Kin

Exhibition of thesis work by Sheri Nault presented in the Special Projects Gallery at York University, Toronto from April 10 to 14, 2017.


This work crosses mediums to explore the boundary between the human and non-human, to elicit a different sense of where the boundaries of the human lie; a reframing which is not only ecologically urgent, but suggests a reframing of dichotomic power structures as well. The current ecological state of the world is a source of great anxiety, as we near and cross more and more ‘points of no return.’ What seems to be missing is a sense of kinship, a sense of how fundamentally interconnected human lives and the life of the planet are.


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Thesis exhibition installed at York University including wooden displays, pressed flowers, sculptures, and drawings.
Guest viewing table display of notebook pages of pressed flowers and stains.
Wax imprint of a hand and pages of pressed flowers.
Close detail image of pressed flowers and stains.
Shelf display with accordion book.
Accordion book with pressed flowers across the pages and in the valleys of the folds.
Grid of nine frames containing pages of pressed flowers.
Closer view of grid of frames.
Shelf display with two small notebooks, one is on a bookstand the other is flat.
Open shell of notebook with pages torn out.
Notebook held open to two stained pages on a white book holder.
Shelf display with two sculptures on it.
Branch with human hair flowing out of it.
Drawing of plant life, spread out on a page to give a faint hint of a silhouette.
Detail of drawing of plants.
Drawing of a mass of grass-like hair rendered in green with purple flowers emerging from it.
Detail of drawing of grass / hair and flowers.
Drawing of a knot of grass-like hair rendered in green with purple flowers emerging from it.
Detail of drawing of grass / hair and flowers.
Drawing of a moss-like green mass, a rabbit pelt fading into an erased mass of bees and drawn bees in purple.
Detail of drawing of pelt and bees.
Drawing of a mixed group of butterflies in green and purple, faint traces of an orange underdrawing can be seen.
Detail of drawing of butterflies.
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