Niall McClelland's 'Losers' exhibition opens at the Emporium Gallery on Thursday, May 21st!

Niall McClelland's 'Losers' exhibition will open at the Emporium Gallery (3035 St. Antoine Ouest #74) on Thursday, May 21st from 7PM-11PM. The exhibition will also be open on Saturday, May 23rd and Sunday, May 24th from 12PM-5PM. Private viewings will be available thereafter by appointment from Monday, May 25th to Wednesday, May 27th.

About Losers
Niall McClelland is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist whose work has been featured in such publications as Adbusters, Arkitip, Nylon, The Walrus and Tokion. Losers, his first Montreal exhibition, is a collection of new artworks that are in fact a series of imagined and forgotten flags- each of which exemplify McClelland's interest in absurdity, misspent youth, graphic systems of identity and the language of mark making.

Artist Statement
"There is a strong material focus in my work, frequently limited to a grey scale palette and readily available materials such as graphite, photocopies, ink and paper. These materials reflect the nature of the subjects whose identity is being explored and re-imagined. There is both a sense of recklessness and restraint in my work, markings that imagine violent and brutal past lifes, while also retaining an inherent solemnity and respect.

The work created for the Emporium Gallery is a series of imagined and forgotten flags, residing in this make shift space in dedication to their forgotten owners. These are symbols of identity that have been lost in history, symbols of the forgotten and insignificant, overshadowed and tossed aside. This is an attempt to re-create a place of importance for some of those losers."

About Niall McClelland
Niall McClelland, 28, grew up in Toronto, Ontario, spent many of his summers in Northern Ireland, went to school at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver BC, and eight years later moved back to Toronto where he currently resides.

He has previously exhibited in Toronto, New York City, Toronto, Vancouver, Seattle, Denver and Sydney and, has been commissioned by Adidas, Nike, Element Skateboards and many others.

For more information click on the invite above. To see more of Niall McClelland's work click here. Thanks, Ben Pobjoy