Boudoir Group exhibition at Victoria Emerging Art Gallery

“ coLABoration “ at Emerging Art Gallery

10 artists, 5 pieces
Sharing Creative Spaces

Cam Reid + Ben Westergreen
Samuel Jan + Pete Kohut
Tom McCabe + Liam Hanna - Lloyd
Rachel Wilmshurst + Kesley Boorman
Mandy Auger + Coral Clay

Please join us for this unique exhibition (and quite possibly the most dynamic show at VEAG!) during which pairs of artists share one canvas. Exhibition runs until Jan 1st 2012.

Opening Reception - Friday,  Dec 9,  2011 - 6pm-8pm

977 A Fort St – Phone : 778 430 5585   
www.victoriaemergingart.com

Watch the video for the opening 

Samuel Jan and Amanda Balestreri at Fifty Fifty Arts Collective

In Elefant Parade, Samuel Jan, using his unique blend of charcoal, pen
and ink and watercolour techniques, depicts a world of childlike
wonder and curiosity that is at once playful and foreboding. The world
he creates is like a child's dreamworld - full of beasts and
fantastical characters
I have always been interested in the struggle of man throughout
history. I believe some of the rawest forces exist within a human’s
soul during times of complete desperation. This is why when I read
about the Great Depression and travelling circuses during the
thirties, I was instantly attracted to the tales of existence among
exotic animals, tents, performance acts and life on the road. I was
attracted to the dirt, the filth, and the inevitable stench that came
with having nothing at all. I was attracted to the vibrancy of the
stories told by the people who lived the life of a circus employee.
Through reading I was inspired to create a series of narrative
drawings that explore life in the circus during the thirties. The
scenes I chose to depict are slightly eerie and illustrate the allure
of the unfamiliar, of the mysterious, and of the slightly disturbing.
I used photographs found in books from circuses in America in the
thirties, so all the subjects are based on real people who lived as
part of a travelling circus.
Amanda Balestreri

Opening Reception: Thurs. May 6,2010 at 7pm