Shelley Ouellet
Entomology
Version Three
in the collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts
1999
Neutral Ground Gallery, Regina, SK
1998
Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS
Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC
Open Space, Victoria, BC
Stride Gallery Project Room, Calgary, AB
This project is the third version of Entomology, a bug made of bugs. The opportunity to create a third phase of the project allowed for a more streamlined and sculpted form (thanks to years of work with Adobe Photoshop). a new design was created so that the sculpture could be built once, and then disassembled and shipped to another venue. The two previous versions of Entomology were built on site and destroyed at the close of the exhibition.
The Alternator Gallery published a catalogue for the Entomology project documenting each phase of its development. The centerfold is an artwork created by Calgary artists, Arlene Stamp and Vera Gartley, in response to the first version of Entomology at Truck Gallery as well as a round table discussion with curator, Diane Dickert, Stamp, Gartley and Ouellet.