Open Book Art Collective has our third show opening this week!
The book we chose to work from is a collection of short stories by Alice Munro, a Canadian author who recently won the Nobel prize for literature. Each artist had two stories to base our artwork on in our various mediums. It’s been interesting to see common threads through our separate art pieces, and the conversation that is animated between the materials, colour palettes, and the context of the gallery space.
Here’s a few photos from our installation process at the Shack Gallery where we’ll have our opening before we install at the Downtown Library:
Setting up our Winnipeg artist’s work, Katrina Stock.
Joelle Gebhardt‘s work was shipped in from Berlin this week.
The last image is a sneak peak of my painting series which addresses the literary aesthetic of Alice Munro’s writing beyond the individual short stories I had to work with. Our opening is in a more intimate, visibly lived-in space (definitely not a white cube) which works well with our collection. Since there’s a unique opportunity to share and have conversation in this space I will also be performing a song that touches on similar themes as my paintings, and Jenny Hawkinson will be speaking on behalf of the collective.
I’m really looking forward to the evening and the interaction with those who come out; but if you can’t be there please do stop by the Moat Gallery (downstairs by Alice McKay room) at the VPL in September.
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