Charlene Vickers – Ancestor Gesture
September 17, 2021 to January 2, 2022 at The Contemporary Art Gallery
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers-1-1000x689.jpg)
Diviners Grasses ,
2009-2010,
Install View,
marker on paper, framed,
All Images Courtesy of the Contemporary Art Gallery. Photography by SITE Photography
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers2D-1-792x1000.jpg)
Diviners Grasses,
2009-2010,
marker on paper, framed,
21 x 27 x 1 3/4”
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers2D-12-792x1000.jpg)
Diviners Grasses,
2009-2010,
marker on paper, framed,
21 x 27 x 1 3/4”
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers2D-15-792x1000.jpg)
Diviners Grasses,
2009-2010,
marker on paper, framed,
21 x 27 x 1 3/4”
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers2D-10-792x1000.jpg)
Diviners Grasses,
2009-2010,
marker on paper, framed,
21 x 27 x 1 3/4”
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers2D-11-792x1000.jpg)
Diviners Grasses,
2009-2010,
marker on paper, framed,
21 x 27 x 1 3/4”
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers-2-1000x668.jpg)
Install view of Big Blue Smudge, 2021 and Diviners Grasses, 2009-2010
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers-3-1-690x1000.jpg)
Big Blue Smudge,
2021,
cardboard, canvas, paint, tin jingles, wooden buttons, shell buttons, glass beads, craft foam, felt, yarn, twine, t-shirts, yoga mat, hair scrunchies
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers-6-1000x682.jpg)
Big Blue Smudge,
2021, (Detail),
cardboard, canvas, paint, tin jingles, wooden buttons, shell buttons, glass beads, craft foam, felt, yarn, twine, t-shirts, yoga mat, hair scrunchies
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers-9-706x1000.jpg)
The Jingle House,
2021,
cedar, painting (acrylic on canvas), felt, tin jingles, sculpture (wood, felt, camp blankets, work pants, beer cases, packing foam, cotton, bamboo, twine, tape), reproduction of a Susan Ross etching, Okanagan tea gifted from Krista Belle Stewart in glass jar, copper mug with tin jingles, yarn, family heirloom vase, brass bell, deer antler
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers-5-696x1000.jpg)
The Jingle House ,
2021, (Detail),
cedar, painting (acrylic on canvas), felt, tin jingles, sculpture (wood, felt, camp blankets, work pants, beer cases, packing foam, cotton, bamboo, twine, tape), reproduction of a Susan Ross etching, Okanagan tea gifted from Krista Belle Stewart in glass jar, copper mug with tin jingles, yarn, family heirloom vase, brass bell, deer antler
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers-15-1-679x1000.jpg)
Cedar Bone Bead (for Faye HeavyShield),
2021,
cedar, yarn
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers-25-1000x679.jpg)
Diviners Grasses ,
2010, (Install View) ,
grass, bamboo, cotton, human hair, jute, thread
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers-22-1-1000x663.jpg)
Diviners Grasses,
2010,
grass, bamboo, cotton, human hair, jute, thread
![](https://mfineart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Vickers-20-1-1000x668.jpg)
Diviners Grasses,
2010, (Detail),
grass, bamboo, cotton, human hair, jute, thread