BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ahva.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211014T1932Z-1634239955.1886-EO-20255-37@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260310T002630Z CREATED:20160627T195846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T191947Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060708 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060807 SUMMARY: Material Obsessions: Janet Morton and Evelyn Roth\; curated by CCS T candidate Julie Bevan DESCRIPTION: Opening Reception: Friday July 7\, 8-10. Show runs July 8 – Au gust 6\, 2006 Artist Talk: Saturday\, July 8 at 2:00 p.m. Material Obsessio ns pairs the textile-based work of two artists from different generations: veteran Vancouver artist Evelyn Roth and Toronto artist Janet Morton.  Thou gh the works exhibited were created in disparate geographical locations and at different […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Opening Reception: Friday July 7\, 8-10. Show runs July 8 – August 6\, 2006
Artist Talk: Saturday\, July 8 at 2 :00 p.m.

Material Obsessions pairs the textile-based work o f two artists from different generations: veteran Vancouver artist Evelyn R oth and Toronto artist Janet Morton.  Though the works exhibited were creat ed in disparate geographical locations and at different historical moments\ , they share similar sensibilities.  Their work takes up popular craft tech niques of knitting and crochet to create large scale sculpture.  Each artis t is concerned with collecting used materials and re-working them into new forms.  Morton and Roth invite a critical look at issues of excess\; both i n terms of the amount of time and repetitive work involved in the process o f knitting and crochet\, and patterns of consumption in a society character ized by a endless surplus of goods\, and consequently\, of waste.

Rot h's work of the 1970s incorporates salvaged materials including mohair and nylon\, as well as videotape from the CBC\, to construct moveable sculpture meant to be activated by the body.  Roth's Environment for Living\, a larg e tent-like structure made from 110 recycled sweaters\, engages with notion s of women's work in the domestic sphere and how we construct our homes\, w hile creating a space for social interaction.  Similarly\, Morton’s work tr ansforms familiar objects by reconfiguring scale and materials\, often imbu ing them with an element of humour.  This exhibition will show a selection of Morton's work dating from the early 1990s to the present\, including Mem orial (Canadian Work Sock)\, a 16 foot long knitted sock that asks viewers to consider the nature of work and the types of labour society values.  Thi s will be the first time Morton's work is shown on the West Coast.

Material Obsessions is curated by Julie Bevan\, a M aster of Arts candidate in Critical and Curatorial Studies at The Universit y of British Columbia\, and made possible by the generous support of the Mo rris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery\, the Department of Art History\, Visual Art and Theory at UBC\, and the Alvin Balkind Fund for Curatorial Initiativ es.

Janet Morton will present an Artist Talk at the Belkin Satellite on Saturday\, July 8 at 2:00 p.m. Morton's work is also featured in the con current exhibition Thrive By at the Richmond Art Gallery.

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