A Cabinet of Curiosities
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Elissa Cristall Gallery 1820 Unit 200 (second floor) Fir Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 3B1
Sarah Davidson, "The World's Vanishing Birds," 2017
ink, watercolour, pencil, gel pen and collage on paper, 43" x 31"
A Cabinet of Curiosities", curated by Darius Stein
May 11 - June 10, 2017
Artists:
Sarah Davidson (Vancouver)
Paul Halley (Vancouver)
Luke Armistead (Seattle)
*Juliana Silva (Vancouver)
The exhibit “A Cabinet of Curiosities” takes a looks at artworks that occupy a space located between fact and fiction. Historically, cabinets of curiosities were comprised of an encyclopedic array of objects whose categorical boundaries were still to be defined. While generally associated with the natural world, certain objects contained within these cabinets were faked which in turn blurred and compromised the lines of historical truth.The works selected for “A Cabinet of Curiosities” embody a deep-rooted familiarity with the natural world, but in the same instance feel “otherworldly” within their own personal mythologies. The gallery space, thus, becomes the entry point for the imagination's journey into the realms of the unknown.
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