Douglas Bentham: The Tablets
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Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery (formerly Touchstones) 502 Vernon St, Nelson, British Columbia V1L 4E8
Douglas Bentham, "The Tablets," (detail of installation, frontal view), 2016
patinated brass and bronze, stainless steel, pine, various dimensions
With an international reputation spanning more than four decades, Saskatoon-based sculptor Douglas Bentham’s newest exhibition The Tablets represents the artist’s first installation piece. Comprised of 32 sculptural works installed in symmetrical rows, The Tablets exhibition presents a collection of metal assemblages of richly textured bronze and brass panels infused with fractured text, numbers and dates. The presentation of these tablet-like constructions contributes to a layered, overarching narrative of time, history, mortality and the general fragility of the human condition.
Loaned by The Art Gallery of Swift Current on behalf of Mr. John Mann.
Curator: Arin Fay