M:ST 4 Artists
Demonstration and Rational Demons
Andrew Taggart (Bergen)Presented by Trap\door Artist-run Centre (www.trapdoorarc.com)
Oct 4 - Nov 15
Petite Trianon Gallery
Opening reception: Sat Oct 4, 8PM
Demonstration and Rational Demons is a continuation of Andrew Taggart’s interest in sculpture as a malleable, temporal, and collapsible entity capable of producing social situations. Consistently emphasizing the concept of disguise, his work often makes use of large, soft, bag-like forms with which the viewer is invited to interact. A series of stylized forms, horned and robe-like, are grouped together suggesting a ritualistic gathering, a sit in, or a demonstration. Presented upon a series of wooden platforms against a backdrop of fictionalized onlookers, these sculptures become theatrical devices for the production of relational experiences. Born in Vancouver, Andrew Taggart earned a BFA in sculpture from Concordia University, Montreal in 2005. His individual and collaborative works have been shown across Canada and internationally, most recently in X International at Luis Adelantado in Valencia, Spain (2008), and in The Emerging Landscape at the Nickel Arts Museum in Calgary, Alberta (2007).
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