Arianna Richardson: Surface All The Way Through
Sat, Mar 1, 2025 to Wed, Apr 23, 2025 @ Council Chambers, Leader Town Office
Community: Leader & District Arts Council
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Surface All The Way Through is an exhibition of textile and text-based signs assembled from discarded plastic using hobby-craft techniques. It is an exploration of superficiality, distraction, reflection, containment, emotional blockages, consumerism, accumulation, and waste.
The objects in this show are fabricated entirely of plastic: a material that I am endlessly attracted to for its shape-shifting mimicry and limitless supply of exciting surface qualities. As a toxic, uncontainable, and grossly over-produced material, it is also repulsive and surrounds me with dread and despair. It is between opposites that I have created these objects: working to both deflect and deal with my own conflicting attitudes in a time of vast uncertainty, inexpressible emotions, and constant horror.
All materials in the show were rescued from their fate as discarded objects, collected either from my own personal consumption habits (packaging waste) or from the thrift store (craft supplies, projects, decorations).
Exhibitions
- Sat, Feb 1, 2025 to Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at the John V. Hicks Gallery at the Margo Fournier Arts Centre - Prince Albert, SK.
- Sat, Mar 1, 2025 to Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at the Council Chambers, Leader Town Office - Leader, SK.
- Thu, May 1, 2025 to Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at the Grand Coteau Heritage and Cultural Centre - Shaunavon, SK.