University of Waterloo Art Gallery
263 Phillip Street, Waterloo, ON, Canada
www.uwag.uwaterloo.ca
Steven Laurie, Zeke Moores, Brandon Vickerd / Lauren Hall
GALLERY ONE: Steven Laurie, Zeke Moores and Brandon Vickered are an artist-pit crew using the gallery as an ersatz garage. Their sculptures reflect on aspects of North American motor-culture from NASCAR racing to Survival Research Laboratories. "Clutch" contrasts the enduring appeal of the automobile with the paradox of a consumer culture running on empty.
GALLERY TWO: Using polystyrene, cellophane, coloured sand and scented glycerin, Lauren Hall transforms the gallery into a cave-like environment. Quoting the poetry of Percy Shelley, "With Crystal Column and Clear Shrines of Pearl" illustrates the way we now experience the sublime as a tourist destination.
Jan 12, 2012 Mar 03, 2012
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