La Petite Mort Gallery presents...SHERRY TOMPALSKI
NEW WORK
October 10 - 15, 2009
Vernissage Saturday Oct 10 / 7 - 10pm
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Statement:
"I was almost killed in my country, I was tortured, I was arrested on 2 occasions, I was a student at the National Salvadorian University. It wasn't a pretty sight. It was a difficult experience. I am putting this in a non-graphic way. I don’t want to make you sad. I want you to see that people change after so many years of being here. I am happy. I have found some peace in my heart after those horrible experiences in prison, which included no food, no sleeping, no water...... being beaten up by 7 soldiers, although, I couldn't see anybody. The first time I was put into a torture chamber, they put me on a chair and I was blindfolded. I was hand cuffed in the back. There was a minute of silence... complete silence... before they started to beat me up. It
was at that point, when I could feel them around me. The breathing of these... people, I would call them people, I want to say another word, but I won't use it.
These are the words of a refugee artist from El Salvador who is part of..
Forced Migration
new portraits and videos of refugees from Africa,Central Asia and
Central America
Sherry Tompalski
La Petite Mort Gallery Oct 10 to 15
Opening Oct 10 7-10pm
Tompalski's family emigrated to Canada from Odessa Ukraine and Warsaw Poland to escape the national and social discrimination found in Eastern Europe in the late 1800's. Born in Saskatoon, she began her career as a medical doctor and psychiatrist, working with refugees, artists, couples and families. She became increasingly intrigued by the act of documenting psychology on canvas and video in a style she describes as psychological realism. Her brush strokes and bold coloursevoke strong emotions that depict expressive faces tangled in a world of colourful turbulence. "The work is developed in an exploratory fashion," she says. "Paintings and drawings are sometimes torn-up and reassembled with a collage of mixed media elements in an effort to
create a fresh view of the subject. Basically, I'm trying to make psychologically informed images that stimulate curiosity about the conflicting desires inside all of us."
Sherry Tompalski and Graham Thompson gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the City of Ottawa, the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts.Thank you,
Guy Berube, director
La Petite Mort Gallery
| Date : | 10 octobre 2009 |
| Heure : | 19:00 - 22:00 |
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| Adresse : | 306 Cumberland Street |
| Ville : | Ottawa, ON |
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