Karen Harding with her bronze sculpture, Galaxiana
Opening Reception: September 10, 2015 / 6:30 p.m.
Canadian Sculpture Centre
Accomplished sculptor Karen Harding’s retrospective exhibition of works in bronze, encaustic and mixed-media explore inner reality through outer allusion / illusion.
Guests
Masks by Karen Harding. Photo: Peter Virün
The Canadian Sculpture Centre was packed on that warm Thursday evening by fiends of Karen Harding and sculpture lovers. Peter Lisinski, Pastor, Advent Lutheran Church gave Opening Remarks and introduced Karen at her show.
From left to right: Rosarie & Peter Lisinski, Pastor, Advent Lutheran Church and Susan & Bill Dunsmoor, CEO, All-Weld – who fabricated Karen Harding’s 8ft stainless steel sculpture , “Jubilee Peace Globe” for the Advent Lutheran Church, Don Mills.
As she wrote in her artist statement, “Magical, mystical masks invite us into the world of imaginary beings while examining the complexities of the underlying persona. Although historically, masks have been used to hide or to disguise, they can be made to render whole or complete that which appears divided. Thus is achieved a harmonization of the dichotomy of the individual beyond what the world sees and knows of us.”
Karen Harding with friends
Photo: Judi Michelle Young
*Exhibition information: September 9 – October 2, 2015, Canadian Sculpture Centre, 500 Church Street. Gallery hours: Tue – Fri: 12 – 6, Sat: 11 – 4 p.m.
**Note: Karen Harding will be part of Canadian Art Gallery Hop on Saturday, September 26, 2015 and will give an Artist Talk at 2 p.m.