Throughout her artistic practice, Winnipegger Dominique Rey has been fascinated by representations of the other — a figure both real and imagined — and the ways this figure embodies our deepest fears, our suppressed longings and the infinite complexities of human life. Gallery 1C03 will present Pilgrims, a series of Rey's oil paintings and ink drawings that explore notions of the “unbeautiful” and how the unbeautiful becomes permissible, and even desirable, via performance and public display.

To accompany this exhibition and coincide with the festive atmosphere of The University of Winnipeg's Orientation Week, Gallery 1C03 and the University of Winnipeg Students Association will co-present a participatory performance by the Abzurbs, a collective of artists and musicians that merges burlesque, performance, music and visual art, evoking the grotesque through absurd and purposeless play.

Participatory art performance –
Triple-Abzurb-Threat: Most Talented:
Thursday, September 9, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
(Front lawn of The University of Winnipeg;
rain location: Bulman Student Centre)

Opening reception:
Thursday, September 9, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
(Gallery 1C03)

Public artist talk:
Friday, September 17, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
(Room 2C15, 2nd floor of Centennial Hall)