Damaged Landscapes by Frost Shield Kerfuffle

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Frost Shield Kerfuffle Collective, "Damaged Landscape," 2022

Damaged Landscapes by Frost Shield Kerfuffle

Mark your calendar for July 27 at 7-9pm! We have a Gallery Closing party in our Main Gallery that you won't want to miss. Meet the artists, see their artwork and get to hear from them about their creative process.

COLLECTIVE ARTIST STATEMENT:

Historically, the landscape as a concept has most often been associated with the aesthetic depiction of the natural world. Jumping off from this traditional point of view, the Frost Shield Kerfuffle Collective chose to explore a variety of interpretive variations suggested by the theme “damaged landscapes”. According to each of our own interests and impassioned interpretations of the word "damage", our proposal is to present nine interconnected bodies of work that explore the political, cultural, psycho-emotional, and physical landscape.

At some level, everyone can identify with the word “damage”. It resonates with all of us as human beings and as artists. Viewers will also find their own subjective resonance; as adults we all understand the idea of damage on a gut level. It can range from bearing witness to loss and destruction from afar, to a more personal level where suffering is felt within the body and mind. The scope of our inquiry is extensive: conflict between humans and the planet we populate, between nations and nationalities, between communities, between people within those communities and finally, conflict within one's soul.

The damaged land has become a pervasive and urgent issue in today’s world. Thanks to instant, global mass communication, people are becoming aware of these problems more rapidly than ever before. On a household and individual level, people are increasingly taking personal responsibility for becoming “part of the solution”, instead of remaining “part of the problem”.

The issues are multiple, and their burdens often weigh heavily upon us. The group's response to the damaged landscape and its parallel concerns are serious, but we also embrace black humour. We may not have solid solutions for all the problems that plague us, but we know that as a collective, we can huddle together to stay warm.

The exhibition, “Damaged Landscapes” is itself a landscape, a panorama, in which each artist brings and presents a unique perspective.

Artists:

Cullen Bingeman, Michael Boss, Tim Brown, Evin Collis, Kelly-Jo Dorvault, Patricia Eschuk, Peter Graham, Ken Harasym, Chris Simonite, Diana Thorneycroft.