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SUMMARY:Prospect 20: Silas Wamsley | Ceaseless
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Gilded haloes disappeared from the heads of Jesus\, Mary and the saints\, giving way to more visceral depictions of the spirit-made-flesh\, but the intent of such artworks remained consistent: they were to aid worship\, provide moral instruction\, and glorify both Church and Empire. \nLike the artworks they reference\, Wamsley’s sumptuous oil paintings express a complex relationship between corporeal and extracorporeal notions of being. His compositionally dense canvasses depict human\, and human-ish\, beings in transitional states\, spouting hooves and horns\, vines\, and thorns. Though rendered with naturalism\, they hold unnatural postures as if they are suspended in time\, floating in opulent spaces unbounded by the laws of physics and gravity. They are adorned with ornate headwear\, capes\, and armor\, and carry delicate\, beautiful\, and arcane objects with ceremonial reverence. \nTo be alive is to be in constant contact with both the sacred and the profane. \nArticulating a productive\, and distinctly queer ambivalence toward ontological distinctions between sacred and profane\, body and spirit\, real and symbolic\, Wamsley’s work eschews the hierarchies\, binaries\, and fixed iconography that gave 15th century religious art its legibility. Instead\, Wamsley explores how bodies\, identities\, and symbols are unfixed and impermanent\, encouraging viewers to interpret his work (and by extension\, the world) through the lens of their own embodied experience.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][divider line_type=”No Line”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\nOpening Reception\nCelebrate our Fall Exhibitions!\nSaturday\, September 6 at 1:00- 3:00pm \nPlease join us on September 6 from 1:00-3:00 pm for a relaxed reception to celebrate MSVU Art Gallery’s Fall exhibitions\, Prospect 20: Silas Wamsley | Ceaseless and i look to the skies| Jude Abu Zaineh. The artists will be present. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome to attend![/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][divider line_type=”No Line”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\nArtist Talk\nSaturday\, September 20 at 1:00 – 2:00pm \nJoin us in the Upper Gallery for an exhibition tour and artist talk by Kjipuktuk/Halifax-based artist Silas Wamsley. 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