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September 13 to October 25, 2008 Alison Norlen Roller Coaster |
Opening Saturday September 13 3pm to 5pm Artist Talk Thursday September 11 7pm at Emily Carr University Lunchtime talks October 7, 8, 9 |
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Alison Norlen's drawings are monumental, Piranesi-like deconstructed probings of the built, structural world. Her art in this exhibition is about the seductiveness of built structures, especially those in themed entertainment zones such as amusement parks and malls. Norlen's obsession with structure, more particularly her use of a dominant colour for each work to set its emotional tone, resembles Anselm Kiefer's monumental paintings of the 1980s. The objects in Norlen's pictorial world are not just physically, but also socially constructed; they take on aspects of the human condition, as in the claustrophobic crowding of objects or their irrational failure to connect in space. Alison Norlen is originally from Northern Ontario; she is Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Saskatchewan. Opening Saturday, September 13 from 3pm to 5pm Artist talk Thursday September 11 at 7pm Emily Carr University, 1400 Johnson St., Granville Island, Vancouver (South Building Lecture Hall 301). Cosponsored by SFU Gallery and ECU. Lunchtime talks at 12:05pm and 12:35pm Tuesday October 7 Wednesday October 8 Thursday October 9 Additional talks for classes or other groups may be scheduled by appointment. Contact us at: 778.782.4266 or gallery@sfu.ca Curated by Bill Jeffries. |
Untitled (Mirage series), detail, 2005, mixed media, 7.5 ft x 20 ft 
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