Lecture / Seminar
artgallery@acadiau.ca
902-585-1373
Curatorial Talk:
Join curator Dr. Laurie Dalton for a discussion of the exhibit in the context of historical and contemporary art.
"Hope is the Only Bee... that makes honey without flowers"
Jennifer Angus, an artist and professor in the Design Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is best known for her large-scale installations incorporating dried insects, which create patterns that reference wallpaper. These elaborate textile-inspired installations engage the emotions of the viewer, many of who bring a fear and apprehension towards insects.
She has exhibited her work internationally receiving an award for exhibition of the year by the Ontario Association of Art Galleries for her installation “A Terrible Beauty” at the Textile Museum of Canada in 2006, and most recently as one of the leading contemporary artists in the lauded exhibition “Wonder” at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian.
In the installation at Acadia University Art Gallery, the cultural hysteria towards insects is brought up against the important role they play in nature. A variety of insects are pinned to the gallery walls, creating a complex pattern. This is interspersed with wreaths of beeswax flowers that reference memorials and the Victorian tradition of hair wreaths that were made of flowers constructed from the hair of departed loved ones. Hidden within the center of a beeswax wreath is a Canadian commemorative coin with a honey bee on it, creating a stark reminder of the declining presence.
The complex array of insects in the work associates their role not with societal constructs of fear, but rather one that is vital for the environment. Curator: Dr. Laurie Dalton.
artgallery@acadiau.ca
902-585-1373
Curatorial Talk:
Join curator Dr. Laurie Dalton for a discussion of the exhibit in the context of historical and contemporary art.
"Hope is the Only Bee... that makes honey without flowers"
Jennifer Angus, an artist and professor in the Design Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is best known for her large-scale installations incorporating dried insects, which create patterns that reference wallpaper. These elaborate textile-inspired installations engage the emotions of the viewer, many of who bring a fear and apprehension towards insects.
She has exhibited her work internationally receiving an award for exhibition of the year by the Ontario Association of Art Galleries for her installation “A Terrible Beauty” at the Textile Museum of Canada in 2006, and most recently as one of the leading contemporary artists in the lauded exhibition “Wonder” at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian.
In the installation at Acadia University Art Gallery, the cultural hysteria towards insects is brought up against the important role they play in nature. A variety of insects are pinned to the gallery walls, creating a complex pattern. This is interspersed with wreaths of beeswax flowers that reference memorials and the Victorian tradition of hair wreaths that were made of flowers constructed from the hair of departed loved ones. Hidden within the center of a beeswax wreath is a Canadian commemorative coin with a honey bee on it, creating a stark reminder of the declining presence.
The complex array of insects in the work associates their role not with societal constructs of fear, but rather one that is vital for the environment. Curator: Dr. Laurie Dalton.
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