Exhibition runs: January 17, 2010 – March 21, 2010
From the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery Website:
“Introspective Expeditions: Journeys to the Self Winter welcomes exhibitions by three ceramic sculptors whose explorations about change and transformation are as much about three voyages of ongoing self-discovery. While these introspective exhibitions approach various archetypal models from deeply personal perspectives, the questions are universal and accordingly, each one invites us into a dialogue about our own connections to these mysteries.
Jane Adeney offers us TRANSUBSTANTIATION. Known for her installations and ceramic sculptures, Adeney’s works are about controlled states of transformation and of alchemical metamorphosis. Her fascination with the clay’s various stages of being, (malleability, firing, and smoking) mirrors her examination of various stages of personal passage, renewal, and the cycle of transformation. Her work is about human existence and the symbolic purification of fire while it reaches into the depth of our inner selves, touching internal worlds of desires, and possibly, fears.
In the 21st century, politics, technology, and economic globalization have resulted in the merging of people from many nationalities and cultures. Sin-ying Ho’s ONE WORLD/MANY PEOPLES describes the path of such an encounter between colliding cultures and eras. Fragments of various Eastern and Western forms and imagery are juxtaposed to comment on contemporary postcolonial theory, which critiques Imperial Europe by examining such issues as slavery, migration, race, gender, and place.
Throughout the ages, there has been a legacy of representing women and motherhood as an iconographic image of “Women as Vessel.” Usually symbolizing such ‘ideals’ as fertility, purity, and the nurturing caregiver, these representations were positioned as eternal yet lacked any human experiential dimension. In BROKEN … BUT STILL STANDING, the sculptures by Louise Pentz take us into a world of contradictions where mothering is a deeply personal journey full of on-going learning, teaching, and transformation. Here, women are the vessels of personal identity and experience and our mothers’ legacies of strength, endurance, and faith continue to inspire and guide. “
For more info and images visit the Website.
