Imaginarium
April to December 2020
The Library invites you to Imaginarium — a place devoted to inspiring and realizing new artistic, scientific and philosophic pursuits. The physical artworks will be available for viewing in the Davis Centre Library at a later date. Until then, please enjoy the virtual exhibit. Click on each image to view a larger version.
Works
Agnosia
Acrylic, ink and graphite on panel
25.75" x 21.75" x 2.25"
This selection of three (from a series of ten) paintings aim at giving form to how items held as personal possessions act as sites of imagination, at once serving as containers for and acting as agents of that elusive notion we have of 'imagination'.
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A sunflower field
Fine art photography, canvas mount
12" x 12" x 1.75"
I can feel the warmth of a summer's day as my mind wanders through the sunflower fields of southern France.
Pensée
Ni Zhan
Mixed media
14.5" x 11.2" x 1.18"
The imagination creates a new flower using live fabrics. It will take time to grow — but it already exists in the mind — and finds expression in the elemental process of collaboration. Inspired by the story of the pansy, and the pioneering works of Lady Mary Elizabeth Bennet and William Richardson.
Mon rêve de nénuphar [My water lily dream]
Fine art photography, canvas mount
12" x 12" x 1.75"
My dreams take me to Claude Monet's garden in Giverny, France to capture a vision of his famous water lily.
Downpour
Acrylic on canvas
30" x 24"
A new piece of metal when exposed to the elements develops a patina over time, slowly transforming how it looks. Similarly, in my work I build up a patina to slowly transform the look of the piece, allowing us to imagine what lies beneath.
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