Clint Neufeld

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Artist Talk: Saturday, October 26, 12:00 pm, Sherwood Village Library Meeting Room
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 26, 1:00 pm Sherwood Village Gallery

The recent body of work by Clint Neufeld, The Chandelier, the Trans-Am, the Peacock, the Greyhound and My Grandmother's China Cabinet, explores the specific visual imagery that has strikingly affected Neufeld's personal aesthetic as well as his subjective identity. As a sculptor whose past work has sensitively paid homage to experiences and persons who have helped shaped aspects of his masculine individuality, Neufeld layers this investigation with work that acts as loci for memory, desire and complex personal associations. This exhibition is comprised of five light boxes made of intricate back-lit vinyl cutouts of the five named images which, together, tell the story of a boy-turned-man.

Clint Neufeld is a sculptor who works with concepts of masculine identity. Neufeld was born and raised in small-town Saskatchewan. Prior to pursuing a career in art, Neufeld spent three years with the Canadian military, which included a deployment to the former Yugoslavia in 1994. After a failed attempt pursuing a career as a firefighter, Neufeld began his BFA at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and finished at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. In 2006 he completed his MFA at Concordia University. Neufeld has exhibited nationally, and was included in the MASS MoCA's Oh, Canada survey of contemporary Canadian Art. He lives and works on an acreage near the town of Osler, Saskatchewan.

Clint Neufeld, The Chandelier, the Trans-Am, the Peacock, the Greyhound and My Grandmother's China Cabinet (Installation View), 2014. Photo by Trevor Hopkin.