Monique Martin: Context is Everything

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Monique Martin, "Standing Together," 2019

ink on paper, 11" x 21"

Context is Everything,i s an exhibition by Monique Martin that encourages us to take another look and consider the person or the moment more deeply than just on impulse.

Context is everything; each moment, each decision and each relationship we have in our lives, all the experiences we have had, come together and affect how we respond to stimuli. This project merges the flora of the prairie landscape with the human trait of judging people, events and circumstances too quickly based on our prior knowledge and insight. It touches the soul of any person that has ever been judged on any level, for their race, their religion, their sexual orientation, even to the point to what they are wearing.

Using the simple weed found in a ditch on the prairies as the impetus, this exhibition is meant to encourage people to take another look, to not just swipe left, and consider the person or the moment more deeply than just on impulse. This exhibition is timely as we face many new challenges in our legal system and in our reaction to that system. What makes a weed a weed and not a flower, and who decided which are better? Weeds can be beautiful.

Please join us for the Opening Reception of 'just turn your head a little' and 'Context is Everything' on Saturday March 2, 2019 | 2 - 4 PM. Artist talks will begin at 3 pm, concluding at about 3:45 pm. Admission to Leighton Art Centre is Pay-What-You-Can.