You still have till February 22 to view and investigate Tanner Christmas’s exhibition “Supports: Above and Below, Exhausting the Albatross” in the Marion Nicoll Gallery (MNG) Main Space
Artist's Statement & Bio:
INVESTIGATE THE UNKNOWN, ATTACK YOUR ARTWORK, SPEED, VELOCITY, SOUND, DOOM, LISTEN TO METAL AND THRASH AROUND, LISTEN TO EVERYTHING AND NOTHING, TRANSFER SONIC EXPERIENCE INTO VISUAL EXPERIENCE, DISSECT PARALYSIS, INVESTIGATE PANIC ATTACKS, COUNTER EDUCATE, LIVE IN FLUX, FALL IN LOVE, LIVE IN THE CLOUDS, GROUND YOURSELF, DESTROY IDEAS, BUILD THEM UP WITH FRIENDS, WEAR A UNIFORM, CONFUSE YOURSELF, DO SOMETHING UN-RELATABLE, DEPRIVE YOUR SENSES, CONFRONT TRAUMAS, QUESTION YOURSELF, EXPLORE NEW PARTS OF THE CITY, BREAK THE LAW, MINIMIZE EXISTENTIALISM, MERGE ART AND LIFE.
Tanner Christmas draws on the critique of artistic and social conventions through the disruption and redistribution of material, narrative and processes. The artist employs opposition while progressively creating order and disorder in rearrangement of narrative by destroying the old. Through the process of making, autonomous entities diverge from established reality, sequentially creating alternate timelines in a state of flux.
Message from the artist:
I would like to thank everyone who has helped me along the way.
The Marion Nicoll Gallery (MNG) LRT Space presents:
Robyn Mah - Tensions
Exhibition Runs: February 18 – March 15, 2019
Reception: Thursday, March 14, 6 pm – 8 pm
Main Mall at the Alberta University of the Arts (formerly the Alberta College of Art + Design)
Join us Thursday, March 14th in the AUarts Main Mall for the opening reception from 6 - 8 pm. A bar will be on site!
Artist's Statement & Bio:
Indulging in the viscous mixtures, spirals of pigment disperse across the hydrophobic paper, creating a reflective surface during the process that enables ideas of tension and displacement. These are the beginnings of a metaphorical space for the artist’s identity to exist. Tensions is an assemblage of paintings made of latex and high-gloss mediums that reflect the strain between the artist’s cultural identities of Chinese-European descent. By questioning her own ideas of identity, she investigates further and begins to reconcile the feelings of disassociation and of being an imposter, through finding solitude within these ambiguous paintings.
Robyn Mah is a Calgary based artist; she is completing her painting degree at the AUarts. She is currently the co-director of The Wall Gallery, a student run space within the university. Trapped between cultural identities, she is interested in creating metaphorical spaces to understand the contrasting narratives of Chinese-European histories.
The Marion Nicoll Gallery (MNG) Main Space Presents:
Tanner Christmas | Supports: Above and Below, Exhausting the Albatross
Exhibition Runs: February 7 - 22, 2019
Reception: February 7, 2019 6 pm – 8 pm
Main Mall at the Alberta University of the Arts (formerly the Alberta College of Art + Design)
Join us this Thursday for the opening reception from 6 - 8 pm. A bar will be on site!
Artist's Statement & Bio:
INVESTIGATE THE UNKNOWN, ATTACK YOUR ARTWORK, SPEED, VELOCITY, SOUND, DOOM, LISTEN TO METAL AND THRASH AROUND, LISTEN TO EVERYTHING AND NOTHING, TRANSFER SONIC EXPERIENCE INTO VISUAL EXPERIENCE, DISSECT PARALYSIS, INVESTIGATE PANIC ATTACKS, COUNTER EDUCATE, LIVE IN FLUX, FALL IN LOVE, LIVE IN THE CLOUDS, GROUND YOURSELF, DESTROY IDEAS, BUILD THEM UP WITH FRIENDS, WEAR A UNIFORM, CONFUSE YOURSELF, DO SOMETHING UN-RELATABLE, DEPRIVE YOUR SENSES, CONFRONT TRAUMAS, QUESTION YOURSELF, EXPLORE NEW PARTS OF THE CITY, BREAK THE LAW, MINIMIZE EXISTENTIALISM, MERGE ART AND LIFE.
Tanner Christmas draws on the critique of artistic and social conventions through the disruption and redistribution of material, narrative and processes. The artist employs opposition while progressively creating order and disorder in rearrangement of narrative by destroying the old. Through the process of making, autonomous entities diverge from established reality, sequentially creating alternate timelines in a state of flux.
Message from the artist:
I would like to thank everyone who has helped me along the way.
Image courtesy of Ryley Williams.
