Making Public: Nicole Leroy: The Hidden Lives of Objects
The Department of Art and Art History in the College of Arts and Science is pleased to announce this series of talks from our MFA candidates
University of Saskatchewan MFA Candidate Artists' Talks
Date: April 7, 2021
Time: 7 pm
Location: Online
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The Department of Art and Art History at the University of Saskatchewan is pleased to announce this series of talks from our MFA candidates Class of 2021. These online presentations will allow guests access to the projects and processes of artists working through circumstances unprecedented in their lifetimes with rigour and resilience. Their practices are as varied as the individuals producing them, not joined thematically but connected through space and time. Please join us.
About the artist
Nicole Leroy is a French-born American artist whose practice and research focuses on commercial culture. Her work predominantly incorporates found objects and children’s entertainment media, which form multimedia electronic sculptures. Reinforcing this practice, her research revolves around visual and popular culture, as well as the autonomy of readily available consumer objects. Her current body of work focuses on constructing the mythology of the flora and fauna of a fictional planet, who manifest themselves in our world through sculptures made of altered children’s toys. As individuals, the sculptures express themselves through movements and vocalizations, which are created by altering the circuitry of electronic toys to produce unintended results. This ultimately results in a collection of works that form an interconnected community of eccentric creatures who celebrate diversity and pluralism.