{"id":2642,"date":"2011-08-16T17:46:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T17:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=2642"},"modified":"2011-09-25T02:07:39","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T02:07:39","slug":"sam-mogelonsky-wish-you-were-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=2642","title":{"rendered":"Sam Mogelonsky: Wish you were here"},"content":{"rendered":"

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August 31st – September 24th, 2011<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Opening: Thursday, September\u00a08, 6 – 9pm
\nTHE RED HEAD GALLERY<\/strong>
\n401 Richmond St. W., Suite 115.
\nToronto, ON M5V 3A8
\nT:\u00a0\u00a0416 504-5654.
\nEmail: art@redheadgallery.org<\/a>.
\nwww.redheadgallery.org<\/a>.
\nHours: Wed – Sa. 12 – 5 pm.<\/p>\n

The Red Head Gallery<\/strong> is pleased to present Wish you were here<\/em>, the first solo show by emerging Canadian artist Samantha Mogelonsky.<\/p>\n

By developing her own form of na\u00efve sculptural language, Mogelonsky constructs environments to transport the viewer into an imaginary space, outside and beyond the everyday. These humorous and sinister sculptural forms seek to investigate storytelling and repetition with the viewer becoming both participant and observer of an invented narrative: where the heroically crafted and time-consuming elements coexist.
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\nDrawing conceptual influence from Utopian literature, theories, and tall-tales, and Susan Stewart’s ‘On Longing’, she will present sculptural \u2018island\u2019 forms, thereby building an imaginary \u2018little world\u2019 for the viewer to experience. These islands retain the so-called child-like qualities of construction, but reflect the intricate details of her practice and merge the \u2018made\u2019 with found kitsch objects.<\/p>\n

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\nThe exhibition will also include neon signage, resin castings, postcards and trinkets from this imaginary place. Also in the space is a bronze cast of a typewriter that appears as if it has magically melted, which speaks to the changes in narrative perception and the relationship of storytelling to the overall narrative.
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\nMogelonsky plays with the vernacular of travel, while creating largely desolate, lonely and haunting images, thereby evoking a tension between the expected present and the uncertain future. For more information, please visit her website at www.sammogelonsky.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The artist acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council. The Ontario Arts Council is an agency of the Government of Ontario. Sam also thanks Fifth Leg<\/a>, from Treasury Wine Estates, LMA Communications Inc<\/a> and Maximum Graphics<\/a> for their support of the exhibition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

August 31st – September 24th, 2011<\/strong>
\nOpening: Thursday, September 8, 6 – 9pm<\/p>\n

THE RED HEAD GALLERY<\/strong><\/p>\n

By developing her own form of na\u00efve sculptural language, Mogelonsky constructs environments to transport the viewer into an imaginary space, outside and beyond the everyday<\/p>\n

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