Han Sungpil, “Frozen Fire 051 - North Saskatchewan River, Crossing, Banff National Park, Alberta,” 2023, archival pigment print — edition 3, 59" x 90.5" (photo courtesy of the artist and TrépanierBaer Gallery
A Few More Days to Experience Canadian Fever
There are still a couple of days to see Han Sungpil's exhibition, Canadian Fever, at TrepanierBaer Gallery in Calgary. Part of Exposure Photography Festival, the show is on view until March 2 and is sketch-like, poetic and intense, a series of winter photos of wilderness destroyed by forest fires. Born in South Korea, Sungpil now splits his time between Seoul and Calgary. His photos, video and installation work have been shown around the world. He holds a master of arts degree in curating contemporary design from Kingston University in London, England.
Detail from installation, Jude Griebel, “Revenants,” on view at Massey Klein Gallery, wood, air-drying clays, bio-resin, adhesives, acrylic (photo courtesy of Massey Klein Gallery)
Show Examines Consumption, Consumer Culture
Jude Griebel, “Revenants,” is on now through March 23 at Massey Klein Gallery in New York City. “Merging human forms with those of animals, insects, architecture and the natural environment,” according to the news release, the exhibition of new sculpture and works on paper is a fantastical look at consumption and consumer culture, accountability and the environment.
The co-director of the Museum of Fear and Wonder, Griebel grew up on a farm between Alberta and Saskatchewan. He holds a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design and an MFA from Concordia University, and his work has been exhibited around the world, including the Rochester Center for Contemporary Art, the Art Gallery of Alberta, Esker Foundation, Nickle Galleries and Germany’s Spinnerei Archiv Massiv. A recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, he now lives in New York. This is his first solo exhibition with Massey Klein.
Maureen Gruben at Qikuryuaq, Husky Lakes, 2023
(photo by Kyra Kordoski)
Seeing the Land that Used to Be
Tuktoyaktuk artist Maureen Gruben’s latest exhibition, the land that used to be, shares a sense of nostalgia and memory, drawing on her roots on the land in Canada’s North. In addition to modern techniques, she uses traditional materials and knowledge in her exploration of the environment, ecological issues and Inuvialuit creativity — past, present and future. The installation, Qikuryuaq (Clay Hills), for instance, is made of roughly 1,000 clay beads made by Gruben with the help of her family and community. The number corresponds to Tuktoyaktuk’s population and the clay is sourced from the shores nearby. See the show at Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver through May 5. ■
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