Diana Thorneycroft: Herd
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Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery 461 Langdon Crescent, Crescent Park, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan S6H 0X6
Diana Thorneycroft, "Herd," 2020
mixed media installation
Diana Thorneycroft: Herd
Virtual In Conversation Artist Talk: Thursday, June 10 @ 7pm
This installation by Winnipeg-based artist Diana Thorneycroft depicts a herd of more than one hundred and fifty horses traveling up a slope, half of them being transformed or metamorphosed into fierce, mythological creatures to a state of complete “otherness.”
Thorneycroft acknowledges, “In the past, I have used animal carcasses and dolls to parallel the human form. With this new work, I chose the ubiquitous plastic toy horses made by companies such as Breyer and Mattel."
Only here, she brings new meanings through transformation and context that transcend normative and move toward the dream-like world of mythology, fairytales and the imaginary – of storytelling from the less travelled world of the subconscious.
Diana Thorneycroft received her BFA from the University of Manitoba and her MA from the University of Wisconsin. She has received numerous grants and awards. Diana Thorneycroft has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally.
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