[Bcma-l] nanaimo art gallery uptown presents "Regiment" a new exhibition by Sophie Jodoin

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

*The Nanaimo Art Gallery – Uptown *
*(900 Fifth Street)*
*Is proud to present: Sophie Jodoin*
*“Regiment”*
*March 16 – April 14, 2007 ]*
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Sophie Jodoin

25 09 06

Oil on Mylar


Sophie Jodoin’s exhibition, Regiment, focuses on a series of 
small-format black and white oils on mylar. Accompanying this is a 
digital projection on a continuous loop of the original photographs 
which were digitally manipulated in real-time Flash animationn, created 
in collaboration with David Jhave Johnston.

Jodoin's oils depict a series of torsos presented from below the eyes to 
the waist. This repeated motif of the human torso, both in the oils and 
the digital animation provides as the Jodoin explains,” an overall sense 
of anonymity yet at the same time a distinctly non-idealized one. 
Regiment is intended as a cenotaph to the ordinary.”

The artist’s depiction using a precise mechanical process comparable to 
still photography becomes the basis for an examination of collectivity, 
individuality, uniformity, fragmentation and redundancy.

Sophie Jodoin, a Visual Arts graduate from Concordia University in 
Montreal had her first solo exhibition in 1993 and hasn’t slowed down 
since. She has also participated in a number of group shows across 
Canada, the United States and Europe.

For further information please contact the Nanaimo Art Gallery at

250-740-6350.