Jeremy Laing
Captive Vessel, 2020-21
glazed stoneware, synthetic hairpiece
dimensions variable, vessel approx. 9 inches tall
unique
Captive Vessel, 2020-21
glazed stoneware, synthetic hairpiece
dimensions variable, vessel approx. 9 inches tall
unique
Captive Vessel, 2020-21
glazed stoneware, synthetic hairpiece
dimensions variable, vessel approx. 9 inches tall
unique
Biographical Information
Jeremy Laing
Education
2022 MVS, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
2002 BAA, X University, Toronto, ON
Selected Exhibitions
2021 Queer/Dialogue, Grinnell College Art Museum, Grinnell, IA
2021 Adorned, The Plumb, Toronto, ON
2020 “New Work,” Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, BC (solo)
2019 Virginia's Room, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON (solo) (with the estate of Will Munro)
2018 The World According to Generalized Axiom of Revealed Preference, Franz Kaka, Toronto, ON
Artist Reflection
This is a metaphor for containment.
But do not forget that of your own mind
It'll lock you up and tell you lies,
Replaces emotion with logic
But the logic is just so chaotic
And you can't break free of this
The mind is what convinces you to regret
Kisses and touches and feelings and yet
You know in your heart the feeling is true
It’s like there's a war between the two
They know nothing of containment.
– John Monteith (except from Aspen Trimble, Metaphors for Containment, 2014)
