Gordon Snelgrove Gallery
Department of Art and Art History
Gallery Hours: 9am – 4:30pm
February 25 – March 1, 2013
Reception: March 1, 7 ! 10pm
This week, Gordon Snelgrove enjoys the great generosity of artists, takes to the stage to play himself
and reflects on the possibility of seeing at least two sides to every thing.
tyson john atkings
Audra Balion
George Gingras
Have one on me
The Masquerade
L’om deu borr kaa
wapahtuk
tyson john atkings presents a new series of monotype prints created with plates produced on a 3D
printer ! and gives them away ! for free! As viewers remove prints from the wall over the week, a
new installation is revealed. By reverting to a gift economy, atkings tests the relations of consumption
that have saturated the circulation of contemporary art. “Together,” he writes, "we will punch a hole in
the gallery wall [with this] act of sharing.”
Audra Balion brings the theatre into the art gallery and presents figurative paintings with two
sculptures to engage the audience in an interactive meditation on the transformative qualities of masks
and costume. Taking cues from Surrealism and Postmodern descriptions of the self as multiple and
unstable, Balion pays close attention to the myriad construction of public identities.
George Gingras pictures dream worlds populated by animals, spirits and figures ! swirling together
in fantastic compositions that evoke personal quests, ancestral knowledge and personal Métis
philosophy. The exhibition title L’om deu borr kaa wapahtuk translates as “a man who sees two
sides,” and refers to the artist’s own spiritual and cultural search as a member of the Métis Nation.
Reception: Friday, March 1, 7 ! 10pm
Please contact the gallery for press photos and further information.
Marcus Miller, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery Director
191 Murray Bldg. University of Saskatchewan 3 Campus Dr. Saskatoon SK S7N 5A4
306-966-4208 marcus.miller@usask.ca www.usask.ca/snelgrove