Lorène Bourgeois
Poil, plume, peau
August 16th – September
7th 2014
Opening: Saturday, August 16th 2-5pm
Reception: Thursday, September 4th 6-9PM
loop Gallery is pleased to
present Poil, plume, peau, an
exhibition of large drawings by Lorène Bourgeois exploring the hair,
feathers, skin, and clothes of humans and animals.
"Suspend
disbelief and imagine yourself a pig.
Feel the strength in your stout legs, the coarse hair on your back and
under your chin. And when you sleep
blissfully among your peers, feel the warmth of their bodies and the cool
wetness of their snouts…"
Strange as they may be, there are connections between clothing and
animals, and between states of dress and nakedness. The garments Bourgeois observes are
inanimate and yet allude to the vulnerability of humans. And animals – a group we define as other -
yet also belong to – remind us of the immediacy of life and its fleeting
nature. In her work, Bourgeois attempts
to articulate the existential quality inherent to both subjects while
celebrating their singularities.
Bourgeois lives in
Toronto. Her work has been exhibited in
Canada, France, Korea, Russia and the USA.
She is represented in numerous collections including the Canada Council
Art Bank, MOCCA, Ernst and Young, Senvest, the Banff Centre, the Department of
Foreign Affairs and the Donovan Collection.
Lorène Bourgeois gratefully
acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario
Arts Council
Image: (Detail) Swim
Cap, Conté drawing on paper, 48" x 51", 2013
kipjones
Today, it is personal
August 16th – September
7th 2014
Opening: Saturday, August 16th 2-5pm
Reception: Thursday, September 4th 6-9PM
loop Gallery is pleased to
present Today, it is personal, a new exhibition by kipjones.
The
exhibition, today, it is personal, is a subjective investigation into
the notion of personal navigation with references to communication as an
abstract. The work seeks to create
juxtaposed relationships between the formalism of the grid and shaped metal
forms. The grid acts as a format for the
use of an ambiguous alphabet (based on the navigational flag alphabet) while
the metal forms offers a reflective point of entrance and engagement with the
work.
kipjones is a Victoria-born
and Toronto-based artist who holds an MFA from Concordia University in
Montreal. For 10 years, he was the
co-owner of the fine arts bronze foundry, Pyramid Bronze Works in Kelowna, BC.
He has also worked as a sculpture technician at Mt Allison University in
Sackville, NB; as an instructor at Mt Allison, University of Ottawa, Concordia
University, and currently at OCADU. kipjones has exhibited
internationally, as has produced major commissioned public art projects at the
Moncton City Hall and the Calgary Airport. His artistic practice addresses the
complex potentialities of space through site-specific installations, public
art, drawing, collage and object making.
