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Registration date : 2007-01-25
 |  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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