Picturing Wellness II: The Act of Social Engagement
McMaster Museum of Art, December 17, 2015 - March 26, 2016
Curator: Carol Podoworny
Picturing Wellness II: The Act of Social Engagement, is an exhibition that presents the work of six visual artists: Michelle Bellemere, Rebecca Belmore, Nicola Feldman-Kiss, Catherine Heard, Nancy Kembry, Yvonne Singer. There is nothing didactic nor literal here beyond the presentation of works of art that ponder, in broad scope, issues related to trauma, the body, memory, history, medicine, health and the museum. What is consistent is a consciousness of an “impact” on/to the person and the place that art can play in the interpretation of that, processing of that, or healing of that. The impact could be either physical or mental, individual or societal. The art works do not, in a didactic fashion, present themselves as a balm, they are as Balzer notes above, a mirror, not a pill.
Two works by Professor Yvonne Singer are featured in this exhibition. Singer’s piece I AM is a 5-foot glass capital letter I, etched with a list of words from A to Z describing emotional states (I am anxious, I am happy etc). Her neon installation, Gone Missing, is a short story about a mysterious traumatic event that alludes to the fragility of life and memory.
McMaster Museum of Art, December 17, 2015 - March 26, 2016
Curator: Carol Podoworny
Picturing Wellness II: The Act of Social Engagement, is an exhibition that presents the work of six visual artists: Michelle Bellemere, Rebecca Belmore, Nicola Feldman-Kiss, Catherine Heard, Nancy Kembry, Yvonne Singer. There is nothing didactic nor literal here beyond the presentation of works of art that ponder, in broad scope, issues related to trauma, the body, memory, history, medicine, health and the museum. What is consistent is a consciousness of an “impact” on/to the person and the place that art can play in the interpretation of that, processing of that, or healing of that. The impact could be either physical or mental, individual or societal. The art works do not, in a didactic fashion, present themselves as a balm, they are as Balzer notes above, a mirror, not a pill.
Two works by Professor Yvonne Singer are featured in this exhibition. Singer’s piece I AM is a 5-foot glass capital letter I, etched with a list of words from A to Z describing emotional states (I am anxious, I am happy etc). Her neon installation, Gone Missing, is a short story about a mysterious traumatic event that alludes to the fragility of life and memory.