Reiterations: To flit - 2024
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Panoramic view of the pieces that were on display in the gallery.
Large scale collage prints from the series, Borrowed wings/Something borrowed (2017-present), on display as “Reiterations: To flit“ in the Grey Area Gallery at the Aberdeen Music Hall in downtown Leeburn from June 8, 2024 - September 29, 2024.
For this exhibit I wanted to print large scale versions of a selection of ten collage works, that are otherwise quite small. These works were chosen from an ongoing collage series I started in 2017 called "Borrowed Wings." I selected pieces that were created across a range of years that for me, would tell the story of my emotional growth and healing since the work began in 2017. I blew them up, some to 20x the original size, to print them larger than ever for a grand visual effect in such a small gallery, and so you could see all the paper edges and glue marks, magazine print pixels and other beautiful imperfections you maybe wouldn't notice on the originals. I want the viewer to feel overwhelmed by their size, relate to the imagery, enjoy the imperfections. I enjoy hearing from the onlookers regarding which images speak to them. It's a small gallery in a beautiful repurposed church in Leeburn, ON; a very small peaceful place, which seemed an ideal location for my work. When I started this series my life was very chaotic and challenging. I was lost in stress and the demands of life and parenthood, and illnesses, and family, addictions and finances, and struggle. Since the beginning of this work I have learned to let go. To find the calm within myself. This show allowed me to blow up the images that helped me to survive some of the toughest years of my life. I am grateful to them and to the art of collage. I was also grateful for the opportunity to show my work as I have not been active in the community for the past couple of years and was worried about becoming irrelevant. I am left feeling renewed and reminded of how powerful and freeing it can be to be open about the pain and joy you feel, as well as the mundanity of it all as you live through life.
This exhibit was generously funded by:
