Animal - Animus @ ACCESS Gallery

This two-person exhibition, guest curated by David Khang (00/Sessional Faculty), features the works of two recent alumni, Amy Thompson (08) and Erin Perry (06). Amy Thompson’s Faces is a series of frontal photographic portraits of birds. As a volunteer for local wildlife organizations, Thompson uses her contacts as an opportunity to create photographs of birds in convalescence. The frontal composition and the direct gazing-back of the avian subjects challenge the viewer to question how we as humans are to look at inter-species relations beyond the allegorical. Erin Perry’s drawings, sculptures and installations frequently incorporate animals, and are perhaps imbued with an uneasy animus. Perry whimsically mixes together organic materials – both human and animal (e.g. eye covers made of shark meat, pillows with fins and tails made of cartilage). These become cathected objects that act as material entry point into an uncanny space.

David Khang is a visual & performance artist who selectively writes and curates as a part of his collaborative and discourse-oriented practice. For this exhibition, Khang curates together two of his former students from his Emily Carr Senior Studio classes for their Vancouver debut.

Access Gallery - September 6 - October 11, 2008

Opening reception: Friday September 5, 7pm (SWARM 9 Event)

Curator's talk: Saturday September 6, 1pm (SWARM 9 Event)