{"id":2837,"date":"2013-04-27T12:16:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T12:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cubicmuse.com\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2018-10-25T00:47:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T00:47:50","slug":"words-and-pictures-joanne-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cubicmuse.com\/?p=2837","title":{"rendered":"Words and Pictures: Joanne Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2835\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cubicmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MariposaRosaand-Her-Cat-1976.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2835\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2835\" src=\"https:\/\/cubicmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MariposaRosaand-Her-Cat-1976.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne Light. Mariposa Rosa and Her Cat, 1976\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cubicmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MariposaRosaand-Her-Cat-1976.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cubicmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MariposaRosaand-Her-Cat-1976-200x170.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joanne Light. Mariposa Rosa and Her Cat, 1976<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A long overdue post about Nova Scotian artist and poet Joanne Light \u00a0whose exhibition of images and texts was recently held in Halifax at the Unitarian Church Hall. The series of brightly-coloured paintings emerged from the memory of a childhood struggle with the concepts of good and evil. These concepts were introduced in terrifying hell-fire sermons that both mesmerized and bewildered Joanne as a child. In her exhibition,\u00a0Joanne\u00a0draws in the style of her younger self as she tries to\u00a0exorcise demons from the past. The exercise is filled with humour, as allusions to pop culture and invented characters spring up along the way. Accompanying each image are texts in poetry and prose. For the opening of the exhibition, the artist skillfully blended words and images in a performance accompanied by slide projections.<\/p>\n<p>Joanne Light has worked as a teacher and writer in various parts of Canada, including several years in Northern communities. Her interest in landscape and geography is apparent in both her poetry and her visual imagery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2845\" style=\"width: 1561px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cubicmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Clone-Goods-Do-a-Bad-Disguise-as-Mother-Nature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2845\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2845\" src=\"https:\/\/cubicmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Clone-Goods-Do-a-Bad-Disguise-as-Mother-Nature.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne Light. Clone Goods Do a Bad Disguise as Mother Nature\" width=\"1551\" height=\"1168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cubicmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Clone-Goods-Do-a-Bad-Disguise-as-Mother-Nature.jpg 1551w, https:\/\/cubicmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Clone-Goods-Do-a-Bad-Disguise-as-Mother-Nature-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cubicmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Clone-Goods-Do-a-Bad-Disguise-as-Mother-Nature-398x300.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1551px) 100vw, 1551px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joanne Light. Clone Goods Do a Bad Disguise as Mother Nature<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long overdue post about Nova Scotian artist and poet Joanne Light \u00a0whose exhibition of images and texts was recently held in Halifax at the Unitarian Church Hall. 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