In Line, To Glue

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“In Line, To Glue”: Elisabeth Horan & Sarah Davidson
12 November-10 December 2016

Elisabeth Horan‘s current body of work focuses on splicing together found images of clotheslines. Horan appreciates the characteristics of this particular subject matter in that it can simultaneously represent lightness and heaviness. In previous collage works, she used ink shadows to suggest a moving source of light (the sun) and chairs to speak directly to the act of sitting, waiting, meditating and reflecting.

The clothesline has a relatable and universal visual presence that can trigger distinct memories, a romanticized notion of simpler times. Horan finds something inherently ethereal and dreamy about clotheslines. In her studio practice, she searches through magazines for source material. For Horan, printed matter represents a sort of souvenir of our collective subconscious. The combination of this artistic process and the particular imagery chosen brings psychological potency to this body of work.

Elisabeth Horan lives and works in Portland, Oregon. Horan attended the University of South Florida in Tampa where she earned her BFA in Sculpture. In 2014, she received the Career Opportunity Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission to support travel to Finland for a residency at Arteles Creative Center. In February 2017, Horan will attend a ten-day residency at Space Gallery in Portland, Maine, where she will complete a large storefront sculpture installation.

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Sarah Davidson‘s investigations of the fragment aim to excavate both its art historical narratives as well as its quotidian symbolic functions. An interest in the history of book publishing and printed ephemera, especially the daily comic, informs her work. This reference point also informs her interest in print and paper-based techniques. Sarah’s work blurs the distinction between drawing, printmaking and sculpture, by making from scratch many of the collage elements in the work and silkscreening others which appear to be drawn. Sarah continues to unearth meaning from source material which has often been brushed aside as ephemera, subsumed by Pop art, or otherwise forgotten.

Sarah Davidson attended Carleton University in Ottawa, where she received an Honours Bachelor of Journalism and English in 2011. She then attended Emily Carr University of Art and Design and graduated with a BFA in Visual Arts in 2015. Davidson has exhibited her works in a solo show “Backgrounds” at Chernoff Fine Art, 2015, Vanocuver; a two person show “A Stitch in Time” at tag Contemporary, 2015, Vancouver; the group shows, “Print Ready”, Dynamo Arts Association, 2014/2015, Vancouver and “Geometry of Knowing Part 4”, Audain Gallery, 2015, Vancouver.

(adapted from the venue’s press materials)


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Image (top):
untitled
by Elisabeth Horan
paper collage
2016
Courtesy of the artist and The Bakery, Vancouver

Image (centre):
Yellow One from “The World Is a Map”
by Sarah Davidson
ink, watercolour, graphite, and collage on paper
2016
Courtesy of the artist and The Bakery, Vancouver