Opens October 1 2010 7 – 9pm
At Fleishman Gallery from October 1st to 31st 2010
The stories we tell ourselves… is an exhibition of mixed media works inspired by Victorian curiosities and Gothic storytelling. Bodirsky's work explores the process of how narrative enables the collection, destruction and resurrection of memories, experience and identity. By combining encaustic, fibre, pigment, objects, illustrations and photos, in unusual and sometimes spontaneous ways, the stories that unfold are cryptic yet familiar. The layered surfaces provide an archaeology of meaning through purely textural passages intermingled with written text; a marker of language and storytelling. Just as the Gothic novel explores the shadow side of human experience and emotion, so do these visceral combinations offer up the murky complexity of memory, meaning and personal histories.
Monica Bodirsksy is an emerging, multi-disciplinary artist and arts educator based in Toronto. A member of the *new* gallery collective, her works have also been exhibited at The Textile Museum, The Oakville Museum, OCAD Gallery, and the Spadina Public Library.
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