Spore : Fictions of Biology

Main Gallery ; works by Kirsty Wilson : Spore Fictions of Biology
Biology influences me enormously on a variety of levels, from molecular
to ecological. I like to challenge traditional perceptions by illuminating the unexpected beauty that is often overlooked in unassuming and often repugnant aspects of nature. While we may feel
repulsed at the idea of bacteria, infection, viruses and disease, they
can become sublime when seen from a new perspective. The organic world
takes us beyond our own bounds, it is more than us and it does not
depend on us.

My work draws the viewer in with stark contrast: simultaneously beautiful and grotesque, delicate and rough, exploring growth and decay all at once. Currently I am working with large-scale painting and ceramic installations that investigate unique ways to capture the beauty
and the essence of the overlooked biological world.

Process Gallery. Works by Andrea Currie
Sacred Worship: Growth, Decay and Resurrection A Calendar FolioThis is a story about beauty, inspiration and growth. An interpretative,
unraveling tale about a life and body as personified in trees. The internal dialogue lies behind image and art as this calendar folio is a
metamorphous of life’s endurance and constant change. In each of these trees, a state of being, growing and decaying permeates, all the while
celebrating a resurrection. Here, there is a connection and reverence for the natural landscape. There is a voice in nature that connects our unconscious mind to the folds, roots and layers of growth.For each piece in this folio, I have been inspired by trees associated
with each calendar month as well as the myths and gods which accompany them. I have also drawn elements of my own skin depicting these themed
cycles of life in order to portray a unique and personal representation in the waning of a year.
The Oxford dictionary defines “Mythology” as a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition. The natural association with trees and myth is their magical presence. Trees fascinate us because they have lived to see the change of life on earth, spanning not only centuries, but also the rise and
fall of civilizations. Trees in this context represent the unknown while
their appearance imposes a sense of wonderment and beauty. In this
folio, I have captured elements of Nature’s beauty by representing her
constant change as I have depicted an imagination which represents the
voice of beauty.
Sacred Worship, Growth, Decay & Resurrection represents not only the
mourning of my mother’s death in 2011, but also a celebration of life in
the cycles of living.
The skins of trees breathe in the breeze of time’s constituents
qualities balancing the nurture of nature a vice to advise, and
synthesize our way of seeing the world. These branches and our life
blood and the way each tree is unique to you and me are how more
explicitly they make us feel - {a.currie

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Cell Gallery : New Works by Ethel Christensen , American born, abstract
painter Ethel Christensen was schooled at the University of Minnesota
and has exhibited in New York, Edmonton , Calgary and Los Angles as well
as Toronto. Ethel’s work deals with expressing the subconscious by
exploring the relationship between the environment and man .
Gallery Hours Wed – Sun 1-6pm
Exhibitions continue from Jan. 9-20