Monique Martin: "Context is Everything," 2022
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Gallery 2 – Grand Forks Art Gallery 524 Central Avenue, PO Box 2140, Grand Forks, British Columbia V0H 1H0
Monique Martin, "Context is Everything," 2022
In the Central Gallery, Context is Everything provides hope that individual actions and changes in perception can make a difference. Monique Martin creates gallery installations involving thousands of intricately screen-printed and hand cut paper objects. These meticulously detailed individual pieces merge into a larger whole. In this exhibition, thousands of paper dandelions, entitled Context is Everything, coexist with Annus Mirabilis, a newer body of work depicting paper butterflies. There is no distinct line between the two works, the butterflies spill off of the walls and throughout the field of flowers across the gallery floor, a reminder that persistence and transformation make it possible to thrive.