TONIGHT IS JIGGERY POKERY!
winsor gallery presents angela
grossmann and drew shaffer : jiggery pokery
Winsor Gallery is pleased to
announce the first duo solo exhibition of mixed media artists Angela Grossmann
and Drew Shaffer. Grossmann and Shaffer’s
exhibition entitled Jiggery Pokery
runs from October 15th – November 14th. An opening will be held on the evening
of Thursday October 15th, from 6-8pm; both artists will be in attendance.
While Drew Shaffer is an emerging artist and Angela Grossman has
been established for more than 30 years, the two have much in common. Both Grossmann and Shaffer share a special
connection to working with found objects and ephemera. Together, their duo solo
pushes and pulls between references to old and new, hot and cold, love lost and
love found. Drew, similar to Grossmann,
utilizes found, mundane and forgotten objects and transforms them into powerful
pieces of art. These neglected objects
have little or no meaning until Shaffer molds them into unique sculptures with
haunting narratives. Drew focuses on
emotional and psychological needs and desires of contemporary culture. Grossman’s new works address the role
performance plays in the assumption and persistence of gender identity in a
postmodern world. The emotional and
vulnerable nature of Grossmann’s portraits ‘play’ with erotica, using the
assumption of the voyeuristic gaze and socially acceptable expectation of
female behavior as a starting point.
Grossmann’s dramatic and deliberate display of the highly sexualized
parts of a woman’s body through the raising of skirts, removal of blouses, or
in some cases, the addition of bits of real doll’s clothing implies a studied
reflection on normative gender identity in relation to the sexed body. But they move beyond a simplistic reiteration
of submission and exploitation where beauty id definitive of value. Grossmann’s emphasis on traditional concepts
of femininity through costume and apparel actually produces a critique of such
judgements.
About Angela
Grossmann
Angela Grossman is a Vancouver-based visual artist. Over the last two decades her paintings and
collages have been the subject of more than 20 solo shows in Canada, the U.S,
Europe and Japan beginning with the Young
Romantics Exhibition at the
Vancouver Art Gallery (1985). The Art Newspaper (June 2006) included
Grossmann on a list of 100 artists who have most influenced students at art
schools in Britain (culled from 11 leading British art schools). Recently her work has been featured in three
Vancouver Art Gallery exhibitions including Unreal
that showcased her miniature surrealist paintings.
About Drew Shaffer
Drew Shaffer is a multi-media
artist based in Vancouver. He has previously shown across Canada in galleries
including Monte Clark, Surrey Art Gallery, Belkin Satellite Gallery and Winsor
Gallery.
Drew Shaffer’s statement: It's
about desire: what we want, why we want it, what happens to us when we get it,
and what happens to it once we've had it. – Drew Shaffer
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