Thunk opens at Casa with new works by U of L artists

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Three University of Lethbridge based artists are working together to bring  Thunk to life at Casa.Darcy Logan sets up a Glen MacKinnon sculpture. Photo by Richard Amery
 The new art exhibitions features the work of University of Lethbridge  professors Glen MacKinnon and Michael Campbell and U of L Visual Arts Technician at the U of L technician Kevin Sehn opens tonight, March 5, at Casa.


“There three artists all work at the university. They have done a collaborative sculpture based on the idea of  exquisition or corpse scheme,” said Casa curator Darcy Logan, noting that is a project where one artist build or create something and the others take turns adding to it.


 In addition to the group sculpture Thunk also features  the artists’ own works.


“Kevin Sehn is casting 12 life sized magpies out of bronze and  Michael Campbell has a suite of photographs which are inspired by the nineteenth century idea of  the cabinet of curiosities. He collects found objects and modifies them,” said Logan, indicating a three headed hammer hanging upside down on the wall.

“He also has a studio in Sauve in the south of France  and Hornby island,” Logan continued.


“ And Glen MacKinnon  has sculptures that are inspired by nautical construction,” he added.
 In addition to thunk in the main gallery. There  are new exhibitions all over Casa. Upstairs in the cabinet, nine artists have a group exhibition. There are also new exhibitions in the passage gallery.
 The opening reception is 7-9 p.m., March 5.
 Thunk runs until April 22.

— By Richard Amery, L.A  Beat Editor
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