S.A.G.S.R.I
Michael McCormack (NS)
Afterblast
Jason Penney (NL/UK)
ARTIST TALK + OPENING RECEPTION January 9th 3-5pm
 On January 9th visit Eastern Edge Gallery for the first exhibitions of 2010! The Suitcase Art Gallery Space Research Institute (SAGSRI) launches its newest project. Newly opened, the St. John's branch of SAGRSI will host an installation of the mission's work to date - its continuing struggle to compete in the 'space race' - and share their story of exploration and its affects on both the traveler and the environment they visit.
Michael McCormack is an interdisciplinary artist and art practitioner. He was the creator and custodian of the McCleave Gallery of Fine Art since 2002, until the suitcase gallery merged with SAGSRI in 2007. After several years of extensive traveling, Michael has returned to Halifax where he works as a representative of SAGSRI Maritimes, and as Director of Eyelevel Gallery.
In conjunction with the space mission, Jason Penney presents survival packs for drag queens and queers post-apocalypse in his exhibition Afterblast. After all the end of the world is near. Each purse contains a home adorned with found objects and reclaimed materials. A man climbing a bleak hill of debris, dressed for the future in discarded fashion co-inhabits the space. A look forward into a past future. Also presented Penney's automata sculpture featuring a cast of trash inspired characters, who, infused with a new mythology find themselves in a darkened alley compulsively performing and exploring each other.
 
Jason Penney is originally from St. John’s and is currently completing a MFA at Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland.
Exhibition Dates: 9 January to 20 February
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And don't miss the Rogue Gallery:
Time After Timeline
until January 29th
Exhibition by Yoohoon Kim
30 January to 20 February
Eastern Edge Gallery
72 Harbour Drive
P.O. Box 2641, Station 'C',
St. John's, NL, A1C 6K1
Tel: (709) 739-1882
Fax: (709) 739-1866
Email: easternedgegallery@gmail.com
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