An exhibition featuring the works of Montreal artists Laurie Kader and VeroniKaH, as well as the selected works of a group of international artists will open at Gallery Gora on February10, 2010.The exhibition includes large scale canvases, photographic prints and a multimedia presentation. The exhibition is free to the public and will run through February 26, 2010.
LAURIE KADER: The collective theme of the artist’s work revolves around the intricate workings of the human body and the effect of physical pain on the spirit and soul. Kader uses her art as a liberating and therapeutic arena where science and abstract creative ideas converge to offer the viewer a bold new vision of the inner life of the body. Living with the painful and visible manifestations of rare and little understood physical ailments known as Madelung's Deformity and Leri-Weill dyschondrosteosis, Kader has struggled to come to terms with her own physicality and its role in how she understands herself and her relationship with the world around her. The condition has challenged her to explore the relationship between the interior and exterior workings of the human body. Her work is a collection of abstract paintings and figurative drawings of the body at a cellular level.
Laurie Kader lives and works in Montreal. Since the very young age of three, she has been expressing herself through art. With a multidisciplinary background encompassing fine arts, art education and art therapy, Laurie is actively pursuing her career as a professional artist.
VERONIKAH invests her paintings with all of her passions, and creates stirring images of sublime transformation. Metamorphosis at its most powerful is a major theme in her work, which bears a consistently fluid feel, as images appear to melt visually into a mixture of water and light, as if returning to their primal origins. VéroniKaH is always researching new techniques to bring forth her vision and she uses a variety of media, including liquid stained glass and lead thread, as well as a selection of objects that she affixes to her canvases to create her abstracts, floral portraiture, nudes and collages. As a self-taught artist, VéroniKaH was originally drawn to the freedom of abstract painting, and she says her work is still a poetic reflection of her personal life. She uses colors like a spiritual sculptor, carving out the dynamic processes of her emotional life on the canvas. And the canvas is where the metamorphosis ultimately occurs: not only for her as an artist in the act of creation, but also for the viewer who takes in her stunning colors and evocative forms.
ABOUT GALLERY GORA
Gallery Gora is a downtown Montreal contemporary art gallery that specializes in contemporary design, painting, photography, sculpture, installation and video as well as the organization of cultural, social and corporate events. The gallery is located at 279 Sherbrooke W, Suite 215, and is open weekdays from 11am to 4pm.
