NEWS:

BLINK GALLERY GROUP SHOW 2014 - NEW WORKS

"This group exhibition reworked themes from the 2011 show Inhabitus: The art of collection, curator Diane Bond examines how collections from artist studios can be incorporated into curated spaces. Working collaboratively with the objects, artifacts and mementos collected by Blink members, (in)habitus II investigates artistic desires towards collection, archiving and presentation." Diane Bond

BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADOW ...BLINK GALLERY

Wind, Light, loss: the paperwork of Beth Levin and Jean Jewer by Maureen Kprp, PhD

...both artist use paper as their medium. Levin a sculptor, Jewer a painter and printmaker. In their hands, paper holds light, captures shadow, limns the air gently.

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NUIT BLANCHE - CUBE GALLERY - OTTAWA SEPT. 2012 "SPEAK OUT - DR PILL POP" LYNDA CRONIN + JEAN JEWER

CONCEPTIONAL THE PIECE USES THE TITLE "LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL" FROM THE OTTAWA 2012 NUIT BALANCHE FESTIVAL, AS A BEGINNING POINT TO DISCUSS THE ROLE OF OPTIMISM AND OUR SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS IN A CHOATIC AND TURBULENT WORLD. "SPEAK OUT "FUNCTIONS AS A LARGE PILL BOX CONTAINING OVERSIZED PILLS: CURATOR PILL, GOD PILL, ART PILL, PAINTER PILL. SOUND FILES OF RECORDINGS FROM A PHARMACEUTICAL LAB, WHERE VARIOUS CHEMICALS ARE PRODUCED, ARE OVERLAID WITH SPOKEN WORD TEXT AND SINGING VOICES THAT ENGAGE THE VIEWER IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT POLLYANNA AND OUR MODERN DAY FIXATION ON "HAPPINESS" IN ALL IT FORMS. THE PUBLIC WERE ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS CONVERSATION BY SENDING THEIR FEED BAK TO FACEBOOOK AT CUBE GALLERY.

THE PIECE ACTS AS A TRANSIENT SOAP BOX, REMINISCENT OF SPEAKERS CORNER IN HYDE PARK IN LONDON; REFLECTING ON THE TRADITION OF FREE SPEECH AND THE CELEBRATION OF UNIQUE VOICE. text: Lynda Cronin