<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="60D53228-B96E-44EF-8606-69ABE33828F8" src="cid:84130943-54C6-4924-A218-788BD595B38C@uwaterloo.ca" class=""></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;" class="">University of Waterloo Fine Arts Presents</span></strong><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);" class="">MFA THESIS TWO</span></strong><br class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">May 3-19, 2018</span></strong><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Opening Reception: Thursday, May 3 from 5:00–8:00 pm</span></strong><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);" class="">Gallery One</span></strong><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Aaron MacLean</span></strong><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Provisional Zones</span></strong></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Provisional Zones</span></i><span lang="EN-US" class=""> is an immersive installation made mostly from found and discarded objects.</span><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""> My working method is quite fluid and performative, similar in approach to how Robert Rauschenberg constructed his Combine works in the 1960s. When placed together in an immersive environment, objects can mirror a heightened experience of a fractured and disjointed world, one that the viewer experiences as they negotiate the space. The indeterminate meanings between provisional forms that are propped, dragged, dropped, suspended or portable, speak to issues of dislocation, rupture and distress. This indeterminacy also points to the Liminal, a space where instability and transformation are represented by objects of passage, such as doors and gates, which have the capacity to be repositioned, alongside items that lean precariously or appear to be in a state of transition. These unexpected juxtapositions invite the viewer to engage with the work on an intuitive, empathetic level.</font></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Aaron MacLean is currently pursuing an MFA at the University of Waterloo, received his BFA from the University of Regina, and studied Asian ink painting with Woo Gyeoung in Busan, South Korea. He was awarded a Shantz International Scholarship through the University of Waterloo, and worked with artist James Hyde in Brooklyn, New York in 2017.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);" class="">Gallery Two</span></strong><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Tait Wilman</span></strong><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Search Party</span></strong><br class=""><br class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Search Party</span></i><span lang="EN-US" class=""> is an installation and video exploration of identity—how it is constructed, consumed, and what role the landscape plays in the formation of Canadian identity. Since moving to Ontario from Alberta, I feel lost without the Rockies. In attempting to confront my disorientation I developed an alter ego, the City Cowgirl, as a stand-in for my affection towards the West and a means to more objectively appraise this peculiar archetype. The development of a persona allows me to act out and comment on the troubled relationship I have with my own identity. Camouflaged as a rock, the City Cowgirl stumbles blindly along while attempting to navigate the landscape in search of home, a place of reassuring comfort and stability. Using memory as a touchstone, my work uses the guise of souvenirs and commercial display methodologies as strategies to reenact the familiar while exploring the commodification of Western Canada, the landscape, and the female body.</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Tait Wilman is a Masters of Fine Art Candidate at the University of Waterloo and graduated with her BFA from the Alberta College of Art and Design. She was awarded a Shantz International Scholarship through the University of Waterloo, and worked with artist duo Jarsdell Solutions Ltd.: Rae-Yen Song and Michael Barr in Glasgow, Scotland in 2017, and was awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant in conjunction with her thesis research.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Please join us in celebrating the work of these outstanding MFA candidates.</span></strong><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Exhibitions are free and open to the public.</span></strong><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);" class="">ADMIT EVERYONE</span></strong><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">University of Waterloo Art Gallery</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">East Campus Hall 1239</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">519.888.4567 ext. 33575</span><br class=""><a href="http://uwag.uwaterloo.ca/" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">uwag.uwaterloo.ca</span></a><br class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/uwag.waterloo" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">facebook.com/uwag.waterloo</span></a><br class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);" class="">CONTACT</span></strong><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Ivan Jurakic, Director / Curator</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">519.888.4567 ext. 36741</span><br class=""><a href="mailto:ijurakic@uwaterloo.ca" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">ijurakic@uwaterloo.ca</span></a><br class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);" class="">HOURS</span></strong><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Tuesday to Saturday 12:00-5:00 pm or by appointment</span><br class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);" class="">DRIVING</span></strong><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">263 Phillip Street, Waterloo</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">East Campus Hall (ECH) is located north of University Avenue West across from Engineering 6</span><br class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);" class="">PARKING</span></strong><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Visitor Parking is available in Lot B across from Engineering 6 or Lot Q for a flat rate of $5</span><br class=""><a href="http://uwaterloo.ca/map/" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">uwaterloo.ca/map/</span></a><br class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);" class="">MAILING</span></strong><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">University of Waterloo Art Gallery</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">200 University Avenue West</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1</span><br class=""><br class=""><img alt="logos" apple-inline="yes" id="419B6B89-09E3-428A-BC0F-5C5F30FFD289" src="cid:60896548-310D-4257-B914-AA8199E471BD@nexus.uwaterloo.ca" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;" class="">Images (left to right): Aaron MacLean, <em class="">Afterbirth</em> (detail), 2018. Tait Wilman, <em class="">Lost Without You</em> (video still), 2018.</span></p>
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