Installation view of Beneath the Mask (Thames Art Gallery, 2022)

Beneath the Mask: Symbols as a Healing Phenomenon


Darla Fisher-Odjig
Exhibition Dates: April 22 - June 18, 2022
Opening reception: May 13, 2022 7-9 PM

A long-time resident of Chatham-Kent, Darla Fisher-Odjig walks through two worlds. As a visual artist, poet, and art therapist, she presents alternately challenging and healing work. Her lyrical paintings sweep the viewer into worlds both familiar and dream-like but always ground themselves in realities that cannot be denied.

Darla Fisher-Odjig , The Inception, 2021-2022 . 4 ft circumference. Acrylic on canvas

 

Darla Fisher-Odjig , EXPI RED “Children With no Faces”, 2021-2022. 36” w x46”h. Acrylic on canvas

 

 

Darla Fisher-Odjig, The Rapture niizhwaaswi(7) agwaakwa'igan(sign), 2021-2022. 36” w x46”h. Acrylic on canvas

 

 

Darla Fisher-Odjig , The Movement, 2021-2022 . 48” W x 46” H 37”D. Plaster of Paris, excavated China pottery, Culturally traditional & Contemporary objects wire netting, cement.

 

Darla Fisher-Odjig, Nesting: The Deliverance, 2021-2022. 36”w x46”h. Acrylic on canvas

 

Darla Fisher-Odjig, FRAGMENTED INNOCENCE, Stolen Children & Divine Wholeness, 2021-2022. 36” w x46”h. Acrylic on canvas

 

Darla Fisher-Odjig, The Masquerade: The 60’s Scoop, 2021-2022. 38” w x 60” h. Acrylic on canvas

 

Installation view of Beneath the Mask (Thames Art Gallery, 2022)

Installation view of Beneath the Mask (Thames Art Gallery, 2022)

Darla Fisher-Odjig , The Movement, 2021-2022 . 48” W x 46” H 37”D. Plaster of Paris, excavated China pottery, Culturally traditional & Contemporary objects wire netting, cement.

Darla Fisher-Odjig , The Movement, 2021-2022 . 48” W x 46” H 37”D. Plaster of Paris, excavated China pottery, Culturally traditional & Contemporary objects wire netting, cement.

Installation view of Beneath the Mask (Thames Art Gallery, 2022)

Installation view of Beneath the Mask (Thames Art Gallery, 2022)