Nic Wilson: A Dying Hare

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Nic Wilson, "A Dying Hare," 2021

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Remai Modern presents a new solo project by Regina-based artist and writer Nic Wilson as part of the RBC Emerging Artist Series.

Wilson’s video series, A Dying Hare, can be seen on screens located throughout the museum. Documenting burning candles — from standard birthday cake toppers to wonderful and weird wax figurines — melting in real time, the videos weave together a number of references, from historical to kitschy.

“In keeping with his visual art and writing practice, this series is activated by a number of disparate references thrifted from the history of art and ideas, visual culture, and day-to-day experience,” said Troy Gronsdahl, Curator,  Performance and Public Practice. “With references to Structuralist film, still life painting, divination and even the fireplace channel, Wilson layers memory and allusion to create a strange and poignant body of work.”

A Dying Hare  is an absurd and  charming memento mori for a period of uncertainty and anxiety about the future.

A Dying Hare, curated by Gronsdahl, is on view at Remai Modern until March 6, 2022. The annual RBC Emerging Artist Series provides funding to support an emerging artist at Remai Modern. Wilson’s project also includes a public performance and the production of a new artist book, both taking place in 2022.

About Nic Wilson

Nic Wilson (he/they) is an artist and writer based in Regina. Fluent across media, their practice includes video, performance, and artist books, as well as criticism, poetry and life writing. Their multifaceted projects unravel and reconfigure a web of diverse and diverging references to engage ideas of time, decay, and queer lineage. 

Wilson was born in the Wolastoqiyik territory, now known as Fredericton, NB in 1988. They graduated with a BFA from Mount Allison University, Mi’kmaq territory, in 2012, and an MFA from the University of Regina, Treaty Four Territory, in 2019 where they were a SSHRC graduate fellow. In 2021 they were long listed for the Sobey Art Award as a representative of the Prairies and the North. Their writing has appeared in publications such as BlackFlash Magazine, Peripheral Review and Public.

The artist would like to acknowledge the support of SK Arts.