TRAPP Projects | Samuel Roy-Bois + Elspeth Pratt + Jack Jeffrey

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Exhibitions | Open to: Public

A group show curated by faculty member Patrik Andersson.

When

May 31, 2019 – Jun 29, 2019

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Location

Off Campus

Trapp Projects

Open to Public?

Yes

Cost

Free

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Opening Reception | Friday, May 31, 7-9pm

While Samuel Roy-Bois, Elspeth Pratt and Jack Jeffrey have never been brought together in an exhibition before, there are a number of serendipitous affinities within their sculptural practices that made this a compelling affair.

All three artists make work that evoke the principles of factura, a term used by Russian constructivists to forefront the laboratory and experimental side of art making — demonstrating the objects’ “madeness” and distinct material properties. They also share a fascination with our designed, built and administered contemporary environment. Their quotidian observations and use of modest, readily available material, are filtered through a number of formal tropes that weave together strands of minimalism, arte povera and conceptual art into three distinct practices that situates the viewer in a state of precariousness and wonder.

Curated by Associate Professor Patrik Andersson.

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About the Artists

Samuel Roy-Bois is widely recognized for his large-scale installations that explore the socio-political dynamics of our built environment. His work, which includes sculpture, performance, photography, drawing and writing, is motivated as much by a theoretical critique of the production of space as it is driven by a ludic drive towards a pure pleasure of making. Roy-Bois is Assistant Professor in Creative Studies and Director of the Research Studio for Spaces and Things at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. His travelling solo exhibition can currently be seen at Kamloops Art Gallery until June 29.

Elspeth Pratt’s sculptural practice is an aesthetic investigation into the abstract nature of our constructed social environments. Utilizing humble and familiar material and introducing her own handmade gestures into the geometric language of industry, Pratt introduces a poetic dimension to her critique of social space. Pratt has shown nationally and internationally for three decades and her works can be seen in collections across Canada. Alongside her extensive exhibition record she has produced numerous public artworks, including a major commission for the Richmond Olympic Oval and Vancouver Art Gallery’s Offsite on Georgia Street, Vancouver. She is an Associate Professor and Director of Simon Fraser University’s School for Contemporary Art.

Jack Jeffrey is known for an interdisciplinary practice that includes sculpture, installation, video, writing and music. His work often shows a playful, subtle, yet critical treatment of everyday objects and spaces and makes references to the “poetry” of arte povera, the “chance” of surrealism, the “phenomenology” of minimalism, and the “activity” of process art. Jeffrey has exhibited extensively, including in Canada, Europe, Australia and China. Recently, his work was included in the Trapp Projects exhibition Serpentine Path at Terminal Creek Contemporary, Bowen Island. Jeffrey is Professor Emeritus at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver.