Opening Reception and Award Celebration: August 13, 2015 / 6:30 p.m.
Canadian Sculpture Centre
The Sculptors Society of Canada celebrated its 15th Annual Juried Emerging Sculptors Exhibition. Flavio Belli talked on the behalf of the jury and welcomed the emerging artists of the exhibition.
Emerging Artists (form left to right): Nurielle Stern, Sergey Ragozin, W.W. Hung, Mary Cartmel
From left to right: Richard McNeill (VP), Flavio Belli (juror), Judi Michelle Young (President), J.Mac (juror), Phil Anderson (juror)
Mary Cartmel’s amazing soapstone and bronze works focus on the primal interaction of birds. Pushing the limits of dense stone, her transformation conveys the wonders of nature that is light and uplifting defining her unique skill as well as the translucency of soapstone.
Mary Cartmel, Dive, soapstone, bronze
W.W. Hung – winner of the Al & Malka Green Award for his work” “The Abyss” – an installation of a traditional figure suspended within a less conventional setting. His body of work explores the vulnerability and tenacity of the human psyche.
Flavio Belli presenting Al & Malka Green Award to W.W. Hung
W.W. Hung, The Abyss, mixed media
Sergey Ragozin works with an array of “urban materials” – combining copper, aluminum, brass, wood, and computer elements with LEDs. His subconscious visions of “light as a source of life” is influenced by classical – yet futuristic architectural elements.
Sergey Ragozin, Urban Fantasy, mixed media, copper, aluminum, brass, wood, led
Nurielle Stern persistently pushes the envelope in her exploration of ceramic works. Her current visual narration integrates video projections within textural tree bark offering dialectical images of nature onto mirrored surfaces.
Nurielle Stern, Cambium, ceramic with video projection
Photo: Peter Wirün
*Exhibition information: August 13 – September 2, 2015, Canadian Sculpture Centre, 500 Church Street. Gallery hours: Tue – Fri: 12 – 6, Sat: 11 – 4 p.m.