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A centre for trade in the colonial era, the city has been home to numerous artists, from nineteenth-century portrait painters like Joseph Comingo to contemporary multidisciplinary makers like Ursula Johnson. 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Son travail est à la fois cérébral et direct, ésotérique et populaire, facile à regarder, mais difficile à oublier. » — Ray Cronin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eColleen Wolstenholme : Hyperobjectivité\u003c\/i\u003e réunit des tableaux, sculptures et installations de Wolstenholme réalisés depuis plus de trente ans. Le nom de l’exposition s’inspire du concept d’hyperobjet, soit une réalité telle que le climat, le capitalisme ou les fonds marins, dont l’échelle est si vaste qu’elle dépasse la capacité de perception normale de l’être humain. Dans ses œuvres – moulages en cuivre et en argent sterling de pilules contre l’anxiété (Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil et Valium) ou tableaux à l’acrylique et à l’huile qui mettent en scène, selon les termes de Laura J. Ritchie, « des êtres autrefois impossibles à connaître » des profondeurs des océans –, Wolstenholme explore la manière dont nous circulons dans ces réseaux et sommes façonnés par eux. Son travail varie considérablement sur les plans des genres et des styles, allant de la peinture figurative et de l’art vestimentaire à des œuvres abstraites et à des installations à grande échelle. Bien qu’elles résistent à toute catégorisation, les œuvres de Wolstenholme témoignent toujours de son intelligence redoutable et ouvrent un dialogue avec les réalités contemporaines. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLe catalogue de l’exposition \u003ci\u003eColleen Wolstenholme : Hyperobjectivité\u003c\/i\u003e sera publié à l’occasion d’une grande rétrospective organisée par le Musée des beaux-arts Beaverbrook. Le livre présente plus de 75 œuvres de l’artiste ainsi que deux essais percutants des conservateurs Ray Cronin et Laura J. Ritchie. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColleen Wolstenholme s’exprime au moyen de différentes disciplines : joaillerie, peinture, sculpture, broderie et installations multimédias. Elle est titulaire d’un baccalauréat en beaux-arts (spécialisation en sculpture) du NSCAD et d’une maîtrise en beaux-arts (axée sur la joaillerie) de l’Université d’État de New York à New Paltz. Elle s’est fait remarquer pour la première fois lors de la tournée Lilith Fair de Sarah McLachlan, où elle vendait ses bijoux en forme de pilules. Depuis, ses œuvres ont été exposées dans des galeries à travers le Canada, ainsi qu’à Londres (Royaume-Uni), et à New York, et font partie de nombreuses collections, notamment celles du Musée des beaux-arts du Canada et du Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. Née en Nouvelle-Écosse, Wolstenholme a vécu à Halifax, New York et Vancouver. 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