CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Jude Griebel: Illuminated Collapse
February 2 - May 5th, 2024
Opening Reception & Artist Talk: February 2nd at 7:30 pm; Doors open at 7:00 pm
The exhibition Jude Griebel: Illuminated Collapse presents a series of seven detailed dioramas merging figure and ground to highlight human connection to the surrounding world. In these sculptures, unsettling scenes unfold on the surface of circular bases. Anatomies/landscapes are engaged in dramatic acts of self-consumption and destruction, projecting a metaphorical “End of Times” narrative. Mirroring our own world through their miniature elements, the works reflect on contemporary consumption, industrial development, and inherent environmental degradation. Griebel’s artworks combine scientific reality with fantasy and diverse cultural references, using personal symbolism and metaphor to register the concept of planetary collapse.
Jude Griebel (Canadian) is a New York-based figurative sculptor, recently the Artist in Residence at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, USA. Griebel has completed numerous residences including The Studies of MASS MoCA, North Adams and HALLE 14, Leipzig. His major sculptural commission Tired Water was installed in Telus Spark, Calgary. Recent exhibitions include the Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, Art Gallery of Alberta, Esker Foundation, Calgary, the Beaty Museum of Biodiversity, Vancouver, Galerie Sturm, Nuremberg and the Spinnerei Archiv Massiv, Leipzig. Griebel is a three-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for Emerging Figurative Artists and his work is in collections including Arsenal Contemporary Art, Montreal, the Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Art Gallery of Swift Current. Griebel holds an MFA in Sculpture and Ceramics, Concordia University, Canada. Completed an MFA International Exchange, University of Lapland, Finland, and holds a BFA, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada.
For more information visit: https://www.judegriebel.com/
Dana Claxton
From the MJM&AG Permanent Collection
February 2 – May 5, 2024
The work of Hunkpapa Lakota artist, Dana Claxton, is critically acclaimed, being based in film, video, photography, single/multi- channel video installation, and performance art. Her practice is known for its investigation of indigenous beauty, the body, the socio-political and the spiritual. Her work often alludes to the destructive legacy of colonialism, while it also celebrates the resurgence of First Nations’ presence and contemporary identity, resulting in powerful works of great conviction and beauty. Featuring the video installation, Sitting Bull and the Moose Jaw Sioux, and a newly acquired work, photographic triptych, Cabri Lake 1, 2, 3, Claxton’s works in the MJM&AG Permanent Collection speak to a spiritual connection with place and with the history of the Lakota people in Moose Jaw and Wood Mountain.
Sponsorship is provided by Temple Gardens Hotel and Spa and Sparrow Hawk Developments
Prairie Dreaming: Folk, Funk & Their Connections (Part I)
MJM&AG Permanent Collection
Lobby Exhibit Space
February 2 – May 5, 2024
This exhibition examines the symbiotic relationships and connections between folk art and Funk art in Saskatchewan, with each genre featuring work that speaks to a Prairie vernacular, in regards to its realities, memories, cultural myths and visions.
Artists: Frank Cicansky, Victor Cicansky, Eva Dennis, Wesley Dennis, Joe Fafard, David Gilhooly, Richard Gorenko, Ann Harbuz, Jerry Kaiser, Molly Lenhardt, Jahan Maka, William McCargar, Harvey McInnes, Fred Moulding, Lawrence Pederson, Allen Sapp, Dmytro Stryjek, John Sutherland, David Thauberger, Harold Treherne, Jan Wyers, Russell Yuristy
Wakšúpi: Historic Lakota Beadwork
MJM&AG Permanent Collection
Curated by Dr. Claire Thomson, PhD
September 22, 2023 – September 1st, 2024
Opening Reception & Curator Walking Tour – Thursday, September 28th at 7:00 pm. Presented as part of WACA’s 2nd annual Every Child Matters Powwow & Gathering
Curated by Lakota historian, Dr. Claire Thomson, Wakšúpi will feature historic beaded works in the MJM&AG permanent collection, focusing on Lakota history in Moose Jaw and Wood Mountain and traditional beading patterns and practices.