Bryan Maycock: (de)composed

Opening Reception Friday 18 August at 5:30 pm

Nova Scotia-based artist and NSCAD University professor Bryan Maycock pulls together what he calls “the detritus of my life” to offer an eccentric perspective on the “art” of composting. He uses the framework of art history and the re-sources of popular fiction to create mixed media works and installations, all of which have something to do with the notion of compost. Recycling his own paintings, finding new uses for old paperbacks, turning wooden offcuts into compost box maquettes (that range in style from romanesque to postmodern) accompanied by posters seemingly designed for the ecologically-minded commercial traveler, Maycock stretches the concept of decomposition into unpredictable and amusing dimensions.

Artist Presentation Thursday, 14 September at 8 pm.