Art lovers are invited to learn from plants and nature in the newest exhibition at Deer Lake Gallery.
Plant Parallels, featuring works by Laara Cerman, Abhisek Mukherjee and Daphne Woo, is on at the Burnaby Arts Council’s gallery until Oct. 2.
The exhibition examines the use of plants as both subject matter and medium, to “share the knowledge held by nature,” as a gallery press release notes.
“These works range from the intersection between science and art, to direct interactions with self-sustaining ecosystems and sustainability,” the release notes. “Each work is slow and contemplative, demonstrating each artist’s reverence for the interconnectivity between humans and plant life.”
Mukherjee, who lives and works in Burnaby, uses mixed-media artwork – using primarily organic objects – to establish a link between the landscape’s reality and that imagined by its conceiver, as the release explains.
Woo is a natural dye artist who works with natural textiles, dyeing them exclusively with natural dyes. She uses her work as a medium to spark further awareness and conversation around “fast fashion” and the alternatives to it.
Cerman, meanwhile, explores the intersection of art, science and history through investigating patches of wildness that survive within urban and suburban landscapes.
Deer Lake Gallery is at 6584 Deer Lake Ave. It’s open Tuesdays through Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m., with extended hours Fridays from noon to 6 p.m.
Special programs are also being offered in connection with the exhibition: a fabric dye workshop and demonstration with Woo on Sept. 17 at 6 p.m.; and a Tabletop Gardening session with Mukherjee on Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. Registration links will be available online.
It’s free, and drop-in visits are welcome. Masks are required, and COVID-19 safety guidelines are in place.
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