Janice Wright Cheney & Jennifer Lee Wiebe: Attending the Apocalypse

Online at the UNB Art Centre
Dates: April 3 – May 31 (extended)

Conceived in full before the pandemic, ATTENDING THE APOCALYPSE by Jennifer Lee Wiebe and Janice Wright Cheney has become eerily prophetic as we face down the reality of our present global situation.

ATTENDING THE APOCALYPSE

Both social media and mycelia are part of massive systems of communication. Not fixed, these networks have the capacity to propagate and grow organically. They extend their reach, responsive and adaptive to their environment. Most importantly, they are both nourished by the rich ground of decaying systems. ATTENDING THE APOCALYPSE shows us the inevitable cycle of decay and rebirth, that civilizations, like forests, eventually topple and die.

It is prophetic to present this exhibition virtually. We are all attending the apocalypse and we are relying on the very systems that Jennifer Lee Wiebe and Janice Wright Cheney discuss in their work.

Explore the exhibition:
https://www.unb.ca/cel/enrichment/art-centre/online-exhibits/index.html

View the catalogue, with essay by Marie E. Maltais:
https://www.unb.ca/cel/_assets/documents/enrichment/attendingtheapocalypsecatalogue.pdf

View UNB Art Centre’s social media:
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Artist websites:
www.janicewrightcheney.com
www.jenniferleewiebe.com

Contact:
Marie E. Maltais, mem@unb.ca

Images (left to right):

Janice Wright Cheney
Elysium, 2018 – 2020
Found crib, wool, silk, lace, snakeskin, mushroom dyes

Jennifer Lee Wiebe
VERY MUCH UNDER CONTROL @realDonaldTrump, February 24, 2020
152.4cm x 243.84cm, Acrylic and 24K gold leaf on canvas, 2020