In
Service
Organized
by Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
January
29 to April 24
The
exhibition In Service featured new work by nine Canadian fine
metalworkers from across the country: Beth Alber (Toronto, ON); Jackie Anderson
(Calgary, AB); Mary Anne Barkhouse (Minden, ON); Anne Barros (Toronto, ON); Beth
Biggs (Iqaluit, NU); Brigitte Clavette (Fredericton, NB); Lois Etherington
Betteridge (Guelph, ON); Kye-Yeon Son (Halifax, NS); and Ken Vickerson
(Toronto). Their works celebrate the long history of the metalsmith-in-service.
Each artist produced work for this exhibition as a direct response to
their individual interpretations of ‘service’ within their practices.
Through In Service, these artists have raised questions about function,
ritual and the social politics of the materials and objects they produce, from
whimsical to contemplative, including coffee and teapots, platters,
candlesticks, fish servers, cutlery, and garden implements.
Image: Ken Vickerson, Dibber/Ploughshare Series, 2004 (recycled guns, pear wood, sterling silver)