Amy J. Dyck and Monique Motut-Firth | Intricate Arrangements: Connotations in Collage

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Amy J. Dyck, "Rough-Edges (Dichotomy 20)," 2021

collaged images with sandpaper on mixed media on paper, 8.5 x 11". Image courtesy of Amy J. Dyck.

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 7, 2-4pm

Intricate Arrangements: Connotations in Collage brings together two artists – Amy J. Dyck and Monique Motut-Firth – whose art practices utilize collage to create complex systems. In scientific terms, examples of a complex system include social networks, cities, the human brain, or even the entire universe.

The artworks in this exhibition represent complex internal and external systems. Amy collages figurative paintings together to depict the complexity of the bodily system and the human condition. Monique recombines images into new machines, vistas and systems of visual culture. Through a process of intricate arrangement, collected image fragments take on new meanings and deeper connotations.

Amy J. Dyck is a Langley-based artist who works primarily with self-portraiture and figurative imagery, aiming to depict her subjects as whole and complex beings. Using collage, oil paint, and mixed media, she pulls her references from anatomical studies, visual research, and personal experiences.

Monique Motut-Firth is a Vancouver-based multidisciplinary artist, writer, and arts educator working within the mediums of painting, paper, and digital media. Collecting and cutting magazines, books, catalogues and print ephemera, she uses ideas of motion and machine movement to construct new visual systems and possibilities.

Curated by Courtney Miller