Artist’s Talk by Robert Hengeveld
Join us for this talk by artist Robert Hengeveld at 10:30 am, whose project Wile Wild remains on view through October 30 in the MacLaren Art Centre’s Massie Family Sculpture Courtyard. Robert Hengeveld has built his reputation on archly witty installations that readjust the public spaces for which they are designed. For the MacLaren Art Centre’s sculpture courtyard, he conceived a tatty, natural history-type display from synthetic elements including artificial Christmas trees, fake rocks and plastic deer. This simulated scenic view, perched upon stilt-like scaffolding, offers variously odd and unnatural outlooks from ground level or the upper-storey windows. Hengeveld has a MFA from the University of Victoria and diplomas from the Ontario College of Art & Design and Georgian College. He is based in Toronto, where he is represented by Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects.