Opens on Nuit Blanche at the Redpath Museum (19:00-24:00) and continues until May 26th. Monday to Friday, 9h-17h. Sunday, 11h-17h. Closed Saturday and all major holidays.

This exhibition has been generously supported by the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation.

A series of sculptures that explore the dichotomous tendencies of human desire to romanticize and meld with, yet remain autonomous from the natural world. In Reanimator, this conflicted relationship is navigated through detailed resin sculptures that reference subject matter dealing with superstitious fears surrounding nature, personifying it as a force opposing humanity.

Using tongue‐in‐cheek humor this series presents a metaphorical graveyard in which nature triumphs over humankind. Flowers blossom, insects and animals mate on headstones and hands surrendering to the soil become stages for proliferation. The sculptures function as hybrids between the nature vignette and vanitas tradition, in which the futility of our inevitable end is playfully countered with a sense of acceptance and becoming.

Information about the artist:
Jude Griebel received an MFA in sculpture and ceramics from Concordia University in 2014. His detailed dioramic sculptures explore boundaries between the body and the environment, often addressing themes of consumption and human disregard. His work has recently been presented at Galerie Sturm, Nuremberg, BRERART Contemporary Art Week, Milan, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, and at the Art Gallery of Alberta. His upcoming projects include an artist residency at HALLE 14 Contemporary Art Center in Leipzig, in the fall of 2015. Griebel's recent projects have been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and he is a two-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant.