Treelines - here and there, Saskatoon, 2026.
An excerpt from the installation Treelines - Here and there has been included in the group exhibition Material.After.Life, Remai Modern Art Gallery, Saskatoon.
March 28th to to September 6th, 2026
curated by Michelle Jacques.
This specific version of Treelines - here and there exhibits sixteen crocheted trees on individual shelves made of recycled plastic bags and clothing.
Material.After.Life. examines the many ways artists animate found materials, revealing how the discarded can take on new lives, meanings, and forms. The exhibition brings together works that transform remnants of the everyday into objects that speak to memory, imagination, and renewal, alongside pieces that playfully reconfigure cast-off elements into lively, unexpected, or anthropomorphic creations. Through gestures that range from the poetic to the humorous and from the conceptual to the contemplative, the artists highlight the potential for materials to carry histories, spark associations, and suggest states of becoming. Material. After. Life. invites viewers to consider how what we leave behind—whether objects, ideas, or traces—can be reassembled into something resonant, vital, and newly alive.
Participating artists are: Sonny Assu, Douglas Bentham, Wally Dion, John Latham, Joanne Lyons, Gwen MacGregor, Leanne Read, Kara Uzelman, Jan Wade.
https://remaimodern.org/events-gatherings/opening-celebration-material-after-life/
For more details on the Treelines - here and there project go to: https://gwenmacgregor.com/Treelines-here-and-there-Calgary-2023
March 28th to to September 6th, 2026
curated by Michelle Jacques.
This specific version of Treelines - here and there exhibits sixteen crocheted trees on individual shelves made of recycled plastic bags and clothing.
Material.After.Life. examines the many ways artists animate found materials, revealing how the discarded can take on new lives, meanings, and forms. The exhibition brings together works that transform remnants of the everyday into objects that speak to memory, imagination, and renewal, alongside pieces that playfully reconfigure cast-off elements into lively, unexpected, or anthropomorphic creations. Through gestures that range from the poetic to the humorous and from the conceptual to the contemplative, the artists highlight the potential for materials to carry histories, spark associations, and suggest states of becoming. Material. After. Life. invites viewers to consider how what we leave behind—whether objects, ideas, or traces—can be reassembled into something resonant, vital, and newly alive.
Participating artists are: Sonny Assu, Douglas Bentham, Wally Dion, John Latham, Joanne Lyons, Gwen MacGregor, Leanne Read, Kara Uzelman, Jan Wade.
https://remaimodern.org/events-gatherings/opening-celebration-material-after-life/
For more details on the Treelines - here and there project go to: https://gwenmacgregor.com/Treelines-here-and-there-Calgary-2023
