The opening reception for a new exhibit celebrating the works of sculpturist Peter Soehn will be held Friday, July 14, 6 to 8 p.m., at the Lake Country Art Gallery.
The exhibit runs July 14 to Aug. 26.
You won含羞草研究社檛 find much about Soehn on the Internet, aside from the occasional credit on a roadside attractions website, or as the creator of some bizarre 含羞草研究社渨orld含羞草研究社檚 largest sculpture含羞草研究社� in Western Canada.
In a time before digital posts occupied our lives, we spent time outside, visiting petting zoos, waterslides, theme parks and fruit stands.
In Furbish: Remnant Themes of Post-Amusement, artist Scott August explores what little remains of Soehn含羞草研究社檚 unrecognized legacy, from unearthing a buried 1970s Billboard, to posthumously documenting the artist含羞草研究社檚 mind-boggling studio.
All that remains of Soehn含羞草研究社檚 efforts are fading family photographs, unfinished sculptures and dust-covered memories.
Born in Saskatchewan in 1933, Soehn not only created characters of rural life, he himself was exactly that.
Soehn worked as a television prop builder and on-camera painting instructor in Alberta and in Kelowna at CHBC during the 1960s and 含羞草研究社�70s.
In the 含羞草研究社�80s, his family created ambitious folk-art sculptures and theme-parks for the amusement of others, from the demolished Kelowna Zoo to the redeveloped Old MacDonald含羞草研究社檚 Farm. But today, very little remains of his work in the Okanagan.
August is a Kelowna-born artist working between the Okanagan and Vancouver, he has been actively photographing and collecting what remains of the Soehn含羞草研究社檚 attractions.
August has previously exhibited at the Kelowna Art Gallery, the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Victoria含羞草研究社檚 50/50 Gallery, Vancouver含羞草研究社檚 Interurban Gallery, and abroad at Pop Montreal Arts Festival and Chicago含羞草研究社檚 Three Walls Gallery.
