Jennifer Rose Sciarrino, Supposed Stalactites (Purple and Green Pendants), 2008It also features a stellar lineup of Canadian sculpture-based artists, including Kerri Reid‘s recreated discarded objects, Kristan Horton‘s amazing stop-motion video of everyday objects transforming into one another, Kristi Malakoff‘s delicately constructed mushrooms, Liz Magor‘s iconic gypsum storage spaces and Jennifer Sciarrino (one of my all-time favourite people and artists)’s thousand-layer paper stalactites.
Kristi Malakoff, Speisepilze/Giftpilze (Fairy Ring), 2008
The exhibition opens tomorrow night, Tuesday, Jan. 27th, from 6 – 9 pm at 381 Queen St W. A catalogue, which includes texts by Nick Brown, Tejpal S. Ajji and a conversation between Toronto sculptor Jen Hutton (also amazing) and Liz Magor, is being published in conjunction with the show as well.
Hey, thanks for the props Gabby! Hope you can make it down, Leah.
And make sure you guys come down to the talk I’m doing with Kristan Horton and Kerri Reid on Saturday the 14th, 3pm. I’ll be sure to provide cinnamon hearts.