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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, March 25, 2016 | 20 John Bkila Sub-Editor jbkila@oakvillebeaver.com Artscene "Connected to your Community" Oakville Galleries open new spring exhibits Oakville Galleries is welcoming spring with the opening of two new exhibits by a pair of international artists. Official openings for Corin Sworn, a self-titled show by the Glasgow-based artist, and Mother of This Domain, an exhibition of works by Berlin-based artist Aleksandra Domanovic, were held last Sunday (March 20) afternoon. Sworn's exhibit is on display at Oakville Galleries' Gairloch Gardens location, 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E., while Domanovic's works are available at Centennial Square, 120 Navy St. -- both exhibits will be open to the public until May 29. Corin Sworn Raised in Toronto and currently based in Glasgow, Sworn was the 2015 recipient of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women and represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale in 2013. At Oakville Galleries, she presents her first solo exhibition in an Ontario museum, bringing together two bodies of work not previously seen in central Canada. "Several years ago, Sworn found an abandoned collection of 35 mm slides by chance in an alleyway near her home. Images of mundane domestic scenes, objects that are not easily deciphered, and numerous images of clocks hint at the biography of the unknown photographer," stated a media release. "In response, the artist has created an open-ended spoken narrative to accompany these images, composed of found texts, poetic excerpts, and the artist's own speculative thoughts on what the images might mean and why they were taken." Alongside this piece, Sworn presents another series of works of silk panels hand-coloured using dyes sourced from a variety of plants, such as goldenrod, cabbage and onion skins. Corin Sworn is organized by Oakville Galleries and presented in partnership with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. Aleksandra Domanovic Domanovic, who was born in the former Yugoslavia and is now based in Berlin, has garnered international acclaim for her works on the history of media and technology, winning the 2014-15 ars viva prize. "While the artist is not quite of the `born digital' generation, her work responds directly to the impact of the Internet and other digital technologies on how knowledge is produced and disseminated," stated the release. Domanovic's exhibition at Oakville Galleries brings together a series of works focusing on "the deep personal connections between people and technology, especially women and technology," according to Oakville Galleries. "Through sculpture, video and photographic installations, Domanovic draws on the work of pioneering female programmers, female figures in popular science-fiction and her own personal narrative -- a narrative that corresponds directly to the rise of the Internet and the collapse of her home in the former Yugoslavia. "In doing so, she explores how images and ideas are circulated -- and how political and historical narratives are developed -- in the digital age." Mother of This Domain is organized by Plug In ICA, Winnipeg and guest curated by Caitlin Jones. It is also presented in partnership with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. · · · Gairloch Gardens is open to the public Tuesdays-Sundays, from 1-5 p.m., while Oakville Galleries' Centennial Square location is open Tuesdays-Thursdays, noon to 9 p.m., Fridays (noon to 5 p.m.), Saturdays (10 a.m.-5 p.m.) and Sundays (1-5 p.m.). For more information on either exhibit or Oakville Galleries, visit www.oakvillegalleries.com or call 905-844-4402. Oakville Galleries held the opening to its spring exhibits last Sunday afternoon (March 20) featuring international artists Corin Sworn (at top), of Glasgow, and Aleksandra Domanovic (at bottom), of Berlin. Sworn is showing her self-titled exhibit at the Oakville Galleries' Gairloch Gardens location, while Domanovic's works are on display at Centennial Square. In middle, Damon Guyett looks over a `spacey' piece of artwork by Domanovic. For more photos from the opening, see p.21. | photos by Jayson Mills ­ special to the Oakville Beaver