Yael Brotman: Waterfront

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Yael Brotman, "Blackfriars, nd

prints and paper

Opening reception: Friday, September 8th from 5-8pm with the artist in attendance

Artist Talk: Saturday, September 9th, 3pm

All events are free and open to the public

Toronto-based, Winnipeg-raised artist Yael Brotman returns to Manitoba this fall to showcase her print constructions in the solo exhibition Waterfront. Brotman credits Winnipeg's rivers and spring floods as the catalyst for her interest in the shoreline. It is the precarity of built structures along these shorelines that serves  to inform Waterfront's various sculptural installations. Bridges, piers, and boardwalks are recalled by the seemingly delicate composition of pieces such as "Blackfriars". Square sticks made of etched Japanese paper offer a dichotomy of warm tones and hard edges. Brotman mixes unpredictability with a playful sense of humour and optimism in Waterfront as she presents pieces that push the boundaries of printed media.