art + objets d'arts + photography

November 2 – December 2, 2012
Vernissage Friday, November 2, 7-10 pm
Tunes by Bog Mac Daddy
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM

featuring
Amy Thompson, Heidi Conrod, Jeremiah Degrandpre, Joyce Westrop, Karina Kraenzle, Meaghan Haughian, Peter Shmelzer, Sharon Van Starkenburg, Tavi Weisz, Theo Pelmus & Tim desClouds

Statement:

Exploiting the mystique of accident and creative cross-pollination in a collaborative project, a number of artists have submitted themselves to a version of the parlour game, Exquisite Corpse. The identities of the participants are unknown to one another and each artist is privy only to the image of the piece that comes directly before his or her own. The resulting sequential project bears out the phenomenon described as “mental contagion”.

In this version of Exquisite Corpse, each artist was asked to submit one word that would form the phrase to inspire the first piece in the sequence. The resulting poeticism was “The glowing metamorphosis breathes putrified love producing an exquisite phenomenon.” From this, the first artist created a piece, and an image of it was sent to the second artist in the project. Once that piece was complete an image of the second piece was sent to the third artist and so on. The resulting collection of works is a magnificent coincidence, sequential yet individual, one and many at the same time, simply exquisite.

Curator:
Exquisite Corpse is curated by Sharon Van Starkenburg, a professional artist, teacher and freelance curator based in Ottawa, ON.

She holds a B.F.A. from the University of Ottawa and upon graduation was awarded the First Place Visual Arts Prize. She has received grant monies from the city and in 2007 studied at New York University, working toward a M.A. Studio Degree. She has exhibited internationally and her work is included in numerous collections.

She is active in the local art community with various projects and ventures including monthly sessions of Dr. Sketchy Life Drawing and quarterly Pecha Kucha events.