UWAG Winter Opening Reception on Thursday, January 15 from 5:00-8:00 pm

[Jurakic, Ivan]

January 15–March 7, 2015
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 15 from 5:00–8:00 pm


Gallery One
Michelle Bellemare
When push comes to shove

Michelle Bellemare’s sculptures reference common objects ranging from Ziploc containers to sleeping bags. Each is meticulously remade and altered to function as an analog of the human body. Evoking the body’s vulnerability as well as its resilience in the face of physical and psychic trauma, Bellemare’s most powerful works are at once approachable and forbidding. When push comes to shove is a survey of new and recent works produced since 2006. Despite their seeming simplicity, Bellemare’s time-consuming process of prototyping and testing the limits of materials requires significant periods for research and production. The exhibition includes major works such as Casket (2006/07), Sleeping Bag (2011/12) and the debut of a new kinetic sculpture Moving forward falling back (2013/15). These works are complex and psychologically loaded yet strike a familiar chord, marrying the artist's exploration of the human condition with a deeply felt need to approach materials as poetry. Michelle Bellemare lives and works in Toronto. The artist acknowledges the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council. 
www.michellebellemare.com


Gallery Two
Dave Dyment
Addendum to the Tommy Westphall Universe

Dave Dyment’s subject matter is culture, particularly film and television. Using media as an archival resource material, he remixes images and information culled from the internet and other sources as the content for his critically incisive work. Addendum to the Tommy Westphall Universe takes its cue from the last episode of the television series St. Elsewhere (1982-1988), which ended on the suggestion that the entire run of the series existed in the imagination of an autistic boy. Since several characters from the show had made crossover appearances in other television programs, the premise developed into an internet meme. Dyment pushes this concept by referencing further crossovers between live action and cartoon television programs to map out a broad fictional multiverse. Combining a large-format wall drawing with supporting props and photographs, Dyment’s work suggests a far more interconnected mediascape than we imagine. Dave Dyment lives and works in Toronto and is represented by MKG127.
www.dave-dyment.com


Please join us for these thought-provoking exhibitions.
Free and open to the public.

UWAG
University of Waterloo Art Gallery
East Campus Hall 1239
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
University of Waterloo Art Gallery
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1


Images (left to right): Michelle Bellemare, Moving forward falling back (detail), 2014. Image courtesy the artist. Dave Dyment, Power Rangers In Space, Season 1, Episode 4, Shell Shocked, Air Date: February 27, 1998.
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