{"id":46450,"date":"2021-02-09T11:56:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=46450"},"modified":"2021-02-09T14:45:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T19:45:19","slug":"kudos-vii-at-sculpture-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=46450","title":{"rendered":"KUDOS VII at the Canadian Sculpture Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Canadian Sculpture Centre started the New Year with the launching\nof their KUDOS VII <\/em>exhibition on January 23. The show was primarily organized\nas an expression of gratitude to the patrons, volunteers and artists of the\nSculptors Society of Canada and celebrates the generous support, dedication,\nand commitment of the SSC\u2019s executive board, volunteers and the Greenrock\nCharitable Trust during these challenging times. Hence the title \u2018kudos\u2019 \u2014 which\naccording to the Oxford Dictionary \u2014 is the Greek term for \u2018praise\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continuing their longstanding KUDOS<\/em> series, the Canadian Sculpture Centre brings this latest group exhibition showcasing the work of the Sculptors Society\u2019s membership. The content is not defined by any overarching theme, but rather celebrates the multi-faceted interests and talents that the individual artists possess. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Installation view with works by (L-R): Marc Andr\u00e9 J. Fortier, Karen Stoskopf Harding and Camie Geary-Martin (2 sculptures)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone is complaining about difficult times now as we are still in lockdown because of COVID-19. For art lovers, like myself, it is a nightmare since all the museums and galleries are closed. Accepting the challenge of this hardship, some of the artists addressed the pandemic and its outcomes directly. I found Janine Lindgren’s pieces especially expressive of our feelings. Stop the Spread<\/em> depicts two aspects of this pandemic: the effort of trying to stop it and waiting for a vaccine. A woman captured and tiptoeing in a laboratory tube holder reaches out to catch the virus, embodied as a red balloon flying tethered with a red cord to a laboratory flask that contains contaminated blood. A heroic intention indeed. There are many more glass tubes in the holder that also suggest more testing \u2014 and our hope for a vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Janine Lindgren, Quarantine Struggle (left) and Stop the Spread (right), both bronze, mixed-media <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lindgren’s Quarantine Struggle<\/em> is a very dramatic\ncomposition. It depicts the lockdown literally as a woman is caged in a glass\ncontainer, completely isolated from the outside world. She desperately tries to\nbreak free from her chokingly small and boring surroundings \u2014 but it seems that\nthe walls won\u2019t yield. I think we have all had similar feelings throughout this\nyear of COVID-19 lockdowns. This work successfully depicts the conflict between\nthe natural world outside and the unnatural world inside the cage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judi Michelle Young’s Soul by Track<\/em> was originally created as one segment in a visual narration of Canada’s “iron road” family, a sad part of the past. But looking at the skull one can’t help but associate it with the many deaths from COVID-19 and remember that in Italy, for example, they had to bury the dead in mass graves. Their families won’t even have a grave to go to and remember their loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Judi Michelle Young, Soul by Tracks, mixed-media (anodized aluminum veil, waxed skull, cedar wood) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Wir\u00fcn’s, A Black Hole Analysis Imager,<\/em> was\nintended to reimagine \u201cblack holes\u201d \u2014 that very interesting phenomenon that is mainly\nunknown. The artist’s ‘novel idea’ is that the Big Bang created parallel\nuniverses. Recent research suggests that “black matter” is actually\nmuch larger than the “light matter” we know more about. However,\nlooking into that bottomless hole, one associates it with the “dark”\ndays we have been experiencing for far too long a time; the fear of the\nunknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter Wir\u00fcn, A Black Hole Analysis Imager, stainless steel, rust paint, ceramic <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever humans face hard times, hope is always there; as\nGerhard Richter pointed out, “Art is the highest form of hope.” C\u00e9sar\nForero’s work, The Red Clover and The World <\/em>illustrates Richter’s quote\nperfectly. A small figure hugs a gigantic red clover. As the artist explained:\n“4-leaf clovers generally symbolize ‘luck’; my ‘red’ \u2014 represents love\n& awareness \u2014 an optimistic view in difficult times.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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C\u00e9sar Forero, The Red Clover and The World, ceramic <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marlene Kawalez in her work, Together,<\/em> shows that no\nmatter what challenges we face, we maintain our connection to loved ones. Even when\nfamily members seem to be separated by dividers, they still find support and\nhappiness in their bond to each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Installation view with Marlene Kawalez, Together, fired clay (front right) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Installation view with works by Won Lee (left) and Barbara Fletcher (right)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is very unfortunate that we can’t visit the gallery to enjoy\nthis exhibition in person. Sculpture is a 3D artform where spacing plays an\nimportant part. But even if we can’t walk around them, the exhibited pieces\nstill deserve our attention, so please check them out online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Images are courtesy of the Canadian Sculpture Centre <\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Exhibition information: KUDOS VII<\/a>,<\/em> January 23 – February 27, 2021, Canadian Sculpture Centre, 19 Mill Street, The Distillery District. An online group show featuring: John Clinton \u2022 Barbara Fletcher \u2022 C\u00e9sar Forero \u2022 Marc Andr\u00e9 J. Fortier \u2022 Camie Geary-Martin \u2022 Karen Stoskopf Harding \u2022 Saulius Jaskus \u2022 Marlene Kawalez \u2022 Won Lee \u2022 Janine Lindgren \u2022 J. Mac \u2022 Bastien Martel \u2022 Dina Torrans \u2022 Peter Wir\u00fcn \u2022 Judi Michelle Young <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sculpture is a 3D artform where spacing plays an important part. But even if we can’t walk around them, the exhibited pieces still deserve our attention, so please check them out online.<\/p>\n

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