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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nInstallation view of LOOK HERE!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Marlene Kawalez focuses on the relationship between the inner self and the environment around us. Time Traveller <\/em>is a very interesting piece, that looks human from the front but more like a machine or a storage space from the back. Through the unzipped back we can see coins, old watches and other objects that may recall memories – lost and found. W.W. Hung’s sculpture is very eye catching with its unique depiction of a figure in abstract surroundings. It is hard to know whether he is running or jumping. He radiates energy and strong emotions. As the artists stated “I make sculptures that convey the vulnerability, as well as the tenacity, of the human psyche.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n David & Marlene Kawalez with Secret of Secrets <\/em>(left), and Time Traveller<\/em> (right), both raku fired clay, mixed media (above) and Time Traveller, <\/em>detail <\/p>\n\n\n\n W.W. Hung, Shards<\/em>, polymer, stainless steel, nylon thread <\/p>\n\n\n\n We can’t help but fabricate stories when looking at the sculptures of Gordon Becker and John Clinton. What is Becker’s Seer<\/em> looking at and what does he actually see? Could it be as ordinary as a second pair of glasses?! Clinton has an amazing talent in depicting characters. Both Travis and Gus<\/span> <\/em>invite a narrative. Travis loves summer walks and beer (he has such a belly) and Gus is a sports fan for sure, as his T-shirt shows. Clinton wrote that he is “obsessed with the back-story that is conveyed through a gesture, a nuance, or a look.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gordon Becker, The Seer<\/em>, (left) and Dance of Generations<\/em> (right), both hand-carved wood, mixed-media <\/p>\n\n\n\n John Clinton, Travis <\/em>(left) and Gus<\/em> (right), both bronze <\/p>\n\n\n\n Eamon considers himself a communicator above all. His sculpture, Reflection<\/em> has a deep understanding of life and the marks it leaves on our faces. The meaning is ambiguous; it is not easy to figure out what reflects what. It is a face carved into stone and stone is not a mirror. Is the figure finding or loosing himself in it? This artwork has some ancient meaning hiding in it, something magical and mystical, inviting the viewers’ contemplation. J. A. Fligel also addresses human feelings but his sculptures are more playful, showing the beauty of life through various cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eamon, Reflection<\/em>, Brazilian soapstone <\/p>\n\n\n\n J.A.Fligel, Dancer,<\/em> bronze <\/p>\n\n\n\n Saulius Jaskus believes that “the human form has a deeper significance for the psychological and symbolic message.” Mary Ellen Farrows’s Serenity<\/em> radiates peacefulness. Peter Shoebridge wrote about his artistic intention that “through form and the eye\u2019s curiosity and the mind’s imagination as it is drawn around a piece can we engage with someone not there and feel a presence.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n Saulius Jaskus\u00a0with Joseph’s Dream<\/em> (left), Head of Youth<\/em>(right), and Juan Daydreaming<\/em> (front), all three terra cotta, pigment <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mary Ellen Farrow, Serenity<\/em>, Italian alabaster <\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\nPeter Shoebridge, Orbit<\/em> (left), Dreamer <\/em>(right), both acrylic reinforced hydrocal, mixed-media\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n The remaining four artists all use bronze as their medium but in very different ways, even when their themes seem similar. Karen Stoskopf Harding Galaxiana<\/em>, that she calls a pure imagination, is a semi-abstract dream portrait of a goddess. Holly Atkinson creates faces that remind us of African masks but they are much more contemporary and full of irony. The female figures of Camie Geary-Martin are slim, ethereal and always in movement. It is really interesting and smart how Marc Andr\u00e9 Jacques Fortier’s sculptures are installed in Old Montreal (the pieces in the exhibition are maquettes). As the artist described: “The English Snob is looking at Notre-Dame Church (symbolizing the French) while his English Pug (deeply attracted) is staring 210 feet away, at the French Poodle. The French Snob is looking at the Bank of Montreal (symbolizing the English) while her French Poodle (deeply attracted) is staring 210 feet away, at the English Pug.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n Karen Stoskopf Harding with Galaxiana<\/em>, bronze <\/p>\n\n\n\n Holly Atkinson, Material Girl<\/em> (left) and Creative Mind<\/em> (right), both bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n Camie Geary-Martin, Woman Looking Left<\/em>, bronze <\/p>\n\n\n\n The English Pug, Le carlin Anglais and The French Poodle, Le caniche Fran\u00e7<\/strong>ais,<\/em> bronze, maquettes for 10ft sculptures installed in Old Montreal <\/p>\n\n\n\n The exhibition had two Opening Receptions, both well attended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n