metro gallery
Garneau Theatre, 8712 109 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 1E9
FALCONET
June 1 - 30, 2024
Gallery hours of operation: During film screenings (weekday evenings and weekends) or by appointment (contact 780 425 9212)
'the silent objects are our witnesses’, 11x14, silkscreen on wood, 2024
Program Description
FALCONET is an installation of silkscreens that playfully depict a landscape of recurring nightmares. Arising from an unconscious mind confronted with uncertainties and nebulous fears, these skeletal ‘memento mori’ figures forge their way through the battles unphased. In this dreamlike realm they remind us to confront the fear of our inevitable mortality and find the beauty in the present moment. Drawing from Medieval imagery, the prints are created using hand-cut stencils screened onto wood, cut out and layered together. A collage of bold linework, saturated colours, and hints of lurid fluorescent hues allow hidden layers to emerge into glowing night scenes that only appear in the dark.
Artist Information
Laurel Westlund is an Edmonton-based visual artist with a background in Printmaking and Classics from the University of Alberta. Inspired by a love of history with a touch of the absurd, Laurel’s work uses themes of crisis to explore the nature of fear in our lives.