Robin

Flock

Bird in the Hand Show

The opening was lots of fun. Check out the bird footage at:

http://jewellerbau.blogspot.com/2008/01/bird-in-hand-leannejs-opening.html

Bird in a Hand

A Bird in the Hand
by leannej
Opening January 15th at 7pm
Runs to February 12th, 2008

At the JewellerBau
42 Kingsway
(at main)
Vancouver BC

Join us for the opening of A Bird in the Hand, a new show by leannej. A bird in the hand is a three dimensional graphic story. Known for her flowchart installations, leannej combines her odd tendency to tell stories in boxes with her compulsive need to make small hand-sized sock birds. In A Bird in the Hand, she explores the various meanings of habitat and home in her large flow chart stories.

This is leannej’s first three-dimensional show which features 50 life-sized replicas of birds commonly found in British Columbia with a few rare exceptions. The text flow charts provides shelter and places for the small birds to perch. Each bird is hand made using recycled socks and glass beads.

Leannej is a text based artist. She has been publishing and showing text based images in magazines and gallery spaces in Canada and the US. Her first book was published by Artspeak Gallery in 2002 and is available at www.artspeak.com. Texts in this show and bird images are also on view on her blog, Birds hate us. You can find the blog at www.leannej.blogspot.com.

(JewellerBau) is the latest reincarnation of Gallery 42, owned and operated by artists Dina Gonzalez Mascaro and Joelle Ciona. They have completely remodeled their space to accommodate local and Argentine artists and showcase the sculptures and jewellery of Gonzalez Mascaro. The “Bau” in (JewellerBau) is an evolving sculpture of display niches inspired by Kurt Schwitters' merzbau installations of the 1920's.

Gallery hours are Tuesday and Sunday 11am to 6pm, Wednesday to Saturday 11am to 8pm
The grand opening of (JewellerBau) is February 14h at 8pm.
www.jewellerbau.blogspot.com

Finches III

My mother tells a story about how gold finches were ill omens. They called these golden hued finches, canaries, and the day the telegram came to tell of her uncle’s death overseas, she looked out and the farm fields were covered in gold finches. She still can't stand the colour yellow.

Finches II

You don’t see the purple finches so much anymore, because of sprays they use to kill the Japanese spruce beetle, kills the finches that eat the beetles.We don’t build large aviaries to breed masses of purple finches to save the spruce. Instead, we build factories to make chemicals that kill everything. Why is that?

Finches I

In the spring they come calling to me on my balcony. A whole raft of finches scrapping, singing and just carousing on the balcony of my inner city apartment. They bring me such joy, watching their puffed up mating rituals. Sometimes, I see a finch that is so red and sings so well that I can see myself marrying and settling down with him.