"FIND IT, BURY IT" - JAIME ANGELOPOULPOS
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Stride Gallery 1006 Macleod Tr SE, Calgary, Alberta T2G 2M7
Angelopoulos visualizes fragments of unmade objects before materializing them into a physical form, colour, texture or shape.
With my sculpture practice I explore bodily experience, including sensation, physicality, and, more recently, the emotional/spiritual self. Innate characteristics and functions of the body are considered in contrast to shapeable aspects of human behavior.
However abstract, my sculptures evoke human gestures and forms through their material and scale. Narrative titles such as, You, You’re a Luminous Being, set a conversational tone to invite participation and infuse abstract, ambiguous forms with personal meaning. My drawings often reference my sculptural forms, while also informing the sculpture-making process.