Maclaren Art Centre

Robert Hengeveld has built his reputation on archly witty installations that readjust the public spaces for which they are designed. For the MacLaren sculpture courtyard, he conceives 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.