Separate/Together at COOPER COLE

Artists: Gaëlle Choisne, Sharona Franklin, ektor garcia, Maureen Gruben, Raven Halfmoon, Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, Jennie Jieun Lee, Brie Ruais, Fin Simonetti, Eve Tagny, Sami Tsang

Exhibition title: Separate/Together

Venue: COOPER COLE, Toronto, Canada

Date: January 22 – February 26, 2022

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and COOPER COLE, Toronto

COOPER COLE is pleased to present Separate/Together, a group exhibition of Canadian and international artistsartists Gaëlle Choisne, Sharona Franklin, ektor garcia, Maureen Gruben, Raven Halfmoon, Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, Jennie Jieun Lee, Brie Ruais, Fin Simonetti, Eve Tagny, and Sami Tsang.

Separate/Together celebrates materiality. Materials are imbued with cultural narratives, and the artists included in this exhibition think deeply about diverse media, and the conditions they emerge from. Questioning how sculptural work can be utilized for political means, represent politicized identities, have activist potentials, and more, Separate/Together presents multiple critical dialogues that reflect on how material culture and our lived experiences are intertwined.

This exhibition coincides with Cooper Cole’s ten year anniversary. Presenting emerging, mid career, domestic and international artists, this exhibition reflects the continuing ethos of the gallery to embrace experimental artistic production and support artists at varied stages of their careers.

Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, Counterblaste, 2021, Pantyhose, tobacco, beer can tabs, wildflowers, thread, charms 9.5 x 79 x 26 in (24.1 x 200.7 x 66 cm)

Separate/Together, 2022, exhibition view, COOPER COLE, Toronto

Raven Halfmoon, Sah-Cooh I, 2022, Stoneware, glaze, 12 x 8 x 7 in (30.5 x 20.3 x 17.8 cm)

Raven Halfmoon, Sah-Cooh II, 2022 Stoneware, glaze, 9 x 7 x 6 in (22.9 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm)

Separate/Together, 2022, exhibition view, COOPER COLE, Toronto

Maureen Gruben, Consumed, 2017, Beluga intestine, thread, found objects Dimensions variable

Separate/Together, 2022, exhibition view, COOPER COLE, Toronto

Maureen Gruben, Fresh Artifacts, 2017, Cast resin, steel, copper mails, reflective tape, wax 52 x 12 in (132.1 x 30.5 cm) each piece

Separate/Together, 2022, exhibition view, COOPER COLE, Toronto

Fin Simonetti, Untitled, 2021, Portoro marble, Dimensions of shovel: 17 x 2.5 x 2 in (43.2 x 6.4 x 5.1 cm) Dimensions of slab: 27 x 11 x 0.75 in (68.6 x 27.9 x 1.9 cm

Brie Ruais, Star Made by Punching the Sky (18), 2021 Glazed stoneware, 10 x 9 x 1 in (25.4 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm)

Separate/Together, 2022, exhibition view, COOPER COLE, Toronto

Maureen Gruben, Stitching My Landscape, 2017, Video, 6 min 10, Commissioned by Partners In Art for LandMarks2017/Repères2017. Curated by Tania Willard

Separate/Together, 2022, exhibition view, COOPER COLE, Toronto

Brie Ruais, Star Made by Punching the Sky (19), 2021 Glazed Stoneware, 8.5 x 7 x 1 in (21.6 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm)

Sami Tsang, Still We Rise, 2020, Stoneware, glaze, underglaze, resin, clay epoxy, polymer clay, ballpoint pen, pencil, fabric 31 x 20 x 14 in (78.7 x 50.8 x 35.6 cm)