TIDAL PULL
March 5 - April 23, 2016
The ACT Gallery, Maple Ridge BC
Laurie Rolland, RCA and Jane Duford Johnston
ceramics paintings
Photo
Credit: Les Raskiewicz, ACT Gallery
Laurie Rolland - Artist's
Statement
The work in this exhibition (and the portents surrounding each), is all interconnected through the pervasive theme of the Pull of the Tide.
A deep reverence for the natural world, combined with an interest in ancient earth-based religions informs these ideas and helps to unite the natural and cultural elements.
The work in this exhibition (and the portents surrounding each), is all interconnected through the pervasive theme of the Pull of the Tide.
A deep reverence for the natural world, combined with an interest in ancient earth-based religions informs these ideas and helps to unite the natural and cultural elements.
River of Boats
Boats were often seen and treated as vehicles of magical action. Here, they are representing passage from one realm to the next,
and the idea of containment emphasizes the maternal element.
Boats were often seen and treated as vehicles of magical action. Here, they are representing passage from one realm to the next,
and the idea of containment emphasizes the maternal element.
Nest Pieces
This Series relates to the prevailing theme of the Bird in this body of work and the Bird’s significance in an ancient belief system that saw it as symbolic of the Female Creatrix.
This Series relates to the prevailing theme of the Bird in this body of work and the Bird’s significance in an ancient belief system that saw it as symbolic of the Female Creatrix.
Samara
Samaras are the ‘winged’ seed capsules of Maple trees.
The concept of the seed taking flight; the plant becoming airborne and imitating the bird cross references some of the other work in this exhibition.
Samaras are the ‘winged’ seed capsules of Maple trees.
The concept of the seed taking flight; the plant becoming airborne and imitating the bird cross references some of the other work in this exhibition.
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Inflorescence
Series
Inflorescence means “the act or process of flowering; a flower cluster, one that flowers collectively”. This particular grouping of work deals primarily with the life/rebirth aspect of the life/death continuum.
Inflorescence means “the act or process of flowering; a flower cluster, one that flowers collectively”. This particular grouping of work deals primarily with the life/rebirth aspect of the life/death continuum.
The
bird was a potent female power symbol. This grouping was conceived as a
flock of birds come to rest on the shore, perhaps stopping on a
migration route.