loops & lines
Susan Shantz
March 18 - April 15, 2023
Opening: Saturday March 18, 1 to 4pm
Hours: Saturdays 1 to 4pm
Susan Shantz will exhibit three new works at 330g using materials sourced during recent art residencies in Reykjavik, Iceland and the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, as well as repurposed from previous art projects. These studio experiments use yarn, bamboo and fabric leaves in linear and geometric formats to consider gravity, grids and the life of lines. In her recent installation, Confluence, Shantz considered the meandering line of the Saskatchewan River as it crosses three prairie provinces: its irregular path cutting through the overlay of roads and townships boundaries. With her new works she asks, with cultural theorist Tim Ingold*: When did lines become straight? Like Ingold, she is intrigued by the commonalities between practices as diverse as drawing, writing, weaving, walking and singing. Her new artworks draw straight lines with irregular materials that loop and droop against the grain of the grid.
*Tim Ingold, Lines: A Brief History (2007/2016) and The Life of Lines (2015)
Susan Shantz has exhibited across Canada and internationally for over three decades. Her sculptural installations consist of a wide range of materials and methods of making including textiles, ceramics, found objects and video. She is interested in ritual and gesture and the ways in which art arises from these and becomes a cultural performance. Shantz completed graduate degrees at York University (MFA, Studio Art) and Wilfrid Laurier University (MA, Religion and Culture). Recent exhibitions include Confluence; Currents; Shedding; Dark Rituals, Magical Relics and Creatures in Translation. Her work is included in many public and private collections and she has received support from the Canada Council, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the British Columbia Arts Council, and the Ontario Arts Council.
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Left image: loops & lines ii, bamboo, 15” x 15” x 6”, 2022
