Artwork Collection

Imitate Vulnerability

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Cross-check me!
Cross-check me!

Sculpture

Cross-check me!

Cross-checking, an illegal move in hockey, is when a player takes their stick, with both hands, and physically strikes another player with the length of their stick. Historically and currently in professional hockey, cross-checking is not... More

Imitate Vulnerability (Full Installation)
Imitate Vulnerability (Full Installation)

Installation

Imitate Vulnerability (Full Installation)

Full installation of the works: Imitation, My Glove. Your Glove., and Cross-check me! Full installation utilizes light and shadow to further place viewers within the scene of Canadian culture and hockey.

Imitation
Imitation

Painting

Imitation

Hockey represents Canada, not because it is inherently Canadian in its makeup, but because Canadians make it Canadian. The social and cultural meanings applied to hockey are self-imposed. Meaning that we can look at hockey, not simply as just a... More

My Glove. Your Glove.
My Glove. Your Glove.

Sculpture

My Glove. Your Glove.

In My Glove. Your Glove., explores the process of imitation found in Canadian culture. Imitation, meaning to replicate and copy, this bronze sculpture imitates a hockey glove, recontextualizing the violence embedded within hockey and, by extension,... More

Work by

Emma Dolphin

Painting

“Imitation—to repeat or copy; to follow as a pattern, model or example. To trace and replicate, with slight adjustments. The process of imitation first requires an infrastructure to mirror. The...” [More]