Steve Higgins
Maquette for Beyond the Terminating Vista (Rebuild) 2013
basswood and glue, composition board base and side panels, sheet acrylic cover
31.2 x 40.6 x 99.38 cm
Gift of the artist, 2014
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2014.02

Kim Morgan
Corpulence 2009
test tubes, glass slides, E. coli and HEK total lipid bi-layer scans using AFM (Atomic Force Microscope) imaging technology, mounted with light bulbs on found chandelier
167 x 66 x 66 cm
From the project “Mutable Fat(e),” an art/science collaboration with Dr. Tanya Dahms.
Supported by a Saskatchewan Arts Board Grant
Purchased with support from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program, 2010
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2010.8

Kelly Mark
Split Axes 1995
24 found wooden axe handles, wood glu, wood filler, varnish, mounted on metal clips

Reed Weir
(b. 1956, Parry Sound, ON; Lives in Robinsons, NF)
Drawings in the Sand 2007
coil-built stoneware with slip, under-glaze and on-glaze enamels, wood base with pyrographic design
(Installed) 56 x 38 x 24 cm
Gift of the artist, 2008
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2008.4

Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky
Shopping Cart 11 2007
aluminum foil
84 x 108 x 8 cm
Gift of the artists, 2007
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection

Camille Turner
(b. 1960 Kingston, Jamaica; lives in Toronto, ON)
Miss Canadiana (Red, White and Beautiful) 2002-2005
cut-out digital photograph on board
48.1 x 31.7 cm
Gift of the artist, 2005
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2005.1

For the Homemade series, Tonia Di Risio has built dollhouses that recreate her parents’ and grandparents’ homes in Toronto and her own place in Halifax. Di Risio presents these miniature constructions in the form of photographs and video animations.

Svava Thordis Juliusson
Blanket Sacrifice 2003
various materials: wool, discarded clothing, wood

Elspeth Pratt, Petits-Chevaux 1992
plywood, corrugated cardboard, strapping

Peter Walker
(b. 1945 London, England; lives in Bayswater, NS)
Untitled (canoe) 1990-93
flame-cut steel base, cedar canoe, white pine spar
274.3 x 487.7 x 121.9 cm
Gift of the artist, 1998
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1998.8

Peter Walker
(b. 1945 London, England; lives in Bayswater, NS)
Untitled (tri pod head) 1990-93
flame-cut welded steel base, white pine
426.7 x 137.2 x 45.7 cm
Gift of the artist, 1998
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1998.7

Charles Doucette
Industry 1997
painted cast concrete and steel
18.5 x 2 x 58.5 cm
Purchased with support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program, 1997.
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1997.1

Kelly Mark, Connect the Dots 1992-1994
acoustic ceiling tile with pencil on plywood
Collection, Mount Saint Vincent University
Gift of the artist, 1996

Andrea Ward. Hairstories (detail) 1989-94. Hair, printed text and mixed media, plexiglass, mahogany frames, plexiglass shelves (8 panels from suite of 41).

Kelly Mark. Mended Stool 1995. Four-legged maple stool, pronged mending plates; 76.2 x 30.4 x 30.4 cm. MSVU Collection.

Kelly Mark 144 White Jars 1993
Mason jars filled with white materials
Collection, Mount Saint Vincent University
Purchase, 1995

What makes a painting authentic? Can painting stand for something apart from the fetish it has become? For thirty-five years, Ferguson has tackled such questions by substituting mechanical processes and found objects for the hand-made, personalized mark of the artist.

Untitled (sculpture commissioned for EMF Library Stairwell) 1992
steel tubing, metal-impregnated polyester
560 x 220 cm
Funded by designated grants from the Sobey Foundation and the Canada Council Art Bank to the University’s Learning and Leading Capital Campaign, 1992
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1992.1

Leonard Paul
Carving 1978
lithograph AP
64.7 x 49.5 cm
Purchased, 1978
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1978.1