May 24, 2012 - August 31, 2012

Project Space
Curated by Kate Bonansinga

Detail of Contained Body #2, Mixed media on vellum, 72" x 36", 2012.

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:

In this exhibition Sean Caulfield presented mixed-media drawings inspired by technical scientific language. For the past several years, the artist has been in conversation with bio-ethicists and stem-cell researchers and developed imagery based on those conversations.

Caulfield's original artwork explores the complicated legal, ethical, and social anxieties associated with advances in biotechnology, such as stem cell research, genetic selection of offspring, and genetic testing.

Themes and questions emerge from these prints and mixed media drawings by exploring the relationship between scientific and creative research. His artwork also plays the role of critiquing these concerns in biomedical technologies, especially when these advancements in science begin to blur the ethical boundaries.

Body Plan #4, Mixed media on vellum, 72" x 36", 2010.

Sean Caulfield is a Centennial Professor in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta. He has exhibited his prints, drawings and book works extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan. Caulfield has received numerous grants and awards for his work including: Triennial Prize at the 2nd Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand; SSHRC Fine Arts Creation Grant; Canada Council Travel Grant; and a Visual Arts Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council, Illinois, USA. Caulfield's work is in various public and private collections including: Houghton Library, Harvard University, USA; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin,Texas, USA, among others.

Top: Body Plan #7, Mixed Media on Drafting Vellum, 24" x 36 ", 2010.
Set ( Clockwise):
The Mountain, Mezzotint, Chine Colle, 12" x 12", 2007.
First Dream, Mezzotint, Intaglio, Chine Colle, 18" x 18", 2008.
Lifted burden, Mezzotint, Intaglio, Chine Colle, 9" x 9", 2009.
The Reed, Mezzotint, Chine Colle, 12" x 12", 2007.