Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber
I'm not afraid, flowers just tremble
Sackville, Canada: Struts Gallery, 2021
18 x 24"
Edition of 500
The first in a series of eight artist posters designed to be posted around town and beyond. Each autonomous works, they can also be read collectively through the lens of the pandemic, with subject matter such as fear, safety and mortality.
The first is titled I'm not afraid, flowers just tremble, by Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber.
Other artists in the series include Lenka Clayton, Séamus Gallagher, Melanie Colosimo, Celine Huyghebaert, and Raymond Boisjoly. An open call for the final two will be announced shortly.
Artist Statement: This painting comes from our ongoing series Flowers. Each painting in the series depicts a flower, or flowers, accompanied by a text. Often these texts use the flowers to reflect on human experiences, with humour and melancholy.
Bio: Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber have been working together for over 20 years and were founding members of the Winnipeg, Canada-based Royal Art Lodge art collective. Dumontier & Farber’s work is in the permanent collections of: National Gallery of Canada; Vancouver Art Gallery; Canada Council Art Bank; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Centro De Arte Caja De Burgos (Spain); Takashi Murakami (Tokyo); Folkwang Museum (Essen); and La Maison Rouge (Paris).
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