up front w/ ROBIN ARSENEAULT

up front w/ ROBIN ARSENEAULT features seven dynamic clusters of plates, intimate in nature, with gestural mark-making in black underglaze and gold lustre.

For Robin Arseneault (BFA '98, Painting), sculpture and image-making go hand-in-hand. While creating objects in the three dimensions, she simultaneously explores similar themes within the 2D. Together, they become a whole and develop a language based on the relationship of forms and repetition of shapes. Objects are stripped of their original context and meaning to lay bare inherent formal qualities. This leaves fragmented shapes and forms transformed into what can be seen as hieroglyphics of an unknown language. Here, the power of the fragmented image (or disruption in meaning) speaks to the subversion of power through subtle humour and curiosity. 

The Pointer, Robin Arseneault