Nadia Belerique and Jenine Marsh at VIE D’ANGE

Artists: Nadia Belerique & Jenine Marsh

Exhibition title: GUTTERSNIPES

Venue: VIE D’ANGE, Montréal, Canada

Date: June 15 – July 23, 2017

Photography: images copyright and courtesy of the artists and VIE D’ANGE, Montréal

The bathmat has gone soggy, its dank odor fills my days. Holes in my feet sputter and spew pods of grime, it’s a trypophobic fever that can’t be overcome. The window does nothing to release the constant low tide of glutinous air in here. I caution to go near it again, was it yesterday, I tried to take a sip of air from the outside, and was frozen by a sharp sight. The sun reflecting off a metal object on concrete, like a formless knife the reflection caught my gaze and came for me, piercing my eyes with a brightness like a yolk bleeding into the perfect white of albumen. I’ve since retreated far away from the sill. Now my corneas feel as though they are welded to glass and I’m pooled on the floor, low vision. My skin feels petrified, cracking with any sudden move. I hear something falling, leaves from my neglected palm. I’m becoming blinkless, desperate for a drink but all I have are widened slits. A gust of wind through that window cuts the piss yellow air, dirt stings my eyes, my keys jingle by the door, a wind chime sings a song for the occasion.

– Laurie Kang

Nadia Belerique and Jenine Marsh, An extremity to cut the breeze, 2017, Wind chime, hardware, knives, polyurethane, wire, springs, lanyard, acrylic medium with glass, 43 x 7 x 7 in.

Jenine Marsh, Guttersnipes I, 2017, Tire, garage bags, roof patch, flower, synthetic rubber, water, coins, thumbtacks, dirt, sand, 8.5 x 28 x 28 in.

Jenine Marsh, Floor mirror, 2017, Mirror, wood with nails and staples, coins, magnets, metal filings, twist tie, 3x16x22.5 in.

Jenine Marsh, Floor mirror, (detail), 2017, Mirror, wood with nails and staples, coins, magnets, metal filings, twist tie, 3x16x22.5 in.

Nadia Belerique, Guttersnipes (Mural), 2017, Ink jet print, nails. 162×322 in.

Nadia Belerique, Guttersnipes (Mural), (detail), 2017, Ink jet print, nails. 162×322 in.

Jenine Marsh, Guttersnipes II, (detail), 2017, Tire, garage bags, roof patch, flower, synthetic rubber, water, coins, thumbtacks, dirt, sand, 22 x 7.5 x 7.5 in.

Jenine Marsh, Folly for sale, (detail), 2017, Flowers, synthetic rubber, glass tube, rose stems, nail, epoxy, glass vase, gravel, sand, 68.5 x 4.75 x 4.75 in.

Jenine Marsh, A coin for scale, (detail), 2017, Digital Video clip, cellphone, 0′:07″

Nadia Belerique, Put Your Love To The Test, 2017, Tinted glass, collaged paper, pouring medium, pigment, feathers, glass bottles, coupe glass, 36 x 49 x 7.75 in.

Nadia Belerique, Put Your Love To The Test, (detail), 2017, Tinted glass, collaged paper, pouring medium, pigment, feathers, glass bottles, coupe glass, 36 x 49 x 7.75 in.

Jenine Marsh, Solitary guttersnipe, 2017, Flower, Synthetic rubber, 22.5 x 3.25 x 3.25 in.

Jenine Marsh, Solitary guttersnipe, (detail), 2017, Flower, Synthetic rubber, 22.5 x 3.25 x 3.25 in.

Jenine Marsh, patches, 2017, Found objects, plastic bags, 2.5 x 10.5 x 20 in.

Jenine Marsh, a coin is a wheel, 2017, Plastic Bags, Coins, 12 x 18.5 x 16 in.

Jenine Marsh, patch, 2017, Found can, plasticine. 3×5.5 x 3.25 in.

Jenine Marsh, From the low, 2017, Plasticine, newspaper, 15x14x2.5 in.

Jenine Marsh, a burden, 2017, Flower, synthetic rubber, paperclip, keys, key rings. magnets, coins, 20.5×2.5 in.

Jenine Marsh, a burden, (detail), 2017, Flower, synthetic rubber, paperclip, keys, key rings. magnets, coins, 20.5×2.5 in.

Jenine Marsh, open and shut, 2017, keys, magnets, 2.5x4x2 in.

Nadia Belerique, A Mirror For Your Feet On The Floor, 2017, one-way mirror, collaged paper, pouring medium, pressed flowers, vitamin D, screws, nails, 59.25×89.25 in.

Nadia Belerique, A Mirror For Your Feet On The Floor, (detail), 2017, one-way mirror, collaged paper, pouring medium, pressed flowers, vitamin D, screws, nails, 59.25×89.25 in.