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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CORRECTION. Images attached.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For Immediate Release
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">‘Nothing to be done’
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">at the Kelowna Art Gallery</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Melany Nugent-Noble: Nothing to be done<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">August 8, 2020 to August, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">August 10, 2020 – Kelowna, BC:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A new exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery invites visitors to step out of their lives for a moment and onto a set.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The exhibition titled
<i>Nothing to be done</i> by Kelowna-based artist Melany Nugent-Noble, takes inspiration from the minimal stage set of Samuel Beckett’s play,
<i>Waiting for Godot</i>. The play, first performed in Paris in 1953, is about two characters — Vladimir and Estragon — who wait beneath a tree by a country road for Godot (who never arrives).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There have been numerous interpretations of
<i>Waiting for Godot</i>, and although there has never been consensus on its meaning, it is noted that Beckett was inspired by Caspar David Friedrich’s painting
<i>Two Men Contemplating the Moon</i> created circa 1820-25.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Melany Nugent-Noble’s atmospheric installation, which is staged in the Gallery’s outdoor courtyard space at the heart of the building, refers to both the scene described
in the play and the painting, complete with a large replica moon hanging low in the sky next to a Burr Oak tree (albeit this one with roots encased in resin).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nugent-Noble hopes that the installation will be a “refuge for the imagination — a focal point for contemplation, where one has permission to let their mind wander towards
adventure, possibility, and the unknown.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nothing to be done</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> is here for a year, from August 8 until August of 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Melany Nugent-Noble</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> is a Kelowna-based artist. Her work responds to the political and social
nature of public spaces, and takes various forms including community-focused installations. She holds an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver (2015) and was recently selected as the City of Kelowna’s first Artist in Residence (2020).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water Street in the heart of the downtown Cultural District. For more information, please visit
</span><a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">www.kelownaartgallery.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> or call 250-762-2226.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Installation photograph of Melany Nugent-Noble’s
<i>Nothing to be done </i>at the Kelowna Art Gallery, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">[Two Men Contemplating the Moon]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Caspar David Friedrich,
<i>Two Men Contemplating the Moon</i>, ca. 1825–30, oil on canvas. Photo: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">[online resources]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Webpage:
</span><a href="https://kelownaartgallery.com/nothing-to-be-done"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://kelownaartgallery.com/nothing-to-be-done</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Instagram:
</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kelownaartgallery/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.instagram.com/kelownaartgallery</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Artist’s Instagram:
</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cherub_mogwai"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.instagram.com/cherub_mogwai</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Artist’s Website:
</span><a href="https://melanynugent-noble.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://melanynugent-noble.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To arrange for an interview with the artist, additional high-res images, or for other media enquiries, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Joshua Desnoyers | Marketing and Events Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kelowna Art Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">1315 Water Street | Kelowna, BC | V1Y 9R3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">250-762-2226 ext. 305 | 250-762-9875 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:josh@kelownaartgallery.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">josh@kelownaartgallery.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> |
</span><a href="http://www.kelownaartgallery.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">www.kelownaartgallery.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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