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SUMMARY:Owen Munisamy
DESCRIPTION:Theme & VariationsThe exhibition includes watercolour and acrylic paintings created between 2016 and 2021. Born in a musical family in Liège\, Belgium in 1987\, Owen  pursued his art studies in England where he obtained his BA (Honours) in Fine Art in 2011 from Winchester School of Art\, Southampton University. In 2018 Owen and his family settled in Edmundston\, NB. \n“During my university studies\, the professor suggested to us that we should seek inspiration from our homes\, our family backgrounds and our surroundings. Coming from a musical family it was thus quite normal that I should look to music\, especially to the sculptural forms of wood and brass instruments and their intricate mechanisms. My first years of painting were thus spent researching and gradually creating an enigmatic musical world with biomorphic forms of musical instruments [blended] with human elements [to create] a universe of extremely rich and varied forms which are organic and alive.” \nFeatured in the most recent edition of Created Here Magazine\, Munisamy explores a form of abstraction that blends biological\, suggestively human elements (which might remind you of the sculptures of British artists Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth) with the geometrical\, hard-edged shapes of contemporary technology. In vivid and bold colour\, Munisamy creates variations on a theme of collapsing and exploding spheres suspended on illusory planes\, within expansive atmospheres and accompanied with surprising allusions to both art and the real world. At any point the artist’s imagery can transport us to the microscopic or to outer space. Another influence on the artist was Salvador Dali and if you can remember his famous melting clock\, you are well on your way to envisioning Munisamy’s biomorphic inventions. Tree trunks\, bicycle wheels\, telescopes\, lines\, wedges\, and the unexpected biological form can all be discovered in these enigmatic paintings\nOwen’s diverse interests and influences include cartooning\, Metaphysical and Surrealist painting. Bold colour contrasts\, strong diagonals and areas of complexity contrasting with passages of delicate colour and light result in images that fuse technology with the human form. \n“Likewise I have always been attracted to strip cartoons by the artists Enki Bilal (for his sombre atmospheres)\, Jean Giraud / Moebius (for his imagination and details) and Phillippe Druillet (for his dark backgrounds and very contrasting colours). Aldo Pomodoro and Anish Kapoor also inspired me\, the first by his spheres with a complexity of details reflecting another world\, the second by his voids that pull the viewer towards the interior. As de Chirico says: “Even that dreams are an inexplicable mystery but even more mysterious are the thoughts that converge to certain objects and aspects of life. \nIn parallel with my oil paintings I use watercolours. I employed that technique to start with as a means of research for my oil paintings. My watercolours are a long search from complex structures to now more delicate and sensitive paintings. My works are progressively becoming more architectural with fewer musical details. I am always engaged in creative research\, always going forward\, always evolving ….”
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/owen-munisamy/
LOCATION:New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Naturalis | Renata Britez
DESCRIPTION:Renata Britez is a multidisciplinary emerging Canadian artist\, originally from Brazil\, who is currently based in Fredericton\, NB. In 2020\, she completed a degree in the NBCCD Textile Design Program and first brought her work to the Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery at Small Works 2018. \nNaturalis demonstrates the diversity of her practice\, her commitment to traditional techniques\, ethics and sustainability in her production of materials as well as her artistic interest in working in both two and three dimensions. Subtle stories of her journeys in both art and life are paralleled in the mythic journeys and states she evokes though her sculptures and wearable art. Mothers\, daughters\, strife\, survival\, and conquest hint at the personal journey the artist embarked upon when she moved to Canada in 2014.\nPersephone\, a stylish garment of felted silk and wool\, dyed the passionate red of Brazilwood\, presents a sculpted and embroidered garden. Presented in a wearable form thick enough to warm and protect while referencing a myth of seasonal renewal and a mother-daughter story of compromise and lives lived at a distance. \nMarked\, two wall hangings whose subtle quilting describes the topography and streets of Fredericton\, are coloured by detritus the artist collected on the ground. The works are re-presented acts of discovery\, investigation and agency while making the reality of one’s choices “leaving its mark” tangible. \nMarks and the act of mark making is evident throughout the art in the exhibition as is the colour palette\, derived as it is from the actual colours of New Brunswick. Renata’s artistic training began here\, and it appears that a key collaborator and muse has been the province of New Brunswick. Sourcing and creating natural dyes and paints for all that she creates\, Renata starts each project literally at ground level. \nArtist in Residence\nBetween June 14 and 26\, 2021 Renata has been in Florenceville-Bristol for a residency at the River Art Centre to further her project called Maritime Colours (supported by a grant from ArtsNB). For this project Renata is researching\, cataloging\, and mapping pigments from plants and minerals found in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada. Supported by the New Brunswick Arts Board and the Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery Artist in Residence Programme\, she is working on a series of paintings using natural pigments that are foraged and processed in Carleton County.\nThis programme is supported by the Carleton North Community Foundation. \n  \n \n \n 
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/renata-britez/
LOCATION:New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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