If you’re in Calgary, pop along to the Epcor Centre and check out the work of our very own Arlee Barr in her new show, The Artist’s Body.
Here’s what Arlee has to say about her exhibition, which is her first show in seventeen years and her first ever solo show:
“To most people, body parts bring an image to mind of murder or war, abandoned bodies and tortured souls. To some they are merely armatures, scientific bases to buildon, to others they are beauty of form in the abstract. I want mine to be not necessarily ”pretty” but to give the viewer a sense of loss, of warmth, even of humour. The body with all its squeaks and turning wheels is a definite fascination for me. We all have the same parts, yet all are different. So many of our phrasings have to do with the body: beautiful bone structure, thin skinned, all legs, air head, eye candy, bleeding hear, body politic – since I love word play and punning, it seemed natural to translate those cues into textile art.
“Illustrating idiosyncratic ideas, I am exploring in stitch the intellect of the body.“
The show runs throughout April and May, and is bound to be worth a look! For more information about the show and all the other textile magic that Arlee produces, visit her new blog.
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Hey! What a surprise! Thanks, Honeyfingered Fearless Leader!
I sooooo wish I could be there to see Arlee’s work in person!
Wow! wish I could go…