Opening Reception - Laura St.Pierre: Museum of Future History

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Laura St. Pierre, "Boreal 1 (Fruits and Flowers of the Spectral Garden) (detail)," 2016

archival inkjet on photo rag. Photo: Courtesy of the artist

Exhibition runs from March 24 to June 2, 2018 at Sherwood Gallery

Rites of Future History Performance and Reception: Saturday, June 2, 1:00 pm, Sherwood Gallery

Laura St.Pierre’s Museum of Future History documents the flora of Saskatchewan’s boreal forests. Recycled glass jars containing pale, ghostlike plant specimens are arranged in vitrines and documented with luminous large-format photographs. In the makeshift museum, we catch the increasingly familiar scent of the summer forest fires that both sustain and threaten the forest’s delicate ecosystem. Surreal and elegiac, St.Pierre’s installation casts us into a speculative future both predictable and unthinkable.  

Laura St.Pierre’s installations, sculptures, public works, and photography have been exhibited throughout Canada. St.Pierre earned undergraduate degrees at the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta, and completed her MFA at Concordia University. She has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and scholarships, as well as major arts grants from the Counseil des Arts et Lettres du Quebec, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Canada Council for the Arts.St.Pierre is based in Saskatoon.

Curated by Blair Fornwald, Assistant Curator

St.Pierre wishes to acknowledge the support of the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the Conseil Culturel Fransaskois.