The interdisciplinary artist is tired of asking “What’s too queer?” for their audience.
Mixed-media artist Arjun Lal is deep in thought, their expressive brown eyes surveying the Halifax Common as if the perfect word they're searching for will be found in the grass.
Shi makes mixed-media work while living in “immigration limbo."
Entering the studio space of mixed-media artist Jenny Yujia Shi, a repetition in colour and shape arrests you before you even notice the view of Halifax Harbour.
The photographer and performance artist also destroys the gender binary in their spare time.
When Séamus Gallagher laughs, it's a bright, jangly sound that brings to mind the eye-searing colour palette present in their photography and performance work.
“This is not an exhibition with a strong thesis, it's a conversation.”
The history of Black lives in Nova Scotia is oft little recorded and little taught in the traditional channels of textbooks and classrooms, but a new exhibition at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is looking to give space to this illustrious history with Black voices front and centre.
Lux Habrich is the youngest artist to show at the exhibition celebrating 75 years of the Nova Scotia Talent Trust.
First You Dream: Celebrating 75 Years of
the Nova Scotia Talent Trust
To July 28
MSVU Gallery, 166 Bedford Highway
Opening reception Saturday, May 25, 2pm
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