[Bcma-l] Media Release Kamloops Art Gallery - Sculpture by Two of BC's Brightest
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*MEDIA RELEASE* **
For immediate release from
Kamloops Art Gallery
March 26, 2008
* *
*Sculpture** by two of *
*BC's brightest*
Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky
/Bricks and Flowers/, 2007
hydrocal on metal and foam armature, enamel paint
installation view, Pari Nadimi Gallery
The Kamloops Art Gallery is delighted to present the contemporary
sculpture exhibition* Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, *which runs
from March 30 to May 25, 2008. The exhibition is sponsored by Pollard
Banknote Limited and the media sponsors are 98.3 CIFM and Off-Centre
Magazine.
Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky are a Vancouver-based artist-duo, and
among the most exciting young artists to emerge in Canada in the last
decade. Although they have been working together since only 2004, they
have already exhibited their work extensively across the country and
internationally, in Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax, Montreal, Nagoya,
Berlin, Tokyo, Portland, and elsewhere. Sculptors Weppler and Mahovsky
are known for the playful and unsettling ways they transform everyday
objects, such as styrene coffee cups, tin cans, cars, pop bottles, and
other hallmarks of the everyday. Their work, conflicted in its
relationship to a world of things, draws from both minimalist and Pop
histories, while displaying a distinctly contemporary critical
conceptualism.
In their exhibition at the Kamloops Art Gallery, Weppler and Mahovsky
present a new body of work called /Clutter Sculptures/, which is
decidedly more "baroque" than their earlier, clean-lined /Stacked
Objects/. Everyday items, such as bricks, bottles, and tires, are formed
out of wire armatures, which are then slathered in plaster and
enamelled. The sculptures appear to be drenched in glossy icing and
thrown together into haphazard, candy-coloured jumbles. In the words of
/Globe and Mail/ reviewer Gary Michael Dault, these sculptures "both
attract (they are bright and toy-like) and repel (they are
glandular-looking, as if they had been secreted rather than constructed)."
Along with the /Clutter Sculptures/, Weppler and Mahovsky present three
large "collapsing" sculptures of expensive status objects: two tinfoil
casts of a 1954 Buick Roadmaster, owned by Kamloops resident Ray Henry,
and a black paper cast of a hearse. To make the car sculptures, the
artists use sheets of regular tinfoil glued together to form large
sheets, which are then wrapped carefully around a real car. The tinfoil
"mould" is lifted off, and transported to the gallery, where, over the
course of the exhibition, it slowly collapses under its own weight.
The exhibition is accompanied by a full-colour catalogue with an essay
by local poet Susan Buis and an interview with the artists by KAG
curator, Jen Budney.
Jen Budney will also lead Guided Curator's Tours of the exhibition on
April 1, 15, 29, and May 13 from 12:05 to 12:50 pm; which are free with
regular admission.
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Please direct all media inquiries to James Gordon, Marketing &
Communications Coordinator, Kamloops Art Gallery, (250) 377-2403, or
jgordon@kag.bc.ca
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;">Rhonda Weppler and Trevor
Mahovsky<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Arial" size="1"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">Bricks
and Flowers</span></font></i><font face="Arial" size="1"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;">, 2007 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;">hydrocal on metal and foam
armature, enamel paint<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;">installation view, Pari
Nadimi Gallery</span></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Kamloops</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Art</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Gallery</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
is delighted to present the contemporary sculpture exhibition<b><span
style="font-weight: bold;"> Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, </span></b>which
runs
from March 30 to May 25, 2008. The exhibition is sponsored by Pollard
Banknote
Limited and the media sponsors are 98.3 CIFM and Off-Centre Magazine. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Rhonda Weppler and Trevor
Mahovsky
are a Vancouver-based artist-duo, and among the most exciting young
artists to
emerge in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
in the last decade. Although they have been working together since only
2004,
they have already exhibited their work extensively across the country
and
internationally, in <st1:City w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:City>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Halifax</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Montreal</st1:City>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Nagoya</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Berlin</st1:State>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Tokyo</st1:City>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Portland</st1:City></st1:place>,
and elsewhere. Sculptors Weppler and Mahovsky are known for the playful
and
unsettling ways they transform everyday objects, such as styrene coffee
cups,
tin cans, cars, pop bottles, and other hallmarks of the everyday. Their
work,
conflicted in its relationship to a world of things, draws from both
minimalist
and Pop histories, while displaying a distinctly contemporary critical
conceptualism. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">In their exhibition at
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kamloops</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Art</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Gallery</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
Weppler and Mahovsky present a new body of work called <i><span
style="font-style: italic;">Clutter Sculptures</span></i>, which is
decidedly
more “baroque” than their earlier, clean-lined <i><span
style="font-style: italic;">Stacked Objects</span></i>. Everyday
items, such as
bricks, bottles, and tires, are formed out of wire armatures, which are
then
slathered in plaster and enamelled. The sculptures appear to be
drenched in
glossy icing and thrown together into haphazard, candy-coloured
jumbles. In the
words of <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Globe and Mail</span></i>
reviewer
Gary Michael Dault, these sculptures “both attract (they are bright and
toy-like) and repel (they are glandular-looking, as if they had been
secreted
rather than constructed).” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Along with the <i><span
style="font-style: italic;">Clutter Sculptures</span></i>, Weppler and
Mahovsky
present three large “collapsing” sculptures of expensive status
objects: two tinfoil casts of a 1954 Buick Roadmaster, owned by <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Kamloops</st1:City></st1:place> resident
Ray
Henry, and a black paper cast of a hearse. To make the car sculptures,
the
artists use sheets of regular tinfoil glued together to form large
sheets,
which are then wrapped carefully around a real car. The tinfoil
“mould” is lifted off, and transported to the gallery, where, over
the course of the exhibition, it slowly collapses under its own weight.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">The exhibition is
accompanied by a full-colour catalogue
with an essay by local poet Susan Buis and an interview with the
artists by KAG
curator, Jen Budney.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
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style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Jen Budney will also lead
Guided Curator’s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tours</st1:City></st1:place>
of the exhibition on
April 1, 15, 29, and May 13 from 12:05 to 12:50 pm; which are free with
regular
admission. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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inquiries to James Gordon, Marketing
& Communications Coordinator, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Kamloops</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Art</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Gallery</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
(250) 377-2403, or <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jgordon@kag.bc.ca">jgordon@kag.bc.ca</a></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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