Julie Oakes: Using the Moon to Fuel the Stars

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Julie Oakes, "Lunar Cycle # 15," 2014

gouache on paper, 30" x 22"

Headbones Gallery invites you to join Julie Oakes for the opening of Using the Moon to Fuel the Stars on November 02 from 5 – 7 PM, while it’s still light, before the moon rises and the dogs howl

Using the Moon to Fuel the Stars opening at Headbones on November 02 will show work from China, Europe, Russia and New York while breaking apart the Moon Cycle. The Moon Cycle is 28 gouache paper works framed in pairs that look at the lunar cycle as understood from an Eastern perspective. The Moon Cycle was completed during a two month residency in China in 2014.

The Lunar Cycle tells the story of a woman who was banished to the moon where she found a rabbit that she took under her care. The rabbit was being literally ‘dogged’, bitten by a dog that badgered the rabbit. The woman would nurse the rabbit back to wholeness but the cycle would begin again as the dogs, attracted by the full, shining and healthy rabbit nipped. Hence, the moon waxed and waned under the surveillant female’s care.

Using the Moon to Fuel the Stars is a show about cycling, changing lanes and moving into the next roadway. 

Women in Canada have come much further in the stretch towards status and respect. The lunar cycle is regarded as feminine, her power hypnotic and influential. Using the Moon to Fuel the Stars is an exhibition about reaching for the stars because the moon is just that much closer to them …

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