Dave Brown, LCR Photoservices, University of Calgary.The Rage series would be last of the Pandemic Art as they would the most technical and also the most psychically burdensome. Image: ‘Richard Boulet - RAGE HOPE,’ installation view with the artist. RAGE HOPE is his first solo curatorial project. He is well known for his critical writing, sculpture, and performance work.

An illustrated catalogue with a curatorial essay, an artist talk and several public programs help to contextualize Boulet’s artwork in the fields of disability arts, social practice, cripping and contemporary art.ĭick Averns is an artist and writer teaching studio art, art history, and theory at the University of Calgary. Recent works include a return to drawing and a series of artist books, followed with new textile and cross‐stitch hangings: an embrace of collaboration and community, along with a compelling sense of humanism indicate a powerful commitment to mental wellness. Mid-career textile wall hangings impart intricate processes reflecting a journey toward a new normalcy: encounters with addiction and homelessness reveal a profound sense of self-awareness. RAGE HOPE is the most comprehensive chronology of Boulet’s work exhibited to date, incorporating early mixed media works emanating from a period of psychosis pre-dating his diagnosis with Schizophrenia. These range from large‐scale wall hangings, to intimate cross-stitch and collaborative book‐works, spanning almost thirty years. Mounted in conjunction with SPARK Disability Arts Festival, Boulet’s artworks feature highly crafted textiles, text-based art, drawings and artist books. RAGE HOPE addresses the theme of mental wellness and features the work of Edmonton artist Richard Boulet.

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