Material Matters
Upcoming exhibition
Overview
Haines Gallery is pleased to present Material Matters, a group exhibition bringing together eight artists whose highly inventive use of materials is central to their practices.
The opening reception will take place on Friday, July 19, 2024 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.
The exhibition includes works by Deborah Butterfield and Matthew Brandt, who take the natural world as a site of inspiration and transmutation. Each reshapes environmental degradation into tactile, tangible reminders of the beauty of nature, while channeling the forces that imperil it. Ai Weiwei and Zhan Wang substitute one material for another, creating new chains of associations and meanings. In both cases, the resulting sculptures investigate the relationship between materials, contemporary production, and cultural values. Linda Connor’s and David Simpson’s chosen materials create space for meditation, while Stuart Robertson and Leslie Shows combine and collage theirs in unexpected ways to expand the possibilities of traditional portraiture and landscape painting.
Throughout the exhibition, each artist’s chosen materials reflect diverse concerns and creative approaches, and reconsider the boundaries of form and genre.
