Artist Suzanne Laird wants to shift perspective from a place of pain and hurt to one of healing.
Laird’s work is on display in Shift, a new exhibition at The Gallery at Queen’s Park, running from Wednesday, Sept. 5 to Sunday, Sept. 30. An opening reception is set for Sept. 5 from 6 to 8 p.m.
“Her work denotes tones of tension between fragility, vulnerability and strength, both in forms of subject matter and in the physicality of the materials,” said a press release from the Arts Council of New Westminster. “Explored through the lens of a feminist perspective, she uses art as a platform for sharing fragmented narratives of trauma and its transformative aftermath.”
Laird works in mixed media, primarily in textiles and plaster, with a combination of two- and three-dimensional works on display.
Anyone interested in finding out more can also talk to Laird at the arts council’s next Inter/action event, set for Sunday, Sept. 16 from 3 to 4 p.m.
The Gallery at Queen’s Park is in Centennial Lodge. It’s open Wednesdays from 1 to 8 p.m. and Thursdays through Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m.
For more information, see www.artscouncilnewwest.org or call 604-525-3244.
