Rhonda Weppler / Trevor Mahovsky

Rhonda Weppler / Trevor Mahovsky
Jen Budney & Susan Buis

Sculptors Weppler and Mahovsky are among the most exciting young artists to emerge in Canada in the last decade. The duo is known for the playful and unsettling ways they transform everyday objects, such as styrene coffee cups, tin cans and other hallmarks of the everyday. Their work draws from both minimalist and Pop histories, while displaying a distinctly contemporary critical conceptualism. Among the work featured is a new body of work called Clutter Sculptures, which is decidedly more “baroque” than their earlier, clean-lined Stacked Objects. Everyday items, such as bricks, bottles, and tires, are formed out of wire armatures, which are then slathered in plaster and enameled. An essay, a poetic appreciation, and an interview comprise the publication.

Kamloops Art Gallery (04/2008) 64 pp 32 col. ill. 7.5 x 10 in softcover 978-1-895497-72-4 $14.99 Can. ($16.99 U.S.)

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Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky
Ken Lum

The Vancouver-based artists produce representations or alternations of everyday objects. Many works are cast directly from the object itself in a material approximating that object's general physical character. The resulting works conflate sculptural concerns such as process, materiality and literalism with the subjective and narrative content inherent in representation. Ken Lum, author of the accompanying essay, is one of Canada's leading artists. Co-published with the Liane and Danny Taran Gallery, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, Doris McCarthy Gallery and Cambridge Galleries. In English and French.

Southern Alberta Art Gallery (11/2006) 64 pp 58 col. ill. 8.5 x 7.5 in softcover 978-1-894699-36-5 $20.00 Can./U.S. (16 euros)

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