Three University of Lethbridge based artists are working together to bring Thunk to life at Casa.
The new art exhibitions features the work of University of Lethbridge professors Glen MacKinnon and Michael Campbell and U of L Visual Arts Technician at the U of L technician Kevin Sehn opens tonight, March 5, at Casa.
“There three artists all work at the university. They have done a collaborative sculpture based on the idea of exquisition or corpse scheme,” said Casa curator Darcy Logan, noting that is a project where one artist build or create something and the others take turns adding to it.
In addition to the group sculpture Thunk also features the artists’ own works.
“Kevin Sehn is casting 12 life sized magpies out of bronze and Michael Campbell has a suite of photographs which are inspired by the nineteenth century idea of the cabinet of curiosities. He collects found objects and modifies them,” said Logan, indicating a three headed hammer hanging upside down on the wall.
“He also has a studio in Sauve in the south of France and Hornby island,” Logan continued.
“ And Glen MacKinnon has sculptures that are inspired by nautical construction,” he added.
In addition to thunk in the main gallery. There are new exhibitions all over Casa. Upstairs in the cabinet, nine artists have a group exhibition. There are also new exhibitions in the passage gallery.
The opening reception is 7-9 p.m., March 5.
Thunk runs until April 22.