Carnevale Sublime
Alison Norlen
Float Seven
Kevin Yates
Small Dead Woman
Dates Showing: January 7th - February 7th, 2003
The work of Saskatoon-based artist, Alison Norlen, is concerned with various forms of
cultural artifice, focusing on theme parks and fantasy environments . For her joint
exhibition with Victoria-based artist, Kevin Yates, Norlen will present a mural-size diptych
(approximately 9' x 20') reflecting her research into the carnival parade. Her meticulous
and overwhelming surfaces will be contrasted against Kevin Yates 'underwhelming'
installation of a "small dead woman". This minimal installation confronts the viewer with
the abject sublime, intending to create a feeling "not unlike the eerie feeling of discovering
a small dead animal", (Yates).
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