Sea-themed installations are at the heart of a new exhibition at Amelia Douglas Gallery.
The gallery at Douglas College is featuring the work of Vancouver artist Tiki Mulvihill in a double exhibit, Landlocked? and Flotsam Fixation, running from Thursday, Aug. 2 to Saturday, Sept. 8.
“Tiki Mulvihill is an internationally renowned artist, and one of 150 artists featured in this year’s New West Cultural Crawl,” said Krista Eide, Douglas College arts events officer, in a press release. “Her Landlocked? exhibit is particularly impressive as it features the installation of an entire boat, meticulously built to quarter-scale.”
Landlocked? features a boat crafted from repurposed materials and surrounded by collage-like drawings, telling the story of a man’s futile desire to escape his farm life for the sea. Flotsam Fixation, inspired by her family’s trans-Atlantic immigration to Canada, is a sculpture series of everyday objects and heirloom pieces assembled with driftwood and other ocean elements.
The release notes that Mulvihill’s family originated from the British Isles and the Baltic Sea, and she spent much of her adult life moving between rural and urban communities. That background continues to have a strong influence on her artwork, as she explores the conflicted relationships people have with “place.”
An opening reception for the exhibitions is set for Saturday, Aug. 11 from 1 to 3 p.m., with a free collage-making workshop taught by the artist. An artist’s talk will be held during a closing reception on Friday, Sept. 7 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The gallery is open Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s on the fourth floor north at the New West campus, 700 Royal Ave.
See www.douglascollege.ca/artsevents for more.
