The Closer Together Things Are
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Southern Alberta Art Gallery 601 3 Avenue S, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 0H4
SAAG, "The Closer Together Things Are," 2018
Opening Reception: June 29, 2018, 5:00–8:00 PM
The Closer Together Things Are Kathleen Hearn, Laura Letinsky, Ève K. Tremblay, Dave Dyment, Micah Lexier, Luke Painter, Rhonda Weppler/Trevor Mahovsky, Chris Kline, Roula Partheniou
The Closer Together Things Are explores the space between difference and similarity that arises from intense observation and consideration. It focuses on proximity – that of time, heredity, frottage, palette, concept and presentation. The closer together things are, the more the differences appear. In the process of observation, the most mundane objects and situations can compel us, drawing our full attention for no particular reason. Like the still-lifes of Giorgio Morandi, the more we look, the more variations surface; differences arise from things that once seemed identical, and sameness arises from things that once seemed unrelated. The Closer Together Things Are visually organizes the ephemeral and makes sense of stuttering imagery to introduce meaning into the friction where same meets different. By confronting nearness, it gives voice to a collective noticing.