Ana Rewakowicz, a Polish-born Montreal artist, combines the pleasure of the balloons which illuminate festive evenings with the stirring futurism of portable habitats by creating inflatable sculptures which become interchangeable environments. In contrast to the stability of monumental sculpture and unalterable architecture, her clothing and structures are air-filled forms of mobile art which seek out places and people likely to activate them.
The question of habitat is inherent in her artistic project, one of whose goals is to explore the question of identity. In an age of demographic and environmental changes on a global scale, Rewakowicz’s work, with its fundamental questions about the survival of the human species, has become increasingly relevant. This exhibition of Rewakowicz’s work at EXPRESSION is an extension of this project, allowing her inflatable clothing to take over the gallery space.
Presentation by Ana Rewakowicz and opening on Saturday March 19, 2011 at 2pm.