UW Fine Arts + UWAG Present MFA Thesis 2, opening May 1

[Jurakic, Ivan]

University of Waterloo Fine Arts Presents
MFA
THESIS 2

May 1–17, 2014
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 1 from 5:00–8:00 pm

Gallery One
Srdjan Segan
Something is Missing

Something is Missing is a sculptural installation that is rooted in notions of failure and empathy. It is a failing affect machine. In the installation, drawings of organs are desperate to inhabit imaginary bodies. Security cameras that resemble the examining tools of a medical practitioner fail to fix or function. The walls fall short of making up a room; the room becomes a metaphor for an empty stage without actors.

Srdjan Segan is completing the MFA program at the University of Waterloo and received his undergraduate degree from Ontario College of Art and Design in 2004. As a participant of the 2013 Keith and Winfried Shantz internship he apprenticed with Sin-Ying Ho in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China. He has been exhibiting nationally and internationally since 2004. Srdjan Segan is represented by Headbones Gallery in Vernon, BC.

Gallery Two
Ian McMurrich
should one react against the laziness of railway tracks between the passage of two trains

should one react against the laziness of railway tracks between the passage of two trains investigates the everyday as experienced in the post-industrial landscape. Through the activities of walking and mapping, fieldwork is conducted during treks that follow the route of the railroad in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. I examine detritus as readymade artifacts of the industrial economy that has abandoned the area. My minimal gestures and interventions engage the inherent narratives of these discarded materials. Improvised sculptures mark my route as a form of wayfinding that re-appropriates these neglected urban spaces. Online maps document these treks as open works of art to be completed by participants as self-guided walks. The activity of walking and assembling sculptures in these marginal landscapes is a playful strategy that resists the alienation of immaterial labour in a contemporary economic context.

Ian McMurrich is a multidisciplinary artist. He is completing his MFA at the University of Waterloo and received his BFA with distinction from OCAD University in 2006. He has been included as part of group shows at LE Gallery and his work is in various private collections. He is the recipient of several awards including a Best Portrait Photography Award from the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition and a Governor General’s Academic Medal. As a recipient of the Keith and Winifred Shantz Internship Award he worked with film and video artist Melanie Manchot in London, UK during the summer of 2013. He currently lives and works in Kitchener, ON. mcmurrich.tumblr.com/archive

Please join us in celebrating both thesis exhibitions.
Exhibitions are free and open to the public.

UWAG
University of Waterloo Art Gallery, East Campus Hall 1239
Fine Arts Office: 519.888.4567 ext. 36923 finearts.uwaterloo.ca
Gallery: 519.888.4567 ext. 33575 uwag.uwaterloo.ca

Hours
Tuesday to Saturday
12:00-5:00 pm
Or by appointment

Contact
Ivan Jurakic, Director / Curator
519.888.4567 ext. 36741
ijurakic at uwaterloo.ca

Driving
263 Phillip Street, Waterloo, ON
Located in East Campus Hall on Phillip Street off University Avenue West, behind University Plaza
Use South entrance to ECH across from Engineering 6

Parking
Limited meter parking is available behind ECH
Visitor Parking is available in Lot E6, E5 or Lot B after 3:45 pm
http://www.uwaterloo.ca/map/index.php

Mailing
UW Fine Arts | University of Waterloo Art Gallery
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1

Images (left to right): Srdjan Segan, Something is Missing (detail), 2014, mixed media. Ian McMurrich, 0153.43.419141 N, 80.441481 W. 05.26.13 (detail), 2013, assembled found object. Images courtesy of the artists.

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