Heavy Metal: The Welding of Art History Exhibition Preview
August 1, 2006
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Heavy Metal: The Welding of Art & History Exhibition Preview
History is not only alive, but it also secretly contains the future.
Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada August 1, 2006 — The Thunder Bay Historical Museum is pleased to present a special exhibition and public event organized and co-curated in conjunction with the Heavy Metal Artist Collective, from January 20 – April 15, 2007. “HEAVY METAL: The Welding of Art and History” is a unique installation and collaboration between the Museum’s Curator, Dr. Tory Tronrud, and the members of HMAC, an artists collective comprised of local mixed media artists who work to advance the cause of contemporary & digital art.
The opening public reception, with all artists present, will take place during a gala vernissage, ‘LEATHER AND LACE”, a Black Tie affair, on Saturday January 20, at 8 p.m. This event and accompanying exhibition promises to be both an eye and ear opening combination of local historical objects let out of the vaults for a blind date with today’s contemporary & digital artworks, as well as a dramatic and entertaining evening of performance and music. The message is a simple one: history is not only alive, but it also secretly contains the future. These futuristic artists will be unifying all the dimensions within which our shared history can be considered, appreciated and extended. In addition to their welding, this is also the wedding of art and history. Apparently the blind date between past artifacts and future relics went very well indeed.
Heavy Metal Artist Collective member, Patte Foreman-Doherty will be the curatorial liaison on behalf of the collective, working with the museum’s Director, Exhibition Designer and staff to facilitate this revolutionary glimpse into the hidden vaults of our local history and its diverse artifacts. Many of the artists, who comprise a versatile range of mediums of expressions, will be designing and creating unique objects specifically for this groundbreaking cultural event. This exciting display will be a compelling “conversation” between today’s cutting edge contemporary artists, digital artists, designers, and the museums own treasury of important but perhaps under-utilized permanent collection. Museum Curator Tronrud will be selecting a wide range of important objects reflecting local history, and will work with the HMAC team to develop an enlivening evening of unsuspected encounters between the past, present and future, as well as an ongoing exhibition for the pleasure of museum visitors in general.
Among the artists and works exploring the theme of the welding of art and history to be presented are:
Patte Foreman-Doherty’s photographs; Carol Cooper’s images digitally printed on aluminum panels; Judy Holmes’s couture creations of thematic fashion designs; Jeff Kay’s metal sculptures & multi-media pieces, including his Lexan case podium to contain a hand-crafted Norton motorcycle by bike builder “James Mackie”; and Aboriginal thematic works by Jean Marshall as well as one-of-a-kind crafted knives by Glenn Treml. In addition, live music will be provided by the local Heavy Metal band, Toxic Neighbour.
The Thunder Bay Historical Museum is located at: 425 Donald Street East, Thunder Bay, ON P7E 5V1 Canada
Tel: (807) 623-0801 Website: http://www.thunderbaymuseum.com
For more media information, images or interviews on this event/exhibition, please contact the Exhibition Administrator: Carol Cooper
Blog: http://www.heavymetalthunderbay.blogspot.com