Uncharismatic

Artist/Creator: Gabi Dao (Artist)
Date: 2023
ID #: BG6370

Physical Description

Medium: clay, glaze, found objects, fabric, slipcast stoneware, metal, wood, fishing line, magazine clippings, matches
Support: –
Dimensions: 81.5 cm 102.5 cm 9.5 cm (Object)
Object Description: Each of the Uncharismatic marionettes is a different bat character. Given this particular moment in history, Gabi Dao sees the bat at the intersections of ecology, community and economy, pestilence (in particular, the Covid-19 pandemic) and good fortune, sight and sound as well as otherness and belonging. This marionette is from a series of 20 created during Dao’s 2022 residency with the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, made from hand-me-down and inherited clothing, doll and teddy bear shoes, fishing line, plywood controllers and clay. This specific bat marionette has green, gingham wings, with objects sewn into them, a green, velvet suite and a green glaze head, with a brown snout and speckles.

History

Collection: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Permanent Collection
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2024
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