Exhibition Information

			‘In the lyrics for the Talking Heads’ song, “Nothing but Flowers,” David Byrne discusses another version of utopia, one that is elicited by many city officials with its manicured gardens, green carpeted expanses, strip malls, and over-abundant concrete. UTOPOS presents a new body of work that remarks on Byrne’s kind of utopia in addition to the (dystopian) global pandemic(s) of today and yesterday.’

Monteith (b. 1988) lives and works in Glasgow where he practices mainly painting and photography. His primary interest is in the way that forms and colours together affect optical perception: not only in the way his forms taper and squish out similarly to the undulations of waves, but in the way that specific shades of colours bounce off one another to create volume and dynamism.

Tedlie-Stursberg (b. 1980) lives and works in Vancouver where his practice is predominantly sculptural. By turning to the materiality and the form of discarded objects – found through thrift, salvage, or trade – he reflects on the ways that commodities shift and recontextualize as they are taken in-and-out of circulation. Adding to this momentum, Tedlie-Stursberg repurposes the debris of contemporary life into sculptural assemblage.