After Breaking – Do Things Matter

Insatiable aesthetic pleasure, using scientific theory in dialogue and collecting, are all tackled in After Breaking – Do Things Matter.

Insatiable aesthetic pleasure, using scientific theory in dialogue and collecting, are all tackled in After Breaking – Do Things Matter, a group exhibition opening on Dec. 6 at Christine Klassen Gallery. Featuring 19 emerging artists, After Breaking deconstructs the vast concept of aesthetics into a tangible, affective experience for guests visiting the show. 

 “We live in a very particular moment of extreme contradiction and incompatible polemics: it is all “trucker’s convoys,” “woke proscriptions” and the battle for the loudest most righteous voice. The artists in this show explore an alternate world where things share their perceptibility with equal beauty, voice and validity. They create an opportunity for the open creation and negotiation of meaning rather than a war between an unresolvable “right” and “wrong,” says Kurtis Lesick, exhibition organizer. 

The collections involved in the show reflect the viewers own personal relationships, while entangling them into a web of connections of the work. Detailing a few samples from the show: aerodynamic imagery on woven fabric is interrupted by its drape, a vivid abstraction overlays an office chair with a coat claiming it to its sitter, a decisive ceramic hen regards a collection of objects she is built up upon. We know our opinions, what we are drawn to and dislike, but what emerges from breaking these perceptions down and reforming again? 

There will be a closing reception for this exhibition on Dec. 10, 2022, from 1 to 3 p.m. Snacks and beverages will be provided, and masks are highly encouraged.