JANUARY - JUNE 2012
Noel Harding
Rejuvenations: Appliances for Beauty
Noel Harding, is an international Canadian artist recognized for monumental scale public art projects. His works can be found in numerous collections including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Le Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels and The Hara Museum, Tokyo. Harding has been featured in more than 70 solo shows and included in over 100 group exhibitions throughout the world.
His art questions the relationship between nature and technology and man’s social and ecological existence. Deliberately theatrical, often monumental in scale and incorporating new technology, [his pieces] explore the visual properties of materials seldom used to create sculpture. Harding’s highly personal vision encompasses natural elements in a surprising manner. The artist’s fascination with organic and synthetic systems of living allows us to experience nature in an unprecedented way.