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| Subject: We Are All Assembled Here/ Robin McDonald, to June 30 Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:26 pm | |
| Event: Gallery ExhibitionTitle: "We Are All Assembled Here"Artists: Robin McDonaldMedia: 3d AssemblageDates: June 4-30, 2007Reception with artist: Saturday June 9th, 7-9pmGallery Hours: 10am-8pm Mon-Thurs; 10am-5pm Fri; 10am-2pm Sat.Location: Victoria Arts Connection2750 Quadra Street (northwest of Hillside in the 100.3 The Q! building), Victoria, BC V8T 4E8t. 250-477-9089 e.
[email] info@victoriaartsconnection.com[/email] w. www.victoriaartsconnection.com/gallery FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Victoria Arts Connection Gallery is pleased to present "We Are All Assembled Here" assemblage works created by Vernon, BC artist Robin McDonald. This group of 3d assemblage pieces engage the viewer through the artist's sense of play and storytelling. McDonald refers to each piece as a unique collection of recycled junk that takes her on a journey of discovery led by the materials and found objects. This journey began as a young art student when, in the throws of youthful opposition to the 'Big Boss Man', she joined various environmental groups determined to save the earth. Although the experience was anticlimactic and left the artist with a fair amount of cynicism she did manage to salvage her creative spirit. "During my Save the Earth sabbatical I had visited many dumps and junk stores studying the miasma of the cast off debris generated by our 'successful modern life style' a veritable gold mine of raw materials." Thus began the creative process and love affair with assemblage. McDonald's process is not unlike a good soup - it takes time to simmer and brew. "In this process I would usually have lots of strange little 'artifacts' living around my studio for quite some time and like all toys they would soon start to tell me their story and the fun would begin....The Inuit would always say that the carving was in the rock and they were only trying to let it emerge. I feel the same way in that - it is my job to get 'The Story'. Robin McDonald has been exhibiting her work in solo and group shows since 1986. She studied fine arts at Camosun College and has been involved with the arts community in Vernon for several years including work with the selections committee for Gallery Vertigo, the North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon Community Arts Center and the Vernon Art Gallery. For more information about the Victoria Arts Connection Gallery please visit the web site www.victoriaartsconnection.com | |
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