimpsie: Keeping Busy and Cute

Pig Melon Gallery

February 10-February 17, 2023

 

Vancouver Arts Centre

May 22- May 27, 2023

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A glimpse is always more fleeting than the reflection which follows it, and reflection is always shadowed by situation. 

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This exhibition consists of small wall-based mixed media works. The show title is the word glimpse with the addition of the diminutive suffix “ie” which alludes to cuteness, an important element in the work.

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Low cost industrial and quotidian materials, drawings and found objects are playfully and aesthetically reformatted to forge a glimpse into our material and sociocultural contexts.

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These compositions work hard to transform low value materials into endearing and fun artworks. There is a collective turn towards cute, quirky, naïve softness and DIY in contemporary popular aesthetics. Whimsy, nostalgia and playfulness… it’s a full-time job, keeping busy in the face of our uncertain future.

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