By: Paige Smith A weirdly wonderful assortment of works was presented at this year’s first-year Master of Fine Arts candidates’ spring showcase, Gallimaufry. Four artists from a range of disciplines attempted to expand their viewers’ understanding of art. Entering the Audain Gallery at SFU Woodward’s, I'm immediately jostled by the overwhelming soundscape of Minahil Bukhari’s After Aftermath, a video installation where abstract images of crumpled paper are projected upon large sheets of hanging fabric and papers. [caption id="attachment_104290" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Paige Smith / The Peak[/caption] The projected images first hit the sheets nearest them, and then…
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By: Aritro Mukhopadhyay This new installation and performance piece showcasing the works of Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens explores the audience’s relationship with art itself. Awfully contemporary for its time, When the Guests Are Not Looking delves into the economics of…
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“Art tests things,” Melanie O’Brian, director of SFU Galleries and curator of its upcoming group exhibit, Geometry of Knowing, explained to The Peak. “It pushes on the unanswerable and unstable. It shifts, and it can make people uncomfortable with space.”…
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Enjoy an evening of art, cheese, wine, and mingling with our MFA Graduate students during their opening reception of Lossless on September 10 in the Audain Gallery at the Woodward's campus! Lossless is an exhibition featuring final projects by the…
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