Throughout her distinguished career, Vancouver, BC based sculptor Liz Magor has explored the relationship of the real to the simulated in provocative ways. This exhibition will focus on a group of recent works that suggest a collision of domesticity with our wilder instincts. A series of cast sculptures resembling food trays, candy, discarded clothing, and other detritus sit atop tables and appear to be the leftovers from a bout of compulsive consumption. Inserted amidst the debris are the exhausted bodies of small animals which speak to a higher order of waste. The collection of humble, yet talismanic, forms creates an elegiac mood that mourns nature and culture alike.

Liz Magor: The Mouth and Other Storage Facilities is co-organized by Simon Fraser University Gallery Director Bill Jeffries. The exhibition will be on view in the SFU Art Gallery January 10 – February 21, 2009.