Chris Hanson and Hendrika Sonnenberg: Places Count Minden 2022

The “Burn It All Down” Platform, 2022, reclaimed cedar, 25 x 19 x 18”

Places Count Minden 2022
Chris Hanson and Hendrika Sonnenberg

August 27 – October 26, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 27, 1:00-4:00 pm
Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden

Chris Hanson and Hendrika Sonnenberg have been collaborating for more than 25 years. Their collaborations span a variety of mediums, but is fundamentally a practice based in sculpture. Their work often use everyday objects that are frequently remade in materials that defy the objects’ original function or skew the relationship they have with their meaning. The artists often look to infuse a sense of fragility, humor, curiosity, and fallibility into the objects they make.

Chris and Hendrika’s exhibition at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery presents work that drifts through small observations at the peripheries of the everyday of their hometown, Minden Ontario.

The Beds We Make and Where We Lie (background), 2019, polystyrene and hot glue, 79 x 39 x 16”
The Way Things Are (foreground), reclaimed cedar, electrics, 76 x 39 x 9”

A catalogue accompanies the exhibition with written contributions by Richard Rhodes and the artists themselves.

Agnes Jamieson Gallery is a public gallery with year round visual exhibitions of local and regional art. The Gallery is part of the Minden Hills Cultural Centre which also includes the Heritage Village & Nature Place Interpretive Centre. The Gallery is accessible.

Minden Hills Cultural Centre
176 Bobcaygeon Road, Minden, ON K0M 2K0
Open Tuesday – Sunday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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