CORE / CŒUR / QALB
October 4th – November 1st.
Artwork by local artists Basma Kavanagh and Monique Silver. Original drawings, releif prints and textile installations.
Artist Talk: October 18th, 2PM.
Basma Kavanagh
Artist Statement
I am endlessly fascinated by words, line, gesture, and texture; I’m drawn over and over to organic forms which feel paradoxically inscrutable yet rich with meaning. Across disciplines, my work traces human relationships with the living world, embracing biodiversity, extinction, language, embodied (and other) ways of knowing. Through detailed, delicate, tactile projects, both multi-genre and multimedia, I trace the complex, fleshy fabric of our existence, the primacy of lived relationships to the creation of knowledge. My work records a collaborative flow of words and images from the world, emphasizing experiences of being in situ (in place) and in temporam (in time). This rich, phenomenological approach always remains in direct engagement with materials, places, beings—every attempt co-created with the work of other artists, writers, thinkers, and our more-than-human kin.
Monique Silver
Artist Statement
Dreamers (self-portrait) is a love letter to those working towards authenticity (my favorite quality in people). Authentically holding, listening, sharing their body-minds with all versions of themselves and everything around them.
I dream of expansiveness and bravery giving birth to resilience and deeper connection.
In my search for anti-repressive structures and routines, I look to the natural world for guidance. My maternal Acadian ancestors remind me of the balance in seasonal rituals. They invite an awareness of patterns in the natural world that align with me.
How is the natural world my mirror?
Light has become my symbol for authenticity – nurturing it into maturation. I bow to the wisdom of shadows. I explore in the periphery of light and how its spaciousness radiates. Circular forms and repetitive lines are prevalent in my work. I view these circular forms as clocks or time keepers, moving with the pacing and natural rhythms of the world.
All artwork is for sale. Please send inquiries to ArtCan Gallery, info@artcan.com
Basma Kavanagh
Primordial
artist’s book
various papers, threads, inks, coloured pencils, PVA glue, wood, glass beads,
mica flakes
$300
Monique Silver
A Character From My Dream (installation)
The Hug Shirt, Woodcut print on found textile, 32″ x 22″ $625
Would You Like an Apple ? Soft sculpture brooches, size variable, $52 each
Basma Kavanagh
An Organism in the Shape of an Ache
mixed media on paper
coloured pencil, graphite, relief print, glue
12 ½” x 19”
$275
Monique Silver
Dreamers (self-portrait) detail
lino-cut print and embroidery on cotton
96″ x 42″
$1950
Basma Kavanagh
Dust to Dust (Aizoon II)
painting
acrylic on canvas
36” x 36”
$750
Basma Kavanagh
Isolation
inked, hand-stiched fabric with machine-stitched background linen, cotton, various threads, rubber-based inks, acrylic paint
42” x 19” x ¼”
$2500
Basma Kavanagh
Lichen Quilt
sculpture quilt
linen and cotton fabrics, cotton batting, thread
$750
Basma Kavanagh
Shadow Work (installation)
artist’s book and mixed media sculptural objects
eggshells, india ink, various papers, PVA glue,
various fabrics and threads, skate egg cases, glass beads, magnifying glass
size variable
$475
Basma Kavanagh
Cosmos
etching
ink, paste, Kitakata and Johannot papers
11” x 15”
$75
Basma Kavanagh
Species of Longing II
printed, drawn, debossed, collaged relief inks, coloured pencil, glue, Rosaspina and Kozo papers
20 ½” x 20 ½”
$750
Basma Kavanagh
Untitled
quilted relief print
cotton, Japanese papers, silk thread, rubber-based inks
17” x 17”
$450
Monique Silver
“La lune est on” / Moon Light
colour pencil on stonehenge
15″x11″
SOLD
Basma Kavanagh
Untitled
relief print
rubber-based inks on paper
27 ¾” x 19 ½”
$450
Monique Silver
Sa traverse / The Cold Reaches My Bones
colour pencil on stonehenge paper
11″x15″
SOLD
Monique Silver
Inward & Outward
colour pencil on stonehenge
11″x15″
$275
Monique Silver
Slow Like a Stone
colour pencil on stonehenge paper
11″x15″
SOLD
Monique Silver
The Natural World Is My Mirror
colour pencil on stonehenge paper
11″x15″
$275
Monique Silver
L’horloge du cœur
colour pencil drawing, yarn and lino-cut prints
Monique Silver
Cœur de Pomme (Ambrosia 2023)
colour pencil drawing
6″x6″
$120
